
Many domain investors go out and find buyers or they get someone who contacts them through email or X. Those domain investors are also seeking to pay a lower commission while processing the transaction.
Heck they found or brought the buyer to a specific platform and want to pay as little as possible. Namepros member NameGroove put together a complete list that is a real benefit for everyone who wants all the options available.
Bookmark the thread so if an option changes it’s pricing or a new option arrives you will see the updated info. Thanks to NameGroove.com for providing this valuable information.
Recently found a buyer for a name and need a safe way to collect payment?
Out-bounding and want to provide a checkout link?
Here are the options and fees avail to domainers (listed in alphabetical order)
Bring Your Own Lead (to create link buyer info is required)
DaaZ: 5% commission, $10 min (fees). Supports single & domain portfolio sales (names can be registered anywhere)
Dynadot: 5%* commission, no min fee (instructions) No credit card cap. Payouts take 5-7 days. *2% bonus if you leave payout on platform (name can be registered anywhere)
Escrow.com: Wire .7%-2.6% Credit Card 5.65%* (commission calc) *Escrow accepts cc & Paypal payments for Premier Service Level only and caps payments at $5,000 every 6 mos (CC FAQs). LTO supported from 3-71 mos; .01% of domain value or $100 min for LTO (LTO fees). EUR & CAD transactions are wire only (FAQs). Escrow does not support all countries (unsupported countries).
Escrow.domains: Variable Commission (calculator)
Paypal: 2.99%-3.49% + 1.5% if International transaction + $.30-$.49 fee (fees) LTO supported via “subscriptions” (instructions) *Some NP domainers avoid Paypal when collecting larger amounts due to friendly buyer policies. DYOR if you intend to use Paypal.
Saw: 5% commission (must contact Saw to set up). Buyer can pay with cc, Crypto, Wire, CashApp, & Alipay.
Sedo: 3% commission, $60 min* (must request an order) (Payment Options) *Sedo also charges a 3% express processing fee to buyers for >$500 cc payments & an add’l 2.5% if you request confidentiality (add’l charges)
Wise: 1%-4.2% +$.30 (fees) (instructions) *Card payments are capped at 10,000 GBP and payouts take up to 14 days. Wise policies may be friendly to buyers (similar to Paypal). DYOR research before using this method.
Custom Checkout Link (a link is created that can be sent to anyone)
Afternic: 5% commission for BIN w/ $15 min, 10% commission for max 12 mo LTO (instructions) (fees) (Payment Options). Link stays live for 7 days. $99 min sale price for BIN and $495-$100,000 for LTO (FAQs)
Atom: 4.5%* commission for Standard & External listings, 15% for Premium listings (fees) Link options from 1-30 days. Accepts cc, BitPay, Alipay, ACH, Wire, and Escrow.com *Premium listings have $50,000 cc cap & Standard listings have $5,000 cc cap. Add’l 3% surcharge to buyer for all BIN $2,500+ cc transactions.
LTO supported from 3-36 mos, surcharge applied to buyer for LTOs 12 mos and greater. The surcharge is split between Seller and Atom as per standard Payment Plan Terms (65% to Seller, 35% to Atom).
Escrow.com: (allows onboarding with or without buyer info, see section above for commissions & caps)
Lander Only (hack)
The following companies have 5% commissions or less for marketplace landers. In theory, one could adjust the sale price to allow a buyer to pay the agreed upon price. However, landers are public and if someone stumbles upon the lander before the buyer they could purchase it. Up to you to decide the risk(s).
Atom Wholesale Marketplace: 5% commission, no min fee (single name). 7.5% commission (portfolio sales). Buyers must have a min of 10 approved & live premium listings in the Atom Premium domain marketplace to access. (Commission & FAQs) (pointing NS isn’t required).
DomainEasy: 9% commission + 3.5% for cc transactions or $50 for wire. Commissions are currently waived making DE a worthy hack option until commission reinstatement. (pointing NS isn’t required, thus there is no “public” risk)
Sav: 4% commission (name must be registered at Sav)
Spaceship: 5% commission (name may be registered anywhere, NS must point to Spaceship to use Spaceship landers, but if not, name still shows in exact match search).
Fee based
Efty: 5% commission* (instructions) *$180 p/yr minimum subscription required to access. (unsupported countries) Credit card payments capped at $11,000. Bank wire payouts only
DomainAgents: $79 flat fee. Provides buyer & seller support for an Escrow.com transaction.
Need a lander? See the Mega List of Landers avail to you!
If you know of another provider, please let me know in the comments and I’ll add them to the list.
DISCLAIMER: DYOR research on the commissions and policies above. They are subject to change at any time and I do not claim to be above making mistakes. This is a guide and is intended for you to do your OWN research before proceeding with any provider.
Cool, thanks Ray.
I made NameGroove aware of wise.com which I have been using for quite sometime. To compare it to PayPal is an injustice. PayPal makes things difficult, especially with chargebacks. No issue with charge backs on wise.com. Rates are better, service is way faster, there is really no downside that I have seen so far. I use them almost exclusively for payments now.
Forgot to mention, we have a nice topic about them on dn.ca
https://dn.ca/topic/a-wise-replacement-for-paypal-very-inexpensive.3155/