Just a heads up that those of you using Afternic (or more likely those who use dan.com who's domans were added to afternic whether we liked it or not), they have went and sneaked a new feature under our noses called "boost". Apparently it gives listed domains more prominence in their listings. They have auto enrolled everyone and you have to go into the settings to untick it if you don't want to be charged an extra 5% commission on all sales through them (so 20% if you use their nameserves, now 30% if you don't when "boost" is ticked). This came into effect on 4th September.
I found this out yesterday as I recevied an offer on a domain a day before they introduced it (still in negotation) and they are still insisting that if the sale does go ahead that I pay the higher commission even though the offer was made before it came into effect. Infact they were initially trying to charge me 30% even though the domain is on their nameservers so should be on the lower commission rate, I had to point that out to them before they admitted that part was a mistake, you'd have thought they'd check these things.
I found this out yesterday as I recevied an offer on a domain a day before they introduced it (still in negotation) and they are still insisting that if the sale does go ahead that I pay the higher commission even though the offer was made before it came into effect. Infact they were initially trying to charge me 30% even though the domain is on their nameservers so should be on the lower commission rate, I had to point that out to them before they admitted that part was a mistake, you'd have thought they'd check these things.
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