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Uniregistry Market NS Resolving to Default Afternic Lander

Elliot Silver
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I was doing some acquisition research the other day when I came across a domain name that has the Afternic landing page stating “This domain is registered, but may still be available.” A Whois search showed me the domain name uses UNIREGISTRYMARKET.LINK nameservers and not the Afternic nameservers I expected to see given the landing page.

In looking at DomainTools, I can see that nearly 50,000 domain names still utilize the old Uniregistry nameservers that don’t appear to function as originally intended. Uniregistry Market was shut down by GoDaddy in 2023 following its acquisition of Uniregistry and Name Administration.

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Afternic: Who Does Domain Broker Represent?

Elliot Silver
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This comic posted on X today is something domain investors should think about when working with a domain broker. Who does the broker represent? Ultimately, it boils down to whether or not the domain name is already listed for sale via Afternic or not.

Mark Chavez posted a reply to the comic with a comment related to Afternic brokers. I think the way Afternic and DBS brokers work on behalf of buyers and sellers is a bit unclear, so I thought I would share my understanding of how Afternic and DBS brokering works.

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Most Important Elements to a BIN Landing Page for Domain Sales

Elliot Silver
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I’ve been asked to look at numerous domain name sales landing pages lately. I will generally be happy to take a look if I have the time, but I thought I would share what I think are the most important elements to a BIN landing page for domain name sales.

1) Domain name quality
2) BIN price
3) Ability to easily transact securely
and/or 4) Ability to contact seller

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Silver Lining: Dan.com LTO Payoff

Elliot Silver
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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.

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Stride Funding Rebrands as Clasp with Clasp.com

Elliot Silver
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Tim Hargis alerted me about a recent corporate rebrand. A company called Stride Funding, which had previously been funded to the tune of $20 million, announced it was rebranding itself as Clasp. In addition, the company announced a $10 million oversubscribed venture funding round. Wisely, the company acquired the brand match Clasp.com domain name prior to the rebrand announcement.

Tess Michaels, Founder of Clasp, shared why the company rebranded in a post on LinkedIn. Tess also specifically mentioned the Clasp.com domain name, presumably because acquiring it is a signal of strength:

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Hotel Engine Rebrands as Engine with Engine.com

Elliot Silver
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In June, with the help of DomainTools, I noticed that the Engine.com domain name was pending transfer and the nameservers had recently changed to Cloudflare. This valuable domain name transferred to Cloudflare, where it is currently registered under Whois privacy.

We now know who acquired Engine.com.

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