Tag Archives: Sedo

Tue 28th July 2009
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Sedo Makes a Push for a End User - At the Domain Roundtable conference in Washington, D.C. last month, I noticed a lot of new faces with the Sedo team. As I started talking to them, I realized what was going on. Sedo had hired a number of people experienced selling to businesses. The company was making a focused effort selling to end users, and was hiring the right people to do it. These new employees are not domain industry veterans; they’re B-2-B salespeople. As part of its push for end user ... read more ...
Tue 21st July 2009
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SnapNames Showcase Auction Ends Today - SnapNames auction ends today; more auction activity in the weeks ahead. SnapNames’ first “Showcase Auction”, a new monthly online domain name auction, ends today at about 12:15 PDT. Auctions that receive bids in the final minutes will be extended. At the time of writing, about 40% of domain names have met their reserves. DegreePrograms.com is leading the board at $8,914 with 8 bidders. WatchMeNow.com has one bidder at $3,300 in second place. There are a ... read more ...
Sun 19th July 2009
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Live Current Completes Sale of Mouse.com, Keyboard.com - Company continues domain name liquidation. The whois information for Mouse.com and Keyboard.com have changed, with the administrative email now showing domain name broker Sedo. This confirms that Live Current Media (OTC: LIVC.ob) has completed a sale of the two domain names, as DotWeekly observed on July 17. Mouse.com sold for $125,000 and Keyboard.com sold for $100,000. Neither of these seem like spectacular domain names to me, as Keyboards.com would be preferred ... read more ...
Tue 14th July 2009
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eGo.com Sells for $75,000, Hardware.de for $150,000 - Sedo has strong sales week. Sedo has brokered the sale of ego.com for $75,000. You may think that the buyer has a big ego, but it looks like the buyer has a different meaning in mind. Ego Friendly, LLC has a web site at the address for a motivational product called eGO. According to the web site, eGO was conceived by researching some of the neurological and psychological aspects of human behavior. We then interviewed people who achieved high levels of success ... read more ...
Tue 30th June 2009
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Talk.com Domain Name Sells for $500,000 - Talk.com latest big ticket domain name sale. Domain brokerage Sedo has sold the domain name Talk.com for $500,000. The seller, according to whois records, is Cavalier Telephone, LLC of Virginia. The domain name is currently in Sedo’s control, so the buyer is not yet known. [Update: The Buyer is National A-1, the same company that bought Contests.com from Yahoo for $380,000 two weeks ago and runner up in the $5.1M Toys.com auction.] Sedo also turned in another ... read more ...
Tue 23rd June 2009
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Aftermarket.com Auction Ends Today, Great Domains Thursday - Two large online domain name auctions conclude this week. The online-only portion of the Domain Roundtable Aftermarket.com auction concludes today at 5 PM EDT. 269 domain names are up for grabs, ranging from $0 to $300,000. A number of domains in the under $3,000 arena have received bids already, including HealthAdvisor.com ($2,245), TopMortgage.com ($1,000), and eQuestion.com ($850). There are some well priced domains in this auction; bid online at Aftermarket.com. Sedo’s ... read more ...
Wed 3rd June 2009
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Moviles.net Domain Name Sells for $35,000 - Spanish language domain name tops Sedo’s weekly charts. It’s an interesting week when Sedo’s top domain name sale is only 25,000 EUR (about $35,000 USD). It’s even more interesting when that domain name is a Spanish language .net. But this past week Moviles.net took the crown at Sedo. “Moviles” means mobile in Spanish, and the domain name appears to have been used as a web site before being purchased. It is now temporarily parked at GoDaddy. Although ... read more ...
Wed 27th May 2009
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GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday, 80.com during $60k - Monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow, but no major domain name sales appear to be in the works. One domain may tip the scales: 80.com, which is currently at $60,000. The domain hasn’t met its reserve but the reserve is under $100,000. The top domain in the auction to meet its reserve so far is 434.com at $8,100 with 13 bids. 434 is the area code for the south central area of Virginia. A number of three ... read more ...
