Afternic - Official Thread

[GoDaddy]

Hello NamePros!
By popular demand, we have launched a dedicated feedback thread for Afternic, the GoDaddy-owned domain name marketplace.

We have created this thread as a way for you to tell us what works, what doesn't work, and what features you'd like to see at Afternic (please be constructive with your feedback). We're looking forward to hearing from the domain investment community to help us shape the future of Afternic.

We will also be sharing Afternic product updates in this thread.

Please note that this thread is not meant for support. Please email our support team at [email protected] for assistance.

 

[okaydomains]

Is anybody having trouble logging in to Afternic? I'm trying to login but keep getting prompted to "Create Account Profile".

Yes, and I called Afternic support. Its a known/ongoing issue affecting a large subset of accounts (but not all) and they hope to have it resolved in the next few hours.

 

[Domain Sugar]

Looks like that has been resolved

 

[GoDaddy]

Thanks for tagging us. There was a brief outage earlier today, but all systems are fully functional again.

 

[vbigdeli]

Thanks for tagging us. There was a brief outage earlier today, but all systems are fully functional again.

Dear Sir,
Please resolve NS1/NS2 issues too..I mean redirecting to sales pages instead of showing ads to users.

 

[Donmarick]

Dear Sir,
Please resolve NS1/NS2 issues too..I mean redirecting to sales pages instead of showing ads to users.

I still waiting for a response in this case too for my domainer friends.

 

[Future Sensors]

Dear Sir,
Please resolve NS1/NS2 issues too..I mean redirecting to sales pages instead of showing ads to users.

What do you mean with "redirecting to sales page"? NS1/NS2 is supposed to show parking ads and a For Sale banner. What issues do you encounter using NS1/NS2?

Option 1: Request Price Lander

Our default recommended lander. Best lander for average priced to high value domains

Primary Nameserver: NS3.AFTERNIC.COM
Secondary Nameserver: NS4.AFTERNIC.COM


Option 2: Buy It Now (BIN)

Recommended for lower value domain names

Primary Nameserver: NS5.AFTERNIC.COM
Secondary Nameserver: NS6.AFTERNIC.COM


Option 3: Park with Afternic and use a For Sale Banner

Recommended for domains with the potential to earn ad revenue and high buyer inquiry volumes

Primary Nameserver: NS1.AFTERNIC.COM
Secondary Nameserver: NS2.AFTERNIC.COM

 

[Donmarick]

Like You said: this is a key "NS1/NS2 is supposed to show parking ads"
but it not showing ads or just sometimes ads and sometimes sell page just like in ns3/ns4. So You losing views/clicks from parking. In other words, the issue is that You should have ads on Your page but You see Request Price Lander or Buy It Now (BIN) on ns1/ns2.

 

[Future Sensors]

Like You said: this is a key "NS1/NS2 is supposed to show parking ads"
but it not showing ads or just sometimes ads and sometimes sell page just like in ns3/ns4. So You losing views/clicks from parking. In other words, the issue is that You should have ads on Your page but You see Request Price Lander or Buy It Now (BIN) on ns1/ns2.

Okay thanks for the additional explanation. That sounds like a pretty messy situation.

 

[Embrand]

Like You said: this is a key "NS1/NS2 is supposed to show parking ads"
but it not showing ads or just sometimes ads and sometimes sell page just like in ns3/ns4. So You losing views/clicks from parking. In other words, the issue is that You should have ads on Your page but You see Request Price Lander or Buy It Now (BIN) on ns1/ns2.

Sometimes my ns5.afternic.com/ns6.afternic.com names show the ns3.afternic.com/ns4.afternic.com landers... It is quite strange.

 

[Donmarick]

Okay thanks for the additional explanation. That sounds like a pretty messy situation.

Yes it is and many people have this problem and maybe, even more, do not know that they have it, because they don't pay attention on this.

 

[vbigdeli]

Yes it is and many people have this problem and maybe, even more, do not know that they have it, because they don't pay attention on this.

Please call them if it's possible for you

 

[Donmarick]

They mostly don't have accounts on NP we have a Facebook group for contact but I can call them to make accounts here it's unnecessary to resolve this problem.

 

[dr manos]

Still all names i am trying to add are already listed, and very few that are not listed are going to pending review (usual name numbers or words).
You have to think for the txt verification

 

[clickcents]

Dear GD/Afternic, you have to seriously think of domain verification while adding names by seller accounts..

