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)

 

[gazzip]

Google's not going to target you any better than that, dunno why you'd expect SEDO to. For my money, those as targeted ads as you are likely to get.

I don't think so, how come the related searches are far more accurate even though its the same keywords.

Same thing with this one NZsheepskin_c**

the related searches link called "New Zealand sheepskin" shows far more accurate results (5) than the initial landing page.

The advertisers are there but their ads are not getting served on the landing page ??

pretty ....Crap !


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[netmeg]

YOU think they're more accurate, because that's what you're looking for. According to Google, they're serving what they believe are the most accurate ads for your keywords on the first page. It doesn't work the way you think it does. If you put in ascot hotels, the first choice is going to be the ascot hotel chain (if there is such); if you want your ads targeted to a specific location, then you have to list that specific location - ascot uk hotels or ascot england hotels or whatever. That gives the parking company (which in turn gives Google) at least a clue as to what you are looking for.

That said, if you want to be quite that specific in targeting your ads, then you'd best develop a site rather than park it. So many high paying advertisers now opt out of putting their ads on parked domains, and you're always more likely to get really targeted ads from a developed site. You don't have as many options for tweaking the targeting with parking.

 

[Sedo]

Keith, have Sedo received their commission on the famous Pizza.com deal yet?

Hi creature,

Unfortunately, we can't disclose details regarding this transaction until they have been made public. Also, I don't have any information on the commission status.

Ok, enough is enough, I had a auction end at sedo today, and I got an african bank scam, one of those I have 10 million dollars, and I need your help question, before my auction ended from a sedo member...

Hi onlinedomains00,

I'm not sure if I understand what the "african bank scam" has to do with your auction. I can assure you that your email address was not obtained from Sedo in any way. If your Whois records are public, the information may have been gathered that way.

However, if you wish, you may report any suspcious activity that you believe is in any way associated with Sedo's marketplace directly to [email protected]. Emails sent to this address will go directly to Sedo's Quality & Risk Management department for review.

Alternately, you may contact your transfer agent.

Google's not going to target you any better than that, dunno why you'd expect SEDO to. For my money, those as targeted ads as you are likely to get.

Guess your account is into this "testing" too ... that's why I moved all out until this is over.

I requested to be removed lets see if that will work... It would have been nice if they told us earlier

I do not think this has to do with "testing".

Keith, could you please explain what settings are overriddern by the "testing" process. Is this test the template rotating thing, or something entirely different?

Thanks

Hi Gazzip, netmeg, and Sleepys,

First, to clarify, netmeg is correct. Our advertising provider has the ultimate say over what ads appear on any parked domain. This may include displaying advertisements that they feel are relevant to the domain name, and the traffic you receive. Sedo cannot control this if it happens.

The test that Sedo has been doing is mostly for auto-optimzation features, including both the keyword, images, and the landing page templates. In this case, your settings have been saved and should revert after the test phase is over. The test in itself was planned to help us improve features that may be forthcoming (and optional) for our users, and also includes a newer landing page. If your domains have been removed from the testing environment, or the test has concluded, and you still see problems with your keywords vs. ads, it is most likely caused by our ad provider.

@ Gazzip: Ascothotels.com appears to be a case of the latter. To verify, please try changing the landing page template. If your saved changes do not take effect, then it is part of the test environment. If the template does change, then it would be safe to assume that the domain is subject to decisions made by our advertising provider.

I hope that clarifies some. As mentione previously, the test should be over by the end of the day on May 31.

Take care!

Always,
Keith

 

[Sleepys]

Keith,

I recently sold a .co.uk name on Sedo. I normally wait until I get an email saying that the buyer has paid, but tt was my first .co.uk sale and I wanted to find out if I need to do anything extra, take any extra steps, because it is a .co.uk. I got an email from the Sedo rep who is handling the transaction, at the end of the message, it says:

"You will be contacted once your transfer agent has received confirmation that the payment has been received and processed.

Please rest assured that every effort is being made to ensure that the buyer makes payment promptly, and we shall contact you when there are further developments to report.

This is an automatically generated notification. Please do not reply to this email."

If I wanted to ask a question about the transaction, obviously I can't just reply to the message. Should I send the Sedo rep an email directly to his email address? Should I send a message through the new Sedo help center?

Thanks

 

[MattheP]

Hello all ..
Whats exact difference betwean sedo and sedo pro? I have over 200 domains listed on sedo... i think i qualify for sedo pro program? Tnx

 

[Sleepys]

Hello all ..
Whats exact difference betwean sedo and sedo pro? I have over 200 domains listed on sedo... i think i qualify for sedo pro program? Tnx

Sedopro is significantly better than regular Sedo in basically every way. Most members see a 50% jump in total earnings immediately, and some names see even bigger increases. There are also added features, such as adding pop-unders and better statistics.

To answer your second question, I would probably say no, you do not quality. Sedo claims that they require 200 domains or $200 a month in earnings. I wish they would change this. In reality, if you have over 200 names and do not make over $200 a month, they will tell you that your 200 names are not of a high enough quality for you to make it to Sedopro. This is not to disparage your names, the qualification is how much they earn, not how much they are worth to someone. Now here is something new that my Sedo Rep told me. You are very unlikely to be accepted for Sedopro, unless you have made over $200 in the previous 32 days at Sedo.

