Value of Domain Hacks

[xman]

Here's my question..what is the value of domain hack? I've seen some good domain hack and i was wondering about the value of it. I myself own one and i'm not sure whether or not i should get more. I haven't seen any sale of domain hack. Why do we register domain hack? Is it because the domain looks cool or because there's a potential end user who's willing to buy such domain?

 

[ak007]

Is there any chance to list domains to that auction now? I got stuck with domain ownership approvals and have them on Sedo only from today...

I don't think so because the entry deadline was April 19th and the auction has already started. Plus they take days for the approval process. But contact Sedo, who knows maybe they might agree to let in.

 

[NAMING.GE]

I don't think so because the entry deadline was April 19th and the auction has already started. Plus they take days for the approval process. But contact Sedo, who knows maybe they might agree to let in.

Names that I have really worth consideration. Does anyone have direct mail of Sedo rep in charge of this auction? PM me please.

 

[ak007]

Names that I have really worth consideration. Does anyone have direct mail of Sedo rep in charge of this auction? PM me please.

Did you get yours listed? Seems like they have been allowing some in since start of the auction as was 144 listings at the beginning and now is at 152.

Also many haven't even received any bids yet (with 3 days left to go) and the ones that have (including mine), haven't really moved from their initial bids. Hopefully things will pick up as gets closer to the end!

 

[Claim.Club]

They removed some of our domains because of their high renewal pricing (yet they don't mind when it's a new gtld). To be honest we're pretty disappointed with Sedo.com especially since this auction was our initiative and it took us years to convince them to do it.

Flippa.com remains the best venue for domain hacks and that's where we will focus our efforts from now on.

 

[ak007]

They removed some of our domains because of their high renewal pricing (yet they don't mind when it's a new gtld). To be honest we're pretty disappointed with Sedo.com especially since this auction was our initiative and it took us years to convince them to do it.

Flippa.com remains the best venue for domain hacks and that's where we will focus our efforts from now on.

That's not right for them to remove after having accepted. It's up to buyers to determine if is feasible for them or not.

The inventory sure has been jumping around even before the auction began, so was wondering what was going on there. And by the looks of how the auction is going thus far with majority of the listings not having received any bids, can't really say if will be a big success.

 

[Terrains]

They removed some of our domains because of their high renewal pricing (yet they don't mind when it's a new gtld). To be honest we're pretty disappointed with Sedo.com especially since this auction was our initiative and it took us years to convince them to do it.

Flippa.com remains the best venue for domain hacks and that's where we will focus our efforts from now on.

had mine removed (with 1 hour until start time) because they weren't sure about how to transfer, even though i've already transferred domains and there are no restrictions.

strange experience, highly recommend Flippa as well.

 

[kriss05]

Yes, this auction is disappointment, mainly because of how Sedo handled it.

 

[DnEbook]

The thing that puts me off as a buyer is that country code sales are expensive through sedo. It can add a few hundred to the costs. The other unknown as renewal costs on some of the domains? Admittedly there is the option to logon and ask a question, although tend to expect a generic non helpful answer.

 

[ak007]

The thing that puts me off as a buyer is that country code sales are expensive through sedo. It can add a few hundred to the costs. The other unknown as renewal costs on some of the domains? Admittedly there is the option to logon and ask a question, although tend to expect a generic non helpful answer.

Well mine (inju.red), I recently renewed at Dynadot for $20.99 (CAD). Now I can easily pay around that for a renewal at godaddy on a .com as recently missed hurrying around looking for coupons or moving it elsewhere in time for cheaper! In any case on mine you don't have to worry about renewing for another year!

 

[hxp]

The thing that puts me off as a buyer is that country code sales are expensive through sedo. It can add a few hundred to the costs. The other unknown as renewal costs on some of the domains? Admittedly there is the option to logon and ask a question, although tend to expect a generic non helpful answer.

Aren't the costs of selling a cctld the sellers responsibility? Buyers are only required to pay the bid price, no? :s

And you you can most likely transfer domains to the place you find the cheapest, as I imagine transfers are done via auth code. Registry premiums are obv. a different story...

 

[DnEbook]

Aren't the costs of selling a cctld the sellers responsibility? Buyers are only required to pay the bid price, no? :s

And you you can most likely transfer domains to the place you find the cheapest, as I imagine transfers are done via auth code. Registry premiums are obv. a different story...

Yes you are correct, I had it around the wrong way. No good for seller if a name sells for $99 and the fees go beyond the sale price. I also do not trust some extensions EG .ng

 

[.tv]

TBH, for domain hacks, no venue would be perfect. Domain hacks require end-user acceptability and a series of negotiation. I never sold any domain hacks through marketplaces. Outbound marketing is the key to successful sales. Not disappointed with Sedo, because guessed the outcome of this auction already.

 

[DomainFQ.com]

UKNe.ws

 

[ak007]

TBH, for domain hacks, no venue would be perfect. Domain hacks require end-user acceptability and a series of negotiation. I never sold any domain hacks through marketplaces. Outbound marketing is the key to successful sales. Not disappointed with Sedo, because guessed the outcome of this auction already.

Myself, I've never owned a domain hack before as was just part of a package of domains I got on auction so just figuring out the best way to sell it. When saw Sedo's domain hacks auction coming up, thought it was a perfect opportunity to get it out there and was glad they accepted it as took it as they saw some worth in it. Prior to the start of the auction, I sent an email to a law firm that owned the keyword in the .com extension which was redirecting to their main site. Gave them a link to the listing in case they were interested (my extent of outbound!). But since I don't even know who the bidder is and never had a domain in one of sedo's special event auctions, I'm unsure if anything will result from it since not much action going on with the listings in this auction (majority have no bids at all) I mean, if it doesn't hit reserve are you able to negotiate with the bidders? But how can you if you don't even know who they are. Something seems to be missing here.

 

[.tv]

Previously I had three top domain listings, out of which one had bids up to half of its reserve. Since they didn't hit the reserve, none of them got sold during the auction, but the Sedo brokerage team has extended their support by negotiating with the buyer to close the sale of that name for a slightly higher price from the highest bid received. This happened a week after the auction end date.

 

[indam]

I added a bunch of .al domains which are domain hacks in Turkish (.al is a nice hack for the turkish language; I believe Sedo accepted only English Domain Hacks, although their listing included other languages).

Overall, nice initiative, but very bad organization...

 

[DnEbook]

Did names need a certain of reg to be accepted I wonder?

 

[TheBaldOne]

Some interesting domains included in the auction (including one I sold to the current seller ).

It surprises me that for some reason Sedo and other auction venues still do not seem to have a really active marketing department for their auctions. Imagine if there was a team of marketers working away constantly building connections with big business entities, contacts with advertising agencies, etc.. A company who did this would undoubtedly soon reap the rewards as they would be able to join sellers and buyers together in a meaningful way.

Where and when I wonder will the next auction venue for hacked domains be at?

 

[DomainFQ.com]

UKNe.ws Keyword UK News

 

[indam]

Some interesting domains included in the auction (including one I sold to the current seller ).

It surprises me that for some reason Sedo and other auction venues still do not seem to have a really active marketing department for their auctions. Imagine if there was a team of marketers working away constantly building connections with big business entities, contacts with advertising agencies, etc.. A company who did this would undoubtedly soon reap the rewards as they would be able to join sellers and buyers together in a meaningful way.

Where and when I wonder will the next auction venue for hacked domains be at?

It seems like SEDO is a lazy business right now. They do not need to do any "marketing" as the market flows itself.