Here’s some big news heading into DomainFest conference week. According to a press release distributed this morning, Sedo and Go Daddy have entered into a new partnership allowing domain names listed for sale at Sedo to be shown to potential buyers at GoDaddy.
The obvious reason this is important is that people looking to register domain names will be shown domain names that are listed for sale at Sedo. A person registering a name may have an interest in upgrading to a far superior name if given the opportunity, and I believe Sedo has the largest domain marketplace.
Over the last several months and maybe even years, companies like Sedo and Afternic have been stressing that domain owners who want to sell their domain names need to have them priced. I would imagine that only domain names that are available with buy it now prices at Sedo will be shown to buyers at Go Daddy, enabling them to buy the domain name right away. Afternic domain names have been listed at Godaddy since October (coincidentally announced at the last major domain conference).
The questions I would have for Sedo and Go Daddy are:
- How long will it take to be paid after a sale is made?
- Will domain names that don’t have buy it now prices be shown?
- Will domain names need to be registered at Go Daddy to be shown in this channel?
- Is there additional commission taken out for a sale in this channel?
- Will Go Daddy be lowering its commission rates to list names in its premium sales channel?
Congratulations to Sedo and Godaddy on this big news. The press release is below.