You’ll need to ask for your domain back before you can fulfill the sale.
I had a sleepless night the first time it happened.
I got a notice of a nice sale at Afternic late at night. The email asked me to unlock the domain and provide the authorization code.
So I logged into my GoDaddy account and searched for the domain, only to find it wasn’t there.
I frantically searched my email. Had I let this domain expire? Did I previously sell it and didn’t delete the Afternic listing? I didn’t see any GoDaddy expiration notices, and the latest email I found with the domain in it was a renewal receipt.
I emailed my account rep first thing in the morning. He moved the domain back into my account.
Here’s what happened. When a domain goes “on hold” at Afternic and the domain is at GoDaddy, it is moved out of your GoDaddy account into a special account. You usually don’t notice this because Fast Transfer domains don’t require you to do anything. You get the sale notice, and the transfer is in process.
But when the domain requires a manual transfer, the domain is no longer in your account. You have to ask for it to be pushed back into your account.
It seems like an odd way of doing things. I understand putting a hold on the domain or even moving it to a temporary account. But if it requires a manual transfer, there should be an automated mechanism for moving it back to your account so you can activate it.
I’ve seen so many people complaining of domains put on hold at Afternic for no reason, imagine them disappearing from your Godaddy account! “Imagine” you don’t renew, you lose them, Godaddy sells them and keeps 100%. Nice business model! Just “imagine”, ofc.
When it’s a manual transfer i usually have to push the domain into GoDaddy’s holding account at GoDaddy.
Another issue I have is that other people try to add my domain names into their AfterNIC accounts and I get requests to confirm it. Wrote a number of times to Afternic/Godaddy to ban those involved in the malpractice but the company is playing fool and never takes an action.
“it is moved out of your GoDaddy account into a special account”
and yet you can’t see the domains you own??
So if you can’t see the domains you own, how the F can you renew it?
It is like stealing!!
If you have 1000+ domains at GD, how can you keep an eye when GD take them away
this is f dangerous.
Speaking from recent experience, Godaddy/Afternic is not always trustworthy, be careful with your domain sales there, especially if you’re just a small player, the giants don’t need you, so…
Use Dynadot.