Sedo iGaming auction

[Dave]

Anyone submitting their domains to Sedo's iGaming auction?

They rejected my PureGames / com. Can't say I'm surprised. Years ago when they had a dedicated co.uk auction they rejected Friendly/co/uk and SMC/co/uk.

Interested to hear from others what has and hasn't been accepted. Are you as surprised as me?

Do you agree with them?

Thanks

 

[wwwweb]

Which employee of the year approved Torontocasino.net with a reserve to boot,
Come on sedo lol this is a joke. You turned down better submissions than this.

 

[Sedo]

Hi all,

Firstly thank you for you interest in the IGaming and Gambling auction.

Please let me start by saying, available places in this domain auction are extremely limited and we can not accept every domain. We have already received thousands of applications with good domains and our sales specialists are still inundated with applications going through them one by one selecting the most appropriate domains.

The way our selection process works is as so, we allocate a certain amount of spaces for each reserve range, once they are full that’s it. This is so that all buyers with different budgets can take part in the auction and there are an equal number of differently valued domains.

Should a domain be rejected, we are not saying that it is not a good quality domain, it can simply be because either the keywords, reserve price or the TLD is not suitable, or that some are suitable and some not. For example, the name could possibly qualify but the sellers price expectation is not realistic. Domains could also simply be rejected due to the fact that we have already filled the reserved spaces that we have allocated for domains in that price range. Due to the sheer numbers of applicants, we are not able send a personalised rejection reason as to why a domain is rejected.

Domains which appear in our Themed Auctions are decided at the discretion of our sales specialists. Our specialists have many years of experience in the domain business, so it is possible for them to analyse which domains are most suitable based on the criteria and the spaces available.

All the best.

Chris

 

[equity78]

I think they want the best of the best, I submitted PokerNights.com which I just turned down $2,000 for and was willing to start with a reasonable reserve. I don't care because I love the name and Poker but I thought it was interesting.

PureGames.com is a solid name, I just think they want names like Roulette.com or PlayPoker.com stuff like that, it's just my guess.

 

[frank-germany]

they rejected all of mine

quality not met

you waste my time over and over , sedo

 

[barman]

Submitted some names and they all got rejected, so I'm here to follow along to see what they really want over there at Sedo....

 

[Sedo]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the many reactions to our iGaming auction, which we are looking forward to! Also, thanks for submitting your names, even when some were declined.

We can understand why some may be upset about the rejected names. We think the crucial information for understanding our selection process for this specific auction is that the target groups for these names are more specifically affiliates and companies active in the iGaming vertical. Based on our experience with them, we are giving more weight to the following criteria:

• keywords (bet, slots, bingo...)
• ccTLDs
• reserve prices
• languages

Some examples matching some of those: bestbingosites.com, gratispoker.no (great for the Norwegian market), bettingodds.io (no ccTLD, but great combination keyword)

We should have communicated this better upfront to make the selection process more transparent, and we apologize for the confusion caused.

 

[Dave]

Yes mine got rejected too. I entered
iGamingTokens.com in a igaming auction and got rejected. Can't wait to see what actually made the auction

You can see what's made it so far by going to the search page (search for anything) then leave the search field empty and from the filters choose only the iGaming auction.

I must say @Sedo what a great pick of domains you've chosen for this auction... That must be one heck of a random number generator you've got doing the selection for you.

 

[rh2000]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the many reactions to our iGaming auction, which we are looking forward to! Also, thanks for submitting your names, even when some were declined.

We can understand why some may be upset about the rejected names. We think the crucial information for understanding our selection process for this specific auction is that the target groups for these names are more specifically affiliates and companies active in the iGaming vertical. Based on our experience with them, we are giving more weight to the following criteria:

• keywords (bet, slots, bingo...)
• ccTLDs
• reserve prices
• languages

Some examples matching some of those: bestbingosites.com, gratispoker.no (great for the Norwegian market), bettingodds.io (no ccTLD, but great combination keyword)

We should have communicated this better upfront to make the selection process more transparent, and we apologize for the confusion caused.

Now I see why I got rejected last time. You should tell people before submitting domains you are looking for domains with slots and bingo in them. For now on be specific on what you are looking for and that will save people a lot of damn time.

 

[Blitzpotz]

Which employee of the year approved Torontocasino.net with a reserve to boot

Still laughing.

They had chosen a few of my domains for the latest .uk auction. When auction happened these names were not part of the inventory. Needless to say that I did not receive information on this de-listing. Waste of time. And: no problem, as always.

 

[Josytal]

3 domains submitted. 3 domains rejected. The impression is this is another "insider" game. Same feeling about all previous auctions: number/chip domains, crypto domains and now this.
At the end, you see on the final list crappy domains.
Who is fooling who, Sedo?

 

[equity78]

I had replied to a couple people on Twitter, I replied to Sedo's Tweet about the auction saying you rejected some good names, someone replied I said, That was my thought, Dave at Namepros said he submitted PureGames .com and I submitted PokerNights .com. Sedo replied said they would look into it, Derick Clegg did email me 4 am this morning and asked if I wanted PokerNights .com in the auction as he said it met the criteria. So I accepted his offer to list the name.

 

[Laguna]

Any idea when the action results are available ? that will be the telltale. Was going to submit Puke247 (com)
Duzhu247 (com) but held off for now.
PuKe (2,990,000) - 扑克 (34,000,000) = Poker
DuZhu (1,770,000 - 赌注 - (29,500,000) = Bet

I'm not sure if it will ever be posted as it was a major flop. The vast majority didn't get any bids at all. Most people who had submissions rejected were surprised at the ones that actually made the auction. Maybe it's time for Sedo to listen. It seems everyone except Sedo knew the majority of names accepted were not good enough for the actual title of the auction. But unfortunately I don't think anything will ever change.

