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.

 

[Dane]

I use BIN for all my names, and the floor price is the same as the BIN. Yet I still have brokers dealing with leads in my account even though I don't use Afternic landers... I guess this happens when buyers call GoDaddy to discuss the name?

Which landers are you using?

 

[Embrand]

Which landers are you using?

These are my BrandBucket names that must use BrandBucket landers, but sellers are allowed to list the names at Afternic with a price equal to or higher than at BrandBucket

 

[Dane]

These are my BrandBucket names that must use BrandBucket landers, but sellers are allowed to list the names at Afternic with a price equal to or higher than at BrandBucket

I see. Thanks.

I'm wondering about maybe going back to Dan landers instead of Afternic. Gotta give it some thought.

 

[phaethon]

I got tired of not knowing anything about the leads except for Stalled or Confused... and I have no way of knowing if using Afternic's brokers is helping or hurting sales... so I changed most of my listings to "Buy It Now" instead of "Request Price." I really wish there was a way for potential buyers to contact us directly, without us having to pay a ridiculous commission of 25% by changing the DNS. A "Contact Seller" button on the sales lander would be awesome. Just keep all buyer contact info hidden from the seller and keep all communications via an internal chat system.

Same here, I would guess this type of form doesn't provide any indication of the domain's price. The average end user thinks they will buy a domain for 20 bucks max. Still, there is some engagement which is positive. Some end users -probably 5%- will have the budget to move forward.
I had only two sales using this form, the rest came from the premium network. I would guess some end users might buy later, as the AN agents chase them for months.
Lastly, I never had any sort of traction on Dan. No interest, no offers, no sales of course.I mean nothing at all. I don't use Dan's landers. Same on Sedo. Nothing at all. Plenty of enquiries on AN and some good sales.

 

[End Game]

I see. Thanks.

I'm wondering about maybe going back to Dan landers instead of Afternic. Gotta give it some thought.

I noticed when I bought my last 25-30 domains and uploaded to Dan, they don't upload to Afternic, like in the past. So this weekend, I moved those domains back over to Afternic and verified each and used their name servers. I like Afternic and have had more sales with them, but hate they don't list visitor numbers for us to use...like Dan does. Even when my names are listed with Dan name servers, I've had sales from Afternic salesmen. I do think Afternic may get more leads and they pursue them, than natural type ins on Dan. I'm still researching and think Afternic and Dan are becoming more alike with time. I list almost all of my names "buy now".

 

[GoDaddy]

@GoDaddy

Will we ever be able to change the letter casing for our landers at Afternic ? (domainname.com ---> DomainName.com). Supposedly this can have a real effect on sell-thru rates.

Hi @Springs77,
We've tested this in the past and from our tests, we didn't see a real increase in STR. We may revisit this in the future, though.

 

[GoDaddy]

Its great we have more details and transparency about the customer interaction at Afternic recently. But it would be nice if it is developed even further, and we could read the emails/calls logs (understandably with personal/contact details edited out). It seems that many people have concerns and questions about the brokers' work with their domain names.

Hi @capybara,
Your point of view is appreciated. We love the additional transparency that you get with the Lead Center. Afternic's highly trained team of brokers work on your behalf to close sales for you. The brokerage service lets our brokers call, email, and follow-up with buyers on a regular basis, allowing you to spend more time on other aspects of your portfolio management. We don't have plans to give additional insights in the Lead Center at this time.

@Dane, Stalled leads are those where the potential buyer hasn't responded, or negotiations haven't progressed. These leads aren't fully closed since our brokers can follow up in the future. Confused leads usually come from visitors to your landing page that fill out their details, then either don't complete the second page, or they click "No" to cancel their inquiry.

 

[tonyk2000]

We've tested this in the past and from our tests, we didn't see a real increase in STR. We may revisit this in the future, though.

Not surprising. A few years ago GD indeed showed domains with letter casing, but it was determined automatically. With a lot of errors. Such as (made up example): expertsexchange(.com) presented as ExpertSexChange, while it should be ExpertsExchange. What we are speaking about now is seller-submitted manually set casing, which should be free of such errors.

 

[End Game]

Hi @Springs77,
We've tested this in the past and from our tests, we didn't see a real increase in STR. We may revisit this in the future, though.

