The next DAN.com...

[scithe]

So I am surprised I haven't heard yet but I must say, I am surprised no one has tried to take DAN's place.

I feel like setting up the marketplace itself wouldn't be too bad. It would really be the risk involved with processing payments and transferring domains.

I am just surprised that 10 websites didn't pop up offering 4%/9% commissions as soon as GoDaddy announced the new pricing schemes for their platforms.

 

[Kainazarov]

Yes, Dan, in my opinion, used to process transactions faster, than now and attracted a commission of 9%. I am glad that there is still an opportunity to make a deal through dan for 5% (your lead)

But literally recently launched (not completely, they promised to launch fully soon) dn.com
landing pages design is similar, commission is 9%

I hope that the marketplace was created really for the sale and purchase of domains and not for protecting the dn.com domain (I heard that companies often register to protect valuable domains to make it difficult to select a domain

 

[scithe]

Either dn.com's page is fake or they are updating it as they go. There's some grammar errors and a number of their footer links don't actually go anywhere.

 

[scithe]

People smart enough to launch anything would know that without domainers pointing their domains to your new system, your business will fail. GoDaddy's policy of giving a 10% discount if your domain is pointed to them, is enough to keep most domainers pointing their names to them. Even domainers that didn't point all their names to a gd qualifying nameserver, they pointed the high value names or names likely to sell. What do they have left to point elsewhere? Their low end names.

Fact is that most people who never had websites have no clue what it takes to get traffic. Almost every website online now gets 0 hits a day from humans. You could build a platform with landers that look amazing, but because of the gd policy, you will fail at getting enough valuable domains on your platform to make your business viable.

Very few aftermarket domain sales happen a day (not including auctions, drops). Think about how many domains you need pointed to your system to have a chance at some of those sales.

The whole Dan sold for 70 million, and the chances of you becoming 1% of what dan was is very low. You are better off investing that energy in something with better odds.

I agree the chances are rare for the average wantrapreneur but usually they show up anyway. I am surprised that a larger domainer hasn't started something yet.

There are plenty of other marketplaces out there as already mentioned like Sav, Dynadot, Namecheap, Namesilo (theirs is broken for me now). But I feel like DAN's advantage was that they were not a registrar and were therefore a type of "neutral ground" for selling.

 

[411domains]

So I am surprised I haven't heard yet but I must say, I am surprised no one has tried to take DAN's place.

I feel like setting up the marketplace itself wouldn't be too bad. It would really be the risk involved with processing payments and transferring domains.

I am just surprised that 10 websites didn't pop up offering 4%/9% commissions as soon as GoDaddy announced the new pricing schemes for their platforms.

It's no surprise. Many have tried and failed. DAN just brought a whole lot more to the table than simply low commissions. That was their success. It's not rocket science.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

So I am surprised I haven't heard yet but I must say, I am surprised no one has tried to take DAN's place.

I feel like setting up the marketplace itself wouldn't be too bad. It would really be the risk involved with processing payments and transferring domains.

I am just surprised that 10 websites didn't pop up offering 4%/9% commissions as soon as GoDaddy announced the new pricing schemes for their platforms.

If Daaz got a cash injection like Squadhelp did this week, we'd have the next Dan.

As it stands the best bet is Namecheap's Spaceship.com project.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

Vote for Squadhelp. When they could expand partnership with most of registrar or they provide similar services like SedoMLS or Afternic Fast Transfer , SH might be going to be real competitor to play the games

They have a wholesale section, so who knows?

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

I am just surprised that 10 websites didn't pop up offering 4%/9% commissions as soon as GoDaddy announced the new pricing schemes for their platforms.

To show "for sale" on your domains and receive inquiries, NamePros Parking is 0% commission:

• https://www.namepros.com/threads/free-for-sale-landers-by-namepros.1041899/

For buying and selling domains, NamePros Marketplace is also 0% commission:

• https://www.namepros.com/categories/marketplace.243/

Both services are being improved to make them more useful, so please feel free to provide suggestions:

• https://www.namepros.com/forums/suggestions-and-feedback.404/

Thanks!

 

[namegulf]

We've entered testing for beta launching NameGulf.com soon, stay tuned!

 

[Kainazarov]

To show "for sale" on your domains and receive inquiries, NamePros Parking is 0% commission:

• https://www.namepros.com/threads/free-for-sale-landers-by-namepros.1041899/

For buying and selling domains, NamePros Marketplace is also 0% commission:

• https://www.namepros.com/categories/marketplace.243/

Both services are being improved to make them more useful, so please feel free to provide suggestions:

• https://www.namepros.com/forums/suggestions-and-feedback.404/

Thanks!

