The next Dan...

[Mkt Sales Leads]

Now the dust has settled on the GoDaddy acquisition of Dan, some might be wondering who is the next possible contender to disrupt the industry. What what it's worth, I believe the likely competitor will come from either Namecheap or Dynadot (the latter since their UI/UX is similarly friendly like Dan's).

If you think either company has a chance, what would it take (e.g. in terms of finances and vision/strategic direction) for either to seriously rival GoDaddy?

Secondly, do you think the competitor will be a total newcomer?

 

[DaaZ]

@DaaZ

You urgently need a neat logo and hiring a UI/UX expert.

That website looks like it was built in Frontpage.

Many thanks for your feedback. We will release DaaZ 's next version with a better UI.. We will share the further details in the right time..

 

[DaaZ]

Hopefully you get a major cash injection and can expand.

Thank you , certainly having extra cash certainly helps at this stage.

 

[bobsdomains]

I'm rooting for Dynadot.

Love afternic as an aftermarket, Godaddy as a registrar not so much.

Dan was the best, hopefully the merger will prove to be beneficial to domainers, but only time will tell.

One only needs to look at what happened to Uniregistry after that acquisition. GD hasn't maintained the app well, Customer Support is slow to respond and uninformed about the app when they do. Also, GD didn't make a smooth glide path for transferring Uniregistry Ds to GoDaddy. There's market uncertainty around domains left at Uniregistry.

I'm not aware of any gestures made to the domaining community, to show that GD will still care about domainers. Due to this acquisition, a lot of time and money was lost by domainers, IMO. Personally, I think they acquired Uni to raid the members and products, then to kill it. Anyone else see it this way?

Why should we expect anything different from the Dan acquisition? Dan could innovate in ways that GD is not likely to emulate, e.g., their lease-purchase option. They may keep some Dan features, but I see this as another raid.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

One only needs to look at what happened to Uniregistry after that acquisition. GD hasn't maintained the app well, Customer Support is slow to respond and uninformed about the app when they do. Also, GD didn't make a smooth glide path for transferring Uniregistry Ds to GoDaddy. There's market uncertainty around domains left at Uniregistry.

I'm not aware of any gestures made to the domaining community, to show that GD will still care about domainers. Due to this acquisition, a lot of time and money was lost by domainers, IMO. Personally, I think they acquired Uni to raid the members and products, then to kill it. Anyone else see it this way?

Why should we expect anything different from the Dan acquisition? Dan could innovate in ways that GD is not likely to emulate, e.g., their lease-purchase option. They may keep some Dan features, but I see this as another raid.

Well the GD branding (i.e. 'a GoDaddy brand') is already up on the landing pages. Let's see if sales improve for some...

 

[Andreas B.]

DAN was after the money....

+ a little bit more possibilites, that's true, but actually everyone there hopes something from it
(imagine your stock-share you have in your company to grow x5 or more).

More marketplaces lead to more competition , in turn offering better services to sellers and buyers.

So, that's quite the opposite of what is happening here.


I must truly say, I cannot see that 'A godaddy brand' next to the DAN logo.

it is sickening!

very disappointed.

#trueopinion

 

[DaaZ]

So, that's quite the opposite of what is happening here.

I was referring about domainers to benefit from having more market places.

encourage other marketplaces exists too, at least load your inventory in all marketplaces to motivate them to work harder. Without having inventory how they can prove , they can sell your inventory.. encouraging more marketplaces cetainly helps domainers in the longrun

 

[kor]

DAN is a commercial enterprise.
Commercial businesses focus on profitability.
DAN saw the money and took it.
End of the story.

 

[TribeMagnet]

Godaddy + afternic + DAN.

are you kidding me?

That's some sort of monopol.

Oh, that's just the tip of the iceberg! Go ahead in throw in Uniregistry and more than two dozen others.

Not. Happy.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

It'll be BB and SH next

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

Oh, that's just the tip of the iceberg! Go ahead in throw in Uniregistry and more than two dozen others.

Not. Happy.

It'll be BB and SH next.

