MegaUpload.net up for auction again, and DigitalArchery.com doesn’t have a new owner after all.
Here are a couple interesting updates on Sedo domain name auctions.
First, MegaUpload.net is on auction at Sedo…again. An auction for the domain closed at $11,099 on April 5. But the whois record for the domain never changed, so I’m not sure if the sale went through. The new auction has a current bid of $2,850, and it seems odd to me that someone who bought the domain for over $11,000 would send it to auction again at such a low price. I’ve contacted Sedo for comment.
[Update: I received this comment from Sedo:
The auction for megaupload.net that took place earlier this month was completed, but due to the buyer’s unwillingness to cooperate with the transfer of the domain, it had to be cancelled. Our Security & Compliance team cancels a tiny number of transactions every year, and Sedo takes any cancellation of a transaction seriously. Any user who is at fault for the cancellation of a transaction has their account reviewed by our Security & Compliance team, and the necessary action taken against them to prevent the issue from recurring. ]
According to the listing, MegaUpload.net received close to 80,000 visits last month. The domain name was not owned by Kim DotCom’s company.
In other Sedo auction news, the sale of DigitalArchery.com has apparently fallen through.
According to the domain owner, the buyer didn’t pay within 10 days. So he requested the auction results be cancelled.
Ruben says
Hi there were just 3 bidders in DA auction and as well as Pool offering DA looks like someone at DigitalArcheryExperts.com has just launched a site last week to do it to. And someone in Asia registered a DA .co.uk name. So it may sell later for more.
Gnanes says
Sedo has so many fake bidders. They need to beef up their approval system. More than 7 of auctions were cancelled due to fake/shill bidders.
Duane Higgins says
The second bidder may have paid the $4000 that they bid. However, I withdrew the name from that auction-as it appears that the name is worth much more than the $4000.
FarmerJohn says
I recently had to alert the owner of a 3-letter generic one-word .net that his name was being listed for sale on Sedo by some scammer from Belarus who had joined April 2012.
The “Buy Now” price had also changed from $20K to $1200 within 48 hours.
Sedo’s “vetting” system is laughable.