How the “for sale” domain FamilyLocator.com led to a bad review for Dan
Dan reviews are often left by individuals that meant to review another service. Quite often, a domain listed for sale at Dan.com matches a product or a service offered by a company that does not use the .com. In the case of FamilyLocator.com, the domain has been “continuously registered since 2002” and its registrant has […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dan + Afternic: Out of sync
Recent updates at Dan.com triggered a range of frustrating sentiments to domain investors, who had to rush in and tweak account settings once again. What took place: Portfolio holders at GoDaddy-owned Dan received a system update and while things looked normal, a little “devil” flipped the Afternic Integration switch from OFF to ON, at least […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Latest Dan product update automatically “opts in” domains to Afternic
The latest product update at Dan.com (product update 8) carries several improvements that emphasize the great expandability of the platform designed by Dan.com, already a superb platform prior to GoDaddy acquiring it last summer. Global domain description edits, for example, minimize the task load of domain portfolio holders. Lease to own (LTO) transactions are now […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Screw you too: Dan.com can ban misbehaving offer-makers
Listing domains for sale at Dan.com provides domain investors with a mature, feature-packed marketplace. Since GoDaddy took ownership last summer, Dan.com released two updates—the good news—and raised its fees from 9% to 15%—the bad news. When a potential buyer engages on Dan.com via the contact form to make an offer, some of them behave badly. […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dan & Afternic integration: ON/OFF switch a one way street
GoDaddy acquired Dan.com for $71.4 million dollars with one goal in mind: to pipe out its 2 million listed domains to Afternic. The aged platform has many automated domain-selling features in place but new tech at Dan, previously known as Undeveloped.com, was eating Afternic’s lunch, as far as sales volume is concerned, prior to the […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afternic 25% “head tax”: Better watch out your BIN pricing on expired domains
As of February 1st, Afternic, Dan, and the Uni Market impose a 25% “head tax”—they call it “market alignment fee”—for domains that are using alternate DNS servers. In other words, if you use your own landing page for BobsSpectacularDomains.com to capture traffic and the domain sells on Dan, Afternic, or the Uni Market, one of […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Should Dan remove domains infringing non-famous trademarks from its platform?
The Dan.com marketplace is popular with domain investors even as the GoDaddy-owned brand raised its fees to 15%. Its terms of use, updated on February 1, 2023, note that “Client represents and warrants that it (i) has the full authority and all rights necessary to enter into and fully perform all if its obligations under […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pros and cons of renting out a domain name on Dan.com
Dan.com offers the option to sell a domain using the BIN, negotiate on a domain’s price, lease-to-own over a period of several months, or rent it out. The latter is an option that many domain investors might not be familiar with and it’s a rare option indeed. A domain investor shared news of renting out […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Silver lining in Dan.com fee-jacking revealed
There’s a silver lining in the recent fee-jacking that Dan.com users will face, apparently. The back story: GoDaddy-owned Dan.com decided to raise the fees it collects on the platform, from the current 9% to 15% beginning on February 1, 2023. This price increase was matched by a similar increase at the Uni Market and a […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reza Sardeha talks about the Dan future and fee changes
Dan founder, Reza Sardeha, emerged via Twitter and delivered his personal opinion about the recent drastic fee changes at GoDaddy. The back story: Just months after acquiring Dan.com in June 2022 for a reported $71 million dollars in cash, GoDaddy increased the fees domain investors pay to use the Dan platform. Starting on February 1st, […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bye Dan: Sedo will keep its BIN landers at 10% commission
Domain investors are facing an unprecedented act by GoDaddy, that will be imposing a 25% commission on domains that are added on Afternic, Dan, or the Uni Market whilst not using their nameservers. In effect from February 1st, the 25% commission is a massive “head tax” that attempts to terrorize domain investors that use their […]
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