Domain Magnate

Sedo is notorious for making sellers pick low reserves to “encourage more bidders” and while it sometimes work, frequently there aren’t enough bidders in the first place, so names end up with low prices. This mostly refers to GreatDomains auctions.

Next GreatDomains event has these names in the list, among others:

Attended.com no reserve
Calcium.net $1-$499
Debbie.net no reserve
Doctor.net $5,000-$9,999
Illicit.com $1,000-$4,999
Doorway.com $1,000-$4,999

Now some of these reserves are just ridiculously low, someone will get bargains!
I think low reserves only hurt the sale, there should be either no reserve at all, like on snapnames and bido, or a fair reserve like there is usually in TRAFFIC auctions and good sedo auctions. Low reserves will just reduce the domain’s value in the eyes of the buyer. A quick example is when I recently sold my coriander.com for just $5100 on greatdomains auction with reserve $5k, after it went up to $9k on a sedo auction previously, shy of reaching its reserve. There are simply not enough bidders to create a bidding war to get the price up, especially now due to summer, recession, election, global warming..

New cool high for CVCV.com domains, mope.com recently reached $9k on sedo

It’s a top cvcv with a million google results, but nowhere as good as dato.com, which we sold for $9k!

Here is the fifth monthly Recent LLLL.com Sales compilation. LLLL.com’s are the most frequently traded domaining commodity on all forums and auctions and it’s thus crucial to be up to date with the quickly changing prices.

The list includes last 3-5 days of sales on different venues based on TDVR database and NP sales thread.

CVCV.com’s and 3 letter repeating LLLL.com’s remain the most wanted among 4L’s.  Minimum price for  quad premiums is about $325, while without  F and H they usually go up to $350-400 and more.

SnapNames

aavp.com $184
gdcv.com $79
GGXG.com $254
vvnv.com $214
xtwe.com $33
yfqp.com $33
yqcu.com $33
yzve.com $33
ayiu.com $81
bonm.com $365
bskm.com $85
cxbu.com $31
Hily.com $1,050
jifa.com $3,200
lzxp.com $40
mzdk.com $40
oyxt.com $36
rurw.com $84
sivy.com $60 read more »

I recently spotted this domain on DNF and it caught my attention. Not only because it’s a top female name and a great domain, but mostly because the high contrast in prices.

The seller claims to have paid over $50K for the name and the reserve on the greatdomains auction is only in the 1-5K euro range.  This is a high risk and from my experience GreatDomains auction is among the worst places to take that kind of risk at.

I certanly wish EarlBarrett good luck  with the sale, but  I’m afraid the auction won’t reach that high

Don’t sell quad premium 4l.com’s and quad premium 4l.com’s with 3 repeating letters on Sedo! Strangely enough the prices on sedo no reserve auctions for these don’t reach near the levels that people  are ready to pay for them on domaining forums.

That said, it’s true sedo has some good deals lately, if you’re planning to grab a few good LLLL.com’s go buy some there.

A quick comparison: DDDB.com is now taking offers on DNF, as of now the highest offer is $1500, a few similar and even domains ended considerably lower on sedo:

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Winner.com Ended at $225K on Sedo

Decent sale for a great domain. I think both the buyer and seller got a good deal here.

This could be the best domain for a Gambling portal, or casino and that is the most lucrative business online.

There is an ongoing discussion about the sale on DNF

Top sedo sales publiched by domainnamenews:

taz.com 		40,000	USD GreatDomains
chianti.com		28,500	USD GreatDomains
posse.com 		24,500	USD
diw.com 		12,500	USD
ylc.com 		10,100	USD
textr.com 		8,750	USD
yachtshop.com 		7,600	USD
wzb.com 		7,100	USD GreatDomains
gonk.com 		7,000	USD
motionsports.com	6,700	USD
vko.com 		6,100	EUR
zoyo.com 		6,000	EUR

 more..

Sedo started recently a special auction for .nl domains

Some of the top names with current bids:

 huren.nl        17,777       EUR
wk.nl        7,777       EUR
planten.nl        5,000       EUR
reclames.nl        4,000       EUR
relatiegesche…        2,500       EUR
starten.nl        2,500       EUR
illustraties.nl        2,000       EUR
voornamen.nl        2,000       EUR read more »

Here is the forth monthly Recent LLLL.com Sales compilation. LLLL.com’s are the most frequently traded domaining commodity on all forums and auctions and it’s thus crucial to be up to date with the quickly changing prices.

The list includes last 3-5 days of sales on different venues based on TDVR database

Many nice end user value sales on afternic this week. There is a growing demand on CVCV.com domains and it’s rare to see sales below $1k in this area, while the quality of cvcv’s being sold is lower. Premium cvcv are rarely put for sale.

Many bargains can still be found on different auction houses.

SnapNames

cqsv.com     $41
dqhz.com     $41
dyqa.com     $106
hovp.com     $60
hprq.com     $41
jztw.com     $41
mvyx.com     $40 read more »

Sedo updated today their brokerage service, adding new options for both buyers and sellers. First reported by dnexpert

Sedo’s brokerage services are being updated with a new process for submitting both buyer and seller side brokerage requests and…

Sedo’s brokerage services are being updated with a new process for submitting both buyer and seller side brokerage requests and enhanced communications tools. Our dedicated brokers will now be able to work one-on-one with clients through Sedo’s exclusive message tool. The goal of this new process is to strengthen relationships and to provide more efficient service and support to each individual buyer and seller. read more »