 

[Dave]

Any idea when the action results are available ? that will be the telltale. Was going to submit Puke247 (com)
Duzhu247 (com) but held off for now.
PuKe (2,990,000) - 扑克 (34,000,000) = Poker
DuZhu (1,770,000 - 赌注 - (29,500,000) = Bet

Like Laguna said it was mostly a major flop. Sedo have no clue what they're doing anymore.

 

[ecomslice]

I think they want the best of the best, I submitted PokerNights.com which I just turned down $2,000 for and was willing to start with a reasonable reserve. I don't care because I love the name and Poker but I thought it was interesting.

PureGames.com is a solid name, I just think they want names like Roulette.com or PlayPoker.com stuff like that, it's just my guess.

Thank you for sharing, made me feel better, your's was a gem imo.

 

[rh2000]

Can't wait to see what actually made the auction

You will probably laugh when you see. I know I did at the last gaming auction they had.

 

[WarpedMind]

@Sedo - First of all, thank you for taking the time to address our concerns here. I appreciate that.

However, I'm sorry... the explanations still really are not justifying the rejection of many of the domains mentioned in this thread. I think that most would agree that many of the approved domains don't compare (within your criteria) to the ones rejected.

You said this:

Based on our experience with them, we are giving more weight to the following criteria:

• keywords (bet, slots, bingo...)
• ccTLDs
• reserve prices
• languages

Some examples matching some of those: bestbingosites.com, gratispoker.no (great for the Norwegian market), bettingodds.io (no ccTLD, but great combination keyword)​

Can you please enlighten me how my domains (.com) - omni bets, my betting app - how do these not meet the criteria you mentioned? English. $250 reserve. (True, it's a .com - but are you saying that you're not accepting .com? I can't be understanding this right.) Keywords bets and betting... honestly, the more you mention your criteria, the MORE (not less) I wonder why my domains (and many in this thread) don't fit. What is the REAL criteria? I feel like there's more to it.

I wrote this with all due respect. I just want to understand. One of my first sales ever was through Sedo. Thanks.

 

[WarpedMind]

I think I may have set too high of a reserve. Unfortunately, they don't allow you to re-submit and adjust anything so be mindful of all of their criteria before you submit.

Just so you know, their customer support did tell me that domains with too high a reserve could be readjusted and resubmitted. I don't know if she was right or not, but she did tell me that.

 

[Dosebuy]

My Betting.cx have met reserve on $399.
And Gambling.cx is on $250.

Pretty neat for the first day.

 

[equity78]

Not one single article written about the results of this auction. Amazing.

Nothing to write about, there were no major sales. And @Sedo should not allow $111 bids on a domain with $1million reserve, what's the point?

I have also said for years, $1,000 to $4,999 is a stupid range, now I had PokerNights.com at $2,500 reserve hit $2,000 bid but reserve showed $1,000 - $4,999 you know bidders think it's at the high end, I mean I might want a name for $2,500 but not $5,000. So I might not bid higher.

 

[WarpedMind]

Mine just got rejected too - both .coms - my betting app and omni bets. But I think I understand why now... If you look at your (rejection) email, you'll see they give you the reason (kinda - really high level but whatever). My reason was I didn't meet the "Quality Criteria". On the same email, they have a link to their criteria (https://sedo.com/faq/faq.php?faqid=1017) - To save you the effort, here it is:

Domains may be approved for GreatDomains Auction Events if:

• The domain extension (TLD) of the domain is considered premium and has a history of high-value sales (such as .com, .net or .de)
• The domain is generic, describing an existing product or service (e.g. like car.com, creditcard.com, or healthcare.com)
• The domain is short, consists of an actual, real word, and is easy to remember
• The domain is easy to spell and not prone to typographical errors
• The TLD geographically matches the language of the domain name
• The domain doesn't violate third party rights (e.g. trademark rights, intellectual property, or other famous names)

I haven't look it up, but I'm guessing that my names don't meet the first point. That's all I can figure. I need to research my domains to see if that's indeed the case. Anyway, I hope this helps.

 

[Laguna]

Yes mine got rejected too. I entered
iGamingTokens.com in a igaming auction and got rejected. Can't wait to see what actually made the auction

 

[rh2000]

Anyone submitting their domains to Sedo's iGaming auction?

They rejected my PureGames / com. Can't say I'm surprised. Years ago when they had a dedicated co.uk auction they rejected Friendly/co/uk and SMC/co/uk.

Interested to hear from others what has and hasn't been accepted. Are you as surprised as me?

Do you agree with them?

Thanks

Its B.S and a waste of time.

 

[vravis9]

Rejected - quality requirements not met


This is what I saw for several times.... I think they want quality names to be included in the auction but you will be very surprised after checking out their final inventory for the auction.

For last time it was some names like

Nine years old..ten years old...thirteen years old...and so on...and also the same names with numeric in the number like 9yearsold...11yearsold...some 10 names like this!!

I was very confused what criteria followed to select these names...may be I am missing something here.

This was my surprise several times...and this is for all great domain auctions and dedicated theme auctions.

@Dave I think PureGames is a good name and definitely attracts multiple bids.

@equity78 PokerNights is a great name to go all in
I think it should be added to auction...

Thanks,
Ravi.

 

[Laguna]

@equity78 nice to see common sense prevailed here and your pokerNights made the auction. Congrats