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.

 

[Hashim]

I own more than 1,700 domains. Throughout late September and all of October, I barely received any inquiries either!
After visiting some of my landing pages, I discovered that visitors using ad blockers in their browsers might not be able to submit an offer.
I didn't make any major changes, though. Instead, I switched some (but not all) of my domains to Buy Now pricing and Lease-to-Own options.
So far, I've already made one sale and received three inquiries! Let's see how it goes.

I've own 2450 and before october i received daily atleast one inquiry but since october not a single inquiry even any confuse inquiry... Now i\ll do that. Thank you for the suggestion.

This is a very worrying trend. Is anyone else experiencing this? I too have barely seen any action since the latter half of October, and I have a smaller portfolio with "only" 700 domains. @GoDaddy Can you confirm whether this is something your systems are seeing elsewhere with the recent changes to the landers, and if so, whether there is a bug or design regression somewhere that might be responsible? Seems very strange to see such a stark drop in traffic for such large portfolios on the cusp of the holiday season.

 

[bmugford]

Still waiting... It will be a week tomorrow.

I was never asked to verify anything.

Afternic has had the AUTH code now for a couple days. The transfer still hasn't been initiated.

I am still no closer to an answer when it comes to what this mysterious "verification" actually is and why it suddenly became an issue recently.

@GoDaddy

Brad

This finally completed, after almost a week.

Still no closer on an answer to what this supposed "verification" thing is.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

Congrats to buyer and seller.

 

[Future Sensors]

and GoDaddy of course.

 

[Pierre Barnard]

This is a very worrying trend. Is anyone else experiencing this? I too have barely seen any action since the latter half of October, and I have a smaller portfolio with "only" 700 domains. @GoDaddy Can you confirm whether this is something your systems are seeing elsewhere with the recent changes to the landers, and if so, whether there is a bug or design regression somewhere that might be responsible? Seems very strange to see such a stark drop in traffic for such large portfolios on the cusp of the holiday season.

Same here, no new leads in October! Except ofcourse the $0 leads which they insist on letting through for some reason, and also old inquiry follow ups. Something is seriously wrong.

A "stalled" wasteland....

 

[sg08]

Seems they finally allow to direct negotiations with buyer. I just got a notice on Afternic.

 

[Altetra]

I also had weird drop in inquires, you will not believe but this may be related with the Astro weather, I got about 15 offers on UD in September, in October only 5 inquires got there, this is because we had a rare Venus retrograde in Scorpio now is in Libra, one in many years, wait till after 13 of November when Venus goes direct, it will last till late December, other windows will follow in 2027 due to Jupiter that bring expansion.
Lets see and witness it later if this was right.

 

[Hashim]

Seems they finally allow to direct negotiations with buyer. I just got a notice on Afternic.

Interesting, would you mind sharing a screenshot?

 

[DomainRecap]

Seems they finally allow to direct negotiations with buyer. I just got a notice on Afternic.

It's still paywalled right, but what improvements have been made?