So, correct me if I am wrong, Keith.

Announcement to those considering applying for Sedopro. Sedo would like for you to have made over $200 a month in the previous 32 days on Sedo before you apply. It is very unlikely that you will be accepted if you do not currently make that much on Sedo beforehand. At best you may be asked to test more names at Sedo first and break through that barrier. It is a good idea to wait until you have made over $200 a month in parking revenues at Sedo before applying.
(This announcement is officially from me and not Sedo :] )

 

[MattheP]

Thank you Sleepys, and tnx for your PM, reped! Well, i can add more than 250 names to sedo, with some very nice and descriptive generic english nouns in net, info, TV, mobi, nice 2-words in org & com (some accepted for sedo Top domain listings) but still will be very far from $200 revenue Maybe i should pay more attention to incoming traffic & keyword optimization I've sold domains for more than $200 thru sedo last month though, it that counts

 

[Sleepys]

I've sold domains for more than $200 thru sedo last month though, it that counts

Thanks for the Rep. Unfortunately, sales do not count. This is because the only thing that is affected when you upgrade is your parking earnings. You pay the same fee to Sedo when you sell a name on regular Sedo or on SedoPro. They want to make sure that you make them a certain amount of money parking, before they permanently upgrade your parking revenue share (permamently so long as you maintain earnings over the minimum). That is reasonable, for Parked I believe that the limit is around 100 clicks per day before your share is upgraded.

 

[Sedo]

Thank you Sleepys, and tnx for your PM, reped! Well, i can add more than 250 names to sedo, with some very nice and descriptive generic english nouns in net, info, TV, mobi, nice 2-words in org & com (some accepted for sedo Top domain listings) but still will be very far from $200 revenue Maybe i should pay more attention to incoming traffic & keyword optimization I've sold domains for more than $200 thru sedo last month though, it that counts

Hi MattheP,

Sleepys is correct. However, you should always apply, especially if you have the domain quantity. The important thing to remember is that SedoPro is designed to cater to domain owners with portfolios of premium, generic domain names. Although meeting at least one of the two basic criteria helps substantially, quality is the deciding factor.

You can apply at SedoPro.com.

Keith,

I recently sold a .co.uk name on Sedo. I normally wait until I get an email saying that the buyer has paid, but tt was my first .co.uk sale and I wanted to find out if I need to do anything extra, take any extra steps, because it is a .co.uk. I got an email from the Sedo rep who is handling the transaction, at the end of the message, it says:

"You will be contacted once your transfer agent has received confirmation that the payment has been received and processed.

Please rest assured that every effort is being made to ensure that the buyer makes payment promptly, and we shall contact you when there are further developments to report.

This is an automatically generated notification. Please do not reply to this email."

If I wanted to ask a question about the transaction, obviously I can't just reply to the message. Should I send the Sedo rep an email directly to his email address? Should I send a message through the new Sedo help center?

Thanks

Hi Sleepys,

The best thing to do is to communicate directly with your transfer agent, as they specialize in the process. I honestly don't know all the nitty-gritty details about transactions, but I can tell you that transfers of .co.uk domains can require a bit of paperwork from Nominet. Depending ont he responsiveness of both parties, the paperwork can cause some short delays. If you stay on top of it, though, and communicate with your transfer agent, you shouldn't run into any problems.

Hope that helps!

Have a great weekend. I will be out of the office until Tuesday, so I may not get a chance to respond to any posts on here. If you guys need assistance, please feel free to ask for it at http://support.sedo.com.

Always,
Keith

 

[lukas339]

Can I go to SedoPro with domains which have traffic about 20 000 a month?

All type in and search engine...?

 

[Sleepys]

Can I go to SedoPro with domains which have traffic about 20 000 a month?

All type in and search engine...?

As Keith mentioned above, if you have over 200 domains or over $200 a month in earnings last month at Sedo, you are free to apply. As I mentioned above, you are much more likely to be accepted if you make more than $200 a month at Sedo versus just having over 200 domains. The number of visitors is not really important, but if you make over $200 with those 20,000 uniques, you should definately apply.

Announcement to those seeking a referral code:

Sedo requires that you provide your name and email address to whoever gets the code from Sedo for you. They do this so the Sedopro member can retrieve a unique Sedopro code that only you can use.

I am happy to give Sedopro codes to anyone who needs one. Also, anyone on this message board or anyone you know who is currently on Sedopro can provide a Sedopro code for you and I don't think any will mind if you ask them :hehe:
If you provide your name and email address when asking for the code you can save them a step.

 

[anders_oie@hotm]

Hi,

I'm a little confused. I earn about 300$/month as a regular sedoparker and thought I would easily get in to SedoPro. What happens? I got rejected because I had some typos! Is this normal? Anyone else who's had the same problem? What should I do?

