Check Your Landers: “This domain is registered, but may still be available.”

The image above is a GoDaddy landing page that is shown when the domain name has Afternic nameservers but is not listed for sale via Afternic. The visitor is encouraged to “Get this domain,” and clicking the link opens a new browser window with a GoDaddy search page searching for that domain name. If a person wants to buy that domain name, the prompt is to pay for GoDaddy’s Domain Broker Service (DBS).

For some reason, it would appear that this isn’t limited to the situation I described above. In fact, I mentioned it on X when I noticed a domain name of mine with this landing page even though it was actively listed for sale in my Afternic account:

A couple of weeks ago, I took a look at a domain name that was won by a colleague in auction at NameJet early this year. I wanted to see if he bought it on behalf of someone, and if not, I wanted to see where he was pointing it. Surprisingly, I saw this landing page. I sent him a message, and he made an update to the lander. I am not sure why this landing page was being shown.

Over the weekend, I tried to add a GoDaddy-registered domain name I own to my Afternic account. I had some issues with the listing, but finally got it added. Unfortunately, it is currently in the “In Review” status. As a result, it is showing the aforementioned landing page even though I have the Custom Lander selected – and have tried to update it multiple times.

Customers who use Afternic nameservers should double check their landing pages to ensure the desired landing page is shown. For this particular domain name, I want the custom landing page shown. In my Afternic control panel, it says the Custom Lander is the Sale Lander that is being shown, but that isn’t the case. I think Afternic should identify this landing page differently so customers are alerted to its presence.

Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
About The Author: Elliot Silver is an Internet entrepreneur and publisher of DomainInvesting.com. Elliot is also the founder and President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a company that has closed eight figures in deals. Please read the DomainInvesting.com Terms of Use page for additional information about the publisher, website comment policy, disclosures, and conflicts of interest. Reach out to Elliot: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

4 COMMENTS

  1. Timely post. Just this morning I was looking at a domain with the same lander. Turns out it and about 10 other names are in “in review” in Afternic. I wish they’d send you an email if something was stuck in review. Better yet, they should actually process the domains rather than keep them in review.

  2. I’ve had domains parodically drift “In Review” status numerous times in the past 18 months. I don’t check my Afternic account every day but I’ve seen some sit there for 30 days. Afternic support used to admit the error and remove them from “In Review”. Most recently, they actually denied the domains were In Review but then, minutes prior, quietly removed them from review after I complained. Problem solved–for now. There’s a lot of bugs in Afternic, whether it’s “in review”, landers that lie, or the countless bugs described in that NamePros thread.

    Wouldn’t it take a load off of support just to properly fix these bugs?

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Recent Posts

Whois Display Issue at GoDaddy Poses Legal Risk

2
I discovered an issue with the way Whois records are displayed at GoDaddy that could be problematic for domain investors. I was made aware...

Crypto.Bot Sells for $250k via Sedo

1
Sedo shared that the largest publicly reported domain name sale of the week on its platform is Crypto.Bot for $250,000: $250,000 for crypto .bot! 🤯 This...

OS.ai Acquired by Perplexity (Updated)

5
In March, HubSpot co-Founder Dharmesh Shah announced the acquisition of OS.ai for $150,000. In response to his post on X, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas...

Monarch.com Acquired by Monarch via Hilco Digital & Snagged

2
Monarch.com was recently acquired by Andy Booth in a deal brokered by Sedo's Dave Evanson. Andy mentioned this acquisition on X a little over...

Footage.com Sold for $300,000 via Sedo’s Mr. Premium

0
The Footage.com domain name has been sold for $300,000 in a deal brokered by Sedo’s Mark Ghoriafi, who is known in the industry as...