news Thank You and Good Bye Afternic.com

[AbdulBasit.com]

Hello everyone,

I think this is the longest gap I’ve taken in between two posts but I’m sure this will come as a surprise to many of my fellow domain investors that I’m leaving Afternic.com

As many of my readers know that since January 2020, I’ve been using Afternic.com price request lander. It’s been almost 6 years using them and I had an overall great experience. With all the challenges and ups and downs including economic crisis and uncertainty in global market due to wars, I still had many extra ordinary months with the help of Afternic team. It was really nice working with so many Afternic brokers and especially my rep Adam Ramsdell who did all his best he could to get the maximum sales out of my portfolio. I sincerely appreciate Adam and the entire team whoever was involved in getting the sales happen smoothly.

There are two main reasons for leaving Afternic:

1. I’m no longer interested in paying any commission.
2. Like the way I opted Afternic from Uniregistry, now I would like to prefer handling and managing the portfolio and leads myself.

Overall, it’s been a rollercoaster ride with a lot of inconsistencies which I believe is part of the business especially domain investing. It took a lot of time to think and decide about this decision but I believe now is the right time to go and move onto the next level of my domaining journey.

Currently I’m in the process of trying something new and I’ll share more details in my next post, so stay tuned.

Thank you!

 

[NicTraders]

pigawee

I would love to know what that is...

 

[alcy]

I would love to know what that is...

my guess is something related to slowest registrar on earth with 1 clearscreen cmd per trillion line of Pascal code... porkbun

but @Future Sensors can explain more

 

[Jannes]

@alcy

Why not open a new thread, something along the lines of "Thank You, Afternic.com; Keep Doin' Whatchu Doin'".

I think that's way better than discouraging innovative ideas here.

alcy will more likely open a "thank you, alcy ..." thread

 

[Rippa]

I would love to know what that is...

Pigawee gobbles-up much more than his share. Maybe Hawaiian? Or maybe just my ma ... (RIP)

 

[Future Sensors]

my guess is something related to slowest registrar on earth with 1 clearscreen cmd per trillion line of Pascal code... porkbun

but @Future Sensors can explain more

I'm worried about you. All the best.

 

[alcy]

I'm worried about you. All the best.

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this bro doth alcy resemble

and to live up to my dog's perception of me I one day doth hope Indeed

oh.. and ps... your focking boat is overloaded hahah

 

[boker]

or alternatively how many Here who defend op expirtiment are willing to delete all their afternic names.

answer .... zero

can u say.... hippo critter.

I haven't listed at godaddy for years and at afternic I still have a residue of around 150 domains. Last year I had 1 sale with them, 2 years ago 0 sales, so I forget for months that I even have an afternic account.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

I wanted to register HippoCritters Alcy gave me an epiphany butt some guy named Bill came up with the same epiphany like 23 years ago now he’s got his hi quality domain forwarding to a blank page
Bet 78% of us wish we had that in our folio

How is the self brokering going Abdul?

 

[alcy]

I haven't listed at godaddy for years and at afternic I still have a residue of around 150 domains. Last year I had 1 sale with them, 2 years ago 0 sales, so I forget for months that I even have an afternic account.

so does it mean y will now go delete all or what???

anyone else?

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

I wanted to register HippoCritters Alcy gave me an epiphany butt some guy named Bill came up with the same epiphany like 23 years ago now he’s got his hi quality domain forwarding to a blank page
Bet 78% of us wish we had that in our folio

How is the self brokering going Abdul?

I'll share the results in the coming months and my first sale via Efty lander very soon.

 

[alcy]

I'll share the results in the coming months and my first sale via Efty lander very soon.

can u also plz share with class how many sales u will miss by removing all an listings

we are alcy

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

can u also plz share with class how many sales u will miss by removing all an listings

we are alcy

I've always shared the data and insights as much as I could over the years. And will continue to do so on my terms.

I can understand your frustration. If you can't encourage someone, it's better to move on and do some productive work.

 

[alcy]

I've always shared the data and insights as much as I could over the years. And will continue to do so on my terms.

I can understand your frustration. If you can't encourage someone, it's better to move on and do some productive work.

believe u me old friend u have made it so that there is now left nothing more productive in all of universe than to tell all newbies and others that deleting all afternic listings will not increase your domain income and sales.

