discuss DAN or EFTY?

[DanBingham]

can't decide..

Given the option, which one would you choose?

 

[legendarynames]

DAN = if u hab small portfolio
Efty = if u hab large portfolio

why? cuz dan = 9% commission mostly for each tx
efty = flat monthly / yearly fee taht's cheaper than the 9% commission if you get lots of sailz per month due to having a simply massive port.

DAN is 5%, not 9%, if you use it as you'd use Escrow.com for example - only for closing the deal. You don't have to use their landing pages to sell through DAN. And regardless, if you use the full service, you know the transaction will be smooth because they really go after the buyer.

So, DAN.

 

[Jv1999]

DAN is 5%, not 9%, if you use it as you'd use Escrow.com for example - only for closing the deal. You don't have to use their landing pages to sell through DAN. And regardless, if you use the full service, you know the transaction will be smooth because they really go after the buyer.

So, DAN.

Saying it's 5% is misrepresentation, and you know it .

OP is asking about landing pages because no one would import leads into efty...

if you're using DAN for landing pages... it's 9%.

I try to be neutral, and I love DAN (can see from my post history). But even I wouldn't say 5% in this thread...

 

[Tatiana_B]

DAN !!! First sale))

.pro

 

[sharastar]

@bondage Congrats on your first sale.

 

[Tatiana_B]

 

[indiegrind]

I'm building my own brand for my business. Efty lets me customize and I direct all traffic to my portfolio pages at nameperfect.com. I've even embedded custom videos into my landing pages to promote my domains and brand.

I think Dan is great but efty fits my long term business strategy better. If not for efty, I would be using Dan.

 

[JB Lions]

These seem to be a little different animal and to decide between the two, it helps if you've actually used both of them. I'm using both. Paid efty account, about 70 domains at Dan to try them out.

Dan is easy to setup, pretty smooth, no cost unless you sell a domain etc.

Efty is a little more robust. I'm good with handling the deals myself, usually less commission. I have a $5,000 deal I started today thru Escrow.com, using the Concierge service where I'm paying all fees, it'll be 6.5%, less if I did it myself, even less if I made the buyer pay the fees. Had another $2,500 using Escrow.com Concierge where it was only 3.2%.

Dan has 1 landing page, a great one. Efty has many, more choice.

I like having a marketplace url. Somebody asks me what I do for a living, I say go to (mysite).com, where you can see all my domains.

Does Dan have this option somewhere? I did not dig too deep into it, just trying the landing pages out.

Getting some good sales thru Efty.

End of day, if whatever you're using is working for you and you're happy with it, that's what matters.

 

[sharastar]

Does Dan have this option somewhere? I did not dig too deep into it, just trying the landing pages out.

DAN too has that feature with a Profile page which can be used as same as Efty.

If you want to have the display in your website like Efty then do a redirect to your website pointing to your DAN Profile page.

Efty is a little more robust. I'm good with handling the deals myself, usually less commission. I have a $5,000 deal I started today thru Escrow.com, using the Concierge service where I'm paying all fees, it'll be 6.5%, less if I did it myself, even less if I made the buyer pay the fees. Had another $2,500 using Escrow.com Concierge where it was only 3.2%.

Awesome .Congrats on your Domain sales.

End of day, if whatever you're using is working for you and you're happy with it, that's what matters.

 

[Brands.International]

As stated above, they are little different, but from my personal experience, both Dan and Efty are good options to consider

At the moment I personally like to use Dan for some of my domain names, as I have my own webpage (which I created using Wix.com), so this is an ideal setup for me.

 

[namemarket]

Is anyone making money via ppc parking services such as parkingcrew or voodoo? Do you think ppc pages can get as many inquiries vs only using DAN?

Any news about epik ppc revenue?

 

[legendarynames]

Is anyone making money via ppc parking services such as parkingcrew or voodoo? Do you think ppc pages can get as many inquiries vs only using DAN?

Any news about epik ppc revenue?

While I don't have statistics regarding the use of PPC landings, for my high traffic names I've always used such pages with an inquiry banner at the top. I have used all PPC systems out there and IMO Bodis is the best experience.

Now if your names only make a few cents from PPC, don't trouble yourself going that route...

 

[barybadrinath]

Dan. They are the best in every sense.

 

[Dandelion]

None. Both doesn't make sense to me. I prefer selling at registrar's (Epik, Uniregistry, Godaddy) marketplaces. At worst, I sell at Sedo.

 

[Robin A.]

Efty for me. Importing domains, inquiries, adding logos, etc. - everything is just so easy. But I also list my domains on GD, Afternic, Sedo to get more exposure.

 

[namemarket]

While I don't have statistics regarding the use of PPC landings, for my high traffic names I've always used such pages with an inquiry banner at the top......

Thank you so much for that valuable feedback. After reading it I fully realized (after only thinking about the issue before) by not sending most all of my traffic to ppc (which was going to landing pages) I was basically wasting the traffic to landing pages first to earn no possible ppc revenue, all for the not too likely better chance of a sale. Now instead it goes direct to good PPC pages

As you pointed out the inquiry banner on top of the ppc page should still bring inquiries and not necessarily detract that much if at all from sales especially if the inquiry banner catches the attention of visitors and the ppc inquiry banner forwards to a very nice for-sale page (which they in fact do).

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[LLLL_Domains]

I think between Efty and Dan (undeveloped) I'd go with Dan definitely, mainly because it's fast.

 

[biggie]

there is no comparison, because….

one is free to use
and
one you have to pay to use

imo….

 

[tomcarl]

They both have their pros/cons. Depends on the type of names.

Personally, I prefer someone else handling the collection of payment/transferring of domain. Therefore it's easier to use DAN for that purpose, they're great for that. A lot less time, involvement and attention I have to put into the closing of the sale....less likely for things to fall through, and can leave my mood out of things

Now if I'm selling a great name, a name with obvious value that I know the right buyer is going to want it sooner or later at high 4 figs - 5 figures, I'd go for dealing direct, where there's no commission, I can gather their info, and they're going to be serious so it's less likely the sale will fall through after negotiations, I'd opt for efty with these names. I want to see that contact info/I want to pay less commission with these.

Serious names = serious buyers, usually more experience buyers, more patience for Escrow.com process/communication.

Less serious names (Under 5K) = flaky buyers, usually less experienced with domains, leave it to pros/automated system to keep everything running/closing smoothly.

IMO.

 

[HiFiNames.com]

I like DAN.

 

[karmaco]

Been using Efty for 2 years and am probably going to go 100% Dan shortly.

There are too many things that don’t work for me with Efty at this point. It is good for record keeping but not great.

Tons of spam fake offers from “verified” leads
Insistence on using Escrow or PayPal for 2 lower tier plans (limited unsavory payment options)
Sold names count against your portfolio number count
Names I sold the last year I imported lead to Dan so might as well be there
App is glitchy at times
No substantive upgrades in a long time
Sales and stats are in one big bucket you can’t look back to last year versus this year etc
System requires you prove ownership when some idiot forgets to clear his portfolio( Dan has this issue too)
Only way to get secured individual landers is Efty market
I don’t do a store front so that’s a feature some may love but I have no use for

I see a lot of people praising the client info aspect of Efty. Sure you get the info they put in which is 50 percent or more a fake name and throw away addy. I have had several sales there where later at Escrow/PP I saw their real name.