Tag Archives: Sedo

Tue 16th December 2008
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Sedo Domain Sales Booming as Parking Flounders - Despite parking meltdown, Sedo’s sales success keeps it on the right path. AdLINK Group, parent organization of Sedo, recently released its quarterly financial report (pdf). Despite a weak environment for domain parking revenue, the company seems to be holding its own in the current downturn. Sales for the first nine months of 2008 are down 5.4% compared to the same period last year, with sales of EUR 42.4M. However, when you factor in adverse exchange rate ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2008
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How “Google Direct” May Hurt You in a Long Run - Google Adsense for Domains’ mass-market approach will strain domain name industry. Almost all of us were surprised today when Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) said it was opening up its Adsense for Domains program. It used to offer domain advertising relationships only to people with massive traffic, then it shut down the application process completely, and now it’s offering it up to anyone with a domain. From talking to a couple sources, it sounds like Google partners ... read more ...
Thu 11th December 2008
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Google Offers Domain Parking Direct to Publishers [UPDATED] - Google lets customers bypass DomainSponsor, Sedo, and other domain parking companies. [See update at bottom with latest information.] In a surprising move, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is now offering Adsense publishers the opportunity to park their domains directly with Google, rather than using a second-tier provider such as DomainSponsor or Sedo. Domain Name News caught on to this official Google post earlier today. I’m personally shocked at this move, given the retreat ... read more ...
Fri 5th December 2008
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Domain Name Auction Sites Need to Go Mobile - Placing a last second bid on a mobile phone is difficult. I’ve been watching the auction of 529.org on Sedo all week. As you may know, I own a web site related to 529 plans, so 529.org would be a great pickup for me. The auction ended at noon central time yesterday. I had a lunch meeting at the same time, so I decided I’d just login on my phone to place the bid. That didn’t work out so well. (I’m not a fan of leaving high proxy bids ahead of time, as ... read more ...
Wed 3rd December 2008
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Bank Buys SC.com for $300,000 - Two character domain bought by end user. Sedo has completed the sale of SC.com for $300,000, and it appears the buyer is Standard Chartered Bank. Standard Chartered provides banking services mostly in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The Standard Chartered Group was formed in 1969 through a merger of two banks: The Standard Bank of British South Africa founded in 1863 and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, founded in 1853. SC.com isn’t the only ... read more ...
Tue 2nd December 2008
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Sedo’s Numeric Domain Auction Picking Up Steam - With less than 48 hours to go, several names bid to $100,000. Sedo’s first ever numeric domain name auction ends on Thursday. Several domains have been bid to $100,000 or more, but none of them have hit their reserve. So far the biggest sale looks to be 94.com, which has met its reserve at $49,999. According to the domain sales listing, 94.com receives over 6,000 unique visitors per month. The top domain is 88.com at $325,000 with 4 bidders. However, the stated ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2008
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New Aftermarket Launches with Odd Name and Business Model - No, TLDOffers.com won’t sell you top level domains. I’ve written before about new domain name aftermarkets and asked if there was room for anything to compete against the incumbents. Few people think it’s possible. Today I saw a press release for a new market called TLDoffers.com. The name threw me for a loop, especially after reading the home page of the web site: “A top level domain (TLD), sometimes referred to as a top level domain name or TLDN. Basically, ... read more ...
Tue 18th November 2008
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Bank Buys 3 Character Domain Name for $50,000 - Sale of ABL.com headlines sales week at Sedo. Fresh off a million dollar sales week, domain broker Sedo is keeping the momentum alive despite not completing any six figure transactions over the past week. The top sale for the week was ABL.com for $50,000. The seller was ABL Research, Inc. of Duluth, Georgia. The buyer appears to be Allied Bank of Pakistan, which has used the domain name ABL.com.pk for its web presence. The latest balance sheet for the bank show ... read more ...
Mon 17th November 2008
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Sedo Improves Security of Escrow Process - Online account interface makes spoofing more difficult. It has been a while since I’ve sold a domain on Sedo, so I noticed a new security enhancement today when transferring a domain to a buyer. The security problem was that Sedo’s escrow process used to be handled exclusively by e-mail. After Sedo received funds, the seller received an email with instructions for transferring the domain. This e-mail could be spoofed (indeed, I recall reading about at least ... read more ...
