GoDaddy-owned Dan.com ignored user settings, funneling domains to Afternic

Posted by DomainGang on March 17, 2023, at 5:39 pm

The latest product release at Dan.com arrived yesterday with an email notifying users that domains with a BIN price will be added to Afternic. Those who had opted out of this integration presumed that no such decision will be made without their authorization. The GoDaddy-owned company went ahead regardless of user choice, toggling the integration […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Afternic, Dan.com, GoDaddy, unauthorized listings

Latest Dan product update automatically “opts in” domains to Afternic

Posted by DomainGang on March 16, 2023, at 10:30 am

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 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Afternic, Dan.com, GoDaddy, product update 8

Screw you too: Dan.com can ban misbehaving offer-makers

Posted by DomainGang on March 1, 2023, at 10:58 am

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. […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan.com, Domains, ban account, fake offers, harassment

Dan & Afternic integration: ON/OFF switch a one way street

Posted by DomainGang on February 27, 2023, at 11:27 am

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 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Afternic, Dan.com, GoDaddy, GoDaddy marketplaces

Afternic 25% “head tax”: Better watch out your BIN pricing on expired domains

Posted by DomainGang on February 7, 2023, at 1:17 pm

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 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan.com, Domains, GoDaddy head tax, Uni Market, market alignment fee

Should Dan remove domains infringing non-famous trademarks from its platform?

Posted by DomainGang on February 6, 2023, at 12:39 pm

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 […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Dan.com, Deltha Pharma, Domains, European trademarks, Italian company, Masurota, Masurota.com, cybersquatting, trademarks

Pros and cons of renting out a domain name on Dan.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 14, 2023, at 10:46 am

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 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan.com, DanceUp.com, rent domain, rent domains

Silver lining in Dan.com fee-jacking revealed

Posted by DomainGang on January 10, 2023, at 10:24 am

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 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan fees, Dan.com, Dan.com fees, Domains, GoDaddy

Reza Sardeha talks about the Dan future and fee changes

Posted by DomainGang on January 7, 2023, at 10:26 am

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, […]

Filed under Editorial · Tagged with Dan.com, GoDaddy, Reza Sardeha, fee increases

Bye Dan: Sedo will keep its BIN landers at 10% commission

Posted by DomainGang on January 6, 2023, at 2:54 pm

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 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan.com, Domains, GoDaddy, GoDaddy tax, Sedo, Sedo MLS, Sedo landers

Dan.com raises base commission rate to 15%

Posted by DomainGang on January 4, 2023, at 10:11 am

Popular domain platform, Dan.com, is increasing its base commission to 15%. Beginning on February 1, 2023, the increase will take effect, for all domains that use Dan, Afternic, or Uniregistry DNS. Alternate DNS usage will result in an even higher commission, set at 25%. GoDaddy calls this a “price alignment” and is sending similar emails […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan.com, Domains, GoDaddy, commission rates, fees

Grzegorz is upset with Dan.com

Posted by DomainGang on December 26, 2022, at 6:36 pm

A very dejected Grzegorz from Poland left a bad review for Dan.com, alleging that the GoDaddy-owned platform supports “squatters.” Of course, such a statement requires some analysis. Does Grzegorz own a trademark or a business that was conceived before the domain was registered? Says the Polish man: “This company sells domains at a much higher […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Dan.com, Dan.com reviews, Domains, Trustpilot, ignorant people

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