Hello everyone,
There was a lot of positive feedback and slight bit of backlash from fellow domain investors after I posted that I’m leaving Afternic. It’s fine as everyone has their own opinion and experiences and I respect their views. It’s been 10 days since I moved to Efty lander which is exciting and challenging as well in many ways. To deal with the inquiries, spam, negotiations, tweaking the landers, etc.
So in the last 10 days there were plenty of new inquiries and many lowball offers and not actually looking to buy the domain even though the lander clearly has a message. I wonder what people are thinking when submitting the form or contacting via email/WhatsApp for the stuff not related to buying the domain.
This is the story of my first sale which happened after moving to Efty lander. It all started in May 2025 when the buyer approached for one of my domains via WhatsApp and email. I quoted $6,888. At that time, the domain was using Afternic lander but I was approached directly. He asked if there is any possibility of buying at a lower price like $5,000. I then revised my price to $6,500 in order to strike the deal.
The moment he noticed the revised price, he backtracked from his 5K offer and said that now he can offer $3,000 after taking another look at the analytics of the domain and ranking of it. After no response from my side, I got another email asking my final price. With such an attitude and non-seriousness behavior, I still remained firm at $6,500 to which he agreed this time. The story didn’t end here! The buyer created an account with escrow.com and to me he offered $4,000! I declined the offer. So he started escrow.com transactions with an amount of $3,500. Now he started messing with me by initiating the transaction without my permission or asking for my escrow.com email address and secondly he started with the amount which was never mutually agreed.
In total, he started 7 transactions at Escrow.com from May 2025 till October 2025 which I always cancelled. Considering the overall situation, I revised the price to $9,888 and informed him the same because he was bugging me every now and then through email. Obviously he got furious and blamed me and brought in a religious touch as well in the middle and more. I didn’t budge from my new asking price because that was simply annoying behavior and non-seriousness in every way.
As soon as I changed the lander from Afternic to Efty, the same guy contacted me via Efty lander so I quoted him $9,888 and told him the price will remain the same. He asked if I could accept the old price of $6,888 which I declined. Then a new offer of AUD$10,000 was presented which I declined. And then came in US$8,888. I lowered it to $9,000 and made it clear that this new revised price is valid for the next 48 hours.
To my surprise, the payment was made using an escrow service and I received full $9,000 NET without paying any commission. Usually I’ve shared domains while sharing any domain sale but in this case, due to the entire situation, I prefer not to disclose the domain name for the sake of that person’s reputation.
Takeaway for domain investors: Stay firm on your asking price and always remember that you’re in the driving seat since you own the domain name.
Feel free to share your feedback no matter how good or good that is 😉
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Congratulations on your first sale via Efty Landers. Technically, I will still count it as a private sale as you were in touch with him since May. It is nice to save on commission.
Be ready to deal with inquiries from visitors not looking to buy the domain names. I have few names, where users want to access the online banking services.
Thank you Aamir bhai!
Technically that’s right but I’ll consider the sale via Efty lander because for the last few weeks or so, the buyer was silent. So this lander triggered him to inquire again and that too via the lander.
Oh yeah, I have to deal with a lot of spam and inquiries where people are looking for anything else other than buying the domain 😀
Yes, lander/NS change may have triggered the sale. Some investors use this technique to trigger a response from prospective buyers having a “watch” on the domain name. They simply lock/unlock or do something which results in a whois update or a lander change with NS.
Yeah, that’s right. Those changes with the domain may trigger into some additional sales for domain investors. No harm in trying once in every few months (locking/unlocking thing).
Interesting story.
Thanks for sharing your experience and first sale Bhai. And congratulations 🎉 👏
Wishing you more sales good luck 🍀🤞.
Many thanks Ali bhai.
I always appreciate your comment 🙂
Best wishes! 🙂
I bet the buyer is someone who knows the domain business and knows you too and Fking around with you… low balling
You’re right. He checked my blog which I’m not surprised because many buyers do
Congratulations,
Really like for this point
“Takeaway for domain investors: Stay firm on your asking price and always remember that you’re in the driving seat since you own the domain name.”
Thank you!
I’m glad you like it.
Congratulations!
Thank you Andy! 🙂
You are a marvel of self discipline. I would never sell to someone acting like this.
Thank you Sten!
You wouldn’t sell to someone like that even after increasing the price?
Nope. Would have to be monumental. Trying to haggle is fine. Being a dick isn’t. IMO.
Yeah, right. Thanks for your sharing your point of view.
Congratulations AbdulBasit Bhai. Thanks for sharing your experience and new adventures. Stay Blessed
Thank you Ahmad! 🙂
Great to see you getting success in your new venture, may Allah Almighty bless you with many more such successes in your life & career.
Thank you Asad brother!
What escrow service was used?
Sedo.com
Congratulations on your firm stance and patience in selling the domain! I’m taking this opportunity to bring you back to your Afternic days. Did you also experience most of your domains receiving only a few views per month, or even over six months? If so, how did you address this issue, if you addressed it at all?
Thank you John!
I can’t recall of receiving traffic data for my domains from Afternic. So no views per month except number of leads per month.
Congratulations I had similar experience, domain not sold. Afternic told me the buyer’s highest offer was $4,000 (listed price: $9,888). I agreed, but the buyer never paid. after buyer had contacted me via Whois contact info—I found his email in spam after 5 months. He had forgotten to renew it but didn’t need it anymore. Later, he offered to consider $2,000 (and mentioned he had no immediate need for the domain and only wanted to reserve it). I told him my price was still $9,888, or $4,000 if he decided within a week—otherwise, to stop contacting me. do you think… Read more »
Thank you!
Also, thanks for sharing your story.
Well, in my experience, the buyers usually vanish and don’t buy. Most of my deals where I stay firm, never pans out to be successful.
There may be learning here however. Domain interest is patchy. It may appear and then vanish. For a percentage however, similar to how only a percentage of possible deals *ever* happen, end users will proceed doing business and further down the line renew their interest at a much higher velocity. Not selling the domain now, in those instances, creates the opportunity to sell it at a much higher multiple down the line. As a brandable domainer and broker I see this happen. It’s about harvesting what you get today (bird in the hand) *or* betting that the vanishing act is… Read more »
Thanks for sharing another perspective. Interesting read.
Thanks
Love this!! Congrats!
Thank you!