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MostImportant:
Hi guys, greetings to you all.

Please help me through.

I'm kind of new in domain business (even though I have gone through paid training).

I registered this domain for sale and trying to list it on Sedo. Done that but it's asking me to do Domain Ownership Verification.

This is where I'm getting it confused. How do I do it?

Simply point your nameservers to Sedo's nameservers and wait at least about 30 minutes to one hour. I guess that's probably more straightforward than using ownership verification code.

Note that either method may still not work for days in some cases and you'd then need to contact Sedo support for help.

Is anybody here having the kind of experience I am having on Z (the registrar)?

The experience has left more to be desired (frustrating, actually) when I decided to test their COM offer. Sometimes, I needed to reload a page up to six times or more before it opened. At other times, I got "Unavailable" for domains that were available and I couldn't seem to find any way around it.

Any tips on how to get around these issues? I use Firefox as my main/default browser.

Don't be afraid. Just be good in your area of engineering. Continue to build on your knowledge and gain useful experience. Most of all, commit your ways to God.

Yours happen to be among the less-saturated career fields, I think.

marksburg:
Is it just me that prefers to register all my names from one registrar?

Not only you. If money was not an issue, I'd be using only Dynadot right now. But I transfer certain domains I registered elsewhere to them at renewal.

silverrock:
Hey guys, it's been a while.

I made a tool a few years back for searching for available domains in bulk. It's been a bit dormant for a while. Updated the UI recently and it's open for anyone to use. Hopefully it helps you guys in your grind for domains.

The website is www(.)geodomaintools(.)com

Geodomaintools(.)com

Take a look and let me know what you think

Good one, bro! Best wishes.

For now, na ED I get business with. Any money I get laidis na to enter the place.

CapitalBank:
I complained here some days ago that I have been losing sales at a rate that I have never experienced before. Today, I found out that Godaddy is the one causing it. If you do outbound, do not use Afternic.

You will give a buyer a price and send them a link, and they will see a different price, higher than what you told them. How would they proceed when something like this happens?

BrandUche told me, but I brushed it off only to check the 5% link that I sent and saw a price higher than what I agreed with the buyer.

Now, I have to move some of these domains out of Afternic. If buyer goes on to buy the domain name at Godaddy when I use a different lander, i will make sure the price other is 30% higher.

That's Afternic/GoDaddy for you! Unfortunately, as I have repeatedly stated, I found them to be a necessary evil. Majority of my sales - especially inbound (including those I previously did outbound for) - happen there.

I observed something similar the only time I successfully used that feature. Those extra charges were only added after they stopped using DAN for Custom Checkout, by the way. I proposed Atom as an alternative when I noticed those charges in my case but the buyer preferred to use GoDaddy all the same. Well, maybe it's because I agreed to sell the particular domain for less than half of my asking price.

Part of the extra charges is for renewal (~$22) but Afternic support couldn't convincingly explain the rest to me when contacted.

You may also suggest Atom, DaaZ, or any other platform that you prefer for these transactions to end users as an alternative.

written007:
Morale Boost:
7/May.. 2025
Luxe/Flush/comm
Landing Page Listing : Atom (2788)
Sales Venue...Afternic.. 3444
HT: 11 Months

Feb Sale: 2025
Tinder/Homes//comm
Landing Page Listing : Atom (1400)
Sales Venue: Afternic ( 1999)
HT: 7 months

Oct Sale 2024
Alpha/Marine/Services/comm
Landing Page : Atom
Sales Venue : Atom ( 1988)
HT: 4 Yrs

Nov Sale 2024

Auto/Dent/Fix.comm
Landing Page: Atom (999)
Sale Venue: Afternic (999)
Net After Sale: 601
HT: 1yr (Expired)

.. The struggle has been real.. I can now say the recent Sale is the point I break even at 5yrs of domaining. I don't outbound though. Looking Forward Now for Winning Sales. All sales are inbound. Thank God for me & Thank you all. Good luck to everyone.

Congrats on the sales, bro!

As an aside, don't you think these suggest you'll be better off just using Afternic landers. You're losing money by not doing so.

Afternic is still a necessary "evil," as I indicated in the Geo sale post I made about two weeks ago.

A report

Name: Denver//Junk//Car//Buyer (in king)
Source: ED
SP: $350 (BIN)
Type: Outbound
Venue: Afternic
HT: ~6 months

All thanks to God!