Recently i am getting dynadot and namecheap fast transfer requests for approval and when I checked, somebody has listed my domains at high BIN in afternic..

So is it the credibility of such a large marketplace owned by GoDaddy..?? Anybody can list any domains without permission or knowledge of the actual owner?

Note: I have not listed these domains in my afternic account because these are approved premium by some brandable market places.So the other seller that took advantage of my non listing of particular domains and listed simply as his own..

So am I supposed to send mail to afternic support everytime for removing these domains ?? Evenif it is removed by afternic for that seller,some other can again add these domains without any verification..

Also if the actual owner approved the fast transfer and if domain gets sold from other seller account,how worse the situation be? Because the domain will automatically transferred to buyer by the registar..

So it is an endless headache for actual owners and endless fun for spa**ers

We are in the era of AI everywhere now and please stop these useless listings by non owners..

Hope that many other genuine sellers also facing these issues

 

[Traderas]

@GoDaddy @James Iles

There is something seriously going wrong in Afternic.
They are not receiving some of my payments.

During the last week, I bought six domains. 3 out of 6 payments never appeared in Afternic.
The payments were completed normally from my side. I even kept the order confirmation, because the same problem has happened to me before.

It’s been some days now and I have received no email from them. No received and no other confirmation.
Also, the domains I bought are still listed in Afternic.

UPDATE
7 days and 34 emails later.
I just got this answer to my missing payments:

Regarding zv**.com and vz**.com, our Support Team cannot confirm that the aforementioned domains have been purchased. You can also check in the domain purchase tab of your account as the domains do not appear there.

xz**.com - the bid was lost and therefore you were not able to proceed with purchasing the domain name.

Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Regards,
Helki
Afternic Transaction Assurance
A GoDaddy Comapny


@GoDaddy

This is one more deficient reply, with no mention to the money I paid for these 3 transactions.
I really don't understand what I'm supposed to do.

I have provided them order confirmation and the domains still appear in my "Offers Made" tab with their status as "accepted".

If order confirmation is not enouph to prove a purchase, why do they exist?

Also what does "the bid was lost" means?

 

[GoDaddy]

Dear GD/Afternic, you have to seriously think of domain verification while adding names by seller accounts..

Thanks for your feedback on domain verification. We're actively working on this and we'll update you all when it's live.

This is one more deficient reply, with no mention to the money I paid for these 3 transactions.
I really don't understand what I'm supposed to do.

I have provided them order confirmation and the domains still appear in my "Offers Made" tab with their status as "accepted".

If order confirmation is not enouph to prove a purchase, why do they exist?

Also what does "the bid was lost" means?

Could you email those domain names you mentioned, along with your Afternic ID to [email protected]? Thank you.

 

[Traderas]

Also I just noticed my whole GoDaddy account appears in Spanish.
Is it some bug? I didn't change anything since yesterday.
I m in Greece and I have no connection with Spain

 

[dr manos]

To clear the are what happens with verifications is this:

At Dan and Sedo especially if you use a registrar with bulk dns edit, can list thounds of names at once, if you provide correct TXT names will be removed from the old accounts and will be added.

At GD there is text verification BUT, if name is already listed by other appears in red and can not be listed even if TXT record is correct, huge caveat, should check first TXT .

At Afternic there is nothing, need to provide screenshots from registrar along with text/excel lists

 

[wwwulff]

Also I just noticed my whole GoDaddy account appears in Spanish.
Is it some bug? I didn't change anything since yesterday.
I m in Greece and I have no connection with Spain

probably a bug - You can change it by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and change country

 

[clickcents]

To clear the are what happens with verifications is this:

At Dan and Sedo especially if you use a registrar with bulk dns edit, can list thounds of names at once, if you provide correct TXT names will be removed from the old accounts and will be added.

At GD there is text verification BUT, if name is already listed by other appears in red and can not be listed even if TXT record is correct, huge caveat, should check first TXT .

At Afternic there is nothing, need to provide screenshots from registrar along with text/excel lists

You are right..before 2 decades itself sedo listings are enabled with verification for each domain listed by a seller..now we are in 2023 and still Afternic yet to implement this effectively and let's hope they will do it at the earliest..