It's just common sense. Just look at the best pro domainers & brokers in the world. They all do the letter casing.
They wouldn't do it, if it didn't help their sales. Seems it would be so easy for us to do. Thanks

 

[Dane]

@GoDaddy ...
On the "Buy It Now" landing page on Mobile (at least on MY phone) the domain name and the price often overlap each other, underneath where it says "Buy Now." This makes it difficult to see the price. Would it be possible to put these 2 fields on separate lines? Domain name on one line, Price on the other? Maybe center both fields in the middle of the page? I feel like it would be a lot easier to see the price on names that are not short in length.

 

[Garet]

Afternic Upload File Not Working

Has anyone tried to update their Afternic account with file upload today? The classic version for Add Domains forces redirect to Beta version for me. I try to upload a CSV file using the latest template and get an "Invalid file type" message.

Afternic says that it requires CSV and that's exactly what I am trying to upload. I've done the uploads many times in the past. It feels like another premature / not really ready GoDaddy/Afternic shift to beta similar to what they've done with GoDaddy Auctions. I'm hoping that Afternic/GoDaddy's very good staff will be able to help in spite of the system fail.

 

[Garet]

Afternic Upload File does NOT work currently with Firefox. Chrome is OK it seems.

 

[GoDaddy]

Thanks for your update @Garet, the new Add Domains flow has been available for over 6 months, and we are transitioning away from the classic view at Afternic.

It sounds like a localized error, and we're glad it's working for you now.

 

[Vivere]

@GoDaddy, Does Afternic offer account rep or manager services? If yes, what requirements need to be met for one to be assigned?

 

[DN_Hunter]

I see the new columns Views, Leads

Can those be included in the EXPORT
Also, can you make those column headings clickable to SORT Up/Down (like BuyNow, DomainName, etc...)

 

[Mlebo]

Good morning, When will Godaddy and Afternic start registering and listing dot bot domains?

 

[BrandingGo]

Thank you.

That is definitely not my listing. The previous owner let the domain expire -- there should be some sort of system to automatically delete domains from Auctions as soon as they expire. The domain is currently not registered at GoDaddy anyway.

Thank you.

That is definitely not my listing. The previous owner let the domain expire -- there should be some sort of system to automatically delete domains from Auctions as soon as they expire. The domain is currently not registered at GoDaddy anyway.

Hi, are you resolved your issue with wrong listing ? Because Godaddy won't delete similar old fake listing for several months.

I have bought the domain on Epik marketplace several months ago ,

Later i sent emails to Afternic but old listing still available on their platform . Why do Afternic Godaddy scamming people?

Godaddy become suck when sold their company to Indians.

I am not interested to add the domain on Afternic. I am a new owner and want delete it.

What about others who aren't domainers their domains selling for years without permission...

 

[GoDaddy]

@GoDaddy, Does Afternic offer account rep or manager services? If yes, what requirements need to be met for one to be assigned?

Yes! Afternic can provide account management services. The criteria tend to be based on usage and sales. If you DM us, we'd be happy to talk further about this!

 

[GoDaddy]

I see the new columns Views, Leads

Can those be included in the EXPORT
Also, can you make those column headings clickable to SORT Up/Down (like BuyNow, DomainName, etc...)

Yes, if anyone missed our announcement, Afternic has launched its first iteration of visitor statistics for Afternic landers!

Heading to your portfolio page, you'll find a Views column, keeping track of visits to your Afternic sale landers (Request Price, Buy it Now, or our Dan.com Lease to Own lander, which we introduced in mid-2023).

Clicking on an individual domain, you'll notice a new "Statistics" tab for 30 day and 12 week data. You can export individual domain stats from this page, too.

For more information on this release, head to our blog.

To answer your question @DN_Hunter, we chose to release the visitor statistics to customers to benefit from while working on additional updates, such as sorting. Thank you to all NamePros members who requested the implementation of visitor statistics at Afternic.

 

[GoDaddy]

Good morning, When will Godaddy and Afternic start registering and listing dot bot domains?

Hi @Mlebo, if anything changes regarding .bot at Afternic, we'll share it with the community.