Moniker customers will be able to list domains for sale on SnapNames from within their accounts.
Domain Name Wire has learned that Moniker and SnapNames will introduce a new feature next week that makes listing domains on SnapNames easier. The feature will allow customers to list domains on SnapNames from within their Moniker accounts.
This is a marked improvement over the current process, which requires filling out a lengthy spreadsheet. SnapNames is a good venue to sell domain names, particularly in the $50-$200 range. However, the spreadsheet listing process made the time/benefit equation a bit harder to swallow.
The ability to list domains directly from a Moniker account is the second major synergy between the two Oversee.net owned companies since they were acquired. Last year SnapNames allowed domains to be listed on its service that were registered at Moniker; prior to that the domains had to be transferred to a SnapNames registrar.
The move comes just in time to beat back competitor NameJet, which is currently allowing some customers to list their non-expired domains for sale on its platform. I’ve been told that this feature will open up to a wider audience in 2009.
SnapNames and NameJet may become more critical in 2009 as many domainers look to liquidate unwanted names. With their daily volume of customers hunting for expired domains, these services provide more liquidity than other domain name sales venues.
I suspect we’ll hear about this new feature at DOMAINfest next week.
Great service for those who have domains at moniker.
Hopefully someday they will allow domains from other registrars to be listed.
@ Rob – since the domains are immediately transferred to the new owner, it would be difficult (impossible?) to do it with another registrar…unless they struck some sort of partnership. But the technical integration would be tough.
Okay. Say you have a name at godaddy that you want to sell at snapnames.
You push the domain to snapnames’ godaddy account. They sell it then transfer to the buyer.
Am I missing something?
What’s the difference if the domain is at moniker? Same process no?
@ Rob – I suppose that’s possible. Moniker would want to do that if GoDaddy promoted the service to its customers, which I doubt it would do. Being able to sell on SnapNames is one of the benefits of having your domains at Moniker.
I’m a big Moniker and Snapnames fan. They work well together now and I can’t wait for this service. Snapnames by far sells more domains for me than any other domain selling platform. Now, since I’ve moved thousands of my domains to Moniker, I’ll be able to easily clear out many of my generic domains whose niche I am no longer trying to “capture”. Kudos to Monte and the gang, especially to hard working Jonathan “Vito” Stanfill.
Excellent news.
@ Stephen – I agree, this has the potential to take things up a notch. I listed with SnapNames once or twice, and sold some domains, but stopped doing it because the sell through rate wasn’t enough to justify the time it took filling out the spreadsheet. They also reduced the amount of time allowed before your domain expires.
Yeah, that spreadsheet “re-entry” process was a bitch…
However, I noticed all the domains I had already listed in that manner for this month have been “deleted” in place of this nice little “moniker add-a-domain-to-sell” feature… that’s like 350 domains for sale I already submitted. I would like to know if I have to reinstate them 1 by 1, with listing reserve prices all over again…. If so…
ARRRRRRGGGGGGH!!!!