Sedo.com - Official Thread

[Sedo]

Hi All! :hi:

By request, we've decided to start a thread dedicated to Sedo. We're looking for invaluable insight into what domainers want and need out of our parking program (and marketplace, of course).

Questions, comments, suggestions, tips are welcome! We're hoping this will be a great discussion about what works at Sedo and what might not (please be constructive and respectful to others in your feedback) so that everyone involved can benefit and learn from it.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas! Happy Holidays!

Always,
Keith
(on behalf of Sedo)

 

[Stix]

Has anyone else noticed that a few days ago that Sedo parking revenue suddenly dropped by around 70%? My revenue is pretty consistent, and so it's easy to clearly see that it's now consistently lower.

Thanks.

yes me

I don't know what they test or what's going on ... guess time to move on

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Has anyone else noticed that a few days ago that Sedo parking revenue suddenly dropped by around 70%? My revenue is pretty consistent, and so it's easy to clearly see that it's now consistently lower.

Thanks.

I gave upon the thought of making money from parking revenue at Sedo. It seems like when you have a domain that makes some money, it only is a matter of time before it shrivels up to nothing, for one reason, or another. If I make a a dollar or two from parking, oh well, it's better than nothing. If I used that to eat, I could lose lots of weight!

I list my domains at Sedo to sell only.

Frank

 

[Sleepys]

Sedopro is still significantly outperforming for my names. In fact, it has been doing even better for me in comparison to the other parking companies recently.

 

[Elgrey]

Sedopro is still significantly outperforming for my names. In fact, it has been doing even better for me in comparison to the other parking companies recently.

I have SedoPro and my earnings goes down by 60-70 percent during last weeks.
Unfortunately after almost a year it mean that's exact time to check competition.

 

[markfromslo]

I have SedoPro and my earnings goes down by 60-70 percent during last weeks.
Unfortunately after almost a year it mean that's exact time to check competition.

They told me it's been slow lately, but no way a drop off like this would occur just in behavior.

 

[Sedo]

My Sedo account is all f**ed up.

First:
I have had this showing up for about a month - maybe more "We are currently verifying the following domains: ....

All of these domains are in my name - what's the problem?

Second:
What's with all these red exclamation points? They are showing up on domains that have long been sold and deleted from the account. Or they have been moved to another parking provider.

I find myself re-deleting this stuff and it is still there.

How can a person keep track of their parking portfolio at Sedo? They are showing way more domains in my account than are actually there. Deleting does not work.

Hi domainsusi,

First, if your domains are caught in the manual verification process, please sned a message to [email protected]. This process is handled by our Quality and Risk Management Department, so emailing is the quickest way to resolve this.

Second, red exlamation points will only show for domains currently listed in yoru Sedo account. If you have specific affected domains, I would recommend logging into your account and reporting this via http://support.sedo.com. Note that this exclamation point should only show up for domains that are currently not recognized as park and are not listed as for sale.

Has anyone else noticed that a few days ago that Sedo parking revenue suddenly dropped by around 70%? My revenue is pretty consistent, and so it's easy to clearly see that it's now consistently lower.

Thanks.

Hi slobizman (and others),

We recieved word that there was a technical error that affected about 1700 domains/250 members for the first several days of last week. The bug has been fixed, so you should've noticed that the revenue was correct by the end of last week.

As always, if you notice problems that do not seem to be caused by this, we recommend visting http://support.sedo.com or contacting your SedoPro account rep, if you have one.

Hope that helps!

Sedopro is still significantly outperforming for my names. In fact, it has been doing even better for me in comparison to the other parking companies recently.

I have SedoPro and my earnings goes down by 60-70 percent during last weeks.
Unfortunately after almost a year it mean that's exact time to check competition.

Hi Elgrey,

In this case, your best bet is to speak with your SedoPro account manager. They can have your domains re-optimized and also work to maximize the revenue. If you're not sure who your account rep is, please either PM me or ask us at http://support.sedo.com.

Take care all!

Always,
Keith

 

[verbster]

Keith / Sedo,

It seems the number of non-paying buyers is increasing significantly, especially when a domain is sent to auction. The legalese that the transaction is legally binding is not scaring people, as it seems the only repercussion from Sedo is to disable the offender's account. About the only other thing Sedo did was to release the buyer's contact info to the seller, and now it seems even that is restricted.

Although it may temporarily cut into your bottom line (which is why this probably won't happen), why not institute a method wherein bidding members must have a minimum amount of money in escrow or in their account before they are allowed to bid...say 10% of the bid...that increases with the bid. If a buyer wants to offer or bid $1000 for a domain, he must have at least $100 in his account before the offer is allowed.

If the buyer wins the domain, but doesn't pay for it within the 10 days, that 10% on hand, or $100, is paid to the seller for lost opportunity costs. Not only would sellers show their appreciation by listing more with Sedo, but all parties would benefit from the lowered amount of deadbeat buyers, including Sedo's customer service and reputation.

Just a thought.

 

[Sedo]

Hi Verbster,

We monitor this type of activity and are always looking for ways to cut down on occurences. We have a department dedicated to the task of helping deter fraudulaent or suspicious activity from entering the marketplace and parking program, which you can reach at [email protected] or [email protected].

Although I cannot say much right now, you should be able to expect some changes to the member certification process that take into account a few of the ideas mentioned in your suggestion.

We appreciate the feedback and appreciate when members of the Sedo community offer suggestions and creative ideas for combatting activities that undermine the quality of our site and services.

Again, please email [email protected] to either report suspicious activity or to provide ideas, feedback, or other comments/concerns.

Take care!

Always,
Keith

 

[gazzip]

Hi Keith, whats the story behind this message I got while trying to optimize a domain ?



This is what your page will look like in French

Due to the specific legal situation in France, a standard portal page will be shown to french traffic.


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[markfromslo]

Good idea!

Keith / Sedo,

It seems the number of non-paying buyers is increasing significantly, especially when a domain is sent to auction. The legalese that the transaction is legally binding is not scaring people, as it seems the only repercussion from Sedo is to disable the offender's account. About the only other thing Sedo did was to release the buyer's contact info to the seller, and now it seems even that is restricted.

Although it may temporarily cut into your bottom line (which is why this probably won't happen), why not institute a method wherein bidding members must have a minimum amount of money in escrow or in their account before they are allowed to bid...say 10% of the bid...that increases with the bid. If a buyer wants to offer or bid $1000 for a domain, he must have at least $100 in his account before the offer is allowed.

If the buyer wins the domain, but doesn't pay for it within the 10 days, that 10% on hand, or $100, is paid to the seller for lost opportunity costs. Not only would sellers show their appreciation by listing more with Sedo, but all parties would benefit from the lowered amount of deadbeat buyers, including Sedo's customer service and reputation.

Just a thought.

 

[bgmv]

Keith / Sedo,

It seems the number of non-paying buyers is increasing significantly, especially when a domain is sent to auction. The legalese that the transaction is legally binding is not scaring people, as it seems the only repercussion from Sedo is to disable the offender's account. About the only other thing Sedo did was to release the buyer's contact info to the seller, and now it seems even that is restricted.

Although it may temporarily cut into your bottom line (which is why this probably won't happen), why not institute a method wherein bidding members must have a minimum amount of money in escrow or in their account before they are allowed to bid...say 10% of the bid...that increases with the bid. If a buyer wants to offer or bid $1000 for a domain, he must have at least $100 in his account before the offer is allowed.

If the buyer wins the domain, but doesn't pay for it within the 10 days, that 10% on hand, or $100, is paid to the seller for lost opportunity costs. Not only would sellers show their appreciation by listing more with Sedo, but all parties would benefit from the lowered amount of deadbeat buyers, including Sedo's customer service and reputation.

Just a thought.

Great idea. Ive already had 3 sales fall through on Sedo this year. They werent anything worth noting but it just sucks, a real downer.

Dont forget the 10% that Sedo would take out of that $100 for no reason

 

[thebrokenbox]

Hey, how exactly do I set my domains on Sedo for sale? I have 2 domains on there and I want to park them plus have them for sale. I haven't found a link on there that says how to do it. Help is appreciated :D

 

[gazzip]

Hey, how exactly do I set my domains on Sedo for sale? I have 2 domains on there and I want to park them plus have them for sale. I haven't found a link on there that says how to do it. Help is appreciated :D

Log in to your account > go to my sedo at the top right nav > down to ad domains > pop them in there and then follow instructions.

Change your nameservers to ns1.sedoparking.com and ns2.sedoparking.com

Then once they've been checked for ownership you will need to monitize them.

..well, that should get you started.


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[Sedo]

Keith / Sedo,

It seems the number of non-paying buyers is increasing significantly, especially when a domain is sent to auction. The legalese that the transaction is legally binding is not scaring people, as it seems the only repercussion from Sedo is to disable the offender's account. About the only other thing Sedo did was to release the buyer's contact info to the seller, and now it seems even that is restricted.

Although it may temporarily cut into your bottom line (which is why this probably won't happen), why not institute a method wherein bidding members must have a minimum amount of money in escrow or in their account before they are allowed to bid...say 10% of the bid...that increases with the bid. If a buyer wants to offer or bid $1000 for a domain, he must have at least $100 in his account before the offer is allowed.

If the buyer wins the domain, but doesn't pay for it within the 10 days, that 10% on hand, or $100, is paid to the seller for lost opportunity costs. Not only would sellers show their appreciation by listing more with Sedo, but all parties would benefit from the lowered amount of deadbeat buyers, including Sedo's customer service and reputation.

Just a thought.

Great idea. Ive already had 3 sales fall through on Sedo this year. They werent anything worth noting but it just sucks, a real downer.

Dont forget the 10% that Sedo would take out of that $100 for no reason

Hi bgmv,

Please refer to post #308 for the response to this. Thanks!

Hi Keith, whats the story behind this message I got while trying to optimize a domain ?



This is what your page will look like in French

Due to the specific legal situation in France, a standard portal page will be shown to french traffic.

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Hi gazzip,

I don't know all of the specifics of this issue, but this was an active decision made by Sedo in response to current legal situations in France. The best course forward was deemed to be use of a two-click (portal page) advertising system. Basically, it means that anyone visiting from France will see a list of generic ad categories and will have to click on one, and then click on another advertisement within that category for the click/revenue to be counted. Usually, though, these clicks tend to be worth more.

Hope that helps!

Always,
Keith

 

[markfromslo]

Well, my Sedo parking revenue has come back with a revenge! Yesterday was one of my best days yet, and today is looking great as well so far.

 

[gazzip]

Well, my Sedo parking revenue has come back with a revenge! Yesterday was one of my best days yet, and today is looking great as well so far.

Seems like its all over the place just now, some of my names that made reg fee each month are now getting far less, others that only got a trickle and low 0.02 are getting $2+ clicks

Overall it looks like its NOT going to be a good month for me, some of the ads on those new landers are completely unrelated now


Nothing worse than PPC links that are nothing to do with the domain. Hope they get back to normal soon !



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[markfromslo]

...some of the ads on those new landers are completely unrelated now

Nothing worse than PPC links that are nothing to do with the domain. Hope they get back to normal soon ! .

Yeah, I'm getting that too. I have a name that is obviously a data site name, with history as a dating site, that will only show "job" and various other ads no matter what I do. And it's got high page views. So, I'm moving this one away right now. Problem is, with 5,000 names, I can't go through each one and see which are doing this.

 

[markfromslo]

Dear SEDO:

I have a suggestion. As it is now, I get multiple notices that I have received an offer for a domain name. The problem is that your 2nd, 3rd... notices do not say that this is a reminder that an offer was made. So, I have no idea if it is a new offer or your persistent notices of an older offer. You should put in the subject of the message for these subsequent reminders, the word "Reminder:" so that I know I can ignore it. It seems that every day I get these emails and I have to continually log in top your extremely slow site just to see that no, it was not for a new offer, but yet another email on an old offer I didn't care to spend 3-4 minutes following up on.

Thanks.

 

[NameCharger]

CTR% is down the tubes because of this new "optimization".

If the ads displayed matched what I have set for keyword/s, we'd all be making money.

 

[markfromslo]

CTR% is down the tubes because of this new "optimization".

If the ads displayed matched what I have set for keyword/s, we'd all be making money.

So, their optimization till not let us override with our own keywords?