Name.com to List of Premium Registrars — Afternic Adds

Afternic gets another win, and it’s more good news for domainers.

Afternic has inked a deal with Name.com that will integrate the domain name registrar into Afternic for domains listed at “premium” distribution. Much like last month’s news of deals with eNom and Moniker, this will be a win for both Name.com clients as well as Afternic sellers listing at the premium level.

Existing Name.com clients will now be able to sell their domains in the registration path as a purchase option at Network Solutions and Register.com (and soon Moniker and eNom). This is great exposure for selling domain names to modest and medium sized businesses. The integration will also allow for instant transfers to the domain buyer. Instant transfers have two benefits: it’s easier for you as a seller and it makes buyers more likely to click the buy button.

This is also good news for Afternic sellers with domains at other registrars that are part of this premium program. Although not in the top 10 size-wise, Name.com is a sizable registrar and has a number of modest and medium business clients.

The Name.com integration ought to be complete within a week. The previous notice regarding eNom and Moniker indicated those integrations would be done ahead of the end of the year.

Afternic is certainly winning the race to tie up registrars into its system. This sort of distribution has never ahead of been available to smaller domainers.