Tag Archives: Sedo

Thu 25th April 2013
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Moms.com sells for $252,000 in Sedo Auction - Moms.com domain name sells for $252,000 in monthly Great Domains auction. The headline domain name in this month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo hit its reserve in extended bidding. Bidding for Moms.com jumped from $175,000 to $249,000 when a bidder placed the latter bid, which was the reserve. It looked like the auction was going to close at that price until another bid was placed in (literally) the last minute. Only two bidders participated once the auction hit ... read more ...
Wed 24th April 2013
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USA Today buys domain for new sports site (and 19 other domains) - USA Today among big name domain name end user buyers last week. This week USA Today launched its new sports site For The Win!, which officially resides at FTW.USAToday.com. But they bought the short URL 4TW.com to forward to it. Here are details on that sale and 19 other end user sales at Sedo last week. Building Supplies Online in the UK bought its acronym BSO.co.uk for 2,499 GBP. pair Networks bought yet another domain on the aftermarket. It paid $1,000 for PairBlog.com. ... read more ...
Tue 23rd April 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.2 Million - Sedo.com just pubished its weekly report in all 756 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.2m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: farmrealestate.com at 20,000 USD, and indonews.com at 20,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: låna.nu at 19,300 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: jiandan.net at 5,000 USD, and acorn.org at 5,000 USD Here are the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]>Domain ... read more ...
Wed 17th April 2013
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Forward U.S. bought domain for $1,500 - New immigration reform group bought .us domain for $1,500 at Sedo. Forward U.S., the new immigration reform group led by companies including Facebook, Google, and PayPal, paid $1,500 for its domain name.The new immigration reform group that Ron Jackson wrote about last week paid $1,500 for FWD.us. That’s just one of the end user sales that Sedo made last week. It had a big week, closing nearly $2 million in sales. Here are some of its other end user sales. SumUp, ... read more ...
Fri 12th April 2013
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What domain JetBlue bought and a $120,000 finish user domain sale - JetBlue pays little for a domain, but another end user pays dearly. Sedo’s headline $120,000 sale of ConnectNow.com last week was (of course) to an end user. JetBlue also bought a domain through the service. Here’s a list of end user sales on Sedo last week. American Association of Young People bought yet another domain, Young-People.com, for $1,250. Cargill acquired the domain Cargill.kr for 1,200 EUR. Payment processing company First Data Corporation recently ... read more ...
Tue 9th April 2013
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.47 Million For The Week Led by ConnectNow $120K - 738 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.47m. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: connectnow.com at 120,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: build.de at 33,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: fussball.info at 4,800 EUR   Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 3rd April 2013
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What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought final week - Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood out to me. Webbs Garden Centres bought webbs.co.uk for 995 GBP. It now forwards to WebbsDirect.co.uk. pair Networks, Inc., a frequent aftermarket domain buyer, bought PairMail.com for $800. Jackpot Gaming Limited in London ... read more ...
Wed 27th March 2013
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15 finish user sales during Sedo - Sedo’s biggest reported sale last week was to an end user. A candy company made the biggest reported purchase on Sedo this past week. Here’s a look at 15 end users who bought domains from the marketplace last week. Candy company Windel in Germany bought MyChoco.com for 23,000 EUR. 2KDirect, Inc., which runs the online advertising company iPromote.com, bought iPromote.co.uk for $1,250. Strategy consulting company Qantrex bought StrategicTransformation.com for $1,095. The ... read more ...
Tue 26th March 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.3 Million - Sedo just published its weekly report. In all 782 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.3m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: mychoco.com at 23,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: ribose.com.br at 10,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: imagenes.net at 12,000 EUR Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Thu 21st March 2013
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Sedo’s earnings: domain business shrinks 18% as associate business grows - Sedo’s domain parking business continues to drag on overall company. Sales of domains are down, too. Sedo Holding released its Annual Report yesterday (pdf), and the numbers for the domain name business are fairly dismal. Sedo Holding has two parts: domain marketing (Sedo) and affiliate marketing (affilinet). First, the good news: Affilinet saw its revenue grow 17.7% year-over-year. Now, the bad news: The bad news: Sales at Sedo in 2012 droped 17.9%. Revenue from ... read more ...
Wed 20th March 2013
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19 finish user domain sales adult to $36,000 - 19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are details on that sale and others: The Exchange, which owns the undeveloped site TheExchangeMail.com, bought TheExchange.com for $36,000. Given the price tag, it’s clear this was an end user. i-Paint S.r.l., which owns the domain ... read more ...
Tue 19th March 2013
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Sedo: $400,000 Euro Bid For 8888.com Cancelled - Yesterday DomainNameWire.com reported that a bid had been placed for 400,000 Euro’s for the domain name 8888.com. Today we have been notified by Sedo that the bid has been cancelled. Although the bidder has to be  premium certified by Sedo to even place a bid of that amount, so it is believed that the bid was a mistake or a typo if you will. In any even the bid was made in error and has been cancelled by Sedo,  sorry to report.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 18th March 2013
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8888.com gets 400,000 EUR bid on Sedo - It’s a lucky number, but is it this lucky? [Update: my skepticism was warranted. The bid has been cancelled.] The domain name 8888.com has received a 400,000 EUR bid at Sedo. That’s over $500,000 USD. 8 is consider a lucky number in Chinese culture. Lucky enough for a four digit domain to be worth over $500,000? I’m perhaps a little skeptical. But I’ll point out the bidding requirements to bid over 100,000 EUR at Sedo: 1. Complete the application form included ... read more ...
