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Sedo Sells Nearly 1,000 Domain Names for $1.92 Million

Elliot Silver
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SedoDuring the past week, Sedo sold a total of 990 domain names through its marketplace, totaling $1.92 million (public and private sales included).

The largest sale of the week was Fab.de, which sold for $50,000. Since the domain name currently resolves to Sedo’s home page and the Whois info reflects Sedo’s transfer service, it’s not known who purchased the domain name. There is a popular daily sale site at Fab.com, so perhaps that company was the buyer. Fab.eu was also purchased last week for 35,000 EUR, and like Fab.de, the domain name resolves to Sedo’s home page.

Sedo sales last week.

fab.de 50000 USD
imigration.com 35000 USD
fab.eu 35000 EUR
games24.com 26500 EUR
sleepcycle.com 20000 USD
cem.org 18000 USD
minds.com 14000 USD
smutty.com 12000 USD
fw.eu 11000 EUR
jobangebote.de 10099 EUR
pagomat.com 10000 USD
cloudlab.com 10000 USD
ha.net 9800 USD
webdots.de 8830 EUR
borsa.net 8400 USD
golf.me 7000 USD
cohost.com 6500 USD
wimp.de 6500 EUR
taner.com 6000 EUR
onetabletperchild.com 6000 USD
inc.me 5600 USD
proboxing.com 5500 USD
vertrieb.com 5100 EUR
learningspark.com 5000 USD
makereal.com 5000 USD
itattoo.com 5000 USD
playsoft.com 5000 USD
4ta.com 5000 USD
müllbeutel.de 5000 EUR

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1&1 Advertising Heavily

Elliot Silver
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen quite a few television spots for 1&1 on different channels and at various hours, which likely means the company is spending a lot of money on advertising.  I had heard of 1&1 before, but I don’t know a whole lot about the company, aside from knowing about it’s domain registration division.

The Pennsylvania-based company is a domain registrar and web hosting company, although it seems to be promoting it’s website building tools for small businesses. I suppose once a business builds a website, it’s more likely they will become long term customers. There’s certainly more money in web hosting than in domain registrations.

I did some research to see how 1&1 ranks in terms of number of domain registrations, but I didn’t see the company listed on  WebHosting.info’s top registrar list. Research led me to the 1&1 FAQ page that stated, “Schlund + Partner registers domain names for 1&1 Internet.” WebHosting.info ranks Schlund + Partner as the 5th largest domain registrar in the world, with just under 5.2 million registrations, although I don’t know if they exclusively work with 1&1 (Schlund.de forwards to 1und1.de though.

A bit more research showed me that 1&1 is related to Sedo. Both companies are owned by a German company named United Internet AG. You can see the affiliation on  Sedo’s website  and also on  1&1’s history page. United Internet AG also operates Mail.com. You can read about United Internet’s other brands on its  corporate website.

One thing I was disappointed about given the relationship between 1&1 and Sedo was what seems to be a lack of a relationship between the two companies when searching for domain names at 1&1. When I performed a domain search using a domain name I own and have listed for sale at Sedo, there was nothing that indicated that I could visit Sedo to make an offer for the domain name. Perhaps 1&1 caters only to companies that will quickly buy unregistered domain names instead of having to wait out a negotiation process.

I am sure they’ve considered this, and it would be interesting to know why these sister companies aren’t working together in a more obvious way.

LinkWheelService.com – For Sale

Elliot Silver
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According to Wikipedia, a “Link wheel is a widely used internet marketing strategy. The basic idea of link wheels is to create a pattern of links which flow from one website to another which would finally link to a targeted website requiring promotion.” There are a number of SEO companies with a link wheel service offering, and the prices range from under $100 to several hundred dollars.

I am offering LinkWheelService.com for sale, and the price is $2,800. The current high offer is $1,000 from a company specializing in link wheel services (offer from this morning). I would possibly consider offers above $1,000 but below my asking price, but to buy it now without having to wait to see if better offers are received, the price is $2,800. The domain name is currently registered at Enom.

I would imagine this domain name can be used by a company that sells a link wheel service or by someone who wants to open an affiliate account with a company that offers this type of product.

This is a first come, first served opportunity.

Driving Traffic with Timely Articles

Elliot Silver
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This may be an obvious piece of advice, but I think it’s valuable enough to share in case you are embarking on your own web development projects on good domain names. With Google’s recent updates, there is a focus on adding new content on a regular basis. Just as important, in my opinion, is that the content is relevant to current events and searches.

When you have a website to update, I think it’s key to post articles related to hot topics in that particular business. If you’re up for it, you should consider posting multiple articles on the topic so your website becomes known as an expert site on that topic, and you’ll likely see greater results and more traffic.

Interview experts who are smarter than you about those topics and include their insight to supplement your own knowledge. Experts tend to be happy to share their knowledge, especially if it will benefit their business. Not only will this give you great, unique content, but it will also likely get others to visit your site when they are searching for insight from that expert. The expert may even use his or her personal and business network to publicize your article.

To give you an idea of some “hot” topics I’ve written about lately on various sites of mine, here are a few links:

What Are Your Favorite Blogs & Websites?

Elliot Silver
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I spend a lot of time during the week online. While much of my day is spent doing research on domain names and working on opening and closing deals, I do spend quite a bit of time reading non-domain name related websites and blogs to help with my business.

Some of the sites I read daily are sports and news related, while others are technology and marketing. I am curious about what non-domain name related blogs and websites you visit every day to help with your business. I’ve posted a short list of sites I visit and hope to learn about some others that you post.

Websites and Blogs I read daily to help my business (non-domain related):

  • TechCrunch
  • AdAge
  • Mashable
  • NY Times
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Forbes
  • Uncrunched
  • Yahoo Finance
  • Hacker News

NY Times: Klout Scores Matter

Elliot Silver
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I read an article in the New York Times this weekend, and it seems like Klout is being used by people in some mainstream industries to get products and services in front of  influential  people. If you’ve never used Klout before (or haven’t heard of it), the gist of the site is that it tracks a person’s (or brand’s) “influence” via social networking websites (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn…etc).

I started connecting a few of my social media accounts to see where my score ranks on Klout’s 1-100 scale. I am not sure how Klout calculates the influence scores since it’s based on the company’s proprietary algorithm.

You can check out a  list of people and companies in the domain industry    to see where people rank, although many of them aren’t signed up on Klout yet. This likely means their scores are lower than they would be if all of their social media accounts were connected.

If I missed your Twitter account when I was adding people and companies to the list and you’d like to be on the domain industry list, drop a comment with your Twitter handle.

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