AZ_Saint

I've noticed some of the auctions on Sedo, and some sale date from DN Sales that shows high sale amounts for names that i would have thought were not that good.

Are these sales for real?

For example, apparantly MyStore.me sold for $7k.

Thoughts?

sdsinc

I dunno but many sales are one of a kind and unpredictable. There is some luck involved too. Also, some sales announced at Sedo may not complete. But the results could still be indexed in Dnsaleprice etc even though they are not real.

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cjc790

A lot of the really high sales tend to be to end users who are willing to pay a lot more. Personally the name - mystore.me isn't one I'd take but mystore.com would be. All depends on the buyer & sedo is a very trustworthy marketplace so their sales are true.

defaultuser

Which is it? You can't put true in quotes if they are trustworthy.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/742855-are-those-sedo-sales-for-real.html
I'd go with "not trustworthy" but "true" (some of the time). Allegedly.

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cjc790

Sorry didn't mean to confuse. Now that I look at it, I didn't say it right. I believe Sedo to be a trustworthy source. But like sdsinc said they're kind of all over the place and not consistent especially when looking at brandables and 4L & 5L names. So the results are real and true but might not be consistent when looking at pricing your own names.

dnb8

I'm sure that sedo sales are real to the point when they got the money and sent the domain to the buyer, but you never can confirm that this guys just wanted to wash dirty money and they staged this transaction.

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carob

Afaik dnjournal only publish sales if they have seen evidence that the domain was paid for.

So sometimes you see a sale on Sedo that does not appear on dnjournal and so the transaction was possibly not completed. One auction ending above $5k was seen on Sedo but not dnjournal and the domain actually dropped later. Since auctions are public anyone can see what price a domain finished at, even if the sale never completes.

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MicroGuy

Also......

Many of these sales are thought to be "registry financed" and/or "money laundering" transactions. The former boosts registrations and increases domain speculation while the latter serves as a money washing function when illicit cartels need to move and clean money.

The best way to tell is to wait a few months after the sale and see if the domain is still parked. IMO.

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junosama

I am always amazed at how much crappy domains go for. That's why the domain market is so crazy. You could have a killer domain take 3 years to sell and some stupid domain sell right away for a ton.