I had used Freshdrop.net in the past and really felt like it was a valuable tool to domain name buyers. I mainly used the data for GoDaddy Auctions and the large amount of metrics provided was a great asset to finding investment quality domain names. The problem, Freshdrop went to a pay model with the GoDaddy Auctions feed. Not that big of a deal because it is worth paying for the data you see. The further problem? It is not cheap to have a "PRO" account… $98.95 Per Month!
That’s a lot in my books!
So I went on a search for a similar service that offered a more reasonable monthly price and I found it. DropDay.com
DropDay.com is set up very similar to Freshdrop.net. They do not have the amount of feeds FD has (Sedo, Ebay, Pool, Afternic) but they have the most popular and very similar metrics.
DropDay has the following feeds of domain names
- GoDaddy Expired
- GoDaddy Closeouts
- SnapNames.com Exclusive
- NameJet.com PreRelease
- Unexclusive List
Considering that is basically what FD offers for what the majority of people use, the fee to use DropDay.com is a lot cheaper than Freshdrop.
FreshDrop ~ $98.95 Per Month according to their "SetUp" page
DropDay.com pricing:
1 Month Only (No Automatic Renewal) $19.90
Monthly subscription $18.90
Quarterly subscription $50.70 ($16.90/month)
Semi-Anual subscription $89.40 ($14.90/month)
Anual subscription $154.80 ($12.90/month)
DropDay.com is a much better value IMO, since they offer very similar metrics on the most popular feeds of domain names! I don’t know about you, but I would rather pay $18.90 a month than $98.95!
DropDay offers a free 10 day trial without requiring you to input any financial details, which is also nice. You simply create a free account with your name and email address and you are set up!
Some of the metrics DropDay.com offers include:
- Visit Per Day (Traffic)
- Google PR
- Google Links
- Yahoo Links
- Linking Sites
- Google SERP’s (indexed pages)
- Yahoo SERP’s
- Bing SERP’s
- DMOZ
- Creation Year (Domain Age)
- Wayback history age
- Searches per month
- CPC
Well, you get my point.. like I said, they basically offer the metrics FD does, at a fraction of the cost. So now that you are aware of DropDay.com, check them out. I know I never wanted to pay almost $100 a month to use Freshdrop and I think at under $20 a month, DropDay.com provides what I need at a much lower price point! Is the site perfect, no but no site is. Overall, it is a great tool at a fair monthly rate.
If you were wondering.. no, this is not a paid post! I like to help out and when I find something that I think people would benefit from and save some money in the process, I want to make sure you are aware of it.
I have nothing bad to say about Freshdrop.net, I just think the monthly rate is a bit high. Competition is a good thing for consumers and DropDay.com offers this to Freshdrop.
Wallace
freshdrop subscription fee is very cheap if you know the way to use them correctly IMO.
Troy
FreshDrop.com had a discount a few months ago where you could signup for $30 month permanently. I was fortunate enough to sign up then and I have loved it. Well worth the money at $30 per month as it has made me thousands.
Thanks! Maybe if I get tired of FreshDrop.com I will check out DropDay.com sometime.
Ben
DropDay.com is really good.
Domainer Income
Great article – its good to talk about these things.
Having run a system for many years, I thought I’d give you some insight.
Free or low priced sites/scripts might sound good, but speaking from experience, they come at a cost.
The old saying of “you get what you pay for” comes to mind. This is because many free sites just don’t have the amount of data that more established sites have.
For example, today DomainerIncome has 1.078 Million domains on our Markets page, covering many auctions and backordering companies. I havent used Dropday before, but just taking a quick look – their page has around 400k results.
I understand that price is an issue for many people, so they might be willing to accept that – which is fine (for them). As long as they are making an educated decision and comparing “like for like” tools.
Hope this provides some further insight.
Simon
Michael
I can’t stand anything that charges a continuous monthly charge….even cable TV.
Jose Augusto
In case you want to try some IDN drops, check idn.bz. Thanks.
ardhie
except dropday and freshdrop, is there any site like that?
Perry
I’ve found Dropday to be unreliable lately. It’s been down for nearly 3 days straight now. Can’t rely on it as a service anymore.