Squid Game 3: Afternic edition

Posted by DomainGang on June 29, 2025, at 11:19 am

Another great season of the Squid Game has ended; the 3rd and final season in the Netflix series explores the outer limits of human nature. Can humans sacrifice themselves willingly and spare the weak and innocent? When evil attacks us, do we respond in kind or with kindness? Deep thoughts, for sure. For now, let’s […]

Filed under Domain Memes · Tagged with Afternic, Afternic 3.0, Squid Game 3, domain memes, squid game

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

Posted by DomainGang on June 2, 2025, at 4:36 pm

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 […]

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GoDaddy nullifies sale of Teletherapists.com—What happened?

Posted by DomainGang on May 22, 2025, at 9:50 am

The premium domain Teletherapists.com was sold via GoDaddy on February 5th. At the time, the domain was not expired so we can assume it was sold on the Afternic platform. The domain was transferred to the buyer’s account with GoDaddy almost two months later, on March 31st, following the buyer’s support request. Almost two months […]

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NEX.org: Afternic involved in UDRP as Respondent—Here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on April 1, 2025, at 3:40 pm

Afternic Services LLC was named as the Respondent in a UDRP filed against the domain name NEX.org. That involvement was accurate as Afternic still owns the domain, with a twist: It was acquired by its current operators, NEX Chamber, via Dan.com on a 36 month lease-to-own (LTO) contract. That LTO contract completes in August 2025, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Afternic, NEX.org, UDRP, deny transfer

BrandBucket pulls out of Afternic

Posted by DomainGang on March 26, 2025, at 10:10 am

In an email to customers, BrandBucket announced that it’s “taking a break” from cross-listing domains on Afternic. As shared by domain investor Bogdan Vovchuk on X: BrandBucket continues to have distribution relationships that will allow its inventory to reach the majority of registrars. We have also invested heavily the past two years to build a […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Afternic, BrandBucket, Domains, Margot Bushnaq

Afternic.WTF

Posted by DomainGang on March 20, 2025, at 10:38 am

GoDaddy’s Afternic platform introduced a self-brokerage option yesterday, seeking to engage domain investors that would like to handle inbound inquiries themselves. The system requires that sellers are members of the Discount Domain Club (DDC)—a paid membership that typically costs $240 dollars per year. It does provide added benefits but for the sole purpose of self-brokering […]

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MyJersey.com appears to be yet another Telepathy sale

Posted by DomainGang on March 17, 2025, at 8:50 am

The domain name MyJersey.com appears to have been sold via Afternic. Registered in 2000, MyJersey.com has been in the possession of top notch portfolio holders, Telepathy.com. At some point, it had a price tag of $4,814 dollars and as WHOIS info shows, ownership was transferred to “Afternic, LLC – On Behalf of Domain Owner” indicating […]

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Faithful domainers still use Dan DNS

Posted by DomainGang on March 13, 2025, at 9:41 am

It’s not been a year yet since GoDaddy pulled the rug from under Dan.com. The popular domain marketplace’s sunset was expected, after it was acquired by the biggest registrar in the world for $70+ million dollars in cold cash. Afternic, via its “direct search path” access on GoDaddy.com, was always the top priority. Dan’s forced […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Afternic, DAN, Dan DNS, Dan.com, GoDaddy, ns1.dan.com, ns2.dan.com

14 GoDaddy domain brokers you’ve not met before

Posted by DomainGang on February 24, 2025, at 5:58 pm

Last year we shared the profile of GoDaddy superbroker, Yasuhiro Yakamoto. As one of the most successful domain brokers at GoDaddy and Afternic, Yasuhiro works with a team of capable domain brokers that have been trained extensively, developing the “masterclass” videos shared currently. It is with joy that we present, alongside Yasuhiro, the full team […]

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GoDaddy to allow domain data migration back to Dan.com

Posted by DomainGang on December 30, 2024, at 10:39 am

If you’re not happy with your domain migration from Dan.com to GoDaddy’s Afternic, no problem. The biggest domain registrar in the world is now offering an one time migration back to Dan.com and its marketplace, a company that still operates independently under the GoDaddy umbrella. “We believe that every GoDaddy customer deserves to be happy, […]

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Afternic keywords for December: Have you boosted yet?

Posted by DomainGang on December 18, 2024, at 4:09 pm

Afternic‘s top keywords for December 2024 are finally here, as the company prepares for an early holiday season shutdown. Tracked through GoDaddy‘s proprietary Cairo AI™, this amazing series tracks the most popular keywords in domain sales achieved through Afternic. “Our system analyzes millions of search terms on the so-called ‘registrar path’ that GoDaddy has several […]

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Anybody.com: Million dollar+ domain allegedly acquired

Posted by DomainGang on December 14, 2024, at 9:00 pm

Anybody could have done it: For the price of $1.249 Million dollars, the domain Anybody.com was listed for sale on Afternic. Then somebody—allegedly—did it, although the exact sales price was not disclosed. Said that person: “I was going to buy a patek phillipe or an Aston DB11 AMR I BOUGHT THIS INSTEAD: ANYBODY. C O […]

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