I found multiple listings on Afternic that were unregistered domains, being offered for $1000s of dollars. My hope was that Dan was doing better at this point. On a spot check of one keyword search 60% of the domains were unregistered, and some were up for sale for thousands of dollars...
Sure, it's easy to confuse the two.
There apparently is supposed to be a simple solution with Namecheap. They suggested delisting the domain from Afternic, and then resubmitting it. That is supposed to then trigger a second approval for Fast Transfer. Then, siimply don't approve the second...
This is perhaps a new twist to the domain front running scheme. The creative individuals involved might be monitoring auctions for a quick turn around profit with $0 invested up front.
If someone makes an offer on the fraudulent listing at Afternic, the spurious buyer could try to then...