DAN is dead but half a million domain names still use it!

DAN has been dead for almost a year, as the once thriving domain marketplace completed its life-cycle last September. The domain game did not end there for users who had transitioned to Afternic; their portfolios remained intact with no possibility to delete. In November, we noted that the automated Dan.com system would notify account holders when […]

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NamesCon 2025: Group Hug Event for DAN.com

NamesCon is less than 3 months away; the event’s organizers are managing a full agenda for the Miami conference every serious domain investor must attend. We were made aware of the addition of a special event that was announced today, to commemorate the untimely demise of DAN.com three years ago. “Group Hug for DAN” will […]

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Two dozen .AI domains under DAN.com control

DAN.com provided a ground-breaking, reliable transfer service for lease to own (LTO) sales. The service utilized a Dutch domain registrar, Metaregistrar BV, to facilitate these transfers until the buyer paid off the entire amount. Although DAN.com is now dead, as far as transactions go, there are several domain transactions that involve .ai domain names, which […]

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Faithful domainers still use Dan DNS

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 […]

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GoDaddy to allow domain data migration back to Dan.com

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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Richard Lau is now a founding investor at DomainEasy; James Morfopoulos joins the company

Domain entrepreneur and investor, Richard Lau, has announced his immediate involvement with the DomainEasy project. The NamesCon founder stated that he’s a Founding Investor along with DomainEasy.com founder, Sam Dennis. The company has been in the works for a year, creating a platform for domain investors to transact domain sales on. In associated news, James […]

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Hello Satan! Dan review as random as it gets

Dan.com is on its way down, thanks to GoDaddy’s plan to switch or “migrate” its user base to Afternic. The days of reviewing this great domain selling platform will soon be over, but not without a fun message from Satan himself. A fresh review of Dan.com on Trustpilot was left by “Satan Constantine” whose wording […]

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LTO sale of Create.xyz completes at Dan.com

The 36 month lease to own (LTO) sale of the domain Create.xyz has completed via Dan.com. Mere days before the popular domain selling platform is scheduled to be retired, the buyer has fulfilled their financial obligation. The total payout price of $80,687.25 dollars was shared by the seller, Syed Mairaj: The domain Create.xyz was acquired […]

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No future for Dan.com

Dan.com is no longer going to be an independent, functioning entity, favored by numerous domain name investors. Owners GoDaddy dictate that within the next 30 days the platform will be shutting down. There is no future for Dan beyond that point. It’s a sad closure towards the untimely demise of a brand that quickly filled […]

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GoDaddy shuts down Dan’s integration with Efty

GoDaddy is shutting down the integration of the Dan.com platform with Efty. Effective today, Efty.com will no longer work with Dan.com as the integration is disabled due to a unilateral decision made by GoDaddy.com. Efty sent out a notice: “GoDaddy will discontinue the Dan.com Integrator service as of September 5, 2024. Efty was its first […]

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I bought a domain that contains a trademark, take it back!

A buyer that used Dan.com as a platform to acquire a domain name, is now posting a bad review of Dan on Trustpilot. He’s not the first, or the last. User complaints vary in their severity and this one is one big joke, as far we can tell. Says the Dan.com user: “I bought a […]

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