Afternic taking the lead?

[Lasher]

Has anyone else noticed how Afternic are posting much more sales than Sedo these days? Afternic has a better site, better categorization, a better escrow model and, in my experience, more responsive customer service.

Now if only they would get rid of those crazy arbitrary 'appraisals' you have to buy to get a featured listing. They are so off the mark it isn't even funny. I see that the OnlineCasino.de pending sale has been posted here already, the Afternic appraisal on that has a current market value of $5,420, the current bid is $101,000. At a minimum anyone attempting to charge for this kind of appraisal should at least be scanning comparable sales.

Afternic, if any of you folks read this, please consider removing that requirement. If it's about the money then charge an extra $20 for the listing if you must, but those appraisals are a joke and the reason most of my featured listing budget goes to Sedo.

Derek.

 

[meljr]

Well, if you have any other questions that may aid you in making a decision to feature your name with Afternic, I'm all ears.


Best regards,

Amber West
Afternic.com
[email protected]

So Amber, On the $20 Fee can we get what Afternic's offical policy and reasons on this and if there are any "real" plans to adjust these fees?

thanks
meljr

 

[Argos]

Am I an exception ? I got 6 nice sales via Afternic and 0 at Sedo.
I did some tests in parking the same batch of .coms and cctlds, on a 3 month period per site = my preference goes by far to Afternic's ppc results (which pays by far my yearly subscription). I hate the Sedo's interface. I fully agree, Afternic's appraisals are just waist of money, -real/tangible analysis and credible service are what we expect from them- (I am not sure that Sedo's appraisal system is much better). The Afternic "Showcase" does not reflect their best listings as it does not look different than the "Featured listing" content and seems updated only when they have time to do it... and a few other things to improve... but so far in term of traffic & incomes from my modest portfolio I am a happy Afternic member.

 

[Aggro]

Sedo does the same thing. I just completed an escrow with Sedo where I had to deal with the transfer emails, and once transferred the buyer wouldn't turn off their whois privacy to confirm to Sedo that they had possession of the domain for almost three weeks. Eventually they just disbursed the money to me anyway but it was frustrating there for a while.

ripley.

The "escrow" of Sedo, Afternic, Escrow.com (the irony) are all crap - it's not even proper "escrow".
Basically after you have t/f or pushed the domain, the buyer has zero incentive to click and finalise the transaction so that you get paid...preferring to play silly buggers and make you unnecessarily wait 'til the end...
It's not like it requires a lot of work on Sedo, Afternic, Escrow.com on their part (for their fat 10% fees) to obtain control of the domain in a house a/c so that funds are disbursed immediately once control is obtained w/out waiting for the buyer's sense of decency to "confirm domain receipt", "confirm acceptance" etc. Pure BS.
And neither is there any incentive for them to quickly disburse the funds; high risk and the fact that they earn interest on those funds.

Moniker's escrow is the only true escrow.

 

[jaydub]

Sedo does the same thing. I just completed an escrow with Sedo where I had to deal with the transfer emails, and once transferred the buyer wouldn't turn off their whois privacy to confirm to Sedo that they had possession of the domain for almost three weeks. Eventually they just disbursed the money to me anyway but it was frustrating there for a while.

ripley.

The "escrow" of Sedo, Afternic, Escrow.com (the irony) are all crap - it's not even proper "escrow".
Basically after you have t/f or pushed the domain, the buyer has zero incentive to click and finalise the transaction so that you get paid...preferring to play silly buggers and make you unnecessarily wait 'til the end...
It's not like it requires a lot of work on Sedo, Afternic, Escrow.com on their part (for their fat 10% fees) to obtain control of the domain in a house a/c so that funds are disbursed immediately once control is obtained w/out waiting for the buyer's sense of decency to "confirm domain receipt", "confirm acceptance" etc. Pure BS.
And neither is there any incentive for them to quickly disburse the funds; high risk and the fact that they earn interest on those funds.

Moniker's escrow is the only true escrow.

Very interesting take and simply put Aggro :tu: ...... :hehe:

 

[DropLister]

sedo posts bigger sales, afternic posts them all. Theres plenty that go unmentioned im sure. Also the recent sales list actually changes for each location .de .co.uk etc

Rereading this, i think it says something that Afternic actually listens and makes changes. The last post from Sedo on the forums was spamming a domain they were brokering.

 

[AWest]

Hi again,

Our membership fees currently contribute to forming partnerships with registrars that bring major buyer traffic to the names listed on Afternic. I will be sure to voice the opinions/concerns on this board regarding our current fee structure.

We have been making many improvements at Afternic (if you haven't been there in a while, check us out, you'll see what I mean) and we still have more in the works. Feedback from our members is important to us, so please, always feel free to contact me and I will do my best to make sure your voice is heard.

Best regards,

Amber West
Afternic.com
[email protected]