Get SEDO to feature ALL auctions on front page

[dag]

As you may have noticed, on Sedo's home page they only feature .COM auctions in the "Auction Listings" box, providing less visibility for other extensions that are at auction there. I wrote to them to suggest that they change that to feature either auctions ending soon in ALL extensions, or notable auctions in any extension. After all, people with .COM auctions aren't paying any extra to get on that front page feature.

The reply I got was this:

"Thank you for your email and for your suggestions. Currently, our system
only puts .COM domains on the homepage auctions, but I will pass your
suggestion on to the technical and marketing department. Although only .COM
domains appear on the auction homepage, we have seen prospective buyers bid
on domains that are not on the homepage listing within the last few hours of
the auction."

So my suggestion was passed along -- but who knows what that means? I'm thinking that if enough of us wrote to Sedo regarding a change in the way they handle these, that they might actually do it. It would be simple enough for them to do.

So if this bothers you too, send them an e-mail! Let's see if we can get it to change... :tu:

 

[Damion]

Good point Dave, and i wondered about this myself as well why this is not being done from the start. In the beginning of the introduction of the auction feature i thought that the first three auctions where the auctions that has received the highest offers and after that auctions that will be ending soon.

It would be more effective in terms of exposure if a domain that is about to end is listed on the front page just to get that extra attention.

I vote for it!

Anyone else :talk:

 

[wot]

Good point Dave, and i wondered about this myself as well why this is not being done from the start. In the beginning of the introduction of the auction feature i thought that the first three auctions where the auctions that has received the highest offers and after that auctions that will be ending soon.

It would be more effective in terms of exposure if a domain that is about to end is listed on the front page just to get that extra attention.

I vote for it!

Anyone else :talk:

Agreed, minimum last 12 hours of ALL auctions should be on front page - if Sedo want to promote the big $ auctions with xxx days to run perhaps create another section or some other option. :hi:

 

[rokoroko]

I agree 100% for all extensions,

why sould be more exposed medium or weak coms upon keywords biz ,org,net TV?

 

[dag]

I agree 100% for all extensions,

why sould be more exposed medium or weak coms upon keywords biz ,org,net TV?

Exactly. While MyLousyDomain.com gets front-page featuring, your StockExchange.TV would be missed by many Sedo visitors.

 

[Damion]

It looks like there is no more extension discrimination

gary.com 6d 21h 26,667 $US
bqb.com 4h 39m 4,500 $US
zophya.com 6h 4m 100 $US
lyricsvault.com 10h 30m 450 $US
goldtimepieces.com 10h 59m 300 $US
starwedding.com 14h 10m 1,000 $US
motor-news.com 15h 7m 190 $US
baratoshoteles.com 18h 7m 160 $US
webpreneur.com 21h 0m 110 $US
fírm.com 22h 32m 700 $US
iamhorny.co.uk 1d 0h 100 £
fastfoodamerica.com 1d 6h 60 $US
lonely-people.com 1d 6h 250 $US

All in consecutive order of soon to be ending auctions and a .co.uk is in the mix as well.

It looks like the auctions that are close to the end are being showcased on the frontpage

 

[klm390]

And my $5000.whatever auction gives Sedo a higher return than the crappy $60.com. For that alone I would expect to be placed high or compensated for a lower grade of service(i.e. smaller percent commission for sedo)
If they did it by time left on all auctions, that would be more than fair. But they pick the front pagers and until they change that, people should get what they pay for and not hid behind alowbid.com



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FRONT PAGE LISTINGS

gary.com 6d 21h 26,667 $US
bqb.com 4h 32m 4,500 $US
zophya.com 5h 57m 100 $US
lyricsvault.com 10h 24m 450 $US
goldtimepieces.com 10h 52m 300 $US
starwedding.com 14h 4m 1,000 $US
motor-news.com 15h 0m 190 $US
baratoshoteles.com 18h 0m 160 $US
webpreneur.com 20h 53m 110 $US
fírm.com 22h 25m 700 $US
iamhorny.co.uk 1d 0h 100 £
fastfoodamerica.com 1d 6h 60 $US
lonely-people.com 1d 6h 250 $US



ACTUAL TIME LEFT ON ALL AUCTIONS starting with these
saeuglinge.de 353 EUR 3 17m
newsheute.de 100 EUR 1 45m
archivos.tv 1,000 $US 1 2h 43m
bqb.com 4,500 $US 24 4h 31m
shemalephotos... 550 $US 2 5h 17m
328.mobi 328 £ 1 5h 50m

 

[dag]

It looks like there is no more extension discrimination

gary.com 6d 21h 26,667 $US
bqb.com 4h 39m 4,500 $US
zophya.com 6h 4m 100 $US
lyricsvault.com 10h 30m 450 $US
goldtimepieces.com 10h 59m 300 $US
starwedding.com 14h 10m 1,000 $US
motor-news.com 15h 7m 190 $US
baratoshoteles.com 18h 7m 160 $US
webpreneur.com 21h 0m 110 $US
fírm.com 22h 32m 700 $US
iamhorny.co.uk 1d 0h 100 £
fastfoodamerica.com 1d 6h 60 $US
lonely-people.com 1d 6h 250 $US

All in consecutive order of soon to be ending auctions and a .co.uk is in the mix as well.

It looks like the auctions that are close to the end are being showcased on the frontpage

I guess that's not the case, based on klm's observation. I'm not sure how the .co.uk got in there, but they definitely aren't just showing the soon-to-end auctions... :bah:

I hope you've all written to Sedo to complain about this -- and those of you who are reading this thread but not posting! Hopefully we can get it through to them that this isn't a satisfactory way of handling things. This would be to their benefit too -- they'd get better commissions on many of the auctions if they showed "ending soon" and included all the extensions.

 

[Damion]

You're right Dagersh, it seems there is still a case of extension discrimination

My bad...

 

[dag]

If anyone gets a reply from Sedo after writing them about this, please post it so we can see if there seems to be any more positive news to look forward to...