 

[J.D.]

Namecheap, Dynadot, Epik, Efty, Squadhelp and others all have a shot to fill the void.
I'd bet on Namecheap because they have access to Fast Transfer, SEDO MLS and they are working on their in-house auction platform.

Once Namecheap adds customizable landers, single digit commissions, Escrow.com feature and registrant controlled negotiations - they'll receive a flood of inbound transfers. Many were waiting for Dan to become a registrar, including me - plans tossed.

If my URL is registered at Namecheap, I should be able to set up a for sale lander at Namecheap, simple.

 

[AEProgram]

Well the GD branding (i.e. 'a GoDaddy brand') is already up on the landing pages. Let's see if sales improve for some...

They need to remove the Trust Pilot crap and replace it with the Afternic / GoDaddy phone numbers, if they don't they will not see too much of an increase.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

They need to remove the Trust Pilot crap and replace it with the Afternic / GoDaddy phone numbers, if they don't they will not see too much of an increase.

Yep. The one good thing GoDaddy can add (other than reach) is a number onto the Dan Landers.

 

[Bipul]

Because they're shady. Not transparent about ownership, backing and their backend had countless of bugs.

Founder & CEO Anthos C. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthoschrysanthou/ maybe he holds most of the ownership.

 

[dirk]

Founder & CEO Anthos C. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthoschrysanthou/ maybe he holds most of the ownership.

Thanks. I know. Point is, they're not transparent. If you dig (deeper) there's info to be found.

 

[Dane]

@DaaZ
You urgently need a neat logo and hiring a UI/UX expert.

That website looks like it was built in Frontpage.

I loved FrontPage!

 

[Marlow]

Dan never had any traffic. I don't know if they ever made any sales. We had good DNs listed wth them for years wth no views. They are lucky to be taken over.l

 

[dirk]

Dan never had any traffic. I don't know if they ever made any sales. We had good DNs listed wth them for years wth no views. They are lucky to be taken over.l

Someone paid them over $70M. How would that work if they don't get traffic or generate sales?

Anecdotal evidence ≠ reality.

 

[HotKey]

Dan never had any traffic. I don't know if they ever made any sales. We had good DNs listed wth them for years wth no views. They are lucky to be taken over.l

What's your examples of "good DN"? Traffic and sales are part of that.

Everything is relative. Dan has a successful business model, both for buyers and sellers that not many can replicate in terms of speed and safety. They take the brunt of the hardship involved in domain exchanges not to mention at a minimal cost. This takes time to establish a profit and they weren't afraid to do so.

Now that they are established, sheesh they were established when they were Undeveloped, probably the smartest purchase in the DN industry, ever.

We have to stop looking at the "next Dan" and focus on the Dan that is because most companies aren't going to take the risk that Dan took on truly being an investors + buyer's platform where everyone is happy.

Why would GD screw this up? They have a perfectly working 3rd party marketplace where they can integrate millions of domains from their old, much to be desired UI and transfers and (non-existent) escrows methods while keeping costs low because of their already massive inventory.

 

[Bertrell]

We truly wish DAN + Godaddy a great success story... We also wish DAN 3.0 going to be bigger than DAN 2.0 .

More marketplaces lead to more competition , in turn offering better services to sellers and buyers.

We have started our idea about building DaaZ in 2017, throughout the last 5 years we have been building the DaaZ platform. DaaZ is a 4 year old company and circa a 3 year old domain marketplace.

Just to keep it simple, we are not competing with any one, but we want to make you aware of our presence. We are a pure domain marketplace and we charge just 5% for "Buy It Now" (BIN), 7% for "auctions" and "make an offer" sales.

Kindly note, we do not ask the buyer to pay 2% to 3% card fees required by other marketplaces.

So far 99% of our payouts are processed with in 48 hours.

We want to remain a pure marketplace for years to come. In Summary, we are just one more option for the domainers.

I've enjoyed your service so far, but have been wondering if there any plans to incorporate domain lease/rental or installment payments at DaaZ, like what's offered via DAN and Epik?

Thanks in advance!