Online domain marketplace gets major enhancements.
A new look and new promotion levels have arrived on domain name aftermarket Afternic.
Over the weekend Afternic changed the site design and added many features. One of the biggest changes is a new promotion level called “Premium”. It includes all of the features of “Expanded Promotion”, plus Premium level domains are included in the search results of major domain resellers. Premium level promotion also shows your domain names on Network Solutions. Afternic claims it receives over 35 million searches each month through its domain resellers.
Interestingly, Premium promotion costs the same as Expanded: 20% of the sales price with a minimum of $120.
You’ll notice a number of other features, such as improvements to the seller dashboard. For example, there’s a pie chart of which TLDs your domains are.
It appears there are a few bugs to work out. Of my 1,000 plus domains listed on Afternic, the only ones currently showing up in my account and on search results are the ones I’ve added in the past couple weeks. But I’m sure this is just a database migration issue that should be fixed soon. [Update: Apparently the domains were removed from my account due to a miscommunication, not because of a database problem. It had to do with Afternic’s recent verification exercise.]
If you don’t list your domains on Afternic already, this upgrade should be enough to push you over the edge. Afternic and its parent company NameMedia do better than any other aftermarket in promoting domains to end users.
RKB says
Lets hope it leads to more/better sales 🙂
EM @ KING.NET says
Are they still charging fees to sell? I pulled all my domains because of the fees, then take another % commission. This is win-win fees for them.
Sedo free to list your name and only charge fees when you sold a name.
Andrew Allemann says
@ EM – Yeah, it’s 19.95. So if you list your who portfolio you’re only paying a few pennies a domain. Sell one domain and you easily cover your 19.95. I don’t think it should be an impediment to listing your domains.
Lda says
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but using
their “Premium Expanded Promotion” appears to involve transferring your domain(s) to NETWORK SOLUTIONS !!! I spent the early part of this century moving domains AWAY from NetSol, vowing ‘never again’.
Steve Z says
Where did the list of “sold names” go?