Tue 29th July 2014
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.9M But Only 5 .Com’s Sell For 5 Figures -

 

Over a past week, 569 exchange took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1.9 Million

52% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings.

Highlights of open sales are:

· Top .coms: lurk.com during 18,000 GBP
· Top ccTLD: liberty.ch during 21,000 EUR
· Top “other” TLD: europe.org during 23,000 USD

Here are a reportable sales:

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Mon 28th July 2014
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Sun 27th July 2014
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