Hello everyone,

Finally Afternic launched one of the most requested features: Self-Brokerage. I wasn’t expecting any gamechanger because I’ve already used a better version at Uniregistry in the past and know how it works.

With the Afternic Self-Brokerage available now, I think it’s not going to benefit the domain owners but only Afternic. There are a several reasons why:

1) Currently without the Self-Brokerage enabled, the buyers are shown a form where they need to enter their name, email address and phone number. With SB enabled, the potential buyer has to sign-in to a GoDaddy account to submit the form or create an account before proceeding any further. This extra layer will push many serious buyers out of the way because not many are willing to create an account just to submit a simple form. I can understand that Afternic will say that this will bring in quality leads but why miss the others who are genuine but are not willing to create an account with GoDaddy upfront but possibly create one after the successful domain purchase.

2) It was surprising to see that the commission structure for Self-Brokerage successful sale is the same 15%. This is seriously crazy. If the Afternic brokers are handling my leads and I have to pay 15% then why would I bother handling my leads and go through all the hassle and still end up paying the same commission!

3) Last but not the least, Afternic has allowed Self-Brokerage to only those GoDaddy customers who have DDC (Discount Domain Club) membership. This will definitely push back many domain owners as they wouldn’t risk paying for DDC membership just to try out the Self-Brokerage system.

Personally I do have DDC (Discount Domain Club) membership so this isn’t an issue. And even if the commission would be 10% and form submission remained the same as it’s for someone not using SB, I still have no interest because paying 10% commission for all the hassle isn’t worth my time.

My suggestion for Afternic is to keep the same submission form which requires no GoDaddy account creation and login to submit the form. Also, the DDC membership requirement should not be made compulsory. Lastly, the maximum commission to attract the domain owners is to keep it at 10%. The ideal would be 5%.

Feel free to give your feedback and let your voice be heard by Afternic.

Hello everyone,

Last time I shared my first experience using Lumis.com for selling one of my domains AaronWhite.com for $9,000 in 2021.

So I was initially approached by Adam Chase in September 2024 for buying OnLook.com which at that time was priced at $29,888 both at Afternic and Sedo. I would not like to go into the details of the negotiations because I don’t want the tactics and expertise of the broker to be made public.

After going back and forth negotiating for 3 months, I sold the domain for $25,000 NET and the deal was concluded via escrow.com

What I can tell you is that Adam is a great guy especially for someone seeking to buy a domain and hire a domain broker. He will do his best and is great at his job I must say.

Thank you Adam and Lumis team for making things very smooth and handling things very professionally.

Feel free to give your feedback no matter how good or good it is 😉

Hello everyone,

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m sharing this incident where the person goes by the name of Naveed Yusuf, using https://x.com/BreakingDomain as X (formerly Twitter) handle and info@411media.net for email communication.

Almost all of the communication we had was over X platform and in total I paid him $17,500 via Wise in total 10 separate transactions. His Wise email ID is payment@411media.net. His PayPal ID is info@411corp.com and contact number is +1-416-457-3411.

Some of the below domains he still owns or may have sold/dropped during the time we exchanged messages were as follows:

areapost.com
findmyzipcode.com
flfk.com
publicmessageboard.com
forex411.com
hippages.com
oakvillehouseforsale.com
athingofbeauty.org
streetzoom.com
civicall.com
cdnweb.com
commongoodplan.com
placeorderhere.com
newswirein.com
googoal.com
lunchbook.com
masonryrenovations.com
youlistit.com
1947.org
pak.tv
opxi.com
deiq.com
swisscreations.com
choiceofplayers.com
idefamation.com/idefamation.org
indianmedic.com
bizgulf.com
verifind.com

Initially I was contacted by Naveed Yusuf around a year ago via X platform. He approached me to sell his domains. So every time we did any deal, he transferred the domains to me first before I transferred money via Wise. The last transaction which included two 4L .com domains which he unlocked and provided the auth codes. I initiated the transfer process on 7th February 2025. He was as always in hurry to receive the money so this time I didn’t wait for the domain to be released from his end and sent him $2,000 via Wise. I waited for him to release the domain which he didn’t and went completely silent until now. I sent him several messages and after some hours of no response, I had a thought that possibly I am being scammed by this guy.

2-3 days later, he quietly locked the domains so the transfer got automatically cancelled. I messaged him about the situation and warned him of making things public if he will not honor the deal or return my money back. Still no response. I could’ve waited a little longer and see if he gets back to me or not because sometimes there is internet connection problem or any issues at registrar for releasing the domain or anything else but when he locked the domain in around 3 days of providing me the authorization code, that’s the time I came to believe I was been scammed.

So after doing 9 separate transactions for a $15,500 amount, Naveed Yusuf scammed me for $2,000 and ruined his reputation forever. It’s really mind boggling to understand such a type of people’s mindset.

I know my money is gone but the purpose of sharing this post is to make fellow domain investors beware of Naveed Yusuf. I strongly suggest being cautious and not to deal with this person.

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone and I wish every reader of my blog the very best 2025 and well wishes!

Before I start the post, I would like to thank Matt Morgan for sending a gift for me and my family. You made our day special!

In 2023, I observed from my portfolio the inconsistency was a lot more in sales. It varied a lot from month to month. That made the process of buying domains also unstable. Since most of my purchases are in 3 and 4 figures, the cash flow is very important. I had a long-term plan to add more quality domains in order to reduce the inconsistency and it worked according to the plan.

