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.

 

[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

 

[Goku]

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.

 

[DaaZ]

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.

Thank you, we will do everything possible to serve the community. We will improve DaaZ every day to be one of the best marketplaces.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Maybe the new Dan will be NamePros?

I have no inside information, I just write stuff here, but I wonder if down the road the new landers just introduced could be a step to something grander. People already are asking for various features, such as BIN prices, minimum, different currencies, etc.

NamePros is the world's largest domain community. Imagine if together, while we are individually each a rather small total market, together we could easily offer the largest selection of names anywhere.

If we policed ourselves to keep out bad actors and unethical practices, is there really any reason why a collectively run marketplace could not succeed? Sure there would be many, many issues to work out, some thorny.

Maybe this is, as OP and others in thread hint, the ideal time to start a new domain marketplace. AI is poised to revolutionize search and presentation of domain names.

Anyway, just my Sunday morning thoughts.

-Bob

 

[NicTraders]

Maybe the new Dan will be NamePros?

I have no inside information, I just write stuff here, but I wonder if down the road the new landers just introduced could be a step to something grander. People already are asking for various features, such as BIN prices, minimum, different currencies, etc.

Yep. That's what I've suggested here. It's not really too big of a leap to make, but it probably depends on NP's appetite for that to happen.

 

[Charybdis]

Sedo: their landing pages look nice, the commission is 10%:
https://sedo.com/us/about-us/news-p...le-template-brings-attention-to-your-domains/

Squadhelp standard listings: many features and great-looking landing pages for just 7.5% commission:

• 7.5% commission
• No pricing restrictions
• Powered By AI, including 1-Click AI descriptions
• Beautiful Landing Pages, including visual images
• Advanced Seller Features, including auto price increases
• Deep Monitoring & Alerts, include TLD development notifications
• Sales Assistance, including 24/7 online chat for your buyers

https://helpdesk.squadhelp.com/en/articles/4466451-what-are-standard-and-premium-listings

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Sedo: their landing pages look nice, the commission is 10%:
https://sedo.com/us/about-us/news-p...le-template-brings-attention-to-your-domains/

Sedo landers seem pretty decent. The limitations here are that there is still a very large message about privacy and cookies, that may not be helpful up front for initial impressions about the lander. Also, the description that you provide is not seen unless the person signs up and proceeds in Sedo as a member.

Dan has a nice feature where the lander is seen in full, unobstructed by a privacy/cookie message and allows a full view of your personal domain description up front, without signing into their site.

 

[Frank Pavilonis]

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

Wonder what % of inventory is already overlapping. Bet its 70%+ or so of the said names are already @ Sedo/Afternic and syndicated throughout the registrar channel - Just my $0.02

 

[scithe]

I agree with Bob that Namepros could definitely be a force in the aftermarket if we were all to list our domains here...and assuming there were no exclusivity requirements, why wouldn't we list here too?

 

[dnbrokership]

It is my understanding that Sav.com has for-sale landers with 4% commissions. I have my own landing pages, but if I didn’t I would probably utilize those.

What are you using for your own landers? Can you use google paid links in them?

 

[DigiNames]

What are you using for your own landers? Can you use google paid links in them?

I developed my own domain marketplace platform called Namefolio. You can easily add google ads, but i found it distracting on my landing pages and decided the ad revenue wasn’t worth it to me. I just removed them to focus more on selling the domains themselves.

 

[NicTraders]

I developed my own domain marketplace platform called Namefolio. You can easily add google ads, but i found it distracting on my landing pages and decided the ad revenue wasn’t worth it to me. I just removed them to focus more on selling the domains themselves.

Nice. Have you had many domainers sign up for your platform?