$24,999.00 for freepopemail.com?
Somehow I can't see a business based around free mail from the Pope ever earning that much revenue.
Does this offer an escrow service for transferring domain ownership?
Being able to list and browse available domains is nice, bootstrapping negotiations is nice too, but the purchase closing is the most tricky part and the ownership transfer via a third party is an absolute must. GoDaddy offers a service like this and it costs few hundred $ per transfer.
Domain squatting made easy?
A lot of these seem super overpriced. Not that that's a fault in the platform.
I hope people don't squat on domains to try to sell them on this.
Million dollars for unwanted domain?
This could work so much better if you could only ask below the registration price.
I tried adding one of my domains (read.io), but having to create DNS records for every domain I own is a huge pain.
I'm building a similar service now, which automates everything through WHOIS and DNS resolution. The feedback on this post has actually been really helpful.
I think it would be valuable to see other potential bids, in case you wish to "raise your maximum" and discourage unnecessary competitive pricing. Browsing a list of domains that are overpriced would be very inconvenient after the first page.
Really nice and well done. However, there are multiple services like this – it would be cool if there would be a cap on how much you demand for a domain, like $200 or something. That way this really would be the place to load of domains and give them to someone who might have more use of them than me.
Those complaining that this makes squatting easy – not true. I myself have collected 30-40 domains over the years for projects that I want/will/should build – but never have built... I keep renewing the domains "just in case", but if I could list them for $50 to $200 each and know that someone else will use them for a good purpose, I would.
The simplicity of this service and the free listing model could make it a real contender as a Flippa.com alternative. As others have already commented, there is still a lot of room for improvement (payment methods, improved bidding system, etc), but I could definitely see this in future iterations of the service if it were to gain enough traction.
As an immediate suggestion to the developer, it'd be nice if the registration, login, and dashboard areas were secured (HTTPS). Everything appears to be transmitted over HTTP at the moment.
In any case, kudos on the launch - this could definitely shape up to be a pretty solid service.
Being able to sort/search by the price domain sellers have set is not terribly useful. There are too many people out there who think their reg price only domain is worth $1 million.
Isn't the ass going to fall out of this market once ICANN starts issuing an increasing number of TLDs? Seems like "sell" would be the dominant intent amongst squatters
$200 for "urrl.us" ? I wonder how much sh2.us would fetch ( currently hosting my ramblings http://www.sh2.us )
While I like the idea of a simpler domain sales option (since GoDaddy is a spammy nightmare) at present, I think what would really help would be a domain valuation service. It's pretty hard to put an amount on something when you're not sure how much it would really fetch on the market.
You could refine the search, if a search for e.g. coin would also show results containing *co.in. I am thinking of something like https://domai.nr/ Does this sound feasible?
There are already very successful domain trading platforms around (http://www.sedo.com). I can't really figure out what namebox's unique value proposition is.
This is great and hopefully opens up domain listing from folks here on HN. Demand for domains is only increasing, and as someone that handles private buying/selling for startups I see more and more of this need.
Seems pretty simple to use.
Since I have a couple unused domains I decided to list them here for any suitable amount - http://namebox.io/chaz
1.I can not add any domain now.
2.There is a bug.
when I clicked the blank area of the box "You haven't added any domains yet. Add one.", an "edit domain" pop up dialog came out ...
Putting in a plug for the domains i have for sale. I have to renew a bunch today could use to sell one or two
Of everything listed (mine included), task.io is clearly one of the better domains posted. I don't doubt that everyone has a story behind their ideas, but this was one of the few with a clear purpose.
I cannot verify my domain fashioner.com - TXT record was successfully added to DNS 18 hours ago, I've checked it by char by char using some outside DNS records viewer.
Seems pretty simple to use.
I added a few domains to see how it goes > http://namebox.io/dangelov
Put hackerspot.org up there. Lets see how this works :)
The domains I added seem to be on my profile but have been removed from the browsing list.
Any idea why?
Please allow people to login using their alias OR email address! I have alias only login :-)
Being able to sort by URL length would be nice.
I think the "Any amount" listing is a bit vague. You should make it required to have at least a minimum amount. For example, video.io sells for "Any amount" but I doubt that can be taken literally.
Few suggestions.
Make "Browse domains" more prominent, not just in the footer. Have domains under that somehow ranked. I'd suggest having price listed on click or on visit, so you can grab on that data. Remove "any amount" - that's psychology 101.
(plug & rant pending) I'm firmly believing synthmeat.com will some day be worth much - http://namebox.io/dsirijus - so I'm squatting. Why is there a negative sentiment about that? It's an investment, like any other.