DAN.COM Domain Marketplace (Official Thread)

[DAN.COM]

DAN.COM (formerly known as Undeveloped.com) is on a path to be become the biggest domain marketplace in the world. We use state of the art technology to solve everyday problems buyers and sellers in the domain industry face. At DAN.COM we focus on automating most processes required to buy & sell domains to increase a more efficient and active secondary market for domains.

What sets us apart is our strong focus on product development and customer satisfaction. We leave nothing to chance and every single feature and element we introduce is professionally and carefully designed and built.

DAN.COM is ranked in the top 5 best-rated marketplaces in the world (According to the biggest review platform Trustpilot) and in the domain industry, we're the domain marketplace with the highest rating with an average of 9,4 out of 10 points.

At DAN.COM you will get the highest value for the lowest commission around. Due to our domain transfer automation, we can offer significantly faster handling of domain transactions and payouts (usually within 24 hours) at the lowest fee charged by any domain marketplace.

We've been the first on many fronts and proudly will continue to keep innovating. We were the first to offer optimized for sale pages since 2013, the first to provide payment plans in the form of lease to own and rentals and also the first and only domain marketplace offering free SSL on all domains parked with us for over a year now.

Read more about DAN and our future plans here: https://blog.undeveloped.com/a-big-leap-forward-3a3cc59ed418

This thread is created to act as an informal communication board between the DAN team and the domain community. Feel free to post feedback here and to discuss how you use DAN.

What this thread is not meant for is support. Please contact our support team here: [email protected] when you need assistance.

Previous reviews under old brand: https://www.namepros.com/threads/undeveloped-com-experience.893201/

 

[davidc1]

Bido is not a competitor for any marketplace.
From the beginning (2008) it was designed for flippers and liquidators.

I dont consider, I liquidate my domains. I sell 99% of them to end users and at the right price for them and me. The problem is that the right price for some of my domains is under the minimum price dan decided.

Anyway , for the moment I put paypal redirection instead of dan in case of the right place is under 99€, let's see what will be the % of refund requests.
If that's too much I will put in place something else (adyen, stripe, etc...) Managing hundreds of transfers per month is not a problem for me.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Mike Mann owns ~300K domains...
And I have never heard that he sells them <$100 per domain (even for the worst domains)...

 

[davidc1]

Mike Mann owns ~300K domains...
And I have never heard that he sells them <$100 per domain (even for the worst domains)...

Sure, but I'm not Mike Mann.
I made multiple split tests and continue to do some to make the more margin with my domains.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

You should target the best buyers... not the worst...
This rule is very simple.
If you want to succeed.

 

[davidc1]

You should target the best buyers... not the worst...
This rule is very simple.
If you want to succeed.

ahah, I dont want to succeed. I succeed

 

[boker]

No probs.
Then our understanding of success is different.

So, if he sells $400 worth of handreg domains in a day( that's around 12k a month) it's not a success? I can bet that he is in the top 5% profitability around namepros members. Talking about hours waisted for transfers and automatization, that's another issue, but if he can handle that, even better for him. Your doing 12k sales constantly every month? I know I'm not doing.

 

[davidc1]

$400 is the loss due to this change, I make more...

A new problem is coming, I sold some on dan before redirecting to paypal.. the customer bought the domain first on dan then buying the domain on afternic. Normally I put a higher price on afternic but for some domains it's not the case now. It would be often the case if I let the domain on dan at 99.

 

[frank-germany]

Leads or Sales?
When I tried something like that - I really wasted my time on those lowballers.

leads = lead to sales

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So, if he sells $400 worth of handreg domains in a day( that's around 12k a month) it's not a success?

Per 10K+ domains portfolio???
You can calculate yourself, my help is not needed.

 

[boker]

Per 10K+ domains portfolio???
You can calculate yourself, my help is not needed.

It can be per 50k or 100k portofolio, as long as you sell them before the renewal, it's great. 10k hand reg bought at promotions, that's around 30k-40k and making only 12k a month(what he was saying that he will loose from dan change, without considering sedo or afternic), that's around 145k, so over 100k profit in a year...if you automate this, you have a great business model. What I'm missing? Point out how many namepros members can make over 100k profit a year.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And why so complicated model when you have ~$50K to invest?
You really don't see how to transform $50K into $150K using another ways???

