DomainInvesting.com

As you know, GoDaddy is shutting down Dan.com in October. Yesterday, Afternic and Dan launched a “Migration center” to help domain name sellers move domain names to Afternic and archive account data before October 15. Buyers were also emailed about the migration process.

I have heard from many domain investors who sell on Dan, but I had not heard from any buyers until yesterday.

I have two active LTO deals remaining on Dan.com. One of the buyers reached out to me to let me know he submitted the remaining 5 monthly payments (approximately $3k) ahead of schedule. He did this because he wanted to avoid dealing with the transition to GoDaddy.

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:

Just saw a domain name I won in auction in June that I added to @Afternic shortly after is showing a page that says “This domain is registered, but may still be available.”

It is definitely in my account listed for sale. Is there a way to make sure no others are like this? pic.twitter.com/eNfupnzKnN

— Elliot Silver (@DInvesting) August 30, 2024