This sale seems to re-emphasise two things:

1. Afternic is still a necessary "evil", with their high commissions plus charges.
2. You may never really know what could sell!

After DAN shut, I used the landers of Atom and DaaZ for outbound domains until February ending (and left the nameservers there unchanged) but no single sale. I decided to change the landers of some of those domains to Afternic and follow up again (since the leads were in Google Sheets already), just to keep my email address "hot" while I wait to do outbound for a few domains remaining and then stop. This sold the following day after contacting potential end users again - saw an immediate click the previous day.

The name didn't meet my requirements that much, but I just decided to take a punt. I have "better" names at or around the same price still unsold. Laidis sef I am taking a break from active outbound marketing.

Mrblaze06:
Sometimes I always think the city Jacksonville get problem with domain cos I have hold better keyword on the city and have no luck selling any,the latest one now is moving domain which I have held for close to 3 years I think and only one person just ask about price an lock up. Sapiosexual lost this domain by a dollar to me on dropcatch then.

Nah, I don't think so. It could be personal, though. Boston is one of the cities that I am also having similar misgiving about; I strangely like it, but it's being long I sold a name for that city.

Jacksonville is actually one of the cities I like because I have sold at least two domains including the city - one of which used the shorter form "Jax."

Samueltemi337:
😂

Money wey no reach 150 bucks.

He "worked hard" indeed! What sort of work was that? "Owo da" and political thuggery?

James39:
Make una de very selective in handregging GEOs.

Not just anything

The market is over saturated already

I come in peace

This

Forget, I don't think all these certificates count for much (if anything) when investing in Nigeria. This is not the first time I'd see or hear them issued to companies with dubious investment schemes.

Surprisingly, practically all the time I don't get to hear about these HYIPs when the going seemed good. I only learnt about this one after it crashed, for instance.

However, I have lost money to investments that seemed more credible and offered lower returns. Anything that involves parting with my money in Nigeria without getting an immediate service or product don't excite me anymore.

MrNovo:
Nigerian company just paid $3500 to acquire their dotcom domain.

Yeah, I saw the post on X yesterday morning. I was just about sharing it here when I saw your post, because it was a bit surprising.

I8id:
please I need help I just checked my email and saw my domain I listed from dan that was moved to afternic was sold, how do I go about this, is my first time and I was told to delist from other market place then something about authentication code?

Sorry, I have been away for several days. I only check the thread once in a while or when necessary these days.

I see someone already responded to you.

CapitalBank:
Did you do outbound after the renewal?

No. I don't contact end-users after renewal. I just wait. I think I did that in the past with some domains, but I have long stopped since it didn't yield results.

My approach now is more of reaching out, following up everyone once (unless I get a reply), and then waiting. Outbound campaigns don taya me.

A sale report

Name: Whole//Health//Yoga (in king)
Source: ED
SP: $1088 (BIN)
Type: Outbound/Inbound
Venue: Afternic
HT: 18 months

Had this first listed for 695 on DAN back then, but reduced it to 595 when time came for outbound.

After following up without a result, I had to do a discount price of 250. Nobody bit. So I hiked the price at renewal (as I often do).

All thanks to God for the sales. Success to all!

PS: Money in the bag since Friday but still showing Afternic lander when I checked today.

Gpexchange:
Second and Third Sales Report.. Pretty funny considering how awful November.. December and Jan was... Month never even start.. wahala

Might as well squeeze in one last report... This one happened on Wednesday

Hai/dro

Sp: 4888$
Ht: 8 months
Cost: 5$ closeout..plus renewal total is 16.17$

Picked it simply cause it sounds exactly like hydro... Which is water by the way....tho hidro woulda been cooler but that's obviously not a cheap name.....ever ...all other better versions were not for sale either.. like Aidro or hidro...


And this one Today tho went on hold yesterday

Producer/Flow

Sp: 4888
Ht: 3 months
Cost: 5$ Ed drop at z,com

Can't remember but maybe I regged for the guys on useproducer/flow I don forget..




And I have said it before but I will say it again your end users can afford your domains easily they just being stingy bitc,,h es ... Thats Why I don't gaf about my pricing cause during my survey times both students or end users will pay people up to 2000$ just to say yes or no to if their product is good.and explain why .... Even broke geo businesses did it too . Plumbers asking wat should we do to change our business....

February was always empty for me with no sales each year until this year ..
I have no 4 letter domains either...

Peace out ....

The man himself. Congrats!

