Sedo auctions....ok, but how do I find a Sedo broker to get in?

[italiandragon]

Hi, let`s start from last SEDO newsletter:



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There are two ways to participate as a seller:


If you receive a bid on any one of your names listed at Sedo, you can start an auction for this domain - with the original bid serving as both the starting and reserve price.
If you have a premium domain name (preferably a one-word .com, .net or a popular ccTLD like .de or .co.uk) and a reasonable reserve price, you can contact a Sedo broker to list this name in our auction even without having received a bid. With these brokerage auctions the domain is only sold if the reserve is met through the auction.

Tim Schumacher
CEO, Sedo.com

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And then let`s see my question to Sedo by e-mail:


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I`d l ike to ask if some of my premium domain names can be listed in the Sedo auction as indicated by your last newsletter.
You suggested to contact a Sedo broker...how do I find one?

I have such premium ccTlds as

OnlinePoker.pk (Pakistan, 6th most populated country in the world, few weeks ago Casino.pk was sold here for $2,800) or Golf.pk or other good names.

Thanks for your kind attention.

Best regards,

Lorenzo Cesarei

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And that`s their answer:

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Hello Lorenzo,

Thanks for your email.

You ask about the auction. Only those top premium one word .com domains that are submitted to and approved by Sedo brokers can be listed in the Sedo auction without a reserve price first met.

In your case, you can send your domain to auction only after you receive an offer on it through the Sedo marketplace. You will have 5 days to send it to auction from when you receive your latest offer. You can do this on the 'view offers I've received' page. You will see an option C, 'Send domain to Auction' option, once you've received an offer on a domain. I hope this clarifies.

Please click here for more information regarding our auction system:

http://www.sedo.co.uk/auction/overview/?tracked=&partnerid=25717&language=e

I hope this clarifies. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. I'll be happy to help.

Best Regards,

Monica Ibrahim

Customer Relations Representative

Sedo.com :: One Broadway :: Cambridge, MA 02142
tel 617-758-4292 :: fax 617-577-3983

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So obviously not everybody reads that sentence:

"or a popular ccTLD like .de or .co.uk"

Any Sedo broker in here who`s willing to have a look at my domain names?

Thanks

Kind regards

 

[DNjet]

""In your case, you can send your domain to auction only after you receive an offer on it through the Sedo marketplace.""

that means they rejected your names for auction

 

[italiandragon]

""In your case, you can send your domain to auction only after you receive an offer on it through the Sedo marketplace.""

that means they rejected your names for auction

But I just listed 2 of my names......so that makes no sense.

 

[PRED]

Hi,
if you ask they'll list them i'm sure, but maybe without reserve. That's the risk.
Cheers, Pred

 

[italiandragon]

Hi,
if you ask they'll list them i'm sure, but maybe without reserve. That's the risk.
Cheers, Pred

Hi Pred, no way...I don`t list them without reserve...I don`t think they are rubbish.

Still I wonder if here there is a SEDO broker?

 

[Theo]

Sedo brokers appear only when you're selling a name, making a ridiculous offer for your domain on behalf of a nitwit who wants to circumvent their 7-day freeze of a lowball bid.

 

[katherine]

At least you got a response from the broker.
I'm still waiting :biggrin:

 

[domainah]

Hi Pred, no way...I don`t list them without reserve...I don`t think they are rubbish.

Still I wonder if here there is a SEDO broker?

If they are not rubbish people will bid on them and drive the price up..nothing to worry, unless you are not sure they are that good to begin with, you might not get the 5 figures or whatever you would like maybe, but you cant hope for an extra high end user premium in an auction..but you are gonna get a fair price..and its a sure way of getting some good exposure

 

[italiandragon]

If they are not rubbish people will bid on them and drive the price up..nothing to worry, unless you are not sure they are that good to begin with, you might not get the 5 figures or whatever you would like maybe, but you cant hope for an extra high end user premium in an auction..but you are gonna get a fair price..and its a sure way of getting some good exposure

true.....but still they did not say that I can list them without reserve in a auction so I guess I have to wait.

Thanks.

 

[domainah]

I asked them to list a 3letter .com for auction..havent heard anything, that was 2 weeks ago...

 

[katherine]

I finally received a reply from the broker saying the name doesn't qualify.
IMO some of the names being auctioned at Sedo should not qualify either but well
I will broker the names myself

 

[olebean]

From what I can interpret all brokers are about 2 and decide what domains get submitted by straw poleing themselves

Great huh