Not magic: How does the Afternic Fast Transfer actually work?

Afternic’s Fast Transfer has been lauded as the domain industry’s automated game of professional tennis between seller and buyer. As if by magic, the Fast Transfer enables the two parties to exchange domains for money quite fast. The transaction is usually complete, at least for the seller, in 24-48 hours. That being said, the process […]

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Afternic cart: Obsolete subdomain still active

An obsolete subdomain on Afternic is checkout.afternic.com. The platform stopped using the Afternic domain in its inventory search, sending buyers to GoDaddy.com instead. In the good old days, Afternic users could search the Afternic inventory and then proceed to check out on the same domain. Now, Afternic purchases require a GoDaddy account log in before […]

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GoDaddy to rebrand its Afternic domain platform as “Neutron”

GoDaddy is rebranding its popular but badly aged Afternic platform and the chosen name is “Neutron.” The biggest domain registrar in the world will roll out the new name at the Nordic Domain Days conference in Europe next week; the Neutron brand will be revealed during the opening night ceremony with GoDaddy sponsoring it. “It […]

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Afternic rolls out Snail Slow Transfer domain service

Afternic, the self-professed world’s leading domain aftermarket, announced the availability of a new option for domain transfers following a sale. Snail Slow Transfer is the tongue-in-cheek name that was chosen to reflect a slow, yet safe and secure pace of completing sales on Afternic. “With Snail Slow Transfers our sellers can rest assured that their […]

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Swetha shares two more .XYZ sales via Afternic’s fast transfer feature

Indian domain investor and .XYZ aficionado, Swetha Yenugula, has shared two fresh sales via the Afternic network. Swetha sold the domain Slicer.xyz for the sum of $7,280 dollars. The domain was registered in 2020. The second sale involved the domain name PLUR.xyz, a 2019 registration, that was sold for a stunning $29,988 dollars. Swetha’s track […]

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Analog.io: Domain sold for $60,000 dollars to G42 of Abu Dhabi

A domain investor ended 2023 “with a bang” after selling the domain name Analog.io using the Afternic fast transfer system. In other words, someone spent $60,000 dollars “cash” on a whim and acquired the domain Analog.io without much negotiation taking place; the seller literally woke up to a completed sale. Although the domain wasn’t disclosed […]

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Squadhelp uses “zero fee” carrot for Afternic listings

New year, new domain sales policy at Squadhelp. The domain marketplace announced the introduction of zero commission for all domains that sell on Afternic. The previous fee structure charged no fee for Squadhelp-listed domains that sold on Afternic, as long as that sale exceeded $25,000 dollars; smaller sales were charged a flat 5%. There are […]

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Dynadot adds integration with Sedo and Afternic

Dynadot has implemented direct management of domains with both Sedo and Afternic, becoming the first registrar to do so. Domains registered at Dynadot can now be managed at Sedo and Afternic from within the popular domain registrar. Users can now manage their domains and perform functions such as price updates, and more, without having to […]

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Price syncing between Dan and Afternic has lost its luster

Dan.com domains can be listed on Afternic without the need for a separate account. Initially, the integration of Dan and Afternic was optional and Dan.com users could opt out; eventually, it became mandatory that any domain bearing a BIN price at Dan gets added to Afternic via a transparent process. That process worked well until […]

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Domain investor “bids” on Afternic listing in an attempt to remove it from the marketplace!

Afternic has a flawed domain verification system that doesn’t prevent others from listing your domain names. While the addition of domains appears to be easy, it’s much harder to remove a domain that you own which is listed on Afternic, and which you don’t want to list on Afternic in the first place! Dale is […]

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NameFind: Domain portfolio available for LTO but not on Afternic

Afternic announced today that the NameFind portfolio of domains has gained a lease to own (LTO) option. NameFind is the registrant of record and manager of the GoDaddy-owned domain portfolio of approximately 1 million domain names. How did NameFind acquire these domains? Very simple: Through private acquisitions of domain portfolios from several companies, such as […]

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Domainers express frustration over growing woes at Dan.com

Dan.com entered the domain aftermarket segment of the domain industry, becoming a popular platform for domain investors. Its subsequent sale to GoDaddy for approximately $71 million dollars kickstarted a process of assimilation: GoDaddy already has its own marketplace, Afternic, which is promoted as the go-to platform for domain sales. In recent weeks, users of Dan.com […]

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