How to Bid on Domain Names: Understanding Domain Auctions

One benefit of learning how to bid on domain names during an auction is that the process can give the buyer insights into how the domain market works.  

Here’s a short primer on navigating the domain auction marketplace, highlighting the best sites to find your perfect domains for sale.

Navigating the Domain Auction MarketPlace

Here are some of the worlds most popular and trusted platforms for auctions. Learn what each offers, find the right site to see, and buy the perfect domain name. 

Bidding on Sedo Public Sales

Aside from being a regular domain marketplace, Sedo hosts monthly GreatDomains Auctions, where high-quality domain names are auctioned, facilitated by the platform’s team of brokers and salespeople. 

Sedo users are required to complete the buyer certification process before being eligible to bid on a new domain name. The auction process works like a normal one, where a seller and buyer negotiate a deal back and forth through offers and counteroffers until a deal is made. 

Bid on Namecheap Domain Name Auctions

Namecheap is another reliable place for buying and selling domains. It has over 340,000 domains listed in its auctions and buy-now data listings pages for buyers to browse. The platform also has an advanced search option so buyers can filter search results according to name length, extensions, and price history. 

Only those with a Namecheap account and who are subscribed to Namecheap Market have the chance to bid on a domain name at auction.

Place Bids on GoDaddy Auctions®

GoDaddy is the self-proclaimed world's largest no. 1 domain registrar, where people can drill down into the data for exclusive deals on domains that are about to expire or have already expired. The site offers powerful tools to help buyers find domains based on date, such as keywords, listing type, and domain extension. GoDaddy Auctions also allows users to track over 100 domains at a time, guiding them to make smart purchases.