domains The Afternic, Efty and NamePros landers experience

[AbdulBasit.com]

Hello everyone,

This post will be one of the most anticipated by the fellow domain investors who follow my domain investing journey over the years.

Since leaving Afternic in mid October 2025, I moved all my domains to Efty.com for around a month time and finally switched to NamePros.com lander since December 2025.

During this time, I’ve removed all my domains from Afternic and Sedo marketplaces and solely relying on direct leads whether through endusers, brokers or whoever is reaching out directly via email or NamePros lander where I’m using contact form, WhatsApp, X and this website to contact.

Most of the sales have been closed via email communication through NamePros lander and a very few through WhatsApp.

When I decided to leave Afternic, the sales flow was okay but right after deciding, the next two months were the worst ever using Afternic. Not sure what was the reason behind that but it kept getting worse until I left. Since that time, the sales have been pretty slow. It’s like curse of Afternic due to which sales are not happening

Overall, I’m happy with the NamePros lander, support service and plan to continue using them. But sales are not happening according to the expectations. And now with the US/Iran war, flow of inquiries have gone down even further. One thing which I noticed at Afternic was that every month there were some 1200-1400 new leads and I was confident of receiving the similar numbers when I will switch to any other lander. After I moved to Efty and NamePros, I noticed that the number of leads are hardly 50% of what I was receiving at Afternic. This shows that more than half of those leads were bots and were still showing in the lead report. This was pretty disappointing to see and one cannot rely 100% on the number of leads showing in the Afternic lead report. This needs to be improved significantly.

The last time I was managing my own leads was at Uniregistry so it’s been many years gap but the behavior of buyers has not changed. I’ve literally received $3 and $3.3 offers which were their max offers! It’s frustrating to deal with such buyers. And then there are some who threatens to transfer the domain just because they owned it previously and/or have the TM. Oh well, such crazy people to deal with.

For anyone with a small domain portfolio, I suggest to keep their domains with Afternic/Sedo to get as many sales as possible and get additional exposure.

One of the great benefits of managing your own leads with price request lander is that you can recheck your prices and quote accordingly. Not because the buyer is someone with a big budget but the domain value has gone up and you’ve the time to adjust the price accordingly. I’ve saved a lot of money by not paying any commission and also by repricing the domains. There is a lot to learn during this entire process of handling the leads, negotiation, sales process, etc.

Some notable sales I would like to share are:

HMA.CO $9,000 (via WhatsApp). This domain had an asking price of $9,888 but after going back and forth, we settled for $9,000.

ClubSpot.com $50,000 – This domain was a BIN purchase via Efty marketplace. Special thanks to Doron (founder of Efty.com) for making this deal happen smoothly and professionally.

Directory.org $25,000 – This domain had an asking price of $29,888 but after negotiations, I ended up selling it for $25K.

Serafino.com $38,000 (via WhatsApp). The broker who acted on behalf of the buyer was pretty tough and took several months to close the deal. This domain had a asking price of $50,000.

Moess.com $14,000 – This one had an asking price of $19,888 but we settled for $14K NET.

Uniti.net for $8,500 – A broker reached out on behalf of their client. This was initially priced at $9,888.

StormBit.com – Received a $1K offer and quoted $9,888. Going back and forth for around 4 months of negotiations and eventually sold it for $8,500 NET.

MyBestFriends.com $18,500 – The buyer is from Turkey and I quoted $19,888. Negotiation took a couple of months before the domain sold for $18.5K. They’ve upgraded from MyBestFriends.com.tr which is a nice decision.

In rare cases, I bear the escrow fee or split with the buyer depending on the agreed sale amount, situation, etc. Usually it’s the buyer who pay the escrow fees.

Both number and amount of sales have drastically dropped. But I’m very confident of having some good sales happen on a regular basis. Number of sales will not pick up for sure unless the domains get additional exposure but the amount of sales will pick up soon.

In the end, I would like to say that for now, I’m not going back to Afternic/Sedo and plan to continue using NamePros lander.

Thanks to NamePros for providing free landers and top-notch service. Also, thanks to my business partner Jamie Zoch for working with me for the last several years and has always been there during good and tough times.

 

[DTR Alex]

Can you please start posting the sales data again on your blog AbdulBasit.com? It motivates me.

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Can you please start posting the sales data again on your blog AbdulBasit.com? It motivates me.

I'll try to share as many sales I can in the future but I still don't plan to share the monthly sales report.

 

[AnX]

Interesting two people haggled for months and someone else used a broker just to shave off $1388, and another eventually accepted $9000 for a $9888 name.

We're often told use a BIN because it creates more sales, and that BIN with MO may just undermine the BIN, but here are sales that may not have happened if it was strictly BIN only.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it suggests at least some buyers don't like being 'dictated' a take it or leave it price and prefer to feel like they've had some say or done their best to minimize it, even by a relatively small amount.

Also interesting to see realistic, believable hold times (years). To read Twitter sometimes you'd think people were just flipping hand-regs for 6-figures in their sleep within months.

