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Yet another commission increase.

Discussion in 'Sedo' started by bluerock, Mar 31, 2015.

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  1. bluerock United Kingdom

    bluerock Well-Known Member

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    Yet another increase in minimum sale commission to £45 after just increasing it to £35 a few months ago.

    "The minimum commission fee for category 1 listings will be updated to 60 EUR/USD (45 GBP) compared to the previous amount of 50 EUR/USD (35 GBP)"

    So £45 to sell a £99 domain. Bye Bye Sedo
     
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    You beat me to it, I've just received the emails too:

    So they will now charge you VAT on top as well (unless you can reclaim it as a registered business)

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  4. bluerock United Kingdom

    bluerock Well-Known Member

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    They dont say whether HMRC receives the vat or whether its benefits Germany.
    After just raising the min to £35 they again increase it to £45. Completely unjustified.
     
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    Do people still list with them? :rolleyes:

    Work your own leads on DNS (commission free).
     
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    grantw Well-Known Member

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    Where is this text coming from, I'm not seeing it in the email or the page it links to?

    "In cases where our clients are obliged to pay VAT for any sale or purchase, this amount will now be added on top of the commission fee whereas previously it was included in the commission fee (if applicable). This new addition will only affect sales/purchases of our clients who are based in the EU (and trading as a private person, without a VAT number)."

    Cheers
     
  7. bluerock United Kingdom

    bluerock Well-Known Member

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    Its in an email titled "Changes to Sedo's VAT and minimum commision fees". Not sure if you have it.
     
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    I got an email stating:

    "On April 9, 2015, we will be changing the minimum fee and minimum bid amounts for the first time."
     
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    Isn't it the vat moss thing. So Germany will get the vat no doubt.

    Just wait for a bid then change the nameservers to your own parking page.
     
  10. grantw United Kingdom

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    Cheers, I've got a different email.

    Was hoping to see something about them no longer robbing VAT registered sellers by taking a % of the VAT amount and expecting the seller to reimburse the tax man! No such luck!

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  11. martin-s United Kingdom

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    The killer for not using Sedo is their integration with the likes of GoDaddy.

    Most people don't know to go to Sedo, but they do know how to search for domains at the big registrars.

    What we need is another firm to compete on that access.
     
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    Afternic has that deal with GoDaddy.
     
  13. bluerock United Kingdom

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    Ive just asked Sedo the following questions. When/if I receive an answer I'll post it here.

    "Can you please explain what would happen to the following 2 sales:
    Domain sold at Buy Now for £500 with seller not vat registered.
    Domain sold at Buy Now for £500 with seller vat registered.

    Also regarding the vat Sedo collect is this paid to HMRC or the German equivalent."
     
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    Interested to know Sedo's response to this
     
  15. bluerock United Kingdom

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    Heres what Ive been told:
    "I know that it can be frustrating when anything regarding commission increases lands in your inbox, but hopefully I can assuage you by clarifying that this isn’t an increase in the commission rates per se, but an increase in the minimum amount of commission we must charge for processing transactions. There will be many transactions which will not be at all affected by this.

    The reason we’ve had to make this change is that the current price structure was not economically viable for us. In other words, the amount it costs us to process these transactions was not being covered by our minimum commission fee. As with any business, we need to remain competitive, especially when we are always trying to invest more in our product in order to create a better selling platform for our customers and ever more exposure for their domains.

    With regards to the VAT changes, it is simply that we are now charging commission with VAT on top, and at the rate charged in the country where the customer is located.

    That is to say, a domain sold at 1000 GBP and which is subject to 15% commission would receive a commission invoice for 150 GBP plus 30 GBP VAT, 180 GBP in total, in the case that the customer is in the UK where VAT is charged at 20%.

    As for your two examples, both would be charged the same rate, assuming the sellers are located in the same country, it’s just that the seller who is VAT registered can claim this back (as far as I understand VAT registration)."
     
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    "Also regarding the vat Sedo collect is this paid to HMRC or the German equivalent."

    This question was not answered.
     
  17. martin-s United Kingdom

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    Hands up if you hate Sedo.

    They bombard us with $99 auctions, but with commissions so high, it's barely worth selling a domain for less than about £250-300.
     
  18. Lucky Luke United Kingdom

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    Acorn & DomainLore are great for trade sales, but where else can you go to put up a 'domain for sale' sign to the general public?
     
  19. bluerock United Kingdom

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    in fairness they can't, or sort of have - if I have understood this VAT MOSS thing right, VAT is now at point of purchase, not point of sale.

    so, if a buyer purchases in Germany, VAT goes there, UK, VAT goes there.

    I am guessing Sedo have registered in all countries they trade in for this to be the case, rather than going the 'all in one' option that was on offer.
     
  21. TallBloke

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    You can host your own 'For Sale' holding pages I guess.

    Maybe with a £45 +VAT min fee that will make more domainers choose that method?
     
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