Should I be reconsidering Sedo as a secondary sales venue

Edwin · 11-09-2009, 09:59:25 PM

Quite a while back now, I took all my names off of Sedo (sales site) at the same time as I stopped parking with them and started redirecting the traffic directly to my sales site. But I was recently starting to wonder whether there was any real benefit to listing names for sale at Sedo (not parked, just in their for-sale catalogue) in parallel to marketing them directly?

Anyone have any success (or horror) stories to share? Am I missing a trick by not dumping my portfolio on there too? Or is it just a waste of time at the end user pricing level?

scooter · 11-09-2009, 10:47:28 PM

I think it is worth it. Without giving the name away, I had a hotels domain listed with them but with the domain on a straight redirect to activehotels manchester listings making the odd pound. It was a .com

I sold it through sedo for 2.5K 2 years ago.

.

scooter · 11-09-2009, 11:15:11 PM

I just realised I have sold 2 this way. The other was hire4less.co.uk that was on a straight redirect to holiday autos. It was sold through sedo for �2K 3 years ago.

.

foz · 12-09-2009, 04:09:50 AM

Sedo does have an active buying audience outside the lead generation that domain parking brings them.

I list domains with them and have made sales, sales I suspect would not have occurred through direct selling methods.

admin · 12-09-2009, 06:37:59 AM

I've had 2 private sales this week, first ones of any kind in ages.

Sedo bring a lot of enquiries followed by low ball offers.

Nigel · 12-09-2009, 09:16:17 AM

We're getting lots of bidding activity at the moment and quite a few sales at Sedo (tho' not on a sales listing only basis - the domains are parked there). Think it must be a sign of the perceived upturn in the economy in the last couple of weeks. I still think its going to be tough economically for quite some time and a few twists and turns that we can't see at the moment. Some bids are definitely via people looking at the lists only i.e. on a domain that may not have received any traffic in the last 32 days (so the bidder did not see the domain by visiting the parked page). So it can't hurt you to list your domains there Edwin.

Brassneck · 12-09-2009, 08:13:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nigel

We're getting lots of bidding activity at the moment and quite a few sales at Sedo (tho' not on a sales listing only basis - the domains are parked there). Think it must be a sign of the perceived upturn in the economy in the last couple of weeks. I still think its going to be tough economically for quite some time and a few twists and turns that we can't see at the moment. Some bids are definitely via people looking at the lists only i.e. on a domain that may not have received any traffic in the last 32 days (so the bidder did not see the domain by visiting the parked page). So it can't hurt you to list your domains there Edwin.

I'd agree with all the above.

Some recent weeks I have had 3 or 4 sales all via Sedo, and for all kinds of domains.

Stephen.

mally · 12-09-2009, 08:19:58 PM

I always check sedo, when I've got a good idea at the type of domain I'm looking for. I got Boating Holiday a few days ago via Sedo, and it wasn't parked their either

tifosi · 12-09-2009, 10:23:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admin

I've had 2 private sales this week, first ones of any kind in ages.

Sedo bring a lot of enquiries followed by low ball offers.

Had 2 offers in the last 2 weeks... both offering �50. After sedo's commission I'd be making a loss. After counteroffers (both reasonable low xxx) both ended up being cancelled (The I'll offer you �100 and no more, cos I can buy one for �6. Or, well it only cost you �6 and I can get another similar one for that, wear thin after a while - good luck to them if they want to try that!).

After the fiasco of the adult & other auctions as well as sedo cancelling sales with cut n paste responses and no answers to my mails I got pretty pissed off with sedo and considered removing all my domains. I left them there in the end but not before I cleared the minimum offer fields.

Bit of a 2 edged sword that, issue with across the board min offers (to stop lowball offers) is that that's what is offered and tends to be no more. But better than �50 for A/B grade names!

I'll have to readd the entries but individually... another few hours wasted probably!

S

Edwin · 13-09-2009, 10:01:09 AM

Thanks for all the feedback - if I do go ahead I'm going to specify an x,xxx minimum of some kind to weed out timewasters. Sounds like it's worth considering, at any rate.

11-09-2009, 09:59:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 4,165 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	Should I be reconsidering Sedo as a secondary sales venue Quite a while back now, I took all my names off of Sedo (sales site) at the same time as I stopped parking with them and started redirecting the traffic directly to my sales site. But I was recently starting to wonder whether there was any real benefit to listing names for sale at Sedo (not parked, just in their for-sale catalogue) in parallel to marketing them directly? Anyone have any success (or horror) stories to share? Am I missing a trick by not dumping my portfolio on there too? Or is it just a waste of time at the end user pricing level? __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

11-09-2009, 10:47:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
scooter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,541 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 21)	I think it is worth it. Without giving the name away, I had a hotels domain listed with them but with the domain on a straight redirect to activehotels manchester listings making the odd pound. It was a .com I sold it through sedo for 2.5K 2 years ago. . __________________ Motorhome hire Scotland :: EzGAMER

11-09-2009, 11:15:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
scooter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,541 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 21)	I just realised I have sold 2 this way. The other was hire4less.co.uk that was on a straight redirect to holiday autos. It was sold through sedo for �2K 3 years ago. . __________________ Motorhome hire Scotland :: EzGAMER

12-09-2009, 06:37:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
admin Administrator Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,601 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	I've had 2 private sales this week, first ones of any kind in ages. Sedo bring a lot of enquiries followed by low ball offers. __________________ Domain Appraisal \| Domain Scripts \| Domain Software\| link to Acorn Domains

12-09-2009, 09:16:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nigel Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 823 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 30)	We're getting lots of bidding activity at the moment and quite a few sales at Sedo (tho' not on a sales listing only basis - the domains are parked there). Think it must be a sign of the perceived upturn in the economy in the last couple of weeks. I still think its going to be tough economically for quite some time and a few twists and turns that we can't see at the moment. Some bids are definitely via people looking at the lists only i.e. on a domain that may not have received any traffic in the last 32 days (so the bidder did not see the domain by visiting the parked page). So it can't hurt you to list your domains there Edwin. Last edited by Nigel; 12-09-2009 at 09:20:53 AM.

12-09-2009, 04:09:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
foz Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NZ Posts: 1,581 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 20)	Sedo does have an active buying audience outside the lead generation that domain parking brings them. I list domains with them and have made sales, sales I suspect would not have occurred through direct selling methods.

12-09-2009, 08:19:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
mally Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Durham Posts: 1,825 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 48)	I always check sedo, when I've got a good idea at the type of domain I'm looking for. I got Boating Holiday a few days ago via Sedo, and it wasn't parked their either __________________ Crisis Loans residual income affiliate network review Lottery Syndicate Dream Meanings Price Comparison Fitness Magazines Charity Credit Cards

13-09-2009, 10:01:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 4,165 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	Thanks for all the feedback - if I do go ahead I'm going to specify an x,xxx minimum of some kind to weed out timewasters. Sounds like it's worth considering, at any rate. __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

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