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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.
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.
then splitting them up between an alternate NamePros, Atom, SpaceShip, Sedo etc... to see how they compare against Afternic not a bad idea as numbers don't lie pending ya give it a long enough test. I've done okay over the decades by doing my own thing most of the time over Afternic as it was short term pain for a long term gain as selling your domains anonymously definitely doesn't build anything except GoDaddy's revenue. Doing your own thing if you can sustain it builds names, emails, phone numbers etc... or decades of an end user database.
