October 2014 Great Domains Auction Results

Sedo shared the results of its October Great Domains auction, and there were 11 domain names that met the reserve price and sold. The sales were both in USD and EUR, and over $100,000 worth of domain names were sold during this month’s auction.

A trio of three letter .com domain names were the largest sales at this auction, and several ccTLD domain names also sold. Since the auction ended this afternoon, I don’t believe these deals have completed yet at the time of this publication.

Great Domains auction results for October 2014:

Sedo Great Domains September Auction Results

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Sedo’s Great Domains September monthly auction ended yesterday, and the sales total was just over $100k USD. The largest sale was for the 907.com domain name, which sold for 54000  EUR (just under $69,000 USD).

This auction produced one of the lowest Great Domains results I can recall in quite some time, with only 8 domain names sold. Half of the sales were for .DE ccTLD domain names. I don’t have a record of the domain names that received bids that didn’t meet reserve.

The results of the auction are published below:

Kathy Nielsen Leaves Sedo to Join Dot Green

Kathy Nielsen worked at Sedo for nearly seven years in a variety of roles, most recently as VP Business Development in Sedo’s Registry Services group. I noticed a change on Kathy’s LinkedIn page, and  she is now listed as Executive Director of Registry Operations and Channel Relations at Dot Green Community, Inc.

I reached out to Kathy to get more information

IDNX Hits 200

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The IDNX, a price index for the domain market created by MIT Postdoctoral Fellow Thies Lindenthal, has hit the 200 mark. As explained in the tweet below, this essentially means that “A diversified portfolio of domains bought in 2006 should be worth twice as much today.

Obviously for some types of domain names, the values

Sedo Running a “Page Rank Auction”

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When Sedo changed its advertising banner earlier this week, I learned that they are running what is billed as a “Page Rank Auction” (this is a tracking link, not an affiliate link). The auction features 50 domain names for sale, which all reportedly have a PageRank between 2 and 6.

I reached out to a representative from Sedo to learn more about the auction and here’s what I was told about this domain name auction:

Great Domains Auction Nets Over $275k

Sedo’s Great Domains auction for August closed yesterday, and Sedo recorded over $275,000 USD in sales. The largest sale was for Musik.de, which closed at 99999 EUR. In US dollars, that would be about $131,792.68 at today’s EUR to USD exchange rate. Apps.de was the second highest sale of the auction, and it closed at 49999 EUR, or $65,874.18 at today’s exchange rate. LAM.com was the third largest sale at 48000 EUR, or $63.261.12 USD.

Last month, the Great Domains auction closed with a couple of very large Chat ccTLD domain name sales. Chat.de and Chat.fr sold for over $220,000 USD in that auction.

Since these auctions just concluded yesterday, I would imagine most of these deals have not closed yet. For your reference, the domain names that were sold are listed below. Sale confirmations on the higher value sales will likely be found in DNJournal’s weekly sales reports.