Scum of the earth: Dan.com review reveals drama behind expired domain name
A negative review about Dan.com left by a Trustpilot visitor doesn’t hold back: Scum of the earth. This harsh review is directed at the registrant and seller of a domain, previously owned by the reviewer. The full review reads as follows: “Scum of the earth. Steals the domain of my name that I’ve owned since […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dan.com removes IP of buyer from transaction panel
Domain marketplace Dan.com has removed the provision of the buyer’s IP address from the negotiation panel. An example can be seen below: Until very recently, domain sellers could see the IP address of the party making an offer via the communications window; the IP would appear when hovering above the flag representing the country or […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dan.com suspends Bitcoin payments for domain sales
Dan.com has suspended payments to accounts that have opted in cryptocurrency payments, receiving their domain sales’ payouts in Bitcoin (BTC.) According to an announcement at the Dan.com platform, the measure is necessary until some network glitches are fixed: Due to a delay on the BTC network, we are unable to process crypto payouts for the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dan.com puts a pause to Domain API
Dan.com has paused its Domain API, according to verified sources. The service provided registrars, domain marketplaces & other services in the domain industry with a feature-rich API to “build your own domain marketplace or enhance your current service by offering secondary market features at your registrar, for example, with limited development & resources required.” There […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 […]
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