news Dan.com to increase comission from 9% to 15% effective Feb 1st 2023

[MadAboutDomains]

Just received this email from Dan.com about commission increases (snippet of email):

Thoughts?

 

[DomainRecap]

Maybe they "hinted" at becoming a registrar as a marketing stunt to get GoDaddy's attention to buy DAN.

Hammer meet Nail.

 

[YairDD]

Efty should lower their subscription pricing a bit and they will have a fantastic year, courtesy of Godaddy.

 

[Dane]

Efty should lower their subscription pricing a bit and they will have a fantastic year, courtesy of Godaddy.

I agree, and I suggested this to Doron. I also suggested adding an additional (less expensive) tier between 50 names and 1,500 names. He said he would consider it.

 

[Mister Funsky]

Efty should lower their subscription pricing a bit and they will have a fantastic year, courtesy of Godaddy.

Yes, now is the time for him to get aggressive. A reasonable pricing plan for 1500 and below as @Dane says above would be ideal.

In may case, he (efty) only has days to make an announcement something is available or coming very soon. Once I start my own landing page solution, there will be no interest in paying someone else to 'host' my visitors via type in traffic.

 

[DomainRecap]

Efty should lower their subscription pricing a bit and they will have a fantastic year, courtesy of Godaddy.

The only email I got from Efty was one hyping their new Sedo MLS Network at a 20% commission, so I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. Everyone is getting into the Late-Stage Capitalism CASH GRAB.

 

[karmaco]

Maybe they "hinted" at becoming a registrar as a marketing stunt to get GoDaddy's attention to buy DAN.

They didn’t hint. They indeed had a non public facing registrar. I know because I had to transfer a few domains under payment plans to them.

It was no secret. They were going to make it public before long. They even made announcements about their plans.

 

[Future Sensors]

They didn’t hint. They indeed had a non public facing registrar. I know because I had to transfer a few domains under payment plans to them.

That's the DAN holding account at MetaRegistrar.

 

[karmaco]

That's the DAN holding account at MetaRegistrar.

I have no idea. But it said dan from what I recall. I wanted to leave the names right where they were. Either way its not hard to become a registrar if you have the funds. I know a few people who have done it. Also not public facing.

 

[Future Sensors]

I have no idea. But it said dan from what I recall. I wanted to leave the names right where they were. Either way its not hard to become a registrar if you have the funds. I know a few people who have done it. Also not public facing.

Yes, to be precise, it mentioned: 'Reseller: DAN.COM' in whois.

 

[karmaco]

Yes, to be precise, it mentioned: 'Reseller: DAN.COM' in whois.

Ok I will take your word. It still doesn’t negate that they said they were going to and could indeed become a registrar. Its a time consuming process (slow) but not hard. I don’t think they would’ve mislead us. GD just apparently made the right offer.

 

[Dane]

This question was asked somewhere but I can't find the post to see if it was answered...

I know that the new Dan/Afternic commission structure starts on Feb 1st. Is that based on the start of a negotiation? Or on the date the name sells? If an Afternic negotiation started today but the name doesn't sell until Feb 2nd, what would the commission be? Anyone know?

 

[dirk]

This question was asked somewhere but I can't find the post to see if it was answered...

I know that the new Dan/Afternic commission structure starts on Feb 1st. Is that based on the start of a negotiation? Or on the date the name sells? If an Afternic negotiation started today but the name doesn't sell until Feb 2nd, what would the commission be? Anyone know?

James has been out of the office for a while but should get back with an answer today.

 

[Mister Funsky]

I know that the new Dan/Afternic commission structure starts on Feb 1st. Is that based on the start of a negotiation? Or on the date the name sells? If an Afternic negotiation started today but the name doesn't sell until Feb 2nd, what would the commission be? Anyone know?

Due to a lack of clarity on/in all the communications from the Gddy brands, in addition to a need for a clean transitional starting point, I am assuming any sale occurring on Feb 1 will be subject to the new pricing...regardless of when negotiations started.

Just imagine the headaches and man hours needed to handle all the clarification needed to 'back date' a sale.

 

[Dane]

Just imagine the headaches and man hours needed to handle all the clarification needed to 'back date' a sale.

That's a great point. Thanks.

 

[dirk]

Due to a lack of clarity on/in all the communications from the Gddy brands, in addition to a need for a clean transitional starting point, I am assuming any sale occurring on Feb 1 will be subject to the new pricing...regardless of when negotiations started.

Just imagine the headaches and man hours needed to handle all the clarification needed to 'back date' a sale.

I agree, that would most probably be what's going to happen.

They should however make this 100% clear. Your asking price is based on value and cost (commission, etc) what if my lead doesn't accept my counter until the first? I'd loose 16%.

 

[dirk]

Btw, it would be cheaper to deliver the domain in person instead of being charged 25%

 

[Dane]

Btw, it would be cheaper to deliver the domain in person instead of being charged 25%

25% is insane. It just is.

 

[internext]

25% is insane. It just is.

I used to just simply dislike GoDaddy. I stopped using them years ago, right around the time Elephant Hunter Bob Parsons left his company. Now I am coming to outright despise GoDaddy. It is next to impossible to avoid them at this point and still effectively market domains. Not only that but get penalized by them if you seek to utilize other options to any degree.

My Rage Grows!

 

[Mister Funsky]

I used to just simply dislike GoDaddy. I stopped using them years ago, right around the time Elephant Hunter Bob Parsons left his company. Now I am coming to despise GoDaddy. It is next to impossible to avoid them at this point and still effectively market domains.

I will avoid them as much as possible. They would not give me a discount on their 'domain buying club' so I've let all that go.

As a result, due to their money grubbing, I've now developed relationships with several other marketplaces/registrars.

As I said in another post, I will still offer my customers the option to purchase through the gddy network, but they (customer) will pay the additional 16%.

 

[Dane]

They would not give me a discount on their 'domain buying club' so I've let all that go.

I was getting a discount on their Domain Buying Club. Had it for years. Then a GoDaddy rep told me that I don't need to pay for that club since I was already paying them for a Reseller account... which (I was told) gives me the same discount on domain name purchases. So I stopped paying for the Domain Club. Guess what? The rep was wrong, it does NOT give the discount. Now GoDaddy won't give me the discount on their Domain Buying Club. I'm screwed because a GoDaddy rep gave me wrong information.