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I just noticed an annoying change at Sedo. When seeing a domain with a "Make Offer" pricing, you no longer get to a page that displays seller's country and "active since" status. Instead, a pop-up appears where you enter your bid and then you are directed to a confirmation page without this information.
I cannot understand why Sedo would make this change. For me, it is important to be able to see where seller is from. At least it gives you a chance to check against the registrant in the whois.
Even more importantly, the "active since" function is extremely important, I think. A seller that has been active since 2007 is less likely to be a scammer than one who just became a member in 2019 (unless his Sedo account has been hacked).
I will be very careful making offers for domains at Sedo moving forward unless I have been able to reach out to the seller through whois, which is now often not possible.
I cannot understand why Sedo would make this change. For me, it is important to be able to see where seller is from. At least it gives you a chance to check against the registrant in the whois.
Even more importantly, the "active since" function is extremely important, I think. A seller that has been active since 2007 is less likely to be a scammer than one who just became a member in 2019 (unless his Sedo account has been hacked).
I will be very careful making offers for domains at Sedo moving forward unless I have been able to reach out to the seller through whois, which is now often not possible.
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