AfternicReviews of afternic.com

Another shady company owned by GoDaddy. They scoop up domains that you either forget to renew or simply SEARCH FOR ON GODADDY! Then they charge you thousands of dollars to buy it back.

Absolutely a Desaster with afternic. Bought a Domain and 2 weeks after payment not received a auth transfer code. The contact person in behalf of afternic not respond anymore to the Mails.

Absolutely horrid experience with Afternic. Sold my domain, and they said the payment refused to go through and I triple checked all the information. Now they are refusing to send the full amount owed. Do not do business with them, they stole the proceeds of my sale, stating “transaction fees by their system”. In what world do you take over a month to send a simple ach payment and then charge $60 in fees????

After contact about a domain name that we ultimately did not want to purchase, I received annoying, spam-like emails.

Inquired about a domain that was listed with a "Buy Now" price of $4,200. They jacked the price up several times -- 6k, 9k, all the way up to $28,999 asking price. I initially didn't want to even pay 4k, but ultimately did decide to pay 4.2k after the seller offered a "quick sale". They turned down that offer and said the best they can now do is 6k, and that's only good for one week. I told them to keep the domain I registered something else. What shady practices this company uses. It's a very niche name that I would be highly surprised sells anywhere near what they are asking. Update: Totally understand that a seller can list a domain for any price they want, but it is unethical/shady not only as the domain owner but also the company brokering the domain from $4,200 all the way to $28,999 after inquiring.

Really disappointed with this company. Bought a domain name at an agreed price on January 21st, funds were verified as taken on 22nd. I chased them up on the 25th after not receiving any updates and then again on 1st Feb. On 2nd Feb they cancelled the order citing being unable to verify ownership of the domain. At first I took this at face value but today I see the domain relisted as available on their site again at three times what I was paying, so I'm pretty disgusted about it. For this reason I would not recommend this company and am very unlikely to ever use them again myself.

Not sure why these guys are suddenly emailing, with a very shady disclaimer, "By clicking this link you are hereby giving authority for thes ( an actual typo in their email ) domains to be listed, sold and transacted on the afternic DLS network. This is equivalent to a standard transfer FOA (Form of Authority)." message. No. It really isn't.

The red flags this company is setting off as fraudulant is real. Multiple reports of late payments or non payments. Their dashboard indicates after a sale that funds would be received in 3 days, it is now over 9 days and their excuses are nonsensical. After requesting a confirmation number for the wire, they refuse to give me one and say a "trace" will take 10 days. Wires very rarely get lost, and their excuses are mounting. Stay away. Update: As explained above, a "trace" on the funds was purported to have taken place on the 19th. After many emails directed to them and silence on their part, they now respond with a trace has been "requested." A payment "trace" of 4.1k USD takes 10 full days and 7 business days. Stay away from this company and Go Daddy should be ashamed. Update: Feb 7, 2024 Well past any 7 or 10 business day period to "trace" transaction and have not received any update. PLEASE ANYONE WHO IS DEALING WITH THIS COMPANY, STAY AWAY. IF I LOSE 5K TO PREVENT MORE SCAMS, SO BE IT. The scam was apparent from the beginning and is obvious now. There was no wire, no trace, just lies and deceit to prevent sending the money. PLEASE STAY AWAY. Update: I hope everyone can see the scam. They are now changing the story and pinning this on the buyer when they already said the domain was sold and funds were on the way. If anyone out there has experienced the same thing or fraudulant behavior, please write a review here and we will begin a deeper investigation of Afternic and Go Daddy.