 

[Domen]

Congratulations and thank for all detailed sharing

 

[Jannes]

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[Jannes]

Interesting two people haggled for months and someone else used a broker just to shave off $1388, and another eventually accepted $9000 for a $9888 name.

We're often told use a BIN because it creates more sales, and that BIN with MO may just undermine the BIN, but here are sales that may not have happened if it was strictly BIN only.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it suggests at least some buyers don't like being 'dictated' a take it or leave it price and prefer to feel like they've had some say or done their best to minimize it, even by a relatively small amount.

Also interesting to see realistic, believable hold times (years). To read Twitter sometimes you'd think people were just flipping hand-regs for 6-figures in their sleep within months.

Or, they/some could have sold at BIN, but because ABM uses request price landers, buyers wanted to haggle since they were already in contact with him.

 

[AEProgram]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it suggests at least some buyers don't like being 'dictated' a take it or leave it price and prefer to feel like they've had some say or done their best to minimize it, even by a relatively small amount.

do you think there are more buyers that prefer no BIN so they are "not being dictated too" or are there more buyers that prefer you tell them what the price is right on the lander?

Most people should list their names with BIN's. Huge Domains has more data and experience than all of us combined and unless you think you know better, do what they do for all or almost all their domains.

If you use Afternic, BIN's also stops ALL bots.

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

Friendly tip for sellers:

You can use our landers and list your domains on all marketplaces at the same time, such as Afternic, Namecheap, Sedo, Atom, etc.

Even with Afternic's penalty on 50% of your domains sold, you can still earn more profit overall from 0% commission on the other 50% of your domains sold.

Happy selling!

 

[boker]

do you think there are more buyers that prefer no BIN so they are "not being dictated too" or are there more buyers that prefer you tell them what the price is right on the lander?

Most people should list their names with BIN's. Huge Domains has more data and experience than all of us combined and unless you think you know better, do what they do for all or almost all their domains.

If you use Afternic, BIN's also stops ALL bots.

Not talking about bin or not bin, but do you really think that huge domains it's an example for a guy with 2k or 10k domains? They have millions of domains and they base their sales on numbers not value. They have some domains for sale at 10k more, which are worthless. A normal domainer will go bankrupt with domains like that. They just have the assumption that out of 1 million domains, some will sell even if they are garbage. Counting the 50 or more employees and acquisitions amount and renewals, they could make a profit, but they are not the one to follow. Just check any keyword and see the results, you would not pay reg fee for most of them, not talking about $100 to $300. It's like using godaddy appraisal to buy your domains, 99% will be wortless or overpaymemts.

 

[AEProgram]

Not talking about bin or not bin, but do you really think that huge domains it's an example for a guy with 2k or 10k domains? They have millions of domains and they base their sales on numbers not value. They have some domains for sale at 10k more, which are worthless. A normal domainer will go bankrupt with domains like that. They just have the assumption that out of 1 million domains, some will sell even if they are garbage. Counting the 50 or more employees and acquisitions amount and renewals, they could make a profit, but they are not the one to follow. Just check any keyword and see the results, you would not pay reg fee for most of them, not talking about $100 to $300. It's like using godaddy appraisal to buy your domains, 99% will be wortless or overpaymemts.

Everyone should use BIN's unless they have a good reason not to. Domains are in many cases impulse buys, time is one of your biggest enemies, and with AI, while they wait for your reply, AI can convince them your name is shit and some handreg or other name is better. Stop trying to fight reality, add BIN's trust those that actually sell names, stop looking for excuses and exceptions. Domaining is a business almost everyone that gets involved loses, usually, they know better just like trading and most other things. Respect the data, go on your experiments when you have sales to show and you have proven you know what you are talking about. There are no rules here, you can try whatever lander or format you want, but beginners should do the things that are likely to work SHOULD anyone even care about any of their domains.

 

[boker]

Everyone should use BIN's unless they have a good reason not to. Domains are in many cases impulse buys, time is one of your biggest enemies, and with AI, while they wait for your reply, AI can convince them your name is shit and some handreg or other name is better. Stop trying to fight reality, add BIN's trust those that actually sell names, stop looking for excuses and exceptions. Domaining is a business almost everyone that gets involved loses, usually, they know better just like trading and most other things. Respect the data, go on your experiments when you have sales to show and you have proven you know what you are talking about. There are no rules here, you can try whatever lander or format you want, but beginners should do the things that are likely to work SHOULD anyone even care about any of their domains.

First of all, I use bin's, but I also know long time domainers who never use bin's and they do great sales. Secondly, as you say, a lot of buyers are impulse buyers, there are also buyers who track a domain for years, negocoate months and so on. Also, most impulse buyers are in the 2k-3k range, you would not see a lot of buyers at 10k -20k. Also, impulse buyers are mostly brandables or stratups who don't own a name. I you have 'pricklabs' and there is already a company with that name, that's not impulse buy. There are alot of things to count, but everybody thinks for himself.

