Adding prices to Sedo...

[labrocca]

So the past year I have an ZERO offers at Sedo. The previous year I had many offers so I have to wonder..what's different?

I know there might be more competition but I have never gotten an afternic offer either.

So...I wanted to know is it maybe because I don't list prices? Does having it open for any offer make buyers wary of price gouging or are they searching for domains under a certain price?

I am thinking of spending the time to go through my entire portfolio (400+ parked) and adding prices to see if there is a difference.

 

[onewordonly]

I place all my domains there for sale whether they are parked or not and I usually set the price at just under the max (10,000) then later I come back and set the proper price I think they are worth If I have time. I had one domain there listed at 9,999 or something like that and I had not got around to setting a more appropriate price but I got offered 1,000 for it and took it so now I keep all my domains at fairly high prices unless I really want to push them hard and sell them then I will lower the price.

 

[dotnom]

I left afternic for good
What i noticed is that because of the ridiculous claims of the wanna be domainers or domainers that want to buy the Ferrari they saw the other day the empty price field makes people afraid
However even with set prices you may still don't get successfully offers BUT you will increase the numbers of your sales pages

 

[Michael]

I usually don't put prices on my domains, and when I'm making offers a listing not having a price doesn't stop me. Sometimes it is just hard to get noticed on Sedo/Afternic because there are so many listings.

There are ways to get noticed though

 

[soggyindo]

There are ways to get noticed though

oo! tantalizing line! care to elaborate?

do you mean paying for names to be featured, or send-me-to-sedo kinda deals?

 

[Michael]

Link is in my sig. It is equivalent to putting a $60 price expectation on your Sedo page, except PushToAuction.com isn't completely cluttered so you can still get noticed.

Unlike having this on the forum where it could encourage favors because you see whose name you are bidding on, PushToAuction.com is anonymous so a lot less prone to abuse.

 

[soggyindo]

lol! i have the same thing here http://namehugger.com/sendmetosedo
but you've put some lovely effort into yours.

is it free to list? and is sedo really a sponsor?!

 

[Michael]

it's free for a standard listing, but the home page listing costs $10. the banners on the sides are affiliate links.

 

[alanj878]

but I have a questions do paying 39 to be on the frnt page actually work or the 9 bucks a better value

 

[Michael]

but I have a questions do paying 39 to be on the frnt page actually work or the 9 bucks a better value

Every person I've talked to who paid for that service said neither one was worth it.

 

[cache]

I think 400+ is not large enough to guarantee any offers.

 

[accent]

Do you have whois privacy - better check to see if it forwards your mail - I found it did not at a major registrar.

I get occasional offers, mostly from domainers, via whois -- and I often suspect that they found the name on Sedo and want to avoid fees.

 

[soggyindo]

cool - do you ever add a 'this domain may be for sale' message on your whois, and under what section?

 

[Mark]

It's probably not as anonymous as you think ...

 

[soggyindo]

gosh what a mysterious thread!

:ghost:

 

[Michael]

It's probably not as anonymous as you think ...

Well obviously it couldn't be completely anonymous unless I required everyone to have private whois and only accept domains that have never been posted on any forum or ever put in a sig. Sedo doesn't even go to those great lengths...

Even on Sedo you can find out who on the forums is listing a domain and try to work out a way to help each other out... people who want to be shady will find a way to be shady.

The point is it isn't like the forums where there is a user name right next to the domain listing and it is easy to feel an obligation to the person bidding on your domain, express or implied. But with this system, you don't know who is bidding on your domain unless the bidder intentionally contacts the seller, but again, that could happen on Sedo too.

PushToAuction.com is just like putting a $60 price expectation on your Sedo listing, except it isn't lost in a sea of what Sedo claims to be 11.5 million domains for sale.

 

[deleted984054565403]

Every person I've talked to who paid for that service said neither one was worth it.

Sedo's Featured Listing brings you a ton of "Views of Offer", but not many actual offers, I've found. I put some of my best names as Featured this past month -- received 1,200 views of offer (my other 85 domains receive 0-5 "views of offer" monthly), and about three ridiculously low offers on both names.

The last time I tried it, I received a similar response -- about 600 people looking at my domain, but no offers.

 

[Slick Domains]

I list every domain at Sedo for $60.00 (the minimum). Then when someone offers the minimum, I counter offer with my actual price I am asking. This way I can gauge interest in each domain and it bumps up the "bids" count next to the domain and makes it look more sought after.

Remember, just because you list it at a certain price, that doesn't mean if someone offers you that you have to accept it. I get a few offers a day usually and about half are serious about buying the domain instead of looking to get it at an insanely low price.

 

[deleted984054565403]

I list every domain at Sedo for $60.00 (the minimum). Then when someone offers the minimum, I counter offer with my actual price I am asking. This way I can gauge interest in each domain and it bumps up the "bids" count next to the domain and makes it look more sought after.

Remember, just because you list it at a certain price, that doesn't mean if someone offers you that you have to accept it. I get a few offers a day usually and about half are serious about buying the domain instead of looking to get it at an insanely low price.

That's a great strategy -- also a good way to send names to auction. :gl:

 

[YAYnames.com]

Sedo's Featured Listing brings you a ton of "Views of Offer", but not many actual offers, I've found. I put some of my best names as Featured this past month -- received 1,200 views of offer (my other 85 domains receive 0-5 "views of offer" monthly), and about three ridiculously low offers on both names.

The last time I tried it, I received a similar response -- about 600 people looking at my domain, but no offers.

I've had one success using the home page, got a decent offer in 3 days.

BUT, I've tried it more times than I care to admit, and the results have been just as Etab stated - tons of looks, but ZERO offers.

Maybe the names I tried it with were just crappy.