Afternic is a domain marketplace website where you can buy domains and list your domains for sale; BTW, it's a GoDaddy brand, so most people trust it for this reason.
Before listing my domain, I regret I didn't search for its reviews on google. There are hundreds of negative reviews about this scam site afternic.
How I got scammed :
Yesterday My domain was sold for $939, and they also charged a fee of $234.75 for it.
Now the main problem is after providing the authorization code, they made the transfer, and I released the domain from my GoDaddy account. Still, they are saying they and its almost 23 hours do not receive the domain, and they keep sending me the same mail. Still, the domain is successfully transferred to them; as I can see in the whois lookup database, I provided the screenshot below of the success of the GoDaddy transfer.
Here are some replies from after nic what they are saying. Also, I sent 20-30 emails and 15-20 times form submissions on their website, and their reply time is one more bad thing.
For also security purpose, I have sent mail to the abuse department of Namecheap for better option if things go wrong
Final words :
Refrain from trusting such platforms like afternic. First of all, please google it before using their services, and I got robbed, maybe, but I will update in the future; but I think I am a techy guy, so I will try my best to get the domain back or receive my payment even I will file a case against GoDaddy and afternic if things go bad for me.
Why GoDaddy is envolved here?
Because GoDaddy is hiding such a scam behind them, and for the first time, I sold the domain to a marketplace, it redirected me there directly to sell it from their dashboard.
I will recommend all babiato lovers that Do not trust afternic and dont trade with them. It's 100% Scam.
What afternic was trying to do with me? The Lesson.
Afternic was trying to say that they didn't receive the domain and I might send it to someone else's account, and they want to rob that domain name for free and also set the redirect on that domain to send traffic to their other known or parental domain, But they dont know who I am and whom they are dealing with.
The domain was a top-level domain with DA 52, PA 44, DR 4.4 and monthly organic traffic of 100K+
I consent that this is my review of afternic according to my experience. Also, you can self-search on google about afternic scam and see hundreds of negative reviews about Them.
If you have any suggestions regarding this post or can help me guide you through some further steps, please don't forget to reply to the thread. That will help me gain more knowledge for this kind of situation.
Update : Today at 10th of april 2023 I recieved the payment from afternic.
Everyday I was messaging them for payout but they are keep sending messages like they have sent payment on 31th of march but I told them each and everyday that its not still recieved to my bank.
And they charge more $30 for the payment transfer and 25% which for brokership which is almost $234.75 total 264.75.
Final words : Do not recommended for newbies to sell or buy domain because i have to struggle lot to get paid by them.
Before you make any decision to trade with afternic make sure to waste your 5-10 minutes to research its review and user experience with them.
I am not a personal hater of this platform but they deserve what they do.
Before listing my domain, I regret I didn't search for its reviews on google. There are hundreds of negative reviews about this scam site afternic.
How I got scammed :
Yesterday My domain was sold for $939, and they also charged a fee of $234.75 for it.
Now the main problem is after providing the authorization code, they made the transfer, and I released the domain from my GoDaddy account. Still, they are saying they and its almost 23 hours do not receive the domain, and they keep sending me the same mail. Still, the domain is successfully transferred to them; as I can see in the whois lookup database, I provided the screenshot below of the success of the GoDaddy transfer.
Here are some replies from after nic what they are saying. Also, I sent 20-30 emails and 15-20 times form submissions on their website, and their reply time is one more bad thing.
For also security purpose, I have sent mail to the abuse department of Namecheap for better option if things go wrong
Final words :
Refrain from trusting such platforms like afternic. First of all, please google it before using their services, and I got robbed, maybe, but I will update in the future; but I think I am a techy guy, so I will try my best to get the domain back or receive my payment even I will file a case against GoDaddy and afternic if things go bad for me.
Why GoDaddy is envolved here?
Because GoDaddy is hiding such a scam behind them, and for the first time, I sold the domain to a marketplace, it redirected me there directly to sell it from their dashboard.
I will recommend all babiato lovers that Do not trust afternic and dont trade with them. It's 100% Scam.
What afternic was trying to do with me? The Lesson.
Afternic was trying to say that they didn't receive the domain and I might send it to someone else's account, and they want to rob that domain name for free and also set the redirect on that domain to send traffic to their other known or parental domain, But they dont know who I am and whom they are dealing with.
The domain was a top-level domain with DA 52, PA 44, DR 4.4 and monthly organic traffic of 100K+
I consent that this is my review of afternic according to my experience. Also, you can self-search on google about afternic scam and see hundreds of negative reviews about Them.
If you have any suggestions regarding this post or can help me guide you through some further steps, please don't forget to reply to the thread. That will help me gain more knowledge for this kind of situation.
Update : Today at 10th of april 2023 I recieved the payment from afternic.
Everyday I was messaging them for payout but they are keep sending messages like they have sent payment on 31th of march but I told them each and everyday that its not still recieved to my bank.
And they charge more $30 for the payment transfer and 25% which for brokership which is almost $234.75 total 264.75.
Final words : Do not recommended for newbies to sell or buy domain because i have to struggle lot to get paid by them.
Before you make any decision to trade with afternic make sure to waste your 5-10 minutes to research its review and user experience with them.
I am not a personal hater of this platform but they deserve what they do.
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