Afternic Support Team

[GeorgeQuang]

Are there any fellows in the specific situation like me ?
Sending emails to Afternic Support Team ([email protected]) to remove domains (those names which had been listed by their previous owners so that i could not add my own prices) and to remove blocked IP 2 weeks ago, also cc Sales Team ([email protected]) last week, then reminder them 2 days ago without any feedback up to now.
They always reply my mail quickly, but this is the 1st time i have to wait for over 2 weeks without any services form them.
What have happened with Afternic?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Their main Support address is service@

 

[Joe drake]

Even when you set up your code with the nameservers, it still ends up being a significant time drain. People are getting frustrated with a company that has poor technology and resources it doesn’t know how to use. How is it that smaller companies like Dan and Atom can outplay this giant at its own game? It's all about know-how. GoDaddy treats one-time buyers as if they’re real important, when they should be treating their there core clients great.
How come Atom and others can provide customer details that GoDaddy can’t? If GoDaddy’s brokers can’t sell your domain right away, that lead is likely lost. They focus on the low-hanging fruit—thousands of leads daily, limited brokers, and a 300k quota. So, it’s obvious that the fresh leads are easier to sell than the ones that have been sitting around for a while, unless you accept their low-ball offers.

 

[Joe drake]

Why I'm Back on Afternic (And How I’m Doing It Differently This Time)


Tried to walk away from Afternic. Really thought I could do it. I wanted to support smaller platforms and brokers who care — so I pulled my names off, thinking it would help long-term.


But the results? Brutal. Leads dropped by 80%. Sales stalled. It hit me fast: Afternic (via GoDaddy) still has the biggest partner reach in the game. Eyeballs = offers. Without them, I was starving.


So yeah, I’m back.


But I’m not just blindly feeding the beast anymore. The way I see it now: Afternic is too big to boycott, but not too big to manage on my own terms.


Here’s what I’m doing now:

• Listing most names on Afternic again for visibility.
• The moment a broker screws up — bad quote, fumbled lead, whatever — I’m pulling that domain.
• I switch nameservers, delete it off Afternic, and send it to a broker I trust (like SAW or Atom).

That way, I get the best of both worlds: exposure from the GoDaddy network, but control over how each name is handled.


Afternic’s size is both its strength and its weakness. Too many names, too many brokers — stuff slips through the cracks. And I’m not letting that cost me anymore.


I still want to support other platforms, and I hope they grow their networks. But until they do, I’m staying where the traffic is — with one hand on the wheel.


You can’t make sales if no one’s seeing your names. Lesson learned.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Why you regurgitating this from 7 years ago and not even relevant to op topic

Daddy will be pleased your listing your names with him. Again.

 

[Joe drake]

Why you regurgitating this from 7 years ago and not even relevant to op topic

Daddy will be pleased your listing your names with him. Again.

Calm down big boy we cant all be as perfect as you