I no go lie, you dey really ginger me. I hope I'll report here someday sales these big and you'll be a big, God-given inspiration for that.

datola:
Some people will still come here and be blaming Mumtichoice instead for them to face the governments who are constantly making things hard for businesses.

If you don't know, Multichoice is not a profitable company yet, declaring huge losses evey year

Thank you!

Inasmuch as I don't like price hikes, we should also be realistic. Are things getting cheaper in the country? Blame your so-called leaders!

Some people stated that the company used the excuse of exchange rate despite the current rate being lower than in previous months. But have power and Telco tariffs, among others, also not increased since then? Even BRT fares in Lagos were increased last week!

Let's be realistic. Effects of massive disruptions such as subsidy removal and exchange rate deregulation (combined) aren't one-time or short-term.

6.99 .COM flash sale at Dynadot!

I had no plans for registering any more domains at this time. But this seems too good to pass up.

This country is just a joke.

When I saw the Naira appreciate to N1665/$ from around N1735 (on a fintech app) following the introduction of the EFEMS last week, something told me to just sit back and watch since it's not like the country is now producing or exporting more - that's the major way I think this debacle can be overcome.

Then I saw N1519/$ to sell on the same app on Monday. I was like, "seriously?", so I just looked away. Fast forward to today (just two days later) and the rate had increased by more than N160!

Many, or some, of us really want the Naira to appreciate. But the government needs to be seen to be doing what matters most to encourage production, including providing security. Imagine people being killed or kidnapped on their farms, for instance.

If production increases and inflation drops, I don't mind having dollar exchanged for N200. What's important is getting value for money.

Obagoblog:
I don't think that's the issue though. I also noticed that the renewal price they add to the listed price is not stable. I have a domain showing $21.99 for renewal on the checkout page.

That's actually the standard renewal cost for .com at GoDaddy. Their prices are a major turn-off for me.

As to the prices of listings being higher than what you stipulated, I'd suggest you bring that to the attention of their support team. I think I read something similar on X weeks ago. I'll wait until I detect something similar.

Just heard about this yesterday!

Paying tax is not even the problem. Everyone in the position to do so should consider paying.

But the main problem is: how much benefit will the ordinary man paying get in return? Nothing other than some people up there embezzling money and going practically scot-free, plus extravagant expenditures by these corrupt office holders.

If you protest about the embezzlements and bad governance, you get arrested for "attempting to overthrow the government." So where's the incentive for wanting to pay direct taxes?

These yeye lawmakers can easily propose crazy laws. But to propose and pass laws that will improve the well-being of the "common man," including reducing their exorbitant and ridiculous compensations, no!

Drhay:
Hello everyone,

Trust we are all doing fine.

I was actually looking for ways to make money online as a side hustle and then I came across this thread but the problem is it's a long one and I don't even know where to start from but I have interest in this as a side hustle and I am willing to learn step by step until I get my first 100$

Therefore as a newbie here I am and pleading to point me in a direction to start learning from on this thread.

I would be glad if I can get the juice out of this. Help a broke brother to take a step 🙏🙏

Thank you everyone

The thread is a "long one," but you still have to read through it. A couple of suggestions:

1. Try to read at least the first 10-20 pages to have an idea of what this is about - some would say read the first 100 pages or everything. If anything is unclear as you read, use Google for better comprehension - you may add the operator "site:namepros.com" to your searches (without the quotes). Take notes!

2. Consider contacting the thread starter for a guide or training to make your learning faster. You'll still need to read this thread and other resources to build your knowledge further.

ajimuguda:
Thanks for info but would like to know how many days it take grey to credit account once payment show received from afternic.
Payment was sent and show payment received on 23/10 but fund is yet to be credited into my grey account.

Today is 23/10.

Did you see any yellow sign and/or a flag in the payment notification in your account? If you did, then you need to pass a verification for the amount to be fully credited to your account.

Perhaps, you should post a screenshot of the transaction. Better still, contact Grey directly.

So BrandBucket had a DAN account all this time!

ajimuguda:
Thanks for response, yes sedo that's mean you have to list on their platform either euro of pound.
Has anyone use grey USD account on sedo?

I have not, but I have had a USD sale paid out to my Grey EUR account. Sedo stated they're unable to send payment via ACH, even though I think that's an option on their website.

They only agreed to pay out in EUR more than a month after the sale and a failure in sending the payout successfully to my FCMB Dom account.

