discuss Sedo sales

[doofer]

Has anyone ever actually sold anything via Sedo before !?

 

[BaileyUK]

Reads like you've got a bit of a Gripe waiting in the wings.. Just let it all out

 

[phaethon]

I would start a similar thread. What's the deal with rubbish Sedo? Manipulated marketplace?
Have nice sales and a ton of enquiries on AN and nothing on Sedo.
Zero on Dan as well. Might be the layout/ features of those platforms that allow the buyer to find cheaper name alternatives.

 

[Samer]

People sell on @Sedo
It’s just not user-friendly.
Everything about Sedo is difficult.

 

[BaileyUK]

I think the sales reports identify Why Sedo is successful. The majority of their sellers are realistic about price expectations. Likewise buyers tend to identify with Sedo (in the main) being the platform to offer the better names at around their entry-point.

Most inexperienced sellers will place their names for sale with the chosen domain registration service. I think most of us can paint a picture of what type of registrant is drawn to which registration service and that doesn't bode well for the overall inventory or the wishful thinking on prices.

These are generalisations but you can find similar comparisons for most large retail outlets etc.

2 sales for me in the last month, a com and a .co.uk at yes you guessed it (sales unrelated)

 

[VadimK]

My opinion is that Sedo does sell (I reported a sale about a couple months ago, have one pending as well), but it simply responds to a different market, to Europe mostly - keywords and tlds that are interesting for Europeans. Sedo are German themselves, so no wonder they are stronger on the continent.

But why their interface and processes now are still looking like they are from 1998 is also way beyond me.

 

[johnn]

I do have some sales from sedo but I have more sales from afternic/Dan.

 

[twiki]

I do sell quite well at Sedo. Not as much as Afternic but significant.

 

[phaethon]

I do sell quite well at Sedo. Not as much as Afternic but significant.

If I remember well your Sedo sales were mostly on the cheap / clearance side, it's probably my pricing which is generally high. Giving too many options to the buyer on their search engine might also be a factor.

 

[johnn]

The sale will also depend on the quality of the name. Junk names will not be sold doesn’t matter what the market.

 

[twiki]

If I remember well your Sedo sales were mostly on the cheap / clearance side, it's probably my pricing which is generally high. Giving too many options to the buyer on their search engine might also be a factor.

No, I've sold several above 2k. I think I posted 2-3 of them here as well. The smaller ones are many though.

Overall Sedo comes second for me, and Dynadot comes third (got a couple 2k+ sales at Dyna as well this year which came in handy)

 

[phaethon]

The sale will also depend on the quality of the name. Junk names will not be sold doesn’t matter what the market.

It depends on the buyer's budget as well..

 

[rawapesona]

yes, i have done it

 

[dr manos]

80% of my sales are at sedo MLS, really big exposure

 

[twiki]

80% of my sales are at sedo MLS, really big exposure

What kind of domains you have? coms, other tlds? numeric, liquid, brandable or exact match?

 

[Surya Giri Kurniawan]

I have sold domains through Afternic, Dan and Godaddy. But not yet from Sedo. Even when I still have more than 50 domains, all are in Sedo. Some are accepted in Sedo auction but not sold.

 

[Pusang Gala]

Sold only two so far.

 

[ItsCalled]

I think sedo is a great platform if you want to sell to other domainers.

But it's not the first or second place a end user would go looking.

That logical order is likely the domain lander first
and perhaps godaddy second.

Be it known, sedo has a lot of reported sales and they do release reports publicly.
As I can personally attest to, not all of those sales actually transpire for the lack of payment and sedo is powerless when buyer or bidder does not pay.
They release their identity to you for you to sue in a court of law, which is unlikely for sales under 5k anyway, for the fact they broke a contract I am not even sure will hold up in court anyway.

Why this disturbs me is that sometimes it can be intentional as brokers who know what other name a end user was thinking about essentially takes it off the market for a good bit more than a month while the process plays out. Never list with only one, but two that are not bound by agreements with each other.

But those sales end up in the DNJ if they are large enough to meet that criteria.

Which is always best to follow-up on your own to reported sales to see if they actually happened. If you are relying on the statistical data anyway and see what kind of sale they were, a end user or investor.

And then you have the issue if you use MLS, that you can be charge a pretty high commission depending on where the buyer discovered the name. Most that do not sell that much do not seem to mind this. Just happy to make the sale.

So, I prefer lander first, listing services second, but change pricing based on how much potential commission and fees I might pay.

So there is a lesson for some buyers. Shop around because it is likely listed on more than one platform and the price is not necessarily the same.
I think sedo knew they were about to have issues with this so they made deals with other platforms to autolist on their platform when you list on one....... the price is the same but commisions are different and why they seem to be dominate. You are paying the commision to keep them on the top of their game with deals between services. Income for everyone but you ?
These are voluntary enlistments with them so you do have to agree.

Appearances can be deceiving because they have made the deals, but not everyone reports sales.
Sedo likes to report to public DNJ for it makes them look like the listing service to be in.
I contend that you do not blame a listing service for names that are not in demand at the moment.

So I know that sedo will not like me now for I have spilled the beans !
But what I did is not always going to be the case for what is best for you.
It depends on who you are selling to and the frequency and amount of your sales.

But be careful with who you pick or how you do sales landers. Because by most means, it is what sells names.

How do you find names ? But you are a investor, not a end user.