Problems, Bugs and Fixes at Afternic - Report Problems Here

[carob]

I suggest a new thread titled Problems, Bugs and Fixes at Afternic - Report Problems Here. Then we can all list our issues so Afternic have to fix them. These Afternic probs have been repeatedly flagged up across numerous threads on here over a period of time, including the need for 2FA. Godaddy own Afternic and have the resources and motivation to fix it - this risky mess is unacceptable and reflects badly on their brand.

For info, Afternic keep reverting some of my domains to "In Review" status for no reason, and I only know that if I log in there to check on them. Until I then ask support to take them out of Review they are not listed for sale and will not sell at Afternic.

@Joe Styler When can we expect Godaddy to take action on Afternic, including implementing 2FA?

 

[wwwulff]

I have one pending for 2 days now for a simple push - A couple of weeks ago it took 5 days to push a name I bought, so after that I chose to tranfer the next buy from Godaddy to Namesilo and then I had the name in my NameSilo account after half an hour, so unless GD fix this, then push no longer makes any sense as transfer is faster.

 

[richtrading]

Workaround, pay for privacy, and then you can update whois without the wait.
Or workaround 2, push to a temporary GoDaddy account that has some generic address and email address that won't cause errors because user put a ; @ , etc in their name or address, leave out all special characters, only ASCII

 

[NYJimbo]

@Joe Styler I want to use fast transfer for some domain but near to no domains are validated since last year.
Is whois privacy a problem ?

registrar: dynadot

I found that any .org on Netsol that I try to make FT on Afternic does not get the confirmation email. I get it for .coms but not .orgs. This is pretty recent, not sure where the fault is.

 

[davidc1]

I found that any .org on Netsol that I try to make FT on Afternic does not get the confirmation email. I get it for .coms but not .orgs. This is pretty recent, not sure where the fault is.

For .com on netsol i dont have this problem.

this process is pure bulshit, a TXT record would be nice...

I sell domains on afternic everyday, but i'm sure i lose a lot as many are not listed with fast transfer. I also lose my time communicating auth codes, confirming transfers...

 

[Joe Styler]

I found that any .org on Netsol that I try to make FT on Afternic does not get the confirmation email. I get it for .coms but not .orgs. This is pretty recent, not sure where the fault is.

can you email [email protected] with some examples so they can look into it for you please?

 

[Anna_M]

And yet one more problem with Afternic.

The first one was many of my names showing as "Sorry not match found" for MONTHS now.

The domains only show at the bottom of the page. If one cares to look under "Nothing found' screen.

Support's copy paste has been "this is a known issue, our developers are working on it'.

And now - "Sorry, no match found" has been joined by not showing the domain AT ALL

Screen attached.

Oh yes, and the support says no worry, it still shows on GoDaddy

Scared what's coming next

 

[capybara]

I have read a Domaingang article about the cannabis.cafe domain and went to Afternic to take a look at it. By typing only "cannabis" without specifying the extension, I was able to see only 20 matching domains total and no option to continue the list. I think there used to be a "load more" button, but now there is nothing, neither in Chrome nor in Firefox. I believe we should hypothetically be able to see all domains matching the query, not just random 20.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Same results here. Imagine the end abuser who goes to afternic and types in cannabis.
First thing to pop up is Cannabis.space for 10 million. Not a .com to be found
cbd search shows same type of non .com results
Also noticed cannabis/cafe is using ns3 and ns4 nameservers and no contact form on the lander. No godaddy branding. Just smiling guy and his pyramid of strength
Didn't know that was possible Joe
Using bostonfall.com as an example, I see the standard lander for those ns

 

[richtrading]

Joe, could something be done about the daily 2hr lander outage please.
It shows "maybe for sale" each day. Oddly, it manages to show an afternic guy with a phone number, but not the contact form! why not just show the contact form all the time? Please confirm.
Thanks

 

[capybara]

afternic guy with a phone number, but not the contact form!

For me, this happens if the domain is "in review", which is quite usual after any price change for expensive domains. You might want to check your domain status if you see that Afternic guy on your landing page.