Sadiq3051:
Pls which address you use for the first page after picking united states? And did they ask for tax form?


@U1 and @Gpexchange need your help here.


Thanks

I honestly don't know why you're getting the request for tax ID. Maybe you are doing something wrong or wait for anyone that did theirs recently. I did mine back in 2021; maybe something has changed, but I don't think so. 🤨

I think there was an option to indicate that I wasn't based in the US back then, so I didn't need any tax form.

Did you use a Nigerian address as your home address? And did you set your account to receive payment in a different country? Grey address is not your home address, but that of your US bank.

Looking at the screenshot by gentlekeny, they're requesting for an organizational tax ID. I operate as an individual, so that's irrelevant to me. I saw a prompt regarding that yesterday or so when I checked Afternic and I simply dismissed it.

Sadiq3051:
I think is should be Direct deposit/ ACH wait for @U1 for a better answer.... I'm not sure

You're correct.

Gpexchange:
Got a bit too busy last two months cause of offers that go nowhere...

August summary

Few offers one sale

The Sales Report

Koncile in com
Ht 7 months
Bin was 4988 but Sold price is 2500..
Cost 20$ closeout
Picked cause of the .ai was active he came in June but I rejected the offer then so he came back in August I accepted then he no pay till Dan cancel transaction then came back say he go vacation and paid immediately..see him head..

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Congrats on the sale, bro! More sales. Hopefully, we sef go join una for the table soon.

Glad to know that the ACH option is being used by at least one more person. Pesin no fit just dey pay anyhow fees. Na how pesin go take cushion Afternic fees still dey table so.

Learner47:
Now that DAN is left to ruin. Some alternatives Landers for low $xyz sales . I'll be updating the thread:

1. Efty

2. Namepros

3. DomainEasy: looks like DAN with zero commission.

4. Daaz: 5% commission. Low budget DAN. But works well. Like you can even hire a broker to help you follow up a lead.

5. Sawsells: 15% commission. Looks very promising. Clean UI. The only problem on checkout buyers have to pay 3% commission if they use credit card on the amount of domain purchases. That is if buyer buys a domain of $3K plus will pay additional $75 if they use credit card.

6. AfterMarket: Looks promising as hell. They acquired domain/Io and they will offer all those features in domain/io for free. Their commission rate seems to be 10%. UI looks clean as well.

7. Atom: 7% commission. Innovative & comes with several options.

Open to corrections, additions and further inputs.

Nice summary!

However, I think I read sometime ago that DaaZ had increased their fee to 9%. Just somewhat confirmed that again after doing some searches. I believe the 5% fee is now for imported leads.

CornOak:
RELEVANT ATOM FEATURES & BENEFITS FOR YOUR GEO/EMD DOMAIN LISTING

1. Link your registrar account(s) with Atom via API Keys to enjoy automatic domain verification upon listing.
2. Import your domain list or portfolio to Atom via CSV and .txt file upload.
3. Low 7.5% commission for standard listing and 4.5% for imported leads.
4. Decent Exposure and Discoverability on the general marketplace.
5. Add lifestyle images to your GEOs for FREE for better visual appeal
6. Generate FREE AI descriptions, categorization, keywords, e.t.c, to improve exposure.
7. Add percentage discounts to your domains with an expiry date tag.
8. PUSH your domains to Atom if they are less than 60 days.
9. Schedule a price increase for your domains and alert potential buyers.
10. View each domain traffic stats and a record of repeat visitors.
11. Generate a custom checkout link and send to your potential buyer.
12. Get paid with Payoneer, Bitpay (crypto), PayPal, and Wise.
13. Enjoy one of the fastest customer support in the industry.
14. Keep, delay, or accumulate your funds/payout at your convenience.
15. Upgrade your standard listing to premium for a fee.
16. Activate both BIN and Make Offer options on your domain landing page. LTO also available.
17. Liquidate your GEOs/EMDs via the wholesale marketplace.
18. List your names as an anonymous seller with no names/usernames displayed.
19. See the number of your domain's TLDs taken and developed.
20. Get paid fast.


Now that Dan is closing down and merging with Afternic, I hope this piece helps you make an informed decision on the primary marketplace to migrate your portfolio.

Good luck.

Thanks for the idea, boss! Been a while.

I didn't know that Atom supported domain push! That's a good one then.

Make I just observe Afternic for a few more months. If it's outbound domains that keep selling, it's at that point I will change strategy. That Boost sef na still a matter of time.