| Adam from Afternic here. Glad to see our services discussed. I'd like to jump in with some information, too. This is posted in greater detail in the comments on Jamie's blog dotweekly.com:
The NameMedia sales team is compensated the same whether it is one of our names or an AfternicDLS members’ Expanded Promotion name. They have as much incentive to sell one of your names as one of NameMedia’s. NameMedia sales executives talk with over 100,000 buyers each year. They have deep networks. Listing your name with Expanded Promotion gets your domain into their hands. Then make sure you leverage your sales executive once you’ve signed up.
We consistently see higher ASPs on Expanded Promotion domains . Recently, expanded promotion ASPs have been 43% higher than Basic. And this success is translating into more listings : we also recently exceeded 3,000,000 names on Afternic, but our copy has not caught up. It will be in an upcoming site edit.
Key point in the conversations : most of NameMedia’s domains have Asking Prices. We always advise members to price their domains – it only increases the chances of sale. Many buyers do prefer domains with Asking Prices.
Our sales reporting to DNJournal, in which we do report all of our brands together. One point I neglected to make on Jamie's blog is that DNJournal highlights some of our sales, but they do NOT indiviudally list all of our sales. He usually does not list sales below $2000.
Also, in reference to DNJournal reporting, we have an obligation to our members to keep their sales private if they request. So, as a result, DNJournal does not include all member-listed sales. And a disproportionate number of brokered sales are kept private as compared to sales of our NameMedia owned domain sales.
Thanks for the healthy discussions! Do not hesitate to email or call me with questions
agross (a) namemedia.com 781-839-2822 |