Tue 26th May 2009
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Sedo Fixes Auction User Interface - Auction page now easier to scan. One thing has always baffled me about the auction page at Sedo: domain names were truncated at 13 characters even though there was plenty of space to list the entire domain. Like many things in web applications, fixing this was a challenge due to some legacy backend systems. But I’m happy to report that Sedo has fixed the glitch and most domains are no longer truncated: A quick review of current auctions shows only a couple truncated ... read more ...
Tue 19th May 2009
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Sedo Sells Seereise.de for $80,000 - German country code domain name for “Cruise” sells at Sedo. Domain name broker Sedo has completed the sale of seereise.de, which is German for cruise, for 59,500 EUR (about $80,000 USD at today’s exchange rates). The buyer appears to be a travel company called “alltours Reisecenter”. Sedo didn’t crack the six figure barrier again this week, but still turned in some respectable sales. It sold the four character domain name sgbl.com for $18,750, and sold ... read more ...
Fri 15th May 2009
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Sedo Close to 1 Million Member Milestone - Domain broker and domain parking company may hit milestone this quarter. Domain name brokerage and parking company Sedo may be celebrating a milestone this quarter for reaching one million registered users. The company’s first quarter financial report shows that the company now has 962,000 registered members, up from 907,000 at the end of last year. At this pace, Sedo should hit the million mark sometime during Q2 2009. It’s unclear if these numbers include ... read more ...
Fri 8th May 2009
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2 Easy Changes for Better Earnings during Sedo Parking - Peter Askew gives two simple tips for increasing domain parking earnings at Sedo. by Peter Askew At first, I was a domain parking newbie. I understood the business model, but always held a firm belief that development was the only way. But, as the crack-like addiction of domaining consumed me, I began to realize the importance of parking, and the extra monetary lift it can contribute to a domain business – both from parked revenue, as well as re-sale. Sedo became ... read more ...
Fri 24th April 2009
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Sedo Launches SedoMLS - Sedo launches white label solution for registrars to sell aftermarket domain names. Domain name aftermarket Sedo released its new SedoMLS system today. The system allows domain registrars and other partners to plug in a domain sales aftermarket engine that offers domain names at fixed prices. For example, a domain registrar may offer aftermarket domains for sale in response to a customer’s domain query. Domain sellers will get additional exposure on registrar ... read more ...
Wed 8th April 2009
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Sedo Paid $825,000 for RevenueDirect - Acquisition was small in monetary terms, but important in its signal. According to public company financial reports, Sedo paid $825,000 for its acquisition of RevenueDirect in February. The purchase price included the customer base, RevenueDirect brand and all respective software. The transaction price was not announced when the company was purchased in February, leading to speculation about the value of the deal. Many considered it small, and this is true from ... read more ...
 
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Sedo 2008 Revenue Falls to EUR 54.7 Million - Despite downturn, Sedo revenue drops only 12.6%. [Editor: Earlier today I wrote about the acquisition price for RevenueDirect. Here is some more data about Sedo gleamed from its parent company annual report.] Most people in the domain business would be happy to have their 2008 revenue be only 12.6% lower than 2007. Sedo has done just that. According to its parent company AdLINK’s annual report, Sedo’s revenues fell from €62.6 in 2007 to €54.7 ... read more ...
Mon 30th March 2009
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Sedo Gets Results, Sells Results.com for $500,000 - Sedo sells Results.com domain name for $500k. I won’t have official numbers until tomorrow, but it looks like Sedo has had another great sales week. Sedo just tweeted that it sold Results.com for $500,000 and BabyShop.com for $85,000. Results.com shows a business coaching company, but that web site has been on the site since December. Only the e-mail address for the domain has changed in whois, which indicates payment has been received but the domain hasn’t ... read more ...
Tue 24th March 2009
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Pair of German .De Domain Names Sell for $135,000 - Two .de domains sell for combined EUR 100,000. Domain domain aftermarket Sedo has completed the sale of gartenmöbel.de gartenmoebel.de for EUR 100,000 (about $135,000 USD). The word means “garden furniture” in German. Sedo turned in an impressive list of country code domain name sales over the past week including: tech.de 15,000 EUR loisirs.fr 15,000 EUR Recreation in French jouet.fr 13,000 EUR Toy in French sky.ch 11,000 EUR adaware.de 10,500 EUR http.co.uk 10,100 EUR redtube.to 5,000 USD joueraupokerenligne.fr 5,000 EUR Play ... read more ...
