One auction kicks off as another comes to a close. SnapNames' monthly domain name auction has kicked off and will conclude next Tuesday, November 17. The monthly auctions used to last only a few days, so it looks like SnapNames is trying a different ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Social Business Card Company Buys Poken.com for $75,000
· Domain SalesSocial gadget company upgrades its domain name. Sedo has brokered the sale of Poken.com for $75,000 to a company that bills itself as a mobile social business card. According to the web site, "poken is your 'social business card.' it's an easy way ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Rick Latona Auction Ends Today, Sedo 2 Character Auction Starts
· Domain SalesOne auction ends and another one begins today. The extended auction for Rick Latona's TRAFFIC auction ends today, and bidding is open online. A handful of domains have already received bids (which also means they hit their reserve). Notable domains ... Continue Reading5 Comments
PokerBonus.com Domain Name Sells for $85,000
· Domain SalesGambling domain takes top spot for the week. There were no six figure sales at Sedo this past week, but the broker still scored some big sales. Number one on the list is PokerBonus.com at $85,000. The domain's whois record has been protected by a ... Continue Reading7 Comments
You Say See-Dough, I Say Say-Dough
· ServicesOne of the questions I often hear about Sedo is how it is pronounced. I've always said See-Dough. So when I was at the SedoPro conference in Key West earlier this month, I was delighted to hear Sedo CEO Tim Schumaker pronounce the company as see-dough ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Sedo Auction Woes Were Caused by Denial of Service Attack
· Domain SalesDDOS to blame for problems during auction yesterday. Sedo's outage during the .de domain name auction yesterday was not due to intense bidding activity, but was actually a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, reports the company. In a ... Continue Reading23 Comments
TV.de Auction Ends Over $400,000
· Domain SalesTV.de leads .de domain name pre-auction. When .de registry DENIC starts releasing previously unavailable domain names tomorrow, you can bet a lot of Sedo's partner registrars will be hammering the registry for TV.de. A "pre-auction" for TV.de closed ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.De Domain Name Auction Melts Sedo’s Servers
· Domain Sales.De auction traffic halts auction. Massive traffic for Sedo's .de "pre-auction" has taken the site down. A message on the site reads: Due to the extremely high participation in the .De Pre-Auction Sedo?s website was temporarily down. We have ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Sedo 1 and 2 Character .De Domain Name Auction Ends Today
· Domain Sales.De auction ends today. Sedo's one and two character .de domain name "pre-auction" ends at noon Eastern today. .De is the country code for Germany, and is arguably the most successful country code domain name on the web. .De registry DENIC is ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Understanding Simultaneous Bidding Threads at Sedo
· Domain SalesMultiple bidding threads may cause confusion. It sure seemed that there was a glitch in Sedo's system. I started receiving offers for one of my domains listed at Sedo -- TaxiScreen.com -- last week. The offers were small, and I countered with a ... Continue Reading3 Comments