Wed 12th November 2008
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Auction Results: Games.mobi Headlines Lackluster .Mobi Auction - Games.mobi sold for $44,000 in .mobi domain name auction. If you believe in .mobi, the top level domain for mobile devices, then today was a great buying opportunity for you. The Sedo .mobi auction concluded with many domains selling at discounts of 50%-90% of what they would have sold for just 6 months ago. Back in September I said this auction would be a “defining moment” for .mobi. It has been defined, as the economy and perhaps an oversupply of “quality” ... read more ...
Tue 11th November 2008
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Sedo has a “Banner” Week for Domain Name Sales - Domain name aftermarket completes transfer of 3 six figure domain names. Sedo had a “banner” week for domain name sales, including completing the transfer of Banners.com for $360,000. But that wasn’t the highest sale; LowFare.com changed hands for $365,000. The sales prowess didn’t stop there. The company also completed the sale of pisos.net for a staggering 150,000 EUR, which easily makes the top ten list of published .net domain name sales of all time. ... read more ...
Tue 4th November 2008
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Sedo Completes Sale of All-In.com for $40,000 - Domain name aftermarket completes sale of domain name to Canadian man. Domain name aftermarket Sedo has completed the sale of All-In.com for $40,000 to a Canadian man. The seller was Internet Media Consutlants SA of Switzerland. There is currently a placeholder on the page, but we can assume the domain name will be used for Poker, as “all in” is a common poker term. It’s a good thing this name wasn’t named by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear in his assault ... read more ...
Tue 28th October 2008
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Sedo Sells MoneyWatch.com for $125,000 - Aftermarket brokers sale of MoneyWatch.com to CNET for $125,000. Sedo has completed the sale of MoneyWatch.com to CNET for $125,000. CNET was purchased by CBS Networks earlier this year. One of CBS’ programs is called Money Watch. The domain currently forwards to a financial page on CNET’s BNET site. The domain was previously owned by Washington, D.C.-based Vantix. The domain was then transferred to DNStination, Inc, which is a holding entity that MarkMonitor ... read more ...
Thu 23rd October 2008
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Parked Pages Differ in Load Time - Load times for parked domain names differ greatly. Most visitors to parked domain names hit the back button on their browser rather than clicking on a link. One way to ensure that visitors click the back button more often is to have parked pages that load very slowly. How many times have you visited a web site and clicked back because it took forever to load? I tested out the domain parking companies today to see how fast their parked pages load. I used a free ... read more ...
Tue 21st October 2008
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Pay Attention: Domains are Selling for Cheap - Recent sales at Sedo show that you should pay attention as deals abound. If you haven’t been watching domain auctions lately, you might be missing out on some great values. Consider these Sedo/GreatDomains sales completed over the past week: Fifties.com for $5,099 and BananaSplit.com $3,100. Now these aren’t the world’s greatest domain names, but I could see them selling for 2 or 3 times as much just a year ago. And frankly, I could see them selling for ... read more ...
Sun 19th October 2008
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Afternic Gets October.com Auction during $16,000 - Auction one of the highest on site for a long time. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write about an exciting auction over at Afternic, but the aftermarket has snagged one with October.com. The domain has a $16,000 bid and an auction has started. It will conclude next Saturday. October.com’s whois record has had privacy protection since 2006. The last public whois record for the domain name showed Acronym Media, Inc. as the owner. Afternic has ... read more ...
Tue 14th October 2008
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Sedo Completes UD.com sale for $99,000 - After an off week, Sedo is back with some solid completed sales. Sedo completed the sale of UD.com for $99,000 over the past week, narrowly missing a six figure sale. But after a slow week for completed sales the prior week, Sedo is back in action with some solid sales. Here’s a drumroll of its notable sales: machineryzone.com 52,000 USD breaks.com 50,000 EUR GreatDomains imagebay.com 24,000 USD website vconversion.com 20,000 USD website igossip.com 18,000 USD equigroup.com 15,000 USD canadians.com 10,099 USD GreatDomains brews.com 9,100 USD GreatDomains fion.com 8,000 USD llll.com 7,900 USD GreatDomains zzl.com 5,550 EUR prai.com 5,500 USD domain.my 16,000 USD gays.nl 15,000 EUR basketball.fr 12,000 EUR iam.co.uk 8,000 USD airtrain.de 5,500 EUR barhocker.ch 5,000 EUR tiertv.de 3,900 EUR address.net 20,010 USD GreatDomains I ... read more ...
