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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.

Abeg, does anyone have an idea of what the individual called "Lookp" could be up to?

The individual shares some posts but has zero contribution on this forum in years! This makes things look a bit suspicious. 🤨

At this point, it might be safe to say that domain spam scores may be over-rated. I have seen domains reported sold here for $3500 and higher with spam scores of at least 70 (out of 100).

I skipped a few domains that I considered to have great potential because of high spam scores in the past. If you're daring enough, now I think the metric may be ignored based on this evidence.

protocol:
Sales Report:

Is been a while I reported sales here. I have been dropping alot of my hand reg domains and have been gradually picking up better names and this has been a great move for me.

For Purchase prices of these domains, see namebio.
studyinfrance met all my purchasing criteria so I went for it. But thereafter,I realised that my buyer may not come from America. I always like my buyer come from USA. But with God and Luck, it sold so fast than expected.

Hoseking was purchased by the .net owner.

The one on LTO, was priced at 5k for long but was not sold. A week after increasing the price, it sold for that amount.

Selling domains hasn't been that easy,so you must always change your strategy especially now that Dan is closing down.

For me, it has been God, good domains and Luck.

My advice: when you sell a domain for 1k, do not take profit, go to the Aftermarket and get a good domain and price well and wait.

Boss! Congrats on these sales. Massive! I pray I get to this level some day soon.

Do you still register outbound domains? I still remember your strategy of sending only two emails, though I couldn't remember your username briefly at a time. I wonder if you still use the same email strategy.

Kanz95:
Boss pls what does Afternic boost entail?

It's better you go and read about it on their website. Just search "Afternic Boost" on Google.

gentlekeny:
I registered it from Nigeria...no VPN nothing.
Don't mind those stuffs they put on the .us .co.uk .UK and .ca domain names

Interesting, and congrats on your sale!

I have been thinking of trying my hand at the .us extension for a long time but it's the so-called restrictions that have been discouraging me. And you know this extension doesn't support WHOIS Data privacy. Make I no go lose my money when they find out say I no dey for America.

iykepromotions:
So I've been getting inquiries on next move after Dan as afternic don't usually accepts push plus their higher commission.

Here's the best alternative in my own opinion. List at afternic, Sedo, daaz and atom.com. Then change to atom's name servers to have a for sales landing.

Definitely atom have one of the best sales landing page with free AI domain description and logo generation for some amount of domains. This is one of my domains; bonafideenergy.com

You may consider these actions for more domains exposure.

Make Godaddy no go hijack atom again.

I was about asking what people are planning to do regarding this, but I decided to search first and found this. Nice idea.

The only problem is that using non-GoDaddy nameservers for a domain listed at Afternic increases commission to 25% (30% if you have not opted out of Boost) instead of 20% with Boost if you are using GoDaddy nameservers. But, as many of us have experienced, some buyers choose to buy via Afternic Fast Transfer instead of where the domain is parked when you reach out to them.

I'm still trying to decide whether to opt out of Afternic Boost as some people have done. I sell outbound domains mostly and it doesn't make sense to be giving up extra 5% for a feature that most likely didn't contribute to a sale.

mahvie:
Thanks for this. Can you outline how one goes about this?

You simply need to contact Afternic support that you'd like to be able to receive your payouts via ACH and that you have a US account in your name for that purpose. If you like, you may also explain the challenges (high fees et al) you're having with your current payout method - this may not be necessary sha but I did back then.

You can see in the attached screenshot an excerpt from my conversation with support back in 2021. Before then, I had set my payment option for Afternic to hold on to two small payments I was expecting so I could find a way to escape paying the outrageous wire transfer fee.

MatthiasChin:
Throw more light...

Are you saying one can receive Afternic payment in dollars but the charge won't be as high as when you receive in GBP?

Yes. With ACH, Afternic charges about $1 per payout - precisely, around 90 cents. You just need to ensure that the account you'll be using can receive payment with ACH. Your bank account provider will also deduct their percentage, if any, from your payouts.

@Learner47 In my own case, I used an account provided by Payoneer. Grey only introduced USD account that can receive ACH around the end of last year. But I guess their account should work as well since you have the routing information.

Apart from the Afternic payout fee, I only need to pay 1% to Payoneer for receiving money into the bank account they issued me - similar fee applies with Grey.

Seeing how much people are being charged for receiving money from Afternic to Grey GBP account, I can't help but wonder if Afternic policy has changed. I wonder why people have been having difficulty with tax form when trying to add a USD account.

I thought there was an option to indicate you're not in the US when setting up your payout method. 🤨 With that done, you do not need a tax form - at least back in 2021.

I remember stating here in the past, at least once, that I received payment via ACH from Afternic and that I only had to contact support to request for that option. But it doesn't seem anyone actually did that after the said post(s).

The day seems to finally be here! I had started "missing" DAN ever since I came across an excerpts from a podcast chat between Andrew Allemann and Paul Nicks via X in June.

Too bad I didn't get a send-forth sale.

AwesomeDuru:
Sold

OkayDoc - $5k

HT: 3 years

Venue: Dan

Buyer's initial offer: $1.5k (which I rejected of course).

Congrats on the sale, bro. Saw it on X days ago and remembered the "apex" sale again. Omo, levels dey this thing.

It's because of sales like this that I think more of renewals when I register names. Depending on available budget or financial means, identify domains with most potential and be ready to hold them for years.

ICYMI: Porkbun is now supported for SedoMLS. I just found out today while listing on Sedo.

Biznesworld:
Which might not be fast!

The real question is: will he get his money back?

What I see here is probably "social media madness" of sorts. Many of these people are always quick to take things online without taking the ideal steps first! That's why some of them are more likely to turn on their cameras in emergency situations than to actually take steps to salvage the situations.

The one or two times I had to request a refund from Jumia I got my money back without any problems. In fact, I didn't even have to return the cheap China-made steps counter I had ordered the first time I requested a refund.

Thank you for sharing this! And sorry about your losses. This is all a "pessimist" needs to discourage him or her.

For months now, I have been seeing different adverts of companies offering shares. I haven't been impressed enough (based on instinct and observations) to do some personal research to decide if they're worthwhile. I mean a 50 kobo share offered at more than N30, paying at best N2-4 a year as dividend (unguaranteed).

I finally had time to give a bit more time to the research today. That's how I came about this thread.

Now, factor in the rather rapid loss of naira value (inflation) and possible share price drops. I guess it's better to spend that money today for something worthwhile - food, health, knowledge, real estate, charity etc - depending on the amount. After all, the future isn't guaranteed.

ekitimanalways:
Please, just call me Ekitiman, 'Sir' feels a bit too formal for me. I appreciate the respect, but I would prefer if you called me Ekitiman.

No, you don't need anything else aside the confirmation slip (the printout) to pickup a renewed or fresh passport.

Thank you, Ekitiman. I'm proud of you.

Onlinedet:
But shouldn't GTBank be considered a trademarked name? Unless they also made the mistake of not trademarking it.

I just don't understand. I read in the post that you quoted that the .ng version was listed on Afternic. Yet, this same Afternic has been rejecting some of my listings for vague reasons, including trademark issues that cannot be verified.

ekitimanalways:
Your local government certificate of identity is perfect.

Sir, please do I need anything else aside the printout to pick up a renewed passport?