12 responses: Afternic guide to stalled, confused, and otherwise unwanted inquiries

Numerous inquiries go nowhere on Afternic, despite being responded to by GoDaddy’s trained brokers.

Each domain inquiry begins by assessing its potential. Whether you have a BIN + Offer lander, or a fixed price only, some leads go to GoDaddy brokers via phone calls placed by the other party.

These leads are evaluated; if an email or phone number are involved, they are responded to. Buyer call logged, or Email sent to buyer are two statuses that you’ll see in your Afternic panel.

You get excited, especially after the broker handling the inquiry is asking for a floor price or a BIN, if your domain is set with a “make offer” lander only. Your response is recorded in the exchange, then the broker reaches out to the buyer with these details.

The broker records multiple attempts to engage with the buyer. Didn’t they make an offer to begin with? What was exchanged isn’t taken down for you to see. And then, silence. Crickets.

Days go by and you get the dreaded message: The buyer has become unresponsive. The transaction moves to Negotiations Stalled or Buyer indicated the domain was priced outside of what they wanted to spend.

WTF?!

All these mean very little to the domain seller who hoped to close quickly on a sale with a qualified, verified lead. Instead, the broker relays that this exchange wasn’t much more than “an echo.”

But that’s not the end of the torment from Afternic.

A month passes and a fresh engagement occurs with the buyer. Or so the status says; in fact, the Afternic system sends out automated updates to the other party, whether they were qualified or not, trying to resurrect the exchange. Even if their budget was not even close to your asking price, these notifications “ping” the buyer, “just in case.”

It’s utterly frustrating, we know.

That’s why we created the ultimate guide with 12 distinct responses for your Afternic broker. No need to hold back: let them know that automated emails resurrecting dead leads 30, 60, and even 90 days past a dead-end are not needed—in fact, they are not wanted!

Pick one and customize to your own needs!

• Please stop reviving cold leads that showed zero intent or engagement. These pings misrepresent seller interest and dilute the value of actual negotiations.
• If there was no meaningful dialogue or price alignment to begin with, why is your system re-initiating contact? This looks like a sales tactic, not a brokered exchange.
• You’re reaching out to a buyer months after they ignored or lowballed—without my input. That’s not brokering, it’s spam in my name.
• I expect broker discretion, not a script. Don’t drag me into automated sequences that re-open the door to non-serious offers.
• Who’s determining that this inquiry is worth chasing? Because from my end, there’s nothing to justify a follow-up. I want control over that call.
• It’s not productive to hound inactive leads just to mark movement. Please prioritize quality over artificial activity.
• If your system is sending updates with no substantial change in the negotiation, it creates noise and wastes broker time. Let the seller set the follow-up logic.
• Stop treating expired conversations like warm leads. If a buyer ghosted 60 days ago, don’t re-engage without new context or my approval.
• Reaching out to someone who ghosted months ago isn’t “brokerage,” it’s wishful automation. Let’s not chase shadows while ignoring strategy.
• These system-driven nudges make it seem like sellers are desperate. That’s not the tone I want attached to my portfolio.
• There’s a difference between persistence and pestering. Without my signal to follow up, this crosses into the latter.
• Buyers who submitted $100 offers on premium domains aren’t prospects—they’re noise. Please stop reopening negotiations that were never serious.

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