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Afternic Should Better Explain Broker Communication Process

My Afternic Lead Center is full of Stalled, Qualifying, Confused, and Unknown leads. As a domain investor, this is pretty confusing and slightly frustrating. I don’t blame Afternic brokers for this because I have become familiar with how their platform works, but I do think Afternic and GoDaddy should better educate its sellers on the brokerage process.

When a prospective buyer submits an offer or inquiry, I am pretty certain they quickly receive an automated email with information about the domain name and a broker contact. The Afternic broker will follow up various times via email and a phone call if they have the correct phone number. Afternic brokers earn a living on commissions, so they have a vested interest in selling domain names.

Atom.com Begin Adding “Domain Talk” to Domain Names

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I have a bit more than 100 domain names listed for sale on Atom.com, and a handful are listed on its Ultra Premium Marketplace (UPM). This afternoon, I received an email from Atom informing me that “Domain Talk” was added to Tangy.com, which is one of my UPM-listed domain names.

According to the email I received, Domain Talk is “a quick, spoken take on what makes the name great.” The Domain Talk graphic and play button are located below the fold on the landing page. I presume the Domain Talk feature is different for each domain name, but I only have it on one of my domain names so far.

Namecheap Adjusts Auction End Times and Closeout Process

Namecheap notified its Namecheap Market customers of an adjustment to the end times for auctions and a simplified process for its closeouts.

Domain name auctions will all end at the same time each day. The time is 11am Eastern Time and the equivalent times throughout the world. You can do the math to understand when auctions will close in your timezone. Auctions will still be extended by 5 minutes each time a bid is placed in the final five minutes of an auction.

Closeout auctions will also have a small change. If a closeout domain auction ends without any bids, the auction will automatically extend for an additional 24 hours with a minimum bid of $5. .AI domain names – which are marked “Partner” on the auction pages, are not considered closeouts, so this will not be applicable to those domain names.

The content of the email is below for those who did not receive it but are interested in understanding:

Pressure? Frank Schilling is a Top iPhone (and X) Gif

Over the weekend, I was texting some friends about buying tickets for a concert this Summer. One of our friends was suffering from a bit of analysis paralysis as he debated whether to choose tickets that were closer to the stage but towards the side or tickets in the center but a bit further back. I searched for an iMessage gif for the term “pressure” and quickly sent him the first one I found.

It was after I sent the image that I recognized the person in the gif. It wasn’t a famous athlete or actor. In fact, I would imagine most people who see that gif wouldn’t know who the person is at all. It was Frank Schilling.

Cut Down on Spam Calls with Google Voice

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My general preference is to register my domain names without Whois privacy enabled. The downside to that is my business phone number is exposed, and it leads to many spam phone calls. This happens frequently after winning domain names at auction and companies send emails trying to sell web development and related services.

One thing I’ve done in an effort to reduce the volume of spam phone calls is use Google Voice for Whois. I don’t forward the phone to my mobile number, so the calls go straight to voicemail. I check Google Voice on occasion to ensure I didn’t receive any phone calls or texts that need to be returned.

Saved by the Down Button at NameJet

If you bid on auctions at NameJet, you’re probably familiar with the up and down arrows in the control panel control panel buttons.

These buttons allow you to increase or decrease your bid by the standard bid increments. Bidders can also input their maximum bid amount by hand if they prefer, but sometimes it’s just easier hitting the up arrow to place a bid.

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