Is this offer real?

[Billnot]

After my problems with Sedo, I'm looking to find somewhere else to sell my domains, and was looking at Afternic. I have had an e-mail purportedly from Neil Kavanaugh offering me a free membership.
I replied to the offer, and have had another e-mail from Liana Angelis of Namemedia.com asking me to supply, by e-mail, a user name, password and phone number.

This seems an odd way of doing things; I don't mind sending a user name or even phone number by e-mail, but a password sent by e-mail seems most unprofessional.

Is this offer for real?

 

[Rockefeller]

Call namemedia and ask for Liana, I'm sure you'll find out really quick if its real or not

 

[Billnot]

Call namemedia and ask for Liana, I'm sure you'll find out really quick if its real or not

Good idea - but - from Spain?

 

[DN BROKER]

they did offer free accounts several months ago

 

[Billnot]

The offer was real. I now have my free (for a year, anyway) Afternic account.

 

[draggar]

Just don't send them a password that you use, or is similar to other passwords that you do use - you can always change it later.

 

[Gerry]

I got an email for free membership as well, today.

In the short time I was with Afternic (perhaps 3 or 4 years ago), three sales were never paid for and the support was non-existent.

So, good luck with that.

 

[Billnot]

Just don't send them a password that you use, or is similar to other passwords that you do use - you can always change it later.

I didn't, because that was the thing that worried me most, and I'm surprised they asked for one by e-mail.

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I got an email for free membership as well, today.

In the short time I was with Afternic (perhaps 3 or 4 years ago), three sales were never paid for and the support was non-existent.

So, good luck with that.

We shall see; I'll give them a chance. Sedo don't want me , and I'm happily parked with Bodis for the time being, but I need a sales platform. Every major player in this business attracts complaints. For example, I've read lots of people complaining about 1 and 1, yet I've never had a problem with them and 80% of my domains are registered with them.

 

[tigereye1]

Believe this offer is still valid, i spotted an email/blog post floating around offering free memberships, and i mentioned to my account manager, and they extended my membership for free. And also, as someone mentioned above, they did offer this a few years ago also (2007?)

http://domainingmanual.com/2010/06/afternicdls-offers-free-memberships-again/

You should be able to get simply by contacting them.

If you'd like a name/contact, PM me.