 

[davidc1]

And why so complicated model when you have ~$50K to invest?
You really don't see how to transform $50K into $150K using another ways???

No I dont know, let me know, I'm very interested to know, it will for sure change the life of everyone here if they'll know how !

without considering sedo or afternic
In fact I consider also afternic, as my price on afternic is based on my price on dan.
Normally my price on afternic in usd is about 1.3 my price in euros on dan.
Yesterday it was different as some domains were listed under $100 on afternic and at 99€ on dan, a customer paid them twice (he probably see the price on afternic after paid it on dan)
I will continue to list my domains at the correct price (under $113 on afternic), maybe my loss will be under $150 per day if i do that, but sometimes there will be double payments...

One thing really strange, from a porfolio to another the min price is different, as they only consider 99 without the currency lol
USD99 = USD99
99€ = USD99
99£ = USD124

For the moment the paypal redirection I made for domains under 99€ seems not working well I will let it until monday to have more stats...

 

[frank-germany]

No I dont know, let me know, I'm very interested to know, it will for sure change the life of everyone here if they'll know how !

without considering sedo or afternic
In fact I consider also afternic, as my price on afternic is based on my price on dan.
Normally my price on afternic in usd is about 1.3 my price in euros on dan.
Yesterday it was different as some domains were listed under $100 on afternic and at 99€ on dan, a customer paid them twice (he probably see the price on afternic after paid it on dan)
I will continue to list my domains at the correct price (under $113 on afternic), maybe my loss will be under $150 per day if i do that, but sometimes there will be double payments...

One thing really strange, from a porfolio to another the min price is different, as they only consider 99 without the currency lol
USD99 = USD99
99€ = USD99
99£ = USD124

For the moment the paypal redirection I made for domains under 99€ seems not working well I will let it until monday to have more stats...

what kind of domains do you sell below 100

.com?

what size a portfolio needs to have
to do so profitably?

 

[karmaco]

Anybody who doesn’t want to flip at $99 and above to supposed end users is working way too hard and frankly making it alot harder for everyone else to get real sales. I think DAN is being very generous with that low minimum to all involved. People who can’t afford $99 aren’t end users.

 

[davidc1]

I will only speak about dan related things here.

 

[davidc1]

Anybody who doesn’t want to flip at $99 and above to supposed end users is working way too hard and frankly making it alot harder for everyone else to get real sales. I think DAN is being very generous with that low minimum to all involved.

False in case of seo domains for example, average price for them is under 99.

 

[karmaco]

False in case of seo domains for example, average price for them is under 99.

Because SEO domains are not make it or break it-content is. I am not knocking your business but at $99 its still dirt cheap is my point and not worth all this fuss.

 

[boker]

Anybody who doesn’t want to flip at $99 and above to supposed end users is working way too hard and frankly making it alot harder for everyone else to get real sales. I think DAN is being very generous with that low minimum to all involved. People who can’t afford $99 aren’t end users.

It's the same as the 2euro shops, where everything is dirty cheap. Are you saying that you can't make a business model based on that? A few of the 2euro shops owners are making millions and some are owned by huge companies. You are saying that they should give up their business model, just to make it easier for others to sell for more? That's not real life. Also, there are tons of end users who want to pay under couple of hundreds for a domain, for an online shop, for a barber shop and tens of other small companies, which have a small budget and want to try a business. Lot's of the big players from today where once small companies that could not afford to pay more than $100-$200 for a domain. They will not have any effect on your business model, because they are not the buyers of an xxxx domain, if they can't find, they will just hand reg something, you will not loose anything.

 

[davidc1]

Because SEO domains are not make it or break it-content is. I am not knocking your business but at $99 its still dirt cheap is my point and not worth all this fuss.

That mean that now dan is not made for seo domains.

everything is relative.
99 is cheap but not for everyone. i'm selling worldwide, 99 could be a lot for many customers from indonesia, bangladesh, india for example.

For some people 100k is cheap, is it cheap for you ?

The best price is the correct price for everyone.

 

[NorthernDomains]

That mean that now dan is not made for seo domains.

everything is relative.
99 is cheap but not for everyone. i'm selling worldwide, 99 could be a lot for many customers from indonesia, bangladesh, india for example.

For some people 100k is cheap, is it cheap for you ?

The best price is the correct price for everyone.

Why not start your own marketplace? Sales at Dan are certainly not from inventory searches.