 

[richtrading]

For me, this happens if the domain is "in review", which is quite usual after any price change for expensive domains. You might want to check your domain status if you see that Afternic guy on your landing page.

yes, they are not "in review" this is just the daily afternic synchronisation. They take the landing pages offline each day for around 2 hours to synchronise systems.

 

[Jeremyah]

Hi Everybody,

I dindn't know exactly where to post this so I use this thread.

I've checked my Afternic account, and a " Pending sale" Status is appearing on one of my domains (3000$). It's strange because I dind't receive any emails or notifications about this. What it's mean ? Serious possible sale or bug, something else ?

Thank you !

 

[NYJimbo]

James,

Great news, XXXXXXXX.com has sold via Fast Transfer through our DLS Network for $388.00

No action is needed from you at this time. You will receive an email update within 8-10 days regarding your payment.

If you have any questions, please feel to message the TA Agent through the link at the bottom of the domain sales record.

https://www.afternic.com/sold_domains
​

Anybody know why it still takes 8-10 days for payment on a fast transfer domain ? Also, where is the "bottom of the domain sales record" ? They only send you the above email and there is a cryptic list of domains you sold in the past, but nothing else.

Once again, I sold a domain that shows "transfer complete", but payout "not scheduled" seven days after the sale.​

 

[carob]

Just had a bit of a shock. We have had stories about domains selling at prices below what the seller thinks they had set. Well read about this - GD was offering my domain for instant sale way below the listed price I had set.

Was updating a domain price across several platforms and put in the domain in the GD search. It popped up saying available to buy now - at 1/3 of the asking price set at Afternic, and GD willing to take offers at 2/3 of that 1/3 figure, ie at 1/3 of the minimum offer I had set.

Signed into Afternic and it did show it listed at the full price I remembered, checked my spreadsheet exports and it had been at that price since June at least. Floor price was 5k lower and min offer price set at 2/3 of asking price.

This fast-transfer enabled domain could have been sold by GD at exactly 1/3 of the price I had set, and that would probably overwrite the figures I had put in at Afternic, erasing the history.

The only safe course of action was to delete the domain from Afternic at once, which I did, then I could re-list it later but not enable fast-transfer.

Interestingly a few minutes later GD still offer it for sale at their incorrect 1/3 price, but if you try to buy it, you get a message saying sorry this was recently sold.

This is very concerning.

 

[Embrand]

Just had a bit of a shock. We have had stories about domains selling at prices below what the seller thinks they had set. Well read about this - GD was offering my domain for instant sale way below the listed price I had set.

Was updating a domain price across several platforms and put in the domain in the GD search. It popped up saying available to buy now - at 1/3 of the asking price set at Afternic, and GD willing to take offers at 2/3 of that 1/3 figure, ie at 1/3 of the minimum offer I had set.

Signed into Afternic and it did show it listed at the full price I remembered, checked my spreadsheet exports and it had been at that price since June at least. Floor price was 5k lower and min offer price set at 2/3 of asking price.

This fast-transfer enabled domain could have been sold by GD at exactly 1/3 of the price I had set, and that would probably overwrite the figures I had put in at Afternic, erasing the history.

The only safe course of action was to delete the domain from Afternic at once, which I did, then I could re-list it later but not enable fast-transfer.

Interestingly a few minutes later GD still offer it for sale at their incorrect 1/3 price, but if you try to buy it, you get a message saying sorry this was recently sold.

This is very concerning.

That is the reason I only list my lowest priced domains at Afternic with Fast Transfer. They also really need to get that 2FA for the Afternic site so nobody else can edit your prices...

 

[carob]

In another thread about domains selling at prices seller did not think they had set, we found that Godaddy ToS allow up to 48 hours for asking prices to update when changed through the GD interface, and that Afternic ToS set no timeframe at all for when updates to asking prices made through the Afternic interface take effect. I doubt that has changed in the few months since then.

