What is happening with these domains?

[boxfish]

Can anyone explain to me what is happening with these sites please?

Recent sales on domainlore:

cotswolds.org.uk
rucksack.co.uk

I understand that they are being redirected but for what purpose?

No reason I want to know other that being nosey. The only time I have seen redirects like this is from super spammy sites.

To buy a domain for £3.2k to do this seems a waste - is it profitable?

Wouldn't it make sense to buy a domain like rclegends.co.uk for £60 (sold today) which has received 5000+ in traffic during it's time at auction to do this, rather than £3.2k for a domain that received a couple of hundred visits?

 

[ChrisMM]

Just a heads up - My Avast is freaking out when I try visit those 2 urls.

 

[diablo]

Just a heads up - My Avast is freaking out when I try visit those 2 urls.

Both are Sedo landing pages.

 

[boxfish]

Both are Sedo landing pages.

Really?

For me it redirects through 7 or 8 sites landing on a different end page each time. Usually polls, quizzes or job sites/specific job listings

 

[deedee is verified member.]

Really?

For me it redirects through 7 or 8 sites landing on a different end page each time. Usually polls, quizzes or job sites/specific job listings

yep.... me too

 

[diablo]

Really?

For me it redirects through 7 or 8 sites landing on a different end page each time. Usually polls, quizzes or job sites/specific job listings

Same for me now, but earlier they both resolved to Sedo landing pages: rucksack.co.uk was listed at £20,000.

Whois shows Sedo nameservers for both names.

Not sure what's going on.

 

[deedee is verified member.]

I'm probably hitting cached nameservers or something if they show as Sedo. I think i visited yesterday when first seeing this thread.

 

[SystregSystreg is verified member.]

Looks similar to "zero click" that I've seen on Sedo before, see topic here and other topic link on the thread:

https://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/has-sedo-been-hacked.114447

 

[boxfish]

Looks similar to "zero click" that I've seen on Sedo before, see topic here and other topic link on the thread:

https://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/has-sedo-been-hacked.114447

Thanks, I think that must be the case.

Surprising they don't have advertisers based around those two domains though.

 

[Jontee]

Hi all,

I haven't checked them out myself but if they resolve to different sites, then I guess they might be placed in a url rotator which can redirect to different sites each time the page is refreshed. I saw this type of service a few years back.