However, in 2024, things changed a lot worldwide as well as for my domain sales. I consider last year a wonderful year with plenty of ups and downs, learnt a lot of new things, made plenty of decent sales and friends in our community.

Overall the year was great in terms of sales but I wanted to highlight a couple of months both of which were surprising. November 2024 was the worst month in many years (in terms of total amount of $$$) where I sold 11 domains only. The very next month, in December 2024, there were a total of 25 domain sales. The amount of sales were well opposite and I can tell you that it was a 6 figure sales month and pretty decent. If I take off those 2 months off from the comparison, I can clearly say that there was a lot less inconsistency in sales. Thanks to Afternic brokers, my rep Adam Ramsdell and the entire team who made the process go smoothly.

A few things I worked upon in getting things improved were the number of quality domains added to the portfolio which was over 1,500 last year. Also, I lowered the prices for almost all of the domains in my portfolio.

What I’ve learnt over the years is that in order to reduce the inconsistency, one needs to increase the domain portfolio size. I can clearly witness that by adding more domains have reduced the inconsistency of sales. I give a lot of importance to the consistency factor which is very important to be successful in anything I want to achieve in life whether it’s on a personal or business level.

Feel free to share your experience if you encountered severe ups and downs last year.

Hello everyone,

The last post I published in regards to the domain acquisitions was in 2023. This is the first and last domain acquisitions post of this year and I’ll share some of my top picks I did this year.

WMD.com – This is the recent acquisition I did and it’s my 4th 3L .com domain after GRO.com, FLM.com and EJH.com. I’m sure everyone loves to invest in 3L .com domains and they’re one of the best investments any domain investor can do. But of course, the prices have gone up pretty high.

Chainex.com – Blockchain related domain.

WrittenWord.com – Such two word domains can be used for different purposes and I really like to invest in these kinds of domains.

Bumbee.com – This one word brandable domain once again can be used for many different purposes.

SmartDisplay.com and SmartSpeech.com – “Smart” keyword domains are always in demand. They’re worth investing.

MyParadise.com – Similar to “smart” keyword domains, “my” is another strong keyword/prefix which I believe is far better than “smart” prefix. MyParadise has countless potential uses which makes it a very special domain.

MarkD.com – This domain can be used as Marked, Mark D (d letter can be of any word/person name starting with D) or something else as well.

LaData.com – I believe “La” means “The” in Spanish language. Also, LA is famous for Los Angeles. Also, this domain is a 2L + strong keyword which can be used by anyone having LA as their company initials.

Mizzu.com – A 5L pronounceable domain is always in demand which has repeating letters in the middle.

HealthFreedom.com – Healthcare domains are hot in demand. This is a wonderful combination of a health keyword domain which can be used for many different health sectors. Not a restricted domain and that’s what I love about any domain which can be developed into anything.

PR1.com – I didn’t have much success with numerics + letters combination but I still like to buy and invest in these kinds of domains. This can be developed as public relations, professional, press release, etc.

CanYouDo.com, OutOfLove.com, SilverFoxSolutions.com, GlossAndGlow.com, – Some three word domains, out of which some are brandable, phrases, slogans, etc. I wanted to showcase some three word domains which many investors hesitate to invest. They do sell if you buy the right domains.

yPlus.com and mTeam.com – One letter + strong and good meaningful

AirTransport.com – A huge niche which doesn’t need any explanation. These are the kind of two word domains which are great investments.

KHAI.com, MDDM.com, WRDM.com, GGFM.com, DAHS.com, JCWF.com, BYCJ.com, SSCT.com, JTSP.com, IDYA.com, TGDH.com, JEDB.com, DPFX.com, MTCX.com, JEFB.com, SNHT.com, DAHS.com, GGFM.com, CDEI.com, BSDL.com, OCBS.com, HNCS.com, BCDA.com, BMKT.com, BRKS.com, BMSL.com, STTM.com, GSSP.com, JRCM.com – I acquired plenty of 4L .com domains this year including these. As always I love to invest in 4L .com as they’re one of my favorite types in investing.

BLA.org, FCX.org, MQS.org, WNB.org, JGE.org – I didn’t have much success in selling 3L .org domains but I still like to invest in 3L .org domains. I believe in them.

DNF.CO, YSM.CO, UPA.CO, OLS.CO, NGB.CO, MYB.CO, LBI.CO, HRG.CO, HMA.CO, FAF.CO, BNE.CO, AWL.CO, MTO.CO, IAF.CO and many more – I love to invest in 3L .CO domains and one word domains. Since 2010 I’ve been slowly investing in these two types and the reward is very nice.

Scientex.com and Lawyalty.com – One word brandable domain is always good to invest in which makes proper sense and easy to remember.

FitSteps.com – Fitness related domain and easy to remember domain.

SevenGlobal.com and DoubleSeven.com – Any domain whether one word or two words that can be used for multi purpose is always good to invest in. This way you’ve the edge over many businesses who may one day upgrade to your domain.

Santus.com – One word person name and a brandable domain. Any domain which is a person name as well as can be used as a brand is an advantage for you to have such domain in your portfolio.

IntuneMusic.com – “Both intune and music keywords tunein very well together.

For all my domain acquisitions, I always use DotDB.com for my research purpose and that’s a very helpful and handy tool to use. I’ve been using their wonderful service for the last 6 years and I highly recommend everyone to use their paid plan if you’re willing to do a proper research. But keep it in mind that this is one of the ways to select any domain.

As always feel free to share your recent acquisitions and if you’ve any feedback about my acquisitions, I would be happy to know.

Thank you!