Michael Sumner from NameBio mentioned an unexpected uptick in sales closed via Sedo over the past couple of weeks, and he asked about whether a major registrar began prioritizing Sedo listings:
We've mirrored our Afternic listings to @Sedo for a few years without using their landers.
In the first five months of 2025 we only had two sales through Sedo, but in the past 12 days we've had four.
Did some major registrar(s) start prioritizing Sedo's MLS over Afternic's DLS,β¦
— NameBio (@NameBio) July 5, 2025
In response to the question, Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall confirmed that happened. Namecheap is now prioritizing Sedo listings when a domain name is listed on Sedo and Afternic: