question I sell much more on Sedo than Afternic

[davidc1]

Hello,

These days I sell more on sedo than afternic.
Before it was around 90% on afternic and 10% on sedo, but now it's maybe 70% on sedo and 30% afternic.

Any idea ?

 

[hn]

Its not where the domain sells! Its anywhere the domain sells that matters!!! Actually even I have sold a good number mainly via Sedo. But this year for me most have been via Cloudname followed by Dan! But still max sales for me are via Sedo.

 

[DotComRealty]

Its not where the domain sells! Its anywhere the domain sells that matters!!! Actually even I have sold a good number mainly via Sedo. But this year for me most have been via Cloudname followed by Dan! But still max sales for me are via Sedo.

Yeah, anywhere it sells is good. Just trying to get the best exposure, and the buyer trust, and ease of purchase - most sales.

Never heard of cloudname - do you use their landers? Most of my names are now at Dan. I like the landers, and they are customizable, and have the Godaddy brand and Trustpilot there to assure the buyers. Nice.

 

[biggie]

So the keywords really aren't relevant and helpful if you are not doing PPC and only doing the landers for sale only?

Hi

i think, maybe you over think it
if trying to derive definitive conclusions, when there are none or it's not necessary.

whether you're parking with ppc or landers with no ads, "the keywords" are always relevant in a domain or to a domain.

imo...

 

[hn]

Yeah, anywhere it sells is good. Just trying to get the best exposure, and the buyer trust, and ease of purchase - most sales.

Never heard of cloudname - do you use their landers? Most of my names are now at Dan. I like the landers, and they are customizable, and have the Godaddy brand and Trustpilot there to assure the buyers. Nice.

True as long as it sells, it does not matter where it sells

Cloudname was launched earlier this year, and I have been adding many domains to their marketplace. I was able to sell 4 domains through them and all transactions worked out quite well.

 

[slide_show]

Cloudname was launched earlier this year, and I have been adding many domains to their marketplace. I was able to sell 4 domains through them and all transactions worked out quite well.

@hn Are you selling regular domains at Cloundname? What are the fees?

Their terms mention listing fees, success fees and a pricing table. Though the link to the pricing table doesn't exist.

 

[hn]

@hn Are you selling regular domains at Cloundname? What are the fees?

Their terms mention listing fees, success fees and a pricing table. Though the link to the pricing table doesn't exist.

Yes I have been adding many domains to their platform. Started during their beta phase. They are slowly updating their site and adding features. Seems to work well. No listing fees right now and for the last few transactions I was charged 10% success fee. They mentioned that they will have different account levels based on how many $CNAME we hold so long term they may provide some benefit and different pricing for different account holders I guess.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Why the Sedo wind is not coming towards me?

Nobody responded to this, so I guess I'll ask the question to you. Have you had much better luck with Afternic or some other marketplace? And, if so, were the landers pointed there or was there some other factor you think may have contributed to that success elsewhere?

Admittedly, despite changing to these new sl1/sl2 landers, I'm not seeing any improvements yet with Sedo's success rate. It really seems to me that even if your prices are lower on Sedo, still Afternic is the one that buyers readily go to.

 

[davidc1]

Nobody responded to this, so I guess I'll ask the question to you. Have you had much better luck with Afternic or some other marketplace? And, if so, were the landers pointed there or was there some other factor you think may have contributed to that success elsewhere?

Admittedly, despite changing to these new sl1/sl2 landers, I'm not seeing any improvements yet with Sedo's success rate. It really seems to me that even if your prices are lower on Sedo, still Afternic is the one that buyers readily go to.

I opened this thread because something happened few days ago, look to this guy he see also something happening :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1588194126507409409

I made many sales over sedo/namecheap during a very few days, now it's stopped.

I decided to also test sedo landers sl2, sl2 , I split tested my portfolio between dan/sedo/afternic, sedo is out, I continue this split test with dan and afternic only. I should have the result between the two others in less than a week, for the moment it's not clear which one is better than the other...

 

[Haroon Basha]

Nobody responded to this, so I guess I'll ask the question to you. Have you had much better luck with Afternic or some other marketplace? And, if so, were the landers pointed there or was there some other factor you think may have contributed to that success elsewhere?

Admittedly, despite changing to these new sl1/sl2 landers, I'm not seeing any improvements yet with Sedo's success rate. It really seems to me that even if your prices are lower on Sedo, still Afternic is the one that buyers readily go to.

