Discuss your Epik Experience!

[Dandelion]

I think Epik is building the best ever Domain Lander in the history of domaining, and it really needs to be talked about extensively. That's why I am creating this discussion thread. A lot of thought process really goes into the project. And I can see (for the first time) a landing page that is built from the stand point of domainers rather than for just the marketplace itself.

Everything you have ever dreamt of getting or seeing in a professional landing page can be found in the new Epik marketplace landing page design.

Some of my Favorites Features:

1. The ability to optimize your "domain for sale" landing page to actually rank on Google, displaying your sales pitch/domain description. I just did that with few of my generic domain names such as ASAP.TV, targeting certain keywords, and they are showing pretty well on Google. That's a huge plus in my marketing effort.

2. Being able to change background image is another huge one for me. If you are good with pictures and images, you will surely find this very useful. I did that with Nagasaki.org and the result was truly amazing, showing the city of Nagasaki right at the background.

There are too many positive features and I don't want to mention all of them, all alone

So I am leaving you guys to share and discuss what you loves most or dislike about the new Epik marketplace and the landing pages.

The only negative for me is the checkout process. There are too many terms and conditions buttons to tick before checking out. It will be nice if they can streamline those into one beautiful big button

They also need to place the checkout button directly under the payment options. Right now it is awkwardly place somewhere below at the sidebar, which I don't find cool at all.

Sales experience is also welcomed in this discussion. I haven't had any sells so far at Epik because I started using the marketplace just recently, but the future is looking so bright.

 

[DLogic]

Hi

been trying to add a nameserver to one of my domains at Epik and keep getting any error host "nameserver" does not exist, even though have checked with hosting provider correct names and have other sites pointing to name servers and working fine.

contacts support by email but have heard nothing back any other way of contacting dont see a ticketing system on site ?

thanks

 

[ncabete]

Hi

been trying to add a nameserver to one of my domains at Epik and keep getting any error host "nameserver" does not exist, even though have checked with hosting provider correct names and have other sites pointing to name servers and working fine.

contacts support by email but have heard nothing back any other way of contacting dont see a ticketing system on site ?

thanks

Hello,

Typically that error means that the nameservers you were trying to apply were not created at the registry-level. A good way to verify this is by querying the registry whois server directly in a UNIX-like terminal, for example for VeriSign domains, the command is:

whois -h whois.verisign-grs.com "nameserver=ns3.epik.com"

We have a chat widget on epik.com, at the bottom right corner of the page - it can be used to contact our support team - we have 24/7/365 coverage, which also applies to phone/email support: https://www.epik.com/about/contact/

When you send in an email to us, unless it was marked as spam, you should receive an automated reply with a ticket # - can you please send me a PM with that ticket # so I can review? If you don't have that #, please PM me your domain.

Thank you!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Please replace Voodoo parking backend with ParkingCrew or Bodis...
According to recent threads - Voodoo is dead a few months already (no payouts).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fakes, trolls and Estibot are the most annoying things on Epik from my very long experience.

Recently I sold one of my .PROs to another domainer (not even to enduser) for $500.
Estibot appraisal on this domain was $0.
Don't support it and care about your reputation, don't be among amateur registrars and for amateurs!

 

[capybara]

An option to remove Stupibot column would be nice indeed.

As well as landing pages need an option to disable automatic language detection/translation and always show in the preferred language (English).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

As well as landing pages need an option to disable automatic language detection/translation and always show in the preferred language (English).

This can be done via Parking configurator:

 

[capybara]

Can a saved profile be set as default somehow? As well as mass-applying to all parked listings...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

It can't be set as Default, unfortunately, lack of this option.
But you can firstly select all necessary domains and then apply your profile in a bulk.

 

[JLJ]

Please replace Voodoo parking backend with ParkingCrew or Bodis...
According to recent threads - Voodoo is dead a few months already (no payouts).

I've reported this to our team and we'll be looking into this.

Can a saved profile be set as default somehow? As well as mass-applying to all parked listings...

That's an interesting concept, and I can see the utility should you have multiple domains in the same niche. Will be presenting to the development team.

Thanks!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.namepros.com/threads/epik-had-a-major-breach.1252094/

 

[private123]

@JLJ

domain searching .... Captcha code disturbing .......

 

[doofer]

Why do selected payment plans not show on landing pages !? Surely if you have selected a specific payment plan to give buyers more options it should say so on the lander, how else will they know ? If they don't see any option other than buying the domain outright you could potentially lose a sale as a result !

 

[meanieme]

I purchased a premium domain through Epik. It's been about 5 days now and still transferring in. I thought it would be instant transfer in upon purchase since it was hosted/listed on Epik as well. Anyone with similar experience?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I can't log in to Epik today...
Looks that their FederatedIdentity is down at least for my location...

 

[Steven McEvoy]

Epik was recently hacked and Havent heard of anything they’ve changed ever Since they been hacked they have been having issues!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

We know...
But I still use it ~daily, still many my domains there...

 

[Steven McEvoy]

We know...
But I still use it ~daily, still many my domains there...

Probly should be getting them out ASAP…

I’ve moved all but 3 that I’ll probly let exp.

 

[Steven McEvoy]

Also Epik.com doesn’t really provide support here anymore… they use their own domain forum now

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Here I post just for another NP members, if the same issue like in my case...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I purchased a premium domain through Epik. It's been about 5 days now and still transferring in. I thought it would be instant transfer in upon purchase since it was hosted/listed on Epik as well. Anyone with similar experience?

gTLD transfer will finish on 6th day (standard duration) - when no instant approval by the losing registrar.