Anders

 

[Sleepys]

Hi,

I'm a little confused. I earn about 300$/month as a regular sedoparker and thought I would easily get in to SedoPro. What happens? I got rejected because I had some typos! Is this normal? Anyone else who's had the same problem? What should I do?

Anders

Now I might be wrong here, but I think that they may be talking about typos in your portfolio. Do you own Google.net and put in Google.com, or Gooogle.net (just examples). We are allowed to have typos in our portfolios, and if a typo is not allowed, then they will tell you that that particular name is not allowed. If you put names in your application that you do not own (even typos of sites you own) they will most likely reject you. Re-check your application for typos. If that is not the solution, I don't know. :tu:

 

[anders_oie@hotm]

Thanks sleepys! Rep added. I hope this is why they rejected me. I called sedo pro but I didn't speak to someone who could tell me exactly what's wrong. A lady said some of my earnings were not valid, and that I would recieve a mail. My earnings are valid, I haven't clicked once on my own ads, so I asked if typos were not allowed, and she said I had to read sedo's guidelines or something. I think I make more than 200$/month even without my typos, so I won't quit on this one!

 

[Sleepys]

No problem, thanks for the +rep :great: . I originally got rejected from Trafficz for having typos in my application, not for having them in my portfolio. I thought the same thing as you when I saw the rejection (or re-review) letter. Since when are typos not allowed? :lol:

Anyway, re-check your application for any sites that you don't own (putting .com for a .net you have is the most common). If you see any typos of names you own, correct the application and re-send it in. If your application looked good, then perhaps you were not quite over $200 when you originally sent in your application, or I just don't know.

Either way, you can PM Keith, member name Sedo (find him on this thread) and he can get to the bottom of this for you. He is very good at figuring out what is going on with problems like this.

 

[athletec64]

The first few times I applied for sedopro they kept rejecting me. The way I got in was me just sending the rep emails and emails convincing him that my portfolio met the criteria.

 

[anders_oie@hotm]

Ok. Thanks I think I have to use your tactic to get access. Rep added!

 

[coolramiz]

Hi admin of sedo ,

my account was banned at sedo for sudden increase in traffic. but i want to tell u the its celebrity domain preetyzinta.info so when some videos or movies become popular people tends to visit more and most of the traffic from india so thats why it was less converting as per the mail but all the traffic is type in i lsot 170 euro an some day revenue so please help me to get restored my id at sedo is same as here

 

[etherloth]

Yet another negative experience with SEDO

Ok, I dont know if any SEDO representative is reading this thread anymore, but anyway I thought I should share my experience with my fellows here.

Around February of this year (2008) I registered a SEDO account, in which I added eventually more and more domains as the time passed. Never had really big problems, but low, very low conversion rates, fact which of course I dont think that can be charged to Sedo's faults account.

Like one month ago, I decided to go for the member certification and sent them the PDF contract signed by hand, expecting approval in (like they say) 3 to 5 working days.

Suddenly and without previous warning, I couldnt log in my account, when entered the login/pass it said the page was available only for members, a more deep research led me to the notification that my account had been closed.

Closed without previous warning and, as far as I know, without breaking any Sedo rule at all. I didnt check my Sedo stats for some time so I am not sure when did they do it, but after checking it, I realized the domains were still parked in there, AKA they getting the clicks/profit, even if minimal.

I emailed the support team and they said they would look into it, that was like 2 weeks ago and no answer from them at all, tho, i received a "reset your password" email from the sedo[.]co[.]uk version, which i used and was able to recover the account.. account that is still unverified. Later attempts to contact with the support asking for an explanation about why my account is yet not validated, have been not receive answer.

And that s the situation.

Just thought that should let everyone know.

Best regards, and sorry for the broken english.

Eth.

 

[coolramiz]

Ok, I dont know if any SEDO representative is reading this thread anymore, but anyway I thought I should share my experience with my fellows here.

Around February of this year (2008) I registered a SEDO account, in which I added eventually more and more domains as the time passed. Never had really big problems, but low, very low conversion rates, fact which of course I dont think that can be charged to Sedo's faults account.

Like one month ago, I decided to go for the member certification and sent them the PDF contract signed by hand, expecting approval in (like they say) 3 to 5 working days.

Suddenly and without previous warning, I couldnt log in my account, when entered the login/pass it said the page was available only for members, a more deep research led me to the notification that my account had been closed.

Closed without previous warning and, as far as I know, without breaking any Sedo rule at all. I didnt check my Sedo stats for some time so I am not sure when did they do it, but after checking it, I realized the domains were still parked in there, AKA they getting the clicks/profit, even if minimal.

I emailed the support team and they said they would look into it, that was like 2 weeks ago and no answer from them at all, tho, i received a "reset your password" email from the sedo[.]co[.]uk version, which i used and was able to recover the account.. account that is still unverified. Later attempts to contact with the support asking for an explanation about why my account is yet not validated, have been not receive answer.

And that s the situation.

Just thought that should let everyone know.

Best regards, and sorry for the broken english.

Eth.

oh shit in this sense i have lost my 400$ and they are taking money from people by some new way what this is going on please admin answer this