Market Overview

Domain markets offer a unique opportunity to acquire and sell domains that are not available through traditional domain registration means (such as simply searching and registering a domain). Once a user has registered a domain, that domain is unavailable for other users to register. Dynadot's market provides various methods to register these domains, typically tied to certain conditions (such as domain expiration, or another user selling the domain they have registered). By using a domain market, you have the chance to register these domains and choose what you want to accomplish with them. That could include using it for a brand, a business investment, a personal website, or just to re-sell at a later date.

Participating in our aftermarket is a simple process, though there are some requirements. These requirements vary depending on what you are trying to accomplish:

Buying
To participate in our auctions, user marketplace, or backorder request system, you must have a Dynadot account and have an account spending of at least $5 within the last year (account prepay is applicable) before being eligible to participate. You also must not be banned from our auctions.

Selling
In order to sell your domains through our aftermarket, the domain must be in your Dynadot account. Then, you can simply list them for sale through our Marketplace or you can choose to auction then off in a User Auction.

The best way to monitor any domain, regardless of whether they are included in our aftermarket or not, is to use watchlists. Our watchlist will assist with keeping up to date on the status of any number of domains, all from a convenient list in your account control panel. We will also notify you of important events, such as time remaining on domain auctions that you've followed.

Dynadot supports a wide variety of payment methods to buy aftermarket domain names. Our full list of payment methods and currencies are available here. Dynadot also has an incremental payment plan to accommodate users who want to acquire more valuable domains overtime.

Each of our market domains listings offer different opportunities to acquire valuable domains, and as such, they have domain names specific to that listing. To learn more about each of our listings, we have help articles available that go through our tools in more detail. Here is a list of help articles that provide an overview on each of our aftermarket listings:Expired Domain Auction, Last Chance Auctions, Domain Backorders, Domain Backorder Auctions, User Auctions, Domain Marketplace. If you still have any questions, our support team is always available to assist with your domain buying and selling needs!