 

[Brother Bob]

There is no success in simply following the crowd and repeating the same actions year after year, as this will only lead to stagnation. If you consult the most successful... they can provide clearer insights. You may encounter challenges along your journey, but these obstacles are what set humanity apart.
Personally, I had never used gd or aftank or any other marketplace until I discovered np, where I expressed my frustrations. I was advised to list my names everywhere, and someone even shared those marketplaces with me. However, despite my efforts, I have not seen any sales, except through their checkout page, which has yet to be processed after more than two months. What I've come to understand is that if you have good or superior names, you don't require anyone else or marketing; buyers will seek you out no matter where you are.
A great name is similar to a preacher living in the woods, filled with the holy spirit; people will search for... to find solutions, regardless of ur location as you don't have to establish your business in cities or towns... The start of something new can be challenging, and you may face adversity, but it is this very adversity that has propelled many to success. You gain more wisdom from hardship than from your friends. Adversity is the birthplace of greatness, where champions are forged!

 

[boker]

so does it mean y will now go delete all or what???

anyone else?

They don"t bother me, so there is no reason, but I don't actively list them there and I survive pretty well. People are giving to much credit to afternic/godady. They can bring extra cash, but nobody should relly on them. If somebody want"s to buy it, they will find a way. Godaddy/afternic search it's worthless.

 

[alcy]

They don"t bother me, so there is no reason, but I don't actively list them there and I survive pretty well. People are giving to much credit to afternic/godady. They can bring extra cash, but nobody should relly on them. If somebody want"s to buy it, they will find a way. Godaddy/afternic search it's worthless.

so even when they dont bother u u still wont delete them.

I know few people on np who told me they would not have a domain biz if it weren't for afternic sales.

maybe u would survive even better with listing there.

see the problem with not listing on afternic is that u will never know how many more sales would have.

that's not an experiment.. its domain suicide

 

[JB Lions]

What I've come to understand is that if you have good or superior names, you don't require anyone else or marketing; buyers will seek you out no matter where you are.

This would be an interesting topic all on it's own, and I could be in the minority in not agreeing with this. And this gets repeated all the time by people.

If you have a good name, people will find it.

And I'll use one of the biggest domainers out there, one of his domains. Flowerland.com - it goes to ppc page - click link it goes to domainking.com

There are people that if they type in a domain name and it goes somewhere else, will assume that domain is not available, not for sale, it's some type of mistake, etc. Never should someone type in a domain and it go to the front page of a portfolio site, where again, many will assume it's not available and for those that try to find it, have to hunt for it. You should not introduce hurdles into selling domains.

Is there anybody here that thinks that way is better than a landing page for the domain saying, Make Offer, Buy Now, This Domain For Sale etc. a proper landing page. I would love to see that argument how that's better.

I think there are a lot of domainers, even big ones, that don't grasp basic consumer behavior, website usability etc. It needs to be simple and smooth as possible.

Another basic concept in selling. More eyeballs usually equals more sales. Can somebody tell how less eyeballs equals more sales? That just doesn't make sense.

 

[D Haynes]

Another basic concept in selling. More eyeballs usually equals more sales. Can somebody tell how less eyeballs equals more sales? That just doesn't make sense.

Absolutely.

 

[boker]

so even when they dont bother u u still wont delete them.

I know few people on np who told me they would not have a domain biz if it weren't for afternic sales.

maybe u would survive even better with listing there.

see the problem with not listing on afternic is that u will never know how many more sales would have.

that's not an experiment.. its domain suicide

You don"t seem to understand.
I've tested all the options including listing all my domains in the same time at both afternic and godaddy without bringing to much extra.
If a buyer owns techteaminc.com and want's techteam.com, even if he tries afternic/godaddy first, they will still come to your landing, if it's not listed there.
If the buyer want's a tech and something or something and team, godaddy will recommend your 'techteam.com domain after 500 other recommendations, so you still have small chances to sell that domain because of them.
When it comes to an invented brandable, the chances are even smaller than that, you have bigger chances with atom or bb.
The only way to sell your domain because of them it's when they recommend your domain to a buyer who looks for your techteam domain, when he types in tech or team keyword and their system will recomment it, but that's a lottery, with thousands of tech and something or something and team listed in their system and thousands more techteam.ltd techteam.horse recommendations, that's why I was saying maybe an 5% extra because of them.
I don't know how to explain it simpler than this.

 

[Kyle Tully]

If a buyer owns techteaminc.com and want's techteam.com, even if he tries afternic/godaddy first, they will still come to your landing, if it's not listed there.

Many potential buyers do not do this. Especially at the lower end (2-5k) of the market.

They search via registrar and if it's not "available" they search for something else. They have no idea of the aftermarket or that a taken name may actually be attainable simply by visiting the domain.

As a web developer I've sat with dozens of small business owners while they buy domains -- and been in countless meetings discussing domains -- and the majority of them only think in terms of available or taken and don't go further.

That is the value Afternic brings and the hill you have to overcome when running everything yourself.