Company Overview

Afternic, founded in 1999 and acquired by GoDaddy in 2013, is one of the world's largest domain marketplaces. Connects domain sellers and buyers with listing, brokerage, and Fast Transfer services for domain ownership transfer in hours.

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Core Products

  • Domain Registration:Professional domain registration solutions

Core Strengths

Top Marketplace: Millions of listings, high liquidity trading platform
Fast Transfer: Domain transfer completed within hours
GoDaddy Ecosystem: Access to GoDaddy's tens of millions of users

Key Milestones

  • 1999:Afternic was founded in 美国, focusing on domain-registry
  • 2026:Continues to optimize domain-registry services for global customers

Market Position

Afternic competes with the following providers in the domain-registry market:

  • Namecheap:Shares the domain-registry market with Namecheap
  • GMO Internet / Z.com:Shares the domain-registry market with GMO Internet / Z.com
  • ICANN:Key player in the domain-registry space
  • Afilias:Direct competitor in the domain-registry market