So I was really curious about GD offering to sell my fast-transfer domain at a fixed price of 1/3 of my asking price and I went back and checked my spreadsheet exports from Afternic. Guess what, the domain was listed by me in my account at that 1/3 price in FEBRUARY, but since March at the newer asking price I had set that is three times that. So basically five months+ later Afternic/GD had not implemented my price change in the buyer interface. And so if I had contested the cut-price sale, well, the domain would already be gone from my account and they would just say, too bad, Afternic updates take time.

There is no option to disable fast transfer on a domain, the only way is delete it from Afternic and re-list it. Dangerous stuff. And you seeing a new price you have set in the Afternic interface does not mean that is the price they buyer sees.

Just had a bit of a shock. We have had stories about domains selling at prices below what the seller thinks they had set. Well read about this - GD was offering my domain for instant sale way below the listed price I had set.

Was updating a domain price across several platforms and put in the domain in the GD search. It popped up saying available to buy now - at 1/3 of the asking price set at Afternic, and GD willing to take offers at 2/3 of that 1/3 figure, ie at 1/3 of the minimum offer I had set.

Signed into Afternic and it did show it listed at the full price I remembered, checked my spreadsheet exports and it had been at that price since June at least. Floor price was 5k lower and min offer price set at 2/3 of asking price.

This fast-transfer enabled domain could have been sold by GD at exactly 1/3 of the price I had set, and that would probably overwrite the figures I had put in at Afternic, erasing the history.

The only safe course of action was to delete the domain from Afternic at once, which I did, then I could re-list it later but not enable fast-transfer.

Interestingly a few minutes later GD still offer it for sale at their incorrect 1/3 price, but if you try to buy it, you get a message saying sorry this was recently sold.

This is very concerning.

 

[YairDD]

I sold a domain with fast transfer 9 days ago and still didn't receive an update regarding the payment. the payout is still set as not scheduled.

Why is it taking so long?

 

[YairDD]

I sold a domain with fast transfer 9 days ago and still didn't receive an update regarding the payment. the payout is still set as not scheduled.

Why is it taking so long?

Also I see on whois that the latest update was on 4th august ( the day it was sold ) does this mean they still didn't transfer the domain?

 

[carob]

Also I see on whois that the latest update was on 4th august ( the day it was sold ) does this mean they still didn't transfer the domain?

When it sells, it immediately leaves your account. Then it is seven days before they are willing to pay out and start to schedule payment, and after scheduling payment, there may be a wait of seven days for payment, in my experience.

Does anyone know, when the domain leaves your account immediately, does it go to an account owned by Godaddy and do they make the buyer wait 7 days to get the domain? Or does the buyer really get the domain at once, just auto-pushed to a new account at whatever registrar the domain is at?

Due to the lack of 2FA and finding that buyer may see a lower price than the price you have listed a domain at in the Afternic interface, I don't have enough confidence in Fast Transfer to use it anymore. And if it also keeps buyers waiting as well as sellers, it hardly seems worth it even if they remove the serious risks that we know of.

 

[YairDD]

When it sells, it immediately leaves your account. Then it is seven days before they are willing to pay out and start to schedule payment, and after scheduling payment, there may be a wait of seven days for payment, in my experience.

Does anyone know, when the domain leaves your account immediately, does it go to an account owned by Godaddy and do they make the buyer wait 7 days to get the domain? Or does the buyer really get the domain at once, just auto-pushed to a new account at whatever registrar the domain is at?

Due to the lack of 2FA and finding that buyer may see a lower price than the price you have listed a domain at in the Afternic interface, I don't have enough confidence in Fast Transfer to use it anymore. And if it also keeps buyers waiting as well as sellers, it hardly seems worth it even if they remove the serious risks that we know of.

Yes, what about the buyer? because it's been 9 days and the buyer still didn't receive the domain, as Whois shows the latest update as the time it was transferred from my account to Afternic's.

It takes so long to get the payment because they want to be secured that the payment is legit, so I guess it means that the buyer has to wait too, but why does it take so long to see if it is a legit payment or not