Yes, I already spawned and added my domain toncointrading.com yesterday, if you add the ability to make a deal with your mediation for 5%, I think many on the forum used ...

 

[Kuffy]

It's a shame that GD won't work with Dan now that they have bought it. Dan sold a couple of £x,xxx names for me recently, and they paid me in Sterling. GD is trying to negotiate the purchase of a £xx,xxx name from me, but they refuse to accept any quote other than US dollars, and I will not aaccept dolars in the current market. It surprises me, as I would have thought they would have tried to make a bit extra from the currency conversion, and used some of the £s that they must earn from registration fees.

 

[softcash]

thanks

 

[Bla2e]

Surprised no one has mentioned NameSilo's Namelot.

The landers look amazing and even the UI/UX is neat but it feels like a dead horse.

I just have a low value domain on it.
Check it out - BuyPencilArt.com (its using NameLot lander)

 

[Kuffy]

Surprised no one has mentioned NameSilo's Namelot.

I'm having major problems logging into my Name Silo account as a result of their new authentication process.

 

[karmaco]

Just a few months back at least two different entities were talking about being an alternative. They have gone silent and thrown in the towel I guess.

The only one who has stepped up besides the allready existing Sedo and Efty is…NamePros. Whoda thunk it…

 

[DaaZ]

Just a few months back at least two different entities were talking about being an alternative. They have gone silent and thrown in the towel I guess.

The only one who has stepped up besides the allready existing Sedo and Efty is…NamePros. Whoda thunk it…

DaaZ started its project in 2017 and serving domaining community for last 4 years and we are growing 25% month on month in sales volumes from last 3 months.

We are a low priced marketplace - BIN transaction cost just 5% . Make an offer / Auctions - 7% and Lease to own - 8% - certainly the low priced services

We are one of the fastest growing marketplaces , we are not running expensive ad campaigns as its a boot strapped start-up at moment. The moment we raise our first round of funding, certainly we can run ad campaigns and specially support forums like namepros.

 

[Jv1999]

What made DAN successful was, i believe, 3 things:

1. landers. like, they had a BIN users could redirect their names to with PAYMENT OPTIONS for buyers. It was a legit marketplace that the sellers could control... You also had convos with negotiations... so it sort of gave the air that it was YOUR lander that you could control and you were interacting with buyers. The overall UX/UI was awesome.
2. Free. Loss leader. Not sure if DAN's plan was to sell out this whole time... but yeah they took a huge loss at the start offering super low commissions. This worked because people flocked to their service.
3. Marketing. Because of #2, ppl marketed for them, but they also marketed. They made a name for themselves on NP...

So yeah, Reza knew what he was doing... i can only wonder if the loss leader's eventual goal was the sell-out though... because perhaps those super low commissions really weren't enough for any profit in the long term.

 

[NicTraders]

I am just surprised that 10 websites didn't pop up offering 4%/9% commissions as soon as GoDaddy announced the new pricing schemes for their platforms.

As mentioned, there are a few, with Daaz being one of the main ones that isn't connected to a registrar. However, it takes a significant marketing budget (and time) to get recognised.

 

[Future Sensors]

Not sure if DAN's plan was to sell out this whole time

Note that several years before the acquisition of DAN.com by GoDaddy in 2022, there has been a hopelessly failed acquisition of DAN.com by Epik in 2017. The former shareholders of DAN.com can praise themselves extremely lucky that the acquisition by Epik was completely reversed shortly after.

 

[DaaZ]

As mentioned, there are a few, with Daaz being one of the main ones that isn't connected to a registrar. However, it takes a significant marketing budget (and time) to get recognised.

We have been trying to develop a good marketplace since 2017, its close to 6 years effort now.
We launched in August 2019, since then we are taking feedback and keep improving.

Certainly we are working near 24/7 to support the domaining community. We dont have registrar ambitions at moment, clearly we are looking to improve further on marketplace offerings only.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

We have been trying to develop a good marketplace since 2017, its close to 6 years effort now.
We launched in August 2019, since then we are taking feedback and keep improving.

Certainly we are working near 24/7 to support the domaining community. We dont have registrar ambitions at moment, clearly we are looking to improve further on marketplace offerings only.

Well, your efforts are appreciated, to try to provide an alternative to the other major marketplaces.
Hopefully, you will be able to have some impact.