Wed 8th October 2008
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Sedo’s Domain Sales Pipeline is Growing - After dismal week for domain name sales, aftermarket is filling up pipeline. Last week was a dismal one for completed domain sales, although the pipeline is full thanks to the TRAFFIC auction. Sales are also looking up over at Sedo. Just a few minutes ago SeedsDirect.com sold for $20,000. The domain gets about 500 visits a month. There are bigger sales on the horizon. All-In.com is active at $40,000 and will close on October 14. Government.net also has a bidder ... read more ...
Tue 7th October 2008
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Domain Stocks Pummeled - Domain name related companies get pummeled on Wall Street. Google’s 52 week stock performance(from Yahoo.com) The stock market is in a free fall, and domain stocks are no exception. Shares of Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) dropped 12.5% yesterday to close at $8.28. At one point it dropped to $7.75. It’s down 27.5% since the beginning of September. Tucows (AMEX: TCX) shares continue to drop, and closed at just $.35 yesterday. The stock has been as high as $1.00 over ... read more ...
Mon 6th October 2008
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10 Things I’d Do if we Were a New Domainer - Here are ten things I’d do if I were just joining the domain name industry. I’ve been in the domain industry for a decade, so I’m stuck with my legacy portfolio to build from. But if I were just entering the industry, here are 10 things I’d do: 1. Focus on quality, not quantity. It used to be everyone had a pissing contest about how many domains they owned. “You only have 5,000? Well I have 10,000″. But the guy or gal holding 1,000 domains may be ... read more ...
Tue 30th September 2008
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Sedo Sells Coiffurefemme.net for $80,000 - French .net term sells for close to $80,000. Sedo has completed the sale of coiffurefemme.net for 55,000 EUR, or almost $80,000 USD. The domain means women’s hairstyle in French. This is a surprising price paid for this domain, and the domain’s whois record is protected by whois privacy so it’s difficult to understand who bought it. The .com version of this domain is listed for sale on Sedo and BuyDomains with no specific price. If anyone has insight to ... read more ...
Thu 25th September 2008
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Backdrop for this Week’s Domain Auctions is Shaky - This week’s onslaught of domain auctions couldn’t have come at a more unstable time. Call it the week of domain name auctions: two from Moniker, plus auctions from Rick Latona Auctions, Aftermarket.com, and Sedo. Also call it the week of economic uncertainty. Yesterday afternoon the backdrop for the Aftermarket.com auction was knowledge that President Bush was going to address the nation about the financial crisis just a few hours later. In that speech, he ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Great Domains Auction Ends Today 2 PM EDT - Domain auction has many domains that have hit reserve. Domain name aftermarket and parking company Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction ends today at 2 PM Eastern. Auctions receiving bids in the final minutes will be extended. Two domains in the auction have hits six figures but neither are close to meeting the reserve price. Planet.com is at $200,000, well below the $500,000-$1,000,000 reserve. Fly.com, which changed hands for a reported $1.5 million in 1999, ... read more ...
Wed 24th September 2008
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Sedo Tweaks Domain Listings - Sedo makes changes to domain listings pages. Last month Sedo rolled out major enhancements to its domain listings. The domain sales and parking company just made a few more changes based on feedback from the domain community. First, the Seller Activity Index represents 12 months of completed sales and is represented by a colored meter instead of stars. I like this change as stars seem to indicate how “good” something is, whereas this index is merely an indicator ... read more ...
Tue 23rd September 2008
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November Auction is Defining Moment for .Mobi - Auction of 200 reserved domain names will test the aftermarket for .mobi domain names. I know the folks over at dotMobi like me, but I’m honored they selected my birthday to launch a massive .mobi auction over at Sedo. The auction starting November 5 will include 200 reserved domain names, and there are some doozies such as Blackjack.mobi, Games.mobi (which previously “sold” for $401,500), and xxx.mobi. After slowly auctioning off many of its previous domains ... read more ...