 

[AEProgram]

First of all, I use bin's, but I also know long time domainers who never use bin's and they do great sales. Secondly, as you say, a lot of buyers are impulse buyers, there are also buyers who track a domain for years, negocoate months and so on. Also, most impulse buyers are in the 2k-3k range, you would not see a lot of buyers at 10k -20k. Also, impulse buyers are mostly brandables or stratups who don't own a name. I you have 'pricklabs' and there is already a company with that name, that's not impulse buy. There are alot of things to count, but everybody thinks for himself.

My message again to those not looking to lose everything, USE BINS, ignore this guy and his edge case fairytales.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

At the car lot. Nice car.
Price on demand it says.
There is a truck. Price on request. Huh.
At store now. Need milk. How much is it?
Price on demand.
Need popcorn. Make an offer
I dont know any other asset you can set prices after someone shows interest.
Real real estate imagine realtor.ca full of ads with price on demand.
They got back to me, $12 for jug milk obo
I countered with $3
I’ll let you folks finger out wether consumer wants to know the price of something for sale when they look at it.
Thanks for sharing the .info AB

 

[LDJ]

Thanks for your feedback.
Over 99% of my domains are purchased from expiring auctions and private acquisitions.

If you've a very few domains in total, it's good to list with Afternic/Sedo/Atom and any other marketplace you would like to for getting maximum exposure.

Thank you for your candid response.

Is it mandatory to point the ns to marketplaces before achieving maximum exposure?

For example, I have verified all the names on the mentioned marketplaces. If I point NS to Atom, will I still have exposure with the others?

Thanks

 

[boker]

My message again to those not looking to lose everything, USE BINS, ignore this guy and his edge case fairytales.

I like this pro's who brag about sales, but I can't remember one sale shared by you, I'm probably at over 100 shared. When you are ready to compare ROI and STR let me know.

 

[zomainhacks]

Have you considered the possibility of listing on afternic with make offer option only?

 

[boker]

Have you considered the possibility of listing on afternic with make offer option only?

I would list them with 30% extra on afternic, but I would guess (he could confirm if it's true) that it's more about knowing the buyer, keeping ties and build a network, counting on return customers and recommendations from buyers.

 

[fka1080405]

Interesting two people haggled for months and someone else used a broker just to shave off $1388, and another eventually accepted $9000 for a $9888 name.

We're often told use a BIN because it creates more sales, and that BIN with MO may just undermine the BIN, but here are sales that may not have happened if it was strictly BIN only.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it suggests at least some buyers don't like being 'dictated' a take it or leave it price and prefer to feel like they've had some say or done their best to minimize it, even by a relatively small amount.

The missing part is thinking about where the money comes from.

A small highly profitable company led by a nerd who loves domains might have millions of dollars in the bank and be prepared to buy a domain they decide they want immediately, without a second thought.

A startup might believe that the .com of their name is very valuable to them but they don't have the money on hand yet so they are waiting until their next funding round closes before buying it.

A huge company might have a product using a ccTLD and there may be executives in the company who believe wholeheartedly that acquiring the .com but the company has an esoteric budgeting and procurement process that requires years of jumping through hoops to get approval to spend $100k on a domain.

So, haggling $10,000 down to $9,000 is not necessarily the result of some psychological need to get a discount, it could well be that the person buying only has access to a $9k budget. Likewise, the big Buy It Now purchases that appear to happen out of the blue may well have been planned for months or even years based on future revenue / investment.

Shared wisdom is communicated as if it were universal but it isn't, shared wisdom is average. If you have the average portfolio then you will benefit from giving every domain a Buy It Now price with Make Offer turned off. But who has the average portfolio? So, rather than take "always have a Buy It Now" as a universal truth, which it isn't, it should be taken as very valuable insight for the average domain.

Yes, some buyers love to negotiate even if it's entirely performative, but in my opinion, most buyer behaviour is dictated by their circumstance, not their psychology.

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

My message again to those not looking to lose everything, USE BINS

The data from various marketplaces does support that BINs can increase sales on easily-replaceable domains.

For domains that cannot be easily replaced (higher value names), BINs are typically not recommended.

Note that the majority of public sales via our landers used "Start conversation" with no BIN, and our landers have facilitated many millions in domain sales for various types of domains, from easily replaceable to irreplaceable.

Your advice is good; just want to provide more of the picture for everyone.

 

[Altetra]

At the car lot. Nice car.
Price on demand it says.
There is a truck. Price on request. Huh.
At store now. Need milk. How much is it?
Price on demand.
Need popcorn. Make an offer
I dont know any other asset you can set prices after someone shows interest.
Real real estate imagine realtor.ca full of ads with price on demand.
They got back to me, $12 for jug milk obo
I countered with $3
I’ll let you folks finger out wether consumer wants to know the price of something for sale when they look at it.
Thanks for sharing the .info AB

In Moldova when I visit a local bazaar, most of the sellers don't have a price on their veggies, fruits, meat and other stuff, they put the price from their heads, they did this even when I was buying.

Example I buy 1kg of apples 8MDL and second buyer comes he tells him 1kg of apples is 10MDL, have observed this many times, not ashamed to do this when i was near. So the more customers approach the more they raise the price.