Here’s a quick guide to uploading all of your domains to Afternic.

About a year ago I wrote about uploading your domains in bulk to Sedo and Afternic. Over the weekend I uploaded another 400 or so domains to Afternic and I documented the process. The results is a a quick tutorial on how to use Afternic’s upload system.

The first thing you need to do is log in to your Afternic account. After you do this, go to www.afternic.com/pfupload.php. On this page you can download your current Afternic portfolio. This is also the page where you upload your edited and updated portfolio of domains.

To download your existing portfolio, click on the “download” hyperlink. A typical file download box will pop-up, as seen here:

Save the file to your computer. The file is in .csv format, which can be easily opened and edited using Microsoft Excel. When you open the file you’ll see your existing domains and their attributes. This screen shows the format:

You won’t see the field names at the top of the columns. You can insert a row at the top of the spreadsheet and enter the field names to make it easier for you. Just be sure to delete this row before you upload your listings. The columns from left to right are:

1. Domain
2. Minimum offer
3. Reserve (set to 0 to not have a reserve price)
4. Asking (set to 0 to not have an asking price)
5. Top category (you can see a list of all categories here)
6. Second-level category
7. Parking status (set to 0 if not parking with Afternic)
8. Description
9. Traffic (leave this one blank, you can’t upload traffic stats)
10. Auction status (1= for sale, 2=parked, not for sale, 3=not for sale)

After completing the fields for each domain it’s time to upload your portfolio. Go back to www.afternic.com/pfupload.php and click the upload link. Browse to the file location on your computer and then click the button to upload your portfolio.

While it’s uploading you’ll see a status indicator:

When the upload is complete you’ll see the results. You are sure to get a few errors. You can edit the domains with errors and reupload your portfolio. Here’s what the errors screen looks like:

The typical errors you’ll get are:
-You neglected to select a second level category or the second level category doesn’t fall under the primary category you selected
-You selected the “one word” category but the domain isn’t in Afternic’s dictionary. (I appreciate Afternic checking domains before listing them in the one word category; it makes the buying experience much better.)
-The domain is listed by another member. In this case, verify you uploaded the correct domain and then email Afternic support to ask them to delete the other user’s listing.

By keeping your portfolio up-to-date on both Afternic and Sedo you will maximize potential for your domains to sell. They will not only show up on the exchanges but also in the search results at DomainTools.com.

If you have any questions or need clarification please post a comment below.

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