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Say hello to the #NewEfty
Our Journey

Say hello to the #NewEfty

It’s been more than four years since Lionel and I set out on a mission to change the way domain name investors manage, market and monetize their portfolio’s, and what a ride it has been! After a 6-month pilot with a small group of domainers, we announced a public beta in December 2014 and allowed …

New Efty Privacy Tools.
For-Sale Landing PagesMarketplace

New Efty Privacy Tools.

Here at Efty, we’re always working on providing you with the right set of tools to help you sell more domains. And in today’s rapidly changing online world we also want to make it as easy as possible for you to be compliant with all the latest data protection and privacy laws. If you run …

Here’s why Efty users are best prepared for GDPR
GDPR

Here’s why Efty users are best prepared for GDPR

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past months you probably know that after May 25th public access to WHOIS is going to change when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into full effect. This privacy regulation will have a major impact on the domain name industry and …

Large portfolio? You’ll love our new bulk import and update tool.
Domain Management

Large portfolio? You’ll love our new bulk import and update tool.

When we started building Efty back in 2014 our initial focus was on helping investors better manage and track their portfolios. We quickly found out however that the most popular features were those that help you sell your domains: customizable For-Sale landing pages and your own Marketplace. As a result, we shipped a myriad of new features …

Instantly collect payments with Stripe.
For-Sale Landing PagesMarketplace

Instantly collect payments with Stripe.

I’m happy to announce the launch of yet another payment method for buyers of your domain names: Stripe. Stripe integration has come to the Efty Professional plan because many of our power users have been asking for it so our team worked hard to make it happen. As the leading payment processor for internet businesses, …

Behind the Sale: myBK.com – from $535 purchase to $14,000 sale
Behind The Sale

Behind the Sale: myBK.com – from $535 purchase to $14,000 sale

Welcome to the ninth post in our Behind the Sale series on the Efty blog. In this series, I talk with domain name investors who share all the details behind a recent sale. You will learn how they bought low and sold high, how the negotiations went down and much more. Today, I am chatting with Dan Prather a full-time domainer and …

Host SSL secure For-Sales pages on Efty.com
EducationFor-Sale Landing Pages

Host SSL secure For-Sales pages on Efty.com

Here at Efty were always looking for better ways to generate offers and inquiries for your domains with high-converting For-Sale landing pages. Since December last year, we offer SSL certificates for all custom marketplace sites on the Growth and Profesional plans and as of today, we’ve made it possible to start redirecting buyers to SSL secured For-Sale landing …

More choice and customization for Efty market.
EducationFor-Sale Landing PagesMarketplace

More choice and customization for Efty market.

We hope the new year has been off to a great start for everyone. Here at Efty, we’ve been putting together our most ambitious and exciting development roadmap yet and we can’t wait to help you sell more domains and make more money by saving on commissions in 2018! We’re always improving Efty based on …

Ho Ho Ho! SSL for Efty marketplace is here.
Education

Ho Ho Ho! SSL for Efty marketplace is here.

Each Efty account comes with a domain name marketplace, making it easy for buyers to browse your entire portfolio and purchase your domains. It is one of our most popular features and we proudly power marketplaces of many established domain name investors across the web. Today I’m happy to share that we’re bringing SSL (HTTPS) …

Behind the Sale: SmartCompanion.com – from $475 purchase to $9,940 sale
Behind The Sale

Behind the Sale: SmartCompanion.com – from $475 purchase to $9,940 sale

Welcome to the eight post in our Behind the Sale series on the Efty blog. In this series, I talk with domain name investors who share all the details behind a recent sale. You will learn how they bought low and sold high, how the negotiations went down and much more. Today, I am chatting with Alex Bates a full-time domain …

Behind the Sale: GeekSpot.com – from $500 purchase to $5,255 sale
Behind The Sale

Behind the Sale: GeekSpot.com – from $500 purchase to $5,255 sale

Welcome to the seventh post in our Behind the Sale series on the Efty blog. In this series, I talk with domain name investors who share all the details behind a recent sale. You will learn how they bought low and sold high, how the negotiations went down and much more. Today, I am chatting with Joshua Reason a part-time domain …

The🥇platform for Punycode. Efty 💘Emoji.
emoji domain namesPunycode

The🥇platform for Punycode. Efty 💘Emoji.

Emoji is the language of now. Driven by the rise of mobile internet usage the use of emojis has exploded in popularity with people using them in their conversations on social media, messaging platforms and beyond. Emoji domain names have been around for many years but it wasn’t until our friends at GoDaddy launched a search engine for …

Buyers. Ridiculously satisfied.

From payment to completed transfer took less than four hours, same day.
Vinícius SantosVinícius SantosFounder, AgendaHub
The domain transfer went smoothly from start to finish.
Max SinclairMax SinclairFounder, ZenDays
The process was straightforward and secure, and the transfer was handled very smoothly.
Sergio EscotéSergio EscotéFounder, AIBuilt
A name is everything for a business.
Dean HobdenDean HobdenFounder, Supplierly