Uniregistry made domain investors tear up with final Tweet

Posted by DomainGang on October 6, 2023, at 9:00 am

Long after Uniregistry was acquired by GoDaddy, the company continued to provide excellent services to domain investors as a registrar and brokerage. Eventually, Uniregistry (Uni) shut down both as a domain registrar and its Uni Marketplace team moved to GoDaddy, aiming at finishing the job on Afternic 2.0. The Uni app was discontinued, DomainNamesales.com was […]

Filed under Domain News, Featured · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, GoDaddy, Thank you, Uni Market, Uniregistry, twitter

DomainNameSales.com: Frank Schilling’s ingenious project RIP

Posted by DomainGang on August 5, 2023, at 3:28 pm

Domain Name Sales, operating from DomainNameSales.com, was Frank Schilling‘s in-house platform for monetizing & selling his extensive domain portfolio. Manned by a team of brokers that were given full reign on negotiating with potential buyers, the platform grew fast. By 2012, it was open to the general public, setting the foundation for the launch of […]

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Saw.com: Uni Market refugees can benefit from our expert leads analysis!

Posted by DomainGang on March 11, 2023, at 10:16 am

Domain investors that have been using the Uni Market were recently told that the GoDaddy-owned marketplace will shut down on April 18th. The great platform created by Frank Schilling for all domainers will no longer remain active past the deadline and its users are asked to transition to Afternic. Exporting your own leads and other […]

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How to export all your domain sales leads from the Uni Market

Posted by DomainGang on March 6, 2023, at 6:47 pm

There is nothing worse than not having access to years of your own data, such as detailed leads about your domain names. The Uniregistry Market became the Uni Market upon its acquisition by GoDaddy three years ago. With the upcoming shutdown of the platform on April 18th, you might have to act fast to save […]

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RIP Uni Market

Posted by DomainGang on March 6, 2023, at 1:10 pm

The Uni Market, Frank Schilling’s inception of a progressive domain marketplace, will be terminated at the mid of April. An email sent out to users of the platform can be reviewed below: As part of the Uni integration with GoDaddy, we will be retiring the Uni Market, parking platform, self-brokerage service product and Uni App […]

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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 […]

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#Uniregistry announces changes to payee fees

Posted by DomainGang on January 24, 2022, at 4:48 pm

Effective tomorrow, January 26th, 2022, Uniregistry is making changes to how Payee fees are charged. Who is affected? Domain investors that sell domains on the Uni Market and those who park their domains with Uniregistry. In an email, Uniregistry stated: If you provide incorrect account information resulting in a rejected payment, GoDaddy will charge payment […]

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HikingTrails.com: #Trademark application points to recent #domain sale

Posted by DomainGang on November 12, 2021, at 11:16 am

The operators of the domain HikingTrails.com have applied for the registration of the matching mark, HIKINGTRAILS.COM. The USPTO application is filed with an “intent to use” clause, which often indicates that the related domain was acquired recently. Here are the services linked to the trademark’s application: Downloadable mobile applications for hiking trails, gear, equipment and […]

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Smartless.com: From just a #domain for sale to an $80 million dollar acquisition

Posted by DomainGang on June 29, 2021, at 2:45 pm

Smartless, the podcast hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, has been acquired by Amazon Music and Wondery. The three hosts launched the series in July 2020, and have produced nearly 50 episodes. In mid-June 2020 they also acquired the domain Smartless.com from its previous registrant. The sale most likely occurred on the […]

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#GoDaddy : Grand plans for Afternic, Uni Market in 2021 and beyond

Posted by DomainGang on January 26, 2021, at 1:27 pm

GoDaddy hosted a Zoom meeting today, reviewing 2020 and the effects of the pandemic on the domain industry, along with a presentation of its plans for the year ahead, and beyond. We’ve created a PDF of the plans by GoDaddy, regarding Afternic 2.0, the future of the Uni Market, and more. Here are some highlights: […]

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Stolen still, the #domain Piracy.com was moved to the Uni Market

Posted by DomainGang on December 22, 2020, at 2:56 pm

Piracy.com is a stolen domain and the thief has been hopping around domain selling venues. After being blocked from selling Piracy.com on Afternic and Sedo, the domain was added to the Uni Market. The thief wanted $80,000 dollars with a BIN lander at the time. Hours later it was removed by Uniregistry’s administrators, that are […]

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#Uni Market : One second before midnight might get you a free #domain!

Posted by DomainGang on December 30, 2019, at 10:39 am

If you register a domain at Uniregistry one second before midnight on December 31, 2019, it might be free. Frank Schilling, founder of Uniregistry, said on Twitter: “Uni will give away 20 free domain names, as long as they are registered 1 second before 2019 ends! It’s a way of saying goodbye to a great […]

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