WebHosting.co.uk Sells for Half a Million USD

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Sedo domain broker Dave Evanson just announced a big sale on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. According to Evanson, WebHosting.co.uk sold for $500,000 USD. It does not appear that the domain name has been transferred to a new owner yet.

Although the domain name is not currently resolving, it appears to have been an active site. Screenshots.com provides a view of the site from as recently as July.

According to the year to date domain sales chart maintained by DNJournal, this sale is the largest ccTLD sale of 2012 by a wide margin. The second highest sale was for just under $200,000.

It’s interesting that a buyer spent half a million dollars on a .co.uk domain name considering the Nominet proposal to introduce .uk domain names to the marketplace. Edwin Hayward discussed the perils of this proposal in a guest post on my blog yesterday.

October Great Domains Auction Results

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The Great Domains auction for October ended yesterday afternoon, and the sales results are listed below. Many of the buyers have not paid yet, so these are reported sales rather than final sales. Once buyers pay, Sedo will report the sales below in its weekly sales report.

Although well over 100 auctions received bids, 41 actually hit the reserve price and sold. The auction netted over $150k in domain sales.

October Great Domains auction results:

pathology.com 31500 $US
prescriptionsunglasses.com 20000 $US
possum.com 18250 $US
chinafashion.com 13100 $US
arithmetic.com 9900 $US
kousen.nl 9000 EUR
satay.com 6211 $US
hypotheekadviseurs.nl 5500 EUR
premi.it 5200 EUR
irlanda.com 4999 EUR

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Great Domains Auction Ending Soon

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Sedo’s October Great Domains auction is ending very soon, and a large percentage of domain names currently have bids. Out of the 244 auction lots, a total of 126 already have bids, although many have not yet met the reserve price.

The auctions begin closing within the hour (noon Eastern), so if you’re interested in seeing what’s for sale, or if you want to place any bids, you should head over to the auction ASAP.

Listed below are the domain names with the highest current bids:

  • Pathology.com – $25,500 bid ($10,000 – $24,999 reserve)
  • Pug.com – $25,000 bid ($25,000 – $49,999 reserve)
  • PrescriptionSunglasses.com – $1,000 – $4,999 reserve)
  • Possum.com – $14,944 bid ($1,000 – $4,999 reserve)
  • Valuable.com – $12,000 bid ($50,000 – $99,999 reserve)

There seems to be a huge mix of domain names in the auction, including ccTLDs from several countries.

Dave Evanson to Speak at Boston SEO Meetup Tonight

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If you’re in the Boston area tonight, you might be interested in attending a SEO Meetup with Sedo’s Dave Evanson as the guest speaker. The event is sponsored by The Cambridge Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group.

Tonight’s event will be held at Microsoft New England, located at 1 Memorial Drive in Cambridge (Kendall Square). The event will be held  in the Adams and Attucks rooms at Microsoft. The event kicks off at 6:30pm and runs until 8:30.

Dave Evanson is a Sedo domain broker, and he recently won a TRAFFIC Award for Domain Broker of the Year. Not only will this event give you the chance to meet Dave, but you’ll also be able to meet web developers and SEO professionals in the area.

Update:  It looks like the event may be full, although it is possible people will be permitted entry if space allows.

Sedo Great Domains Auction Results

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Sedo’s  Great Domains September auction closed last week, and I have posted the results blow. The six figure sale of Fahrrad.com was the highest value sale. According to Wikipedia, fahrrad means “bicycle” in German.

In total, the auction did close to a quarter of a million USD. (P) below indicates a website/content was included with the domain name.

September Great Domains auction results:

fahrrad.com (P) 90000 EUR
doctor.co.uk 24999 £
brasile.it 15601 EUR
planten.nl 14000 EUR
township.com 13733 $US
ptz.com 5300 $US
workwear.nl 5099 EUR

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Private Messages: Sedo vs. Afternic

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When completing a transaction at Sedo and Afternic, all parties communicate via the private message systems found on each platform. The domain broker and/or escrow agent act as an intermediary between both parties, giving instructions and answering questions, while keeping the buyer and seller at arm’s length.

With Sedo’s private messages, the recipient is informed that there is a new message in the transfer center, and in order to see the message, the recipient must log in to his or her account at Sedo. This can be annoying, especially when the update is minor or when away from the computer. You don’t really know the content of a private message until you log in to read it, and you obviously can’t reply directly in the email.

When Afternic representatives send private messages, the full message appears in the email content the recipient receives. The recipient can see what’s happening with a transaction rather than having to log in to an account to read the message. In addition, recipient can reply to the sender directly from the email.

With most domain forums like DN Forum and Domain Boardroom, private message emails include the message in them. I don’t believe the recipient can reply directly via email, but it’s good to know whether the message is urgent or can wait until later.

It would be great if Sedo could include the private message in the email content.

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