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.

 

[tonyk2000]

@GoDaddy
Will do next time. However, the problem seems to be obvious: deleted domains are still somehow linked to the account, and, if later deletion request is received from GoDaddy because of expiry - the system fails to check the actual status (already deleted by the owner), and, as a side effect, domain "restores" in pending review. Afternic tech team can duplicate it in testing environment.

 

[Themistocles]

@GoDaddy

I try to use your upload option to upload a large number of domains (3700) as a csv-file. Although I downloaded the sample file and did everything in the description, it always fails to upload with a generic "Error - Something went wrong", which is not really helpful to narrow down the problem.

I tried to write an email to service@afternic but I have not got a response. So I thought you could maybe help me here to fix this, as I would really like to list my domains on your platform.

 

[Garet]

@GoDaddy

I try to use your upload option to upload a large number of domains (3700) as a csv-file. Although I downloaded the sample file and did everything in the description, it always fails to upload with a generic "Error - Something went wrong", which is not really helpful to narrow down the problem.

I tried to write an email to service@afternic but I have not got a response. So I thought you could maybe help me here to fix this, as I would really like to list my domains on your platform.

By chance are you using Firefox? I normally do but for Afternic uploads I need to use Chrome.

 

[Future Sensors]

By chance are you using Firefox? I normally do but for Afternic uploads I need to use Chrome.

I'm using Firefox for uploading Afternic CSV on a daily basis, and I'm not experiencing problems with uploading lately.

 

[Garet]

I'm using Firefox for uploading Afternic CSV on a daily basis, and I'm not experiencing problems with uploading lately.

Thank you! That's good news. I had stopped trying and had just gotten into the habit of going to Chrome for Afternic uploads. I'll try Firefox for my next upload.

 

[Future Sensors]

Hi @GoDaddy

Afternic Fast Transfer column is now suddenly showing warnings with "Registrar Not Eligible", but those warnings are incorrect. For example, they show with .com domains that are registered via Porkbun.

Please investigate, thanks.

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[DoDomains]

Hey Afternic team,

Love the platform and customer support.

I'd like to request a feature: could you display paid-out LTO payments in the "performance" tab under "revenue generated"? This would better help me to keep track of my total revenue generated.

Maciev

 

[Themistocles]

By chance are you using Firefox? I normally do but for Afternic uploads I need to use Chrome.

Thank you. That was it, at least for the error message. I could upload my csv-files now. However, it never added any domains.
With a little help from ChatGPT I realized, that my German excel uses semicolons as a separator, while Afternic requires comma separation in the csv. The upload works fine now.

 

[GoDaddy]

@GoDaddy

I try to use your upload option to upload a large number of domains (3700) as a csv-file. Although I downloaded the sample file and did everything in the description, it always fails to upload with a generic "Error - Something went wrong", which is not really helpful to narrow down the problem.

I tried to write an email to service@afternic but I have not got a response. So I thought you could maybe help me here to fix this, as I would really like to list my domains on your platform.

Hi @Themistocles
Thanks for letting us know, we're happy to see that you have edited the CSV and have been able to upload it!

Hi @GoDaddy

Afternic Fast Transfer column is now suddenly showing warnings with "Registrar Not Eligible", but those warnings are incorrect. For example, they show with .com domains that are registered via Porkbun.

Please investigate, thanks.

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Hi @Future Sensors
Thanks for letting us know. Were these transferred recently? Please feel free to DM us some example domains.

Hey Afternic team,

Love the platform and customer support.

I'd like to request a feature: could you display paid-out LTO payments in the "performance" tab under "revenue generated"? This would better help me to keep track of my total revenue generated.

Maciev

Hi @Maciev
We love that you love the platform! Thanks for the feedback, that's valuable. Are you looking to see monthly collected totals?

 

[Future Sensors]

Thanks for letting us know. Were these transferred recently? Please feel free to DM us some example domains.

Hi @GoDaddy

None of them were transferred recently. Will DM you some examples.

 

[silentg]

Not good.

This was a response to Afternic integration with Spaceship.com

 

[DomainRecap]

Damn, I listed another pile of domains last week and I check today and they're still "In Review" at Afternic.

So that means they're not for sale at Afternic or listed on GoDaddy search... great.

 

[411domains]

Damn, I listed another pile of domains last week and I check today and they're still "In Review" at Afternic.

So that means they're not for sale at Afternic or listed on GoDaddy search... great.

Yeah @DomainRecap , they were having some issues with whois checks that was causing a great deal of pain for sellers.
If you delete and re-add them, they should be fine.

 

[Mister Funsky]

Could you DM us an example domain name?

If I come across another one I will.

 

[Future Sensors]

https://domaininvesting.com/ceo-namecheap-most-likely-to-exit-afternic-network/

 

[Future Sensors]

If Namecheap does indeed leave, the Afternic partner network will lose a lot of monthly eyeballs, which could be detrimental to Sellers.

 

[domvault]

https://domaininvesting.com/ceo-namecheap-most-likely-to-exit-afternic-network/

 

[Mister Funsky]

If Namecheap does indeed leave, the Afternic partner network will lose a lot of monthly eyeballs, which could be detrimental to Sellers.

I heard over a year ago another acquisition was being discussed...hope its not ncheap or ddot! Anything is possible with enough 0's.

 

[411domains]

@GoDaddy - Please explain this purchase path sales deterrent.

 

[Kyle Tully]

@GoDaddy - Please explain this purchase path sales deterrent.

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How else should they split out the domain and reg fee info?