Hi Molly and welcome to the forum.
Domaining can certainly be an exciting thrill ride. There's no feeling like when you think you've grabbed an absolute bargain in the expired auctions or when you get that congratulations you sold a name email...
Wow that seems extortionate. I think Dynadot offer 60 month LTO's so might be worth checking their fees otherwise it sounds like setting something up yourself might be the preferable option.
So Dan would charge more than the agreed monthly payments?
I had a 10 month LTO with Dan and there were no extra charges. Just the sales amount devided into 10 minus their commission (9% at the time).
Well I'm quick to complain but I'm also quick to praise....
When I did finally get to talk to someone from customer services they were very good and resolved my issue faultlessly.
Trying to pay for an auction win. Payments via app don't work because that would be too easy. Clicking "Pay Now" in the Won section loads a blank page and shows an error adding to basket prompt sooooo....
Go to "help" and ofcourse the chat box...
Yeah I've never chosen to hold names at GD. The prices are insane. I mean I know this is obvious math but for every dollar more the renewals are at GD compared to say Dynadot you'd be losing $6300 a year and $35k a year for the OP and I'm pretty...
That certainly isn't beyond the realms of possibly I guess. If they were storing individual information in cookie form or such like to personalise a response I'd assume privacy laws would be in play. I don't know if there's an opting in/out pop...
Personally I quite like this type of name and could see them being used for short term marketing campaigns or similar. Does this mean they have value? Maybe, but I they were to be used in this way the values would be limited and they might be...
So essentially they've figured out that if they "give control" of their names for free to their students they'll market and try to sell them for them. Sounds like cheap labour lol.
I've never really understood the whole Domain Academy thing...
It used to be (and I assume still is?) that registrars renew every name for a year to allow it to go through the whole expiry/delete phase. If the name isn't renewed by the original registrant, sold at expiry auction or sold at close out its...
I never used their 7 day auctions either as a seller or a buyer. The main issue with their and other auction platforms is the API. Personally I'd rather there was no way to automate bidding etc and go back old school.
Also I'd love for there to...