Thu 14th March 2013
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What domains a NBA and 15 others bought this week - The NBA is among the end user buyers on Sedo last week. Sedo had a pretty good week last week for selling domains to end users. A key highlight is the NBA, which bought a .in domain for just shy of $5,000. Here’s the list: Swiss company PUBLICS bought Publics.ch for EUR 850. Its main web site is PublicsPartner.ch, so this is a big improvement. I wonder if it’s also the company that paid EUR 15,000 for Partners.eu, which is still in escrow. UK ISP Onwave bought ... read more ...
Tue 12th March 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.7 Million - Sedo.com just reported that 837 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.7m last week Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: lovoo.com at 19,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: gayforum.de at 35,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: tori.net at 9,000 USD Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]>Domain name  Price  Currency .COMs lovoo.com  19,000   ... read more ...
Mon 11th March 2013
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Sedo: Over 60% Of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Unaware That New gTLD Are Coming - According to the results of a  new survey released by Sedo.com today, showing that 63% of small and mid-sized businesses are unaware about new gTLD’s More than 600 managers and owners of SMBs were surveyed in January 2013, revealing that: 63% are unaware that new gTLDs will start being released this year; 40% felt that there was no advantage or were unsure what the advantage of a new gTLD would be; and 94%said they were not currently planning to purchase a new gTLD. “Despite the fact that many ... read more ...
Thu 7th March 2013
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What to do during SXSW if you’re a domainer - Three domain companies and events to hit while in Austin. SXSW Interactive in Austin is an overwhelming event. There are hundreds of sessions to choose from, and just finding their locations can be a challenge. So let me break down for you some essentials for SXSW Interactive 2013 if you’re in the domain business. I know of three domain companies that will be at SXSW in some way this year. (There will likely be many more next year as new TLDs roll out.) 1. .Co .Co ... read more ...
Mon 4th March 2013
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WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K - The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by  Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com Being married over 25 years myself I didn’t even know there was such a thing as wedding insurance but after Goggling the term its seems a big sector with plenty of advertisers under the keyword including many of the major insurance companies so it looks like a nice ... read more ...
Tue 26th February 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led By Two Portuguese Domains - Sedo.com just released its weekly report. In all  844 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.6m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. The weekly sales were led by vagadeemprego.com which means  “job vacancy” in Portuguese The highest selling non-com was a .TV, Jogo.tv at $15,000 Euro’s or around $18K Jogo is also Portuguese meaning “Game”   Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]>Domain name  Price  Currency .COMs vagadeemprego.com  60,000   ... read more ...
Wed 20th February 2013
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What domains Yelp, Bayer, and 16 others bought this week - Sedo brokers domain to Yelp and 17 other end user buyers. Sedo had a fairly strong week for end user domain sales, including selling a .ph domain to Yelp. Here’s the list: Harley Street Health Checks UK Ltd picked up HealthChecks.co.uk for 1,051 GBP. Reviews site Yelp bought Yelp.com.ph, the country code domain for the Philippines, for $4,000. Domainers.eu sold for 789 EUR. Regardless of whether it was bought for business or as an investment, it qualifies as an ... read more ...
Thu 14th February 2013
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BuzzFeed buys BuzzFeed.co.uk - BuzzFeed gets a country code domain and other end user domain purchases. There aren’t a lot of end user domain purchases from Sedo to report this week. A lot of domains that are probably end user sales are still in escrow. But there are a couple big names on this week’s list, including BuzzFeed and Eli Lilly. Swiss company HRsolution International AG bought HRSolution.co.uk for $1,300 BuzzFeed bought Buzzfeed.co.uk for 2,150 GBP. It is forwarding the domain name ... read more ...
Wed 13th February 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.57 Million - Sedo just released its weekly report and in all 800 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.57m. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: apuestas.com at 165,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: veterinar.se at 8,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: hausverwaltung.net at 5,900 EUR Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 11th February 2013
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AdExchange.com and other finish user domain sales - An ad exchange buys AdExchange.com and more end user domain sales. I was at Webfest all last week so I’m behind on end user sales reports. Here’s last week’s Sedo end user report. Think Money Group Limited in the UK bought InvestmentsDirect.co.uk for 1,000 GBP. TV gaming company NetPlay TV Group Limited paid 7,000 GBP for SuperSports.co.uk. Online advertising company Hi-Media bought the category-defining domain name AdExchange.com for $12,000. Redfinger Trading ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2013
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Sedo 2012: Domain Market Study: 36K Transactions; Ave Sale $1,885 - Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its Annual Domain Market Study with Q4 2012 review, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. In 2012, Sedo powered 36,181 transactions in its domain marketplace with a mean average price of $1,885 across all sales, and a median price of $600. In the 4th Quarter of 2012 Sedo’s transactions totaled just over 16 Million in domain names. Total sales ... read more ...
Wed 30th January 2013
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Sedo finish user domain sales report - Lawyers, watch company, and a university buy domains on Sedo. This week’s Sedo end user sales report is a little light. There are a lot of domains still in escrow and a bunch of big sales that have whois privacy. Watch company UHR, which recently paid 990 EUR for UHR.biz, bought UHR.tv for 700 EUR. WISE International — that stands for World Institute of Scientology Enterprises — bought Prosperity.tv for $10,000. LibertyBell Law Group in Burbank bought AttorneysInLosAngeles.com ... read more ...