Domain Masters : afternic

Afternic Gains Endurance

'Net Features : wm-domains — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:46:00 GMT

Premium domain marketplace Afternic has teamed up with the Endurance International Group in a partnership that will bring Afternic a noteworthy collection of fast transfer-enabled domains. Endurance is one of the top ICANN-accredited registrars and providers of domains, as well as Web hosting and other online services for small- and medium-sized businesses. It also happens to offer the fastest transfer domains worldwide for sale through its various brands, which include Domain.com and Dotster. Now, the customers of Endurance’s businesses can see the AfternicDLS inventory of domains whenever they do a domain search. Plus, they will now have the opportunity to list their domains in Afternic’s system, which puts them in a huge marketplace and makes them available to many more potential customers. After combining the number of domain registrations made by its hosting companies and registrars, Endurance International Group is actually the third largest domain registrar on the Web, largely because it works with a number of very large hosting companies, like HostGator, BlueHost and Fatcow. For now, Afternic domain listings are live on Domain.com, and they’re expected to appear on other Endurance brands over the next few weeks....(read more)

A Better Brand Awaits at NameFind

'Net Features : wm-domains — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:15:00 GMT

Creating a company name and "brand" is of supreme importance to the success of any enterprise - not just digital ones. If you're in the process of researching and collaborating, check out the new NameFind service from Afternic and BuyDomains parent company NameMedia. NameFind offers up quite a few clever features that in many ways highlights the future of similar services. In addition to being able to search for and register domain names (premium domains too thanks to its relationship with Afternic), NameFind also makes it possible to see if matching social media handles from popular networks are available (through a partnership with Knowem), and the ability to narrow down the list of ideas and invite friends and colleauges to vote on them. Domain name services are struggling to differentiate their offerings in a ever-changing search landscape and as new domain extensions poise to flood the market. By shifting course just slightly, NameMedia may have found its golden goose with NameFind. Read more from Website Magazine's Domain Masters Channel : - GoDaddy-Sedo Deal Offers Access to Millions More Domains - Congressional Domains Used in Cyber-Squatting?...(read more)

GoDaddy Adds "Request Price" Domain Inventory from Afternic

'Net Features : wm-domains — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:38:00 GMT

Domain name marketplace Afternic announced an enhanced partnership with Godaddy that will make available Afternic's "Request Price" domain names to Godaddy customers - presumably within the registrar's auction environment. Godaddy, which...(read more)

EuroDNS offers Afternic DLS access

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:37:00 GMT

Domain name registrar EuroDNS announced that it has deployed Afternic's "Instant Transfer" technology for domain sales.

EuroDNS customers are now be able to purchase a secondary market domain directly from the domain listing service (DLS) of Afternic. Customers of the domain name registrar will also be able to sell directly on Afternic's DLS.

“Through our partnership with Afternic’s DLS and the launch of the new Instant Transfer technology we are delighted to offer our customers immediate and direct access to premium domain names,” said Lutz Berneke, the recently appointed CEO of EuroDNS. “All buyers and sellers will benefit from the new platform, which represents for domain buyers a ‘one-stop-shop’ to the world's largest domain portfolio, and for domain sellers access to the best global platform for listing their name for sale."

eNom Joins Afternic; Domainers Rejoice

Pete Prestipino — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Domain name wholesaler eNom (part of Demand Media) announced this week it will join the Afternic reseller network.

eNom resellers will be able to integrate Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS), the industry’s largest reseller network for premium domain names, through eNom’s API and Instant Reseller services. eNom customers will be able to list their domains for resale in Afternic’s marketplace.

“For our customers who want to sell a domain name, we want to provide a service that markets their domain to the largest source of potential buyers,” said Taryn Naidu, senior vice president and general manager of eNom. “By joining Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS), our customers now have instant access to the industry’s largest reseller network. And as members of Afternic’s DLS, we will also offer Afternic’s DLS network domains for sale at eNom.com, further expanding the reach of Afternic’s DLS and the chance of successfully connecting domain sellers and buyers.”