Sun 22nd March 2009
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Typo FAIL - An unwise typo domain purchase. This domain name auction, which concluded earlier today, begs two questions: 1. Do domain parkers click on ads when they accidentally stumble across a parked page? 2. Who would be stupid enough to shell out $2,250 on a domain that they’ll lose through arbitration? Update 3/23: I received a note from Sedo today that the transaction was canceled. With regards to the comments below about allowing sales like this to happen, my experience ... read more ...
Fri 20th March 2009
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2009 Guide to Bulk Uploading during Sedo and Afternic - Here’s how to bulk upload all of your domain names for sale to aftermarkets. You know that old lottery saying “You can’t win if you don’t play”? The same thing applies to domains. If you’re looking to sell them, you should list them on the major domain aftermarkets Sedo and Afternic where buyers can find them. I’ve written tutorials on how to do this at both Afternic (tutorial) and Sedo (tutorial) before, but I just refreshed my portfolio and went ... read more ...
Thu 19th March 2009
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Someone’s Shouting a F-Bomb About Fbomb.com - Obscure clothing company wins fbomb.com in arbitration. In January I wrote about an ongoing auction at Sedo for the domain name Fbomb.com. Here’s what I wrote: “FBomb.com – $1,500 – so many uses” There are so many uses because of the generic meaning of f-bomb. So I was surprised to notice a few weeks later that fbomb.com was in arbitration at National Arbitration Forum. I contact the owner who told me that the company that won the domain at Sedo filed ... read more ...
Wed 18th March 2009
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Sedo Changes Transfer Process - New web-based system streamlines domain transfer process. Domain name aftermarket Sedo has changed the way it communicates with buyers and sellers during the domain transfer process. Instead of sending e-mails, all transactions will be managed through a dashboard called “Transfer Center”. Sedo’s previous system, involving multiple communications from Sedo transfer specialists, was difficult to track and opened the system up to potential security issues. Through ... read more ...
Wed 11th March 2009
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Domain Name Industry Acquisition Watch - 2009 could include more mergers, acquisitions, and outright closings. Domain name companies including registrars, parking companies, and portfolio holders are considering their strategic options in 2009. Domain Name Wire has learned that Dark Blue Sea (ASX: DBS) has been shopping its services businesses, including Fabulous parking and registration. Dark Blue Sea CEO Richard Moore wouldn’t comment directly on what the company is considering, but he did refer me ... read more ...
Tue 10th March 2009
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Survey: Escrow.com Still Top Domain Escrow Service - Escrow.com comes out top in survey once again. Escrow.com is the best domain name escrow service, according Domain Name Wire’s survey of 400 domain name owners. Escrow.com took nearly half of the vote. 1. Escrow.com 46% 2. Sedo 34% 3. Moniker 11% 4. EscrowDNS 5% 5. Afternic 4% Escrow.com is fully licensed in all 50 United States to perform escrow transactions. The company was founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, but has been privately held since May 2004. ... read more ...
 
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Survey: Sedo Top Online Domain Sales Site - No surprise in online domain sales category. Once again, Sedo has taken top honors for “Best Online Domain Name Sales Site” in the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. 48% of respondents to the fourth annual survey selected Sedo as the top site, roughly equal to last year. In second place, with only 14% of the vote, were domain name forums. Here are the rankings: 1. Sedo 48% 2. Forums 14% 3. GoDaddy (TDNAM) 8% 4. SnapNames (Non-expired) 7% 5. Afternic 6% Domain Distribution ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells $1.25M Domains in One Week, Top.com Tops Them All - The domain name aftermarket is back with a vengeance. Perhaps it’s just a blip on the radar, but the domain name aftermarket appears to be popping back into action. Last week online broker Sedo closed nearly $1.25M USD in disclosed transactions (you can bet the non-disclosed transactions tacks on quite a bit). The top sale was Top.com for $357,500 EUR (about $455,000 USD), an auction Domain Name Wire reported on in January. The buyer was in Russia. The seller’s ... read more ...