Tutorial: How to List Your Domain Names for Sale at Afternic?

[Soofi]

If you have never heard about Afternic, continue reading to learn why it is an important domain name sales platform and how you can list your domain names for sale at Afternic.

Afternic is a Godaddy company and one of the most prominent domain name market place for already owned domains. Domain name owners are able to list and sell their domain names through Afternic website. Most of the times, domain name owner is required to approve each domain name listing through the approval email. Listing request generally gets removed or cancelled, if the domain name owner does not complete the required steps mentioned in the email.

Now you must be wondering what is so good and special about Afternic domain name sales platform? Arguably, Afternic is the world's largest full service domain name sales marketplace where dedicated domain name brokers help you close the deals as soon as possible. Per their website; "domain name listed on Afternic could reach over 75 million qualified buyers across 100+ partner sites, worldwide." Reach of 75 million qualified buyers is massive in itself and that provides maximum exposure for your domain name inventory.

So without wasting much time, let us show you how to list your domain names for sale at Afternic marketplace through this step by step guide:

1. First and foremost, headover to Afternic.com website and click on "create account" to make a quick member's account.

2. Once you have created an account and verified your email address, please prepare your domain names inventory to list your domain names at Afternic. You would need to click on "List Domains" (marked in a RED oval circle) button above the fold within Afternic Dashboard.

3. Now that you have clicked on list domains button, you will land on a page where you may add up to fifty domain names in the one go using the form on the page, or use the File Upload tool to add domain names in larger quantities. When using the entry box, any errors must be fixed by deleting or editing the entry before you can continue to list your domain names.

4. Hit "Continue" button and you will be taken to the page where you will be asked to: add buy now price, floor price and minimum offer to list the domain name for sale. It is vital to list your domain names with buy now price in order to take maximum benefit plus exposure of Afternic/Godaddy's massive network which boasts of over 75 million qualified buyers. You may also opt-in to Afternic's sales acceleration and parking services to increase sales velocity and earn money while your domain names are listed for sale.

What is Fast-transfer?
Fast-transfer enables the ownership transfer to be hands-off at the time of sale, this exposes your domain name to the Afternic resellers such as eNom, GoDaddy, and 100+ others - domains seen by more than 75 million potential buyers each month. Fast-transfer is available for .com, .net, .org, .de, .biz, .pw and .info domain names that have a buy now price set. The maximum price is $100000. The domain must also be registered with a supporting registrar. Visit DOMAIN RESELLER NETWORK for more information about the Afternic DLS network. Your domain name will continue to be listed for sale on the Afternic Standard Network including resellers such as Afternic.com, GoDaddy Auctions, DomainTools, and many others others - domains seen by more than 35 million potential buyers each month.

Afternic receives a 20% commission ($15 minimum) for sales on both the Standard Network and Premium Network.

Afternic Sales Commission Rules:

• $0 to $5000 20% ($15 minimum)
• $5,001 to $25,000 $1,000 +15% of amount over $5k
• $25,000 and over $4,000 +10% of amount over $25k

What are the different price entries?
Priced domains are 10x more likely to sell; setting pricing also enables Afternic to negotiate on your behalf. This increases the likelihood of a sale. What do the pricing options mean?

• Buy Now - This is the price published for immediate purchase, without negotiation (required for fast-transfer domains)
• Floor - The floor price is the lowest acceptable sales price sales can negotiate without seeking approval (not public)
• Minimum - The minimum is the lowest offer a buyer is allowed to make for a domain name

5. Once you hit "Submit Domains" button, it will take you to "Review Your Listing" page where you can review the details of your domain name for sale listing along with price points before clicking on "Submit for Processing" button. At this page, you can also read the terms and conditions of the Afternic Membership Agreement.

6. Once you hit the "Submit for Processing" button, your domain name(s) will be submitted for preparation of domain name sale listing.

7. After the completion of above steps, you will receive an email from Afternic DLS at your Afternic account registered email address informing you about your domain name's eligibility for Afternic Premium Network and suggesting you to Opt-in at your domain's registrar where the domain name you are trying to list is registered. Email should look something like this, refer to screenshot below:

8. While you wait for ownership confirmation email from your domain name registrar, in the meantime, you can update nameservers of your domain name to redirect it to a Godaddy/Afternic powered for sale page which would help in selling the domain name as Godaddy has done immense branding/marketing and it is well-known + trusted brand all around the world.

Afternic nameservers to be used are:

• ns3.afternic.com
• ns4.afternic.com

9. The end result would be worth it. This is the "For Sale" page that would appear within 24-48 hours at your domain name which you have listed on Afternic for sale.

Hope this tutorial on how to list your domain names for sale at Afternic will help you in making more sales.

Read full article with infographics which I couldn't publish, here.

 

[satyadeep singh]

Nice

 

[Soofi]

Nice

Hope it helped Satyadeep!

 

[Avijit Roy]

Thanks for writing this,much needed.

 

[Soofi]

Thanks for writing this,much needed.

Ho it helped Avi!!

 

[SamirAz86]

.de and .info also available for fast transfer?

 

[ArielT]

.de and .info also available for fast transfer?

Yes, but it must be registered with a supporting registrar

 

[Kassey Lee]

Great work @Soofi Thanks.

Questions:

(1) If I acquire a domain at, say, Epik, and list it immediately at Afternic, will it be immediately available in the registration path of Godaddy?

(2) When I acquire a domain at Godaddy and list it on Afternic (for fast transfer), it is immediately available in the registration path of Godaddy. After 60 days of ownership, fast transfer becomes effective. Now, if I transfer the domain out to, say, Epik right before it expires, how does it affect the Afternic listing and fast transfer?

 

[Soofi]

Great work @Soofi Thanks.

Questions:

(1) If I acquire a domain at, say, Epik, and list it immediately at Afternic, will it be immediately available in the registration path of Godaddy?

(2) When I acquire a domain at Godaddy and list it on Afternic (for fast transfer), it is immediately available in the registration path of Godaddy. After 60 days of ownership, fast transfer becomes effective. Now, if I transfer the domain out to, say, Epik right before it expires, how does it affect the Afternic listing and fast transfer?

1. It should be available per my experience, granted that it is not under "pending review" status at Afternic, and you have approved the fast transfer option.

2. They probably will require you to approve fast transfer once again, but I doubt that happens given the fact that Afternic doesnt have an option of keep validating the prior-approved domain names and continue to show as approved.

 

[NameWell]

Once domain names are listed on Afternic, is there a way to maximize exposure?