WHC aftermarket sales platform coming soon (6.Viewing)

According to this you will be able to list the domains you won on a WHC platform.


So take a domain like Nexus from last week.

You look and decide maybe you spent a bit more than you wanted and immediately relist it on the sales platform for a quick 1k flip. The next person bidding that lost it may have had time to think about it and come to bat at 1k more.

Or someone who only backordered at MyID but also wanted it may agree to the quick flip.



All in all it has a few possibilities but according to WHC themselves they are working on it.


How does everyone else feel about it?

If it's going to be limited to WHC TBR wins, then there could be a "Make Offer" section for interested buyers to inquire about past TBR wins. I probably won't be listing anything there, but I would consider reasonable offers on my WHC portfolio. I might also want to make an offer on a domain that I lost out on, but then later made a sale or two that bumped up my available budget.

WHC account holders would be able to opt-in or opt-out of receiving offers.

I bring this up because I really don't see a huge demand for yet-another-marketplace, especially one limited to only .CA at one registrar, and this "Make Offer" option could really open it up to more potential buyers, sales and profits for WHC.

My concerns about an aftermarket system like this is ensuring bidders are fully verified and aren't just fake-account tire kickers or scammers. Also, there needs to be a minimum amount for unsolicited offers, such as 2X-4X the original winning WHC bid price to dissuade tire kickers.

And as to the overall marketplace, what would the commission charges be? What happens if WHC gets scammed on a payment, are they obligated by TOS to take the financial hit (like GD does) or would they come after the original owner? Would it strictly be BIN or also include Make Offer, Make Offer +BIN, etc. formats?

I am looking forward to it because WHC has buyers that are not part of this forum. Also would be good if they allow to list domains from other registrars as well.

MyId has had a marketplace for years but not for TBR’s. . In order to get your names listed you need to have the domain at MyId. Well that’s how it use to be anyway.

So a marketplace like this would be rather interesting I think. Maybe [notify]frank[/notify] can tell us more about it and when it could be released.

On a related note, is there a bona fide marketplace dedicated only to .CA domains? I am talking about a marketplace of .CA domains offered for sale by multiple owners as opposed to a portfolio 'marketplace' of domains owned by a single domainer (example: DomainNames.ca, which is only Wayne's domains).

The new Dn.ca will have that as of July 1st