Holy Cr*p - .03, .04, .05 - Just How Much Does Sedo Take?

[DomainFatigue]

I mean I look at some of my PPC template clicks paying $0.50-2.00 and then at my Sedo stats and see stuff like this:

Relationship advice - .05 a click
Dating - .04
Boarding schools - .03
Legal forms - .04

Profit is one thing, but if there was such a thing as being raped by computer this is it!

Edited to add: They didn't even kiss me first.

 

[copper]

Edited to