Which marketplace is the best?

[topdom]

Sedo. Afternic, Godaddy, NameJet, Dropcatch, 4.cn. Escrow.com, undeveloped.com, uniregistry, Namesilo, Epik.

If you had to move all your domains to one place, what would it be?

Sedo seems to be working hard to prevent sales, and I'm considering moving all to somewhere else.

 

[indiegrind]

I dont quite get why you would need to move your domains. It seems you don't understand what these services you named even do.

All domains should be listed at GoDaddy,Afternic Sedo. Those are the big three domain markets.

Namejet is an auction house.

Escrow.com is an escrow service.

None of these are exclusive of the others.


You should also have for sale landing pages. Efty, undeveloped, uniregistry, bodis, etc provide these.

Namesilo, uniregistry, GoDaddy, Epik are primarily domain registrars.

 

[Mister Funsky]

If you had to move all your domains to one place, what would it be?

Well, I have consolidated (registered) most of my names at Epik and have them listed in their marketplace. However, they are listed for sale with Undeveloped and Afternic as well. I am not picky as to where a buyer may stumble upon my name from as long as they stumble...my pricing is adjusted based upon the commission charged by the service that brings me the buyer.

 

[DomainRecap]

Afternic, because anything they deem "premium" also gets listed on GoDaddy.

If you're looking for a one-stop-selling place, that's the best bang for your time.

 

[.X.]

I just had luck with Afternic lol

 

[gilescoley]

Why not add them to all or most of them.

 

[imadoer]

Even though the interface sucks afternic is definitely the best marketplace to make sales imo.

I would consider undeveloped to be a landing page service and not a marketplace I highly doubt people are filtering looking for names there.

 

[DomainRecap]

Sedo says don't buy in many way: Says don't buy new tld because renewal can be expensive, beware that seller's bank is in that country, buy .com instead, search for a cheaper domain, ..and offer page is hard to locate, and full of junk distracting content.

And their search algorithm is soooo biased it's not funny - you can search for an exact-match name that you know is on there, and unless it's .COM, good luck finding it amid the nonsensical keyword combo that Sedo produces. Even when you click all the appropriate boxes (which don't stay resident) it still forces domains that Sedo thinks you should buy.

If I'm looking for a specific name (like HELLO), and it's exact-match is available in .CO or .ORG or .NET, then SHOW IT TO ME RIGHT AT THE TOP, and let me make the decision. Don't purposely hide it and bury my results in a mass of HELLO+CRAP.COM combos that I obviously have no interest in.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Sedo used to be huge and really good, but it’s like they havn’t kepp up with the times. They finally made their website mobile friendy (responsive) some years ago, but apart from that, not much.

I really like Undeveloped with their really plain and super user-friendly layout, great landing pages and a ”more reasonable” commission rate.

Still, I agree that Afternic is the platform where you are most likely to generate a sale.

 

[Happily]

Does anyone know the credit card limitations on the popular marketplaces, like GoDaddy? Some corporate customers prefer to use credit cards and this is a factor in their decision processes.
Sedo says buyers can use a credit card for transactions up to $5,000 and afternic says their cap is $2,500. I started another thread on this subject, but no answers yet.
Perhaps @Joe Styler can chime in?

 

[Joe Styler]

Does anyone know the credit card limitations on the popular marketplaces, like GoDaddy? Some corporate customers prefer to use credit cards and this is a factor in their decision processes.
Sedo says buyers can use a credit card for transactions up to $5,000 and afternic says their cap is $2,500. I started another thread on this subject, but no answers yet.
Perhaps @Joe Styler can chime in?

you can use a credit card for most transactions on GoDaddy, however certain auctions are sent to escrow.com for transactions over $5k. They do not accept credit card payments over that amount.

 

[Joe Styler]

That is correct, GoDaddy sales are different than Afternic.com and even certain types of sales are allowed at a higher cc purchase price. For instance if an auction member lists a domain for sale and another customer buys it if it is over $5k the sale completes through Afternic.
Afternic itself has recently raised the limit it takes up to $10k on credit cards but that is not always true, we may demand you pay via wire if we have any doubts about your payment.

 

[Joe Styler]

If the amount is greater than $5k on GoDaddy the transaction is sent to escrow.com to be completed on an auction transaction where a customer lists the domain name for sale.
The UK is able to use credit cards to purchase things online like auction sales.