My favorite Selling platform is Afternic only. Very occasionally, I get order from Sedo, even though all my names are listed at Sedo also, like I did in Afternic. It seems Sedo is showing some partisan attitudes.

 

[marijuanadomain]

Sedo has a better dashboard

 

[topdom]

Maybe GD agents are busy or lazy.

 

[DotComRealty]

I opened this thread because something happened few days ago, look to this guy he see also something happening :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1588194126507409409

I made many sales over sedo/namecheap during a very few days, now it's stopped.

I decided to also test sedo landers sl2, sl2 , I split tested my portfolio between dan/sedo/afternic, sedo is out, I continue this split test with dan and afternic only. I should have the result between the two others in less than a week, for the moment it's not clear which one is better than the other...

 

[DotComRealty]

Congrats. I could see uploading a few thousand cheap domains and selling several in a day. But....how many domains - what kind of pricing? What names sold? Would be interesting to know.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Maybe GD agents are busy or lazy.

Probably busy, given the number of domains on Afternic and GoDaddy....
For Sedo, their staffing seemed much smaller. Is this accurate? And perhaps this is a factor in the fewer sales we see on Sedo?

 

[biggie]

For Sedo, their staffing seemed much smaller. Is this accurate? And perhaps this is a factor in the fewer sales we see on Sedo?

Hi

whois "we"?

and...
how long have you been monitoring sales on sedo?

don't feed off others speculation.

sedo is not a registrar, unlike godaddy, so logically and assumably they wouldn't need the same amount of people to operate sufficiently.
also, a smaller staff may be more attentive and accountable,
when there are less people to give you the "run around".

imo...

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

sedo is not a registrar, unlike godaddy, so logically and assumably they wouldn't need the same amount of people to operate sufficiently.
also, a smaller staff may be more attentive and accountable,
when there are less people to give you the "run around".

imo...

To their credit, their online customer service support seems to be much faster than before. What would be really nice is seeing their hours of operation expand. They report some decent sales every month. You would wonder if it would make sense for them as a business to have extended customer support hours. Perhaps that would help increase the sales on their marketplace?

 

[biggie]

To their credit, their online customer service support seems to be much faster than before. What would be really nice is seeing their hours of operation expand. They report some decent sales every month. You would wonder if it would make sense for them as a business to have extended customer support hours. Perhaps that would help increase the sales on their marketplace?

Hi

when calling during business hours, i always got answer.

sure, it's possible that by increasing work hours it might increase sales -
but how many sales are needed, and at what sales price do they need to be, to earn enough commissions to pay employees for those extra hours?

so, now when you ask them to work on weekends, are you going to pay them" time and 1/2".

some of us like to be off on weekends and not work late at night.

just saying....

imo...

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

sure, it's possible that by increasing work hours it might increase sales -
but how many sales are needed, and at what sales price do they need to be, to earn enough commissions to pay employees for those extra hours?

That is a question that hopefully they have examined. Perhaps they already have done a trial of this, seeing how many potential buyers called at night or on a weekend, leading to a quick sale? Would be interesting to know?
I was humored when I was having a technical support issue on a weekend. Calls from the USA were apparently being forwarded to Germany! I was delighted to get a live person, but their only response was to call on Monday. Pleasant fellow on the other end, mind you, but that was a curious experience indeed!

so, now when you ask them to work on weekends, are you going to pay them" time and 1/2".

some of us like to be off on weekends and not work late at night.

In this economy, I suspect there are folks willing and perhaps even very eager to work the phones from home, even at regular rates for nights and weekends.
With Afternic, I recently chatted with a rep at night who had his dog barking in the background. We not only solve the technical issue I called about, but also had a brief but very pleasant conversation about his beloved doggies! Apparently, he was at home taking the call.

 

[WebNameTOP]

Hello,

These days I sell more on SEDO than afternic.
Before it was around 90% on afternic and 10% on sedo, but now it's maybe 70% on sedo and 30% afternic.

Any idea ?

Are most of your success listings done using any upgrades ? IE the HomePage Showcase Upgrade ? or Category Upgrades?

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Are most of your success listings done using any upgrades ? IE the HomePage Showcase Upgrade ? or Category Upgrades?

Also, I would ask if his descriptions have some compelling information, such as certain appraisals or cities certain traffic stats?

Perhaps there is some cleverness to the listings that make them more effective?