Featured Domains at Sedo

[John Baron]

what do you guys think about the Featured Domains section at sedo ?
iam thinking about getting it for one of my domains , but iam not too sure about it , it seems that most of the domain that are listed there are pretty crappy over priced and iam not sure i want my domain to be a part of that group
any advise about it ?

 

[NetRico]

I bought one or two featured listings on Sedo a few years back and was UNDERwhelmed by the results. Haven't read about much about other's experiences being any better.

I suppose it depends on the ultimate goal ... i.e., are you looking to get an opening bid so you can push to auction? If so, will the projected final value of the name plus commissions plus cost of featured listing make sense?

 

[tkstark]

i bought a bunch of featured listings a year over a year ago, when i was starting out in this t'ing. sold one name that way with a good rate of return. it was a one-word, very commercial typo. nearly all of the other names i listed were crappy, and they got no love.

what i've heard (and i think it makes sense) is that only strong, short names profit from featured listings. if you've got a good name, it'll stand out amidst all the crappy, overpriced stuff.

one good thing about featured listings: even if you don't sell the name, hundreds of people will view the listing who otherwise wouldn't know your name exists. if you use it to list some of your other high-quality names, you're getting publicity for all of them. it's not unusual for close to 1,000 sets of eyes to check out the page of a featured listing.