 

[Joe Styler]

Afternic has 54 percent of votes. Wow. But it is totally useless, because it requires ID, and doesn't pay with Paypal.

Currently direct sales from registrars seem to be the best option for most domains. Epik, Namesilo, maybe Namecheap. Sell for 100 usd before renewal, instead of maybe selling for a fair 4 figure price after several years.

Sedo says don't buy in many way: Says don't buy new tld because renewal can be expensive, beware that seller's bank is in that country, buy .com instead, search for a cheaper domain, ..and offer page is hard to locate, and full of junk distracting content.

Afternic pays via PayPal. It depends on the country but we pay a lot of countries via PayPal. PayPal used to have a list of countries they allowed payments to from the US but I believe they removed that link on their site.

 

[Joe Styler]

Most names listed on Afternic show up on GoDaddy. It doesn't have anything to do with a status. So for example you can list domains on Afternic that have a premium renewal price say $500 but the normal renewal price for that tld would be $19. So any names that renew at a higher price than the base tier are not shown on GoDaddy but can be listed on Afternic. Or say a tld GoDaddy does not sell currently won't show up on GoDaddy to buy.
So with few exceptions if you list a name on Afternic is will show up on GoDaddy for sale automatically.

 

[topdom]

yes it was on sedo..

 

[.X.]

Sedo at BIN for me, undeveloped being second, I just listed about 100 names on Afternic , I haven’t had any luck with them in the past, maybe this time around I will.

 

[DomainRecap]

I just had luck with Afternic lol

Awesome and congrats.

 

[Joe Styler]

Hi @Joe Styler ..

When searching for a domain in extensions other than GoDaddy supported...the answer is shown as "unavailable" which doesn't convey that that particular extension is not sold on GoDaddy... instead it can be confused with the name "taken" and it sure does that to someone new to domains..

Don't you think it needs to be changed...?!

I don't think we would change it. It is unavailable for sale by us.

 

[Happily]

@Joe Styler This is appreciated. On the Afternic Website, it says credit card payments are capped at $2,500. This is under the FAQ on the question "What Payments Methods Do you Accept?" on the domain-help page.

Is the information outdated or does Afternic have a different credit card cap than GoDaddy? If the buyer's corporate policy discourages wire transfers or paypal, and it would be more seamless for them to pay with credit card for transactions below $5,000, listing on Godaddy would have a different cap than listing on Afternic (even though when you list on Afternic it also subsequently lists on GoDaddy as well)?

 

[Happily]

Thank you @Joe Styler .
This is important when choosing a marketplace if you expect a buyer may be dissuaded to wire money to complete a transaction. Most companies prefer to use credit cards issued to their employees. Godaddy seems to be really great with handling these transactions to make it as simple as possible for everyone.

So to help everyone else, at GoDaddy, if the purchase is under $5,000 the buyer can most likely pay with credit card. If the purchase is above $5,000, the transaction is handled by Afternic which may or may not allow credit cards for purchases up to $10,000.
If you list directly with Afternic, they will take credit cards for purchases up to $2,500. Purchases between $2,500 and $10,000 will be up to the discretion of Afternic as to whether they will accept credit cards.

If the seller is in the U.S., and the buyer is in the U.K, can they still use a credit card for purchases up to $5,000, or is that a U.S only option?

 

[Happily]

Thank you @Joe Styler for all the support.

 

[topdom]

Afternic has 54 percent of votes. Wow. But it is totally useless, because it requires ID, and doesn't pay with Paypal.

Currently direct sales from registrars seem to be the best option for most domains. Epik, Namesilo, maybe Namecheap. Sell for 100 usd before renewal, instead of maybe selling for a fair 4 figure price after several years.

Sedo says don't buy in many way: Says don't buy new tld because renewal can be expensive, beware that seller's bank is in that country, buy .com instead, search for a cheaper domain, ..and offer page is hard to locate, and full of junk distracting content.

 

[Name Trader]

Afternic, because anything they deem "premium" also gets listed on GoDaddy.

If you're looking for a one-stop-selling place, that's the best bang for your time.

I thought all domains listed on Afternic were listed on godaddy. Not just "premium" domains?

 

[DomainRecap]

I thought all domains listed on Afternic were listed on godaddy. Not just "premium" domains?

Maybe, but I think the ones they denote as premium get the same status on GD.