Is Registering with Afternic Worth It?

[Frontline]

Before I go ahead and pay Afternic $49 to list my names, I was wondering what your opinions is of it. Is it worth it to pay the money so you can list your domains there? Have you made any sales because of Afternic? let me know, your opinions are valueable

 

[GiantDomains]

flush the $49 down the toilet...its the same thing.

 

[Bob]

Friends don't let friends regsier at Lafternic. :laugh:

-Bob

 

[DNQuest.com]

AfterNIC has been a bif zero for me.

 

[beatz]

They suck.

 

[Gomains]

Zero customer service, and they want $49 for it. Total lunacy.

 

[rcristel]

big waiste of money...

 

[Anthony Ng]

Just check out this headline:

http://news.google.com/news?&q=afternic

Just read the summary line; you don't even need to click for the whole story.

 

[debath]

Hi Sleazy,

Ok - get the $49, keep $7.95 aside, go to the store, buy a bottle of your favourite alcoholic beverage, drink the lot - go register some silly name like:

MyFriendsToldMeNeverToListNamesOnAfternic.com (which you will think is an EXCELLENT name once you have drunk the whole bottle of alcohol), then:

Say you have about $28 left, burn the $8 or throw it in the toilet and make a wish - AND - after all that, you're still about $20 in front and you haven't wasted time going to afterawhiletheymightrespond - woops, I mean afternic.

I guess from this, you can tell I'm pretty negative about f**kernic.

Have fun ...
Deb

 

[Silverwire]

Originally posted by BigFart
Many of us registered for $5 at Afternic because they had a great chat room.

I don't know if anybody ever sells a name there anymore.

If nobody here gives you the heads up then I agree. It is just flushing the $49 down the toilet.

Most of us could list names there if we wanted to (because we are still members) but most don't.

When I registered for $5, I believe the deal was you'd get the $5 back if you processed a sale through the site, but I never saw my $5 again. Their customer service was useless.

Am I imagining those terms? Anyone else remember that being their deal?

I suppose it's not worth the trouble of a class action, but maybe one of our resident attorneys might be interested if there are enough members here who support it. It's the principle that pisses me off, cause I know I've already spent $5 worth of effort already e-mailing Afternic customer service.

 

[Fearless]

I'll sell you my account for $25.

 

[adoptabledomains]

Forget Afternic.bomb
Forget GreatNobrains.com
...both are on life support and would seem to rather close and flush millions down the toilet than change their business model to one that works.

The only one similar still operating is sedo.us / sedo.co.uk / sedo.de, etc. I think their model is better, but they need to come to the top with some promotion.

I think there are a few others working on alternate plans though, including perfectnames.com who posts here.

 

[FSNet]

Am I getting old or is it now $49 to sign up for afternic? I remember paying $5 for the service and then I couldn't figure out what I was paying for. I never understood this site and I still can't figure it out. Such a joke, haha!