New NameDrive Front Office and NDX Market

[NameDriver]

NameDrive are delighted to announce the launch of NDX Market, a fully-integrated domain trading platform, and a full relaunch of our domain parking front office.

Building on several years' experience of brokering private domain sales totaling several million dollars, NameDrive now gives all of our clients the opportunity to buy and sell domains on a vibrant, innovative, international trading platform: NDX Market.

Domain owners can list domains as best offer or auctions, both with the added option of setting a BuyNow price – offering the chance to set up your own fixed price domain store.

Domain investors can take advantage of Park&Sell listings which show domains' parking earnings for the last 30 days on NameDrive, giving you the opportunity to invest in domains which are proven to make real cash.

In addition to launching a comprehensive aftermarket, NameDrive has also fully revamped the homepage and parking front office.
Since August 2005, NameDrive has been renowned for innovation in domain management and parking options. NameDrive were the first company to provide folder management for domains, next generation parking templates, full IDN functionality, global optimization preview, individual letter capitalization and more.

The new Front Office takes this innovation to the next level with full per-country statistical breakdown and settings, dynamic navigation, advanced analytical tools, on-the-fly optimization, virtual folders and customizable log in screens among several new features.

Make sure you drop by NameDrive.com soon to check out the new features, list your domains on the aftermarket and look into expanding your domain portfolio on NDX Market.

You can find video tutorials and tours on our new Video Tutorial Lounge <a href="http://www.namedrive.com/ndxInfo/vTour?lang=en">here</a>.

We hope you enjoy using the new system as much as we enjoyed building. We'd obviously love to hear any and all feedback. We will continue to make changes and updates over the next couple of weeks, so this is just the beginning.

Ed

 

[BizBot]

The new ND website looks great! I like the new features and the marketplace. Thanks for the updates.

 

[netmeg]

This look pretty cool; was confused by one thing though - do you have to have your domains in the system (i.e. parked at Namedrive) in order to participate in NDX?

 

[NameDriver]

Hi there Netmeg,

Two things here:
Yes, you have to put your names onto our system - i.e. list the domains in your NameDrive account - to participate on NDX Market.
No, you don't have to park the domains with us to use the marketplace, however, once our fees are introduced in June, then, although they will be lower than anywhere else you use, they will be even lower if you park the names with ND.

Ed

 

[h3rm4w4n]

keyword search question

on new interface, where is the place to check keyword entered by visitors at search box ?

 

[kruwreka]

Hi there Netmeg,

Two things here:
Yes, you have to put your names onto our system - i.e. list the domains in your NameDrive account - to participate on NDX Market.
No, you don't have to park the domains with us to use the marketplace, however, once our fees are introduced in June, then, although they will be lower than anywhere else you use, they will be even lower if you park the names with ND.

Ed

Will there be an announcement beforehand regarding the fees and their implementation time so that one does not get caught with their pants down?

-Kru

 

[v5x]

NameDrive is great, I just wish they'd include the option for us to customize the related searches on the landers.

 

[NameDriver]

Hi v5x,
This option was in the original beta build, but we took it out for a couple of reasons. We will be putting it back in again shortly, though

The user searches will also be added back in this week.

Regarding the fees, they will go live after the first month, so after 1st June. There will be no fixed fees for listing, users will only be charged a (very low) transfer fee should they sell a domain successfully.

Ed

 

[v5x]

OK, thanks Ed. It was just that I spoke to Aidan a few days back, he told me he asked you about this feature and you said it's not going to implemented at all within the new NDX platform features?

 

[NameDriver]

Hey v5x,

He claims he said it was coming but wasn't there yet At any rate, it is coming!

Ed

 

[TOXX]

Looks great...I think you should change the name to: SDX

 

[far3dz]

I hope the agent can work fast on this.
My domain have been sold for 2 days, but no respons received after that. Im waiting for domain transfer and receiving the money :hehe:

 

[thebutler]

Load better

One little thing but the site seems to be loading faster with the new design.

 

[NameDriver]

far3dz, we have reacted to all domains sold within a couple of hours of them being sold - we do claim that we do fast transfers, after all and that is something we intend to stand by. Please could you PM me the name and I'll look into it.

Ed

 

[blaknite]

All in all I like the new site, but you might have made it a little easier to access classic style reports some of us have gotten used to. I keep a spreadsheet of how much my domains make each month and grab the data from my account view at the end of the month. It took me a good ten minutes searching around to get a list of all my domains and how much they each earned last month since the change. The functionality is there, but sometimes all those fancy graphs get in the way.

Feature Request...
I would like to see a tracker that shows how a name is performing before/after a keyword change. I can do this manually but it would be nice to see it logged based on the exact time the change is implemented.
For example:

Domain name  
Keyword 1 - [Start date, End Date] UV, CTR, RPC, RPM 
Keyword 2 - [Start date, End Date] UV, CTR, RPC, RPM 
Keyword 3 - [Start date, End Date] UV, CTR, RPC, RPM

 

[TOXX]

What are the key features that make NDX better than Sedo or Afternic, for instance?

 

[NameDriver]

Hi blaknite,
We already have this feature if you are on an individual domain's page, you can see the settings history by scrolling to the bottom of the page. If the settings don't have the desired effect, then you can click the revert button and your settings will be reset to what they were previously.

As far as the new system is concerned, you can list domains with fixed purchase prices, can choose between Auction and Best Offer, can make bulk negotiations on one screen, can buy or sell based on traffic earnings, rather than just the number of hits, can ask and answer public questions which are seen by all members.

And when we introduce our fees at the end of the free 1 month trial period, they will be significantly lower than elsewhere.

Ed

 

[TOXX]

Hi blaknite,
We already have this feature if you are on an individual domain's page, you can see the settings history by scrolling to the bottom of the page. If the settings don't have the desired effect, then you can click the revert button and your settings will be reset to what they were previously.

As far as the new system is concerned, you can list domains with fixed purchase prices, can choose between Auction and Best Offer, can make bulk negotiations on one screen, can buy or sell based on traffic earnings, rather than just the number of hits, can ask and answer public questions which are seen by all members.

And when we introduce our fees at the end of the free 1 month trial period, they will be significantly lower than elsewhere.

Ed

Ok, I'm :sold: on NDX!

 

[TOXX]

Holy Cannoli! 4 "clicks" yesterday for $60.

Good deal.

L2

No shit!

 

[movingconcierge]

Has there been any sales on NDX? I keep looking but there never seems to be any bids or recent sales. I'm not ragging, I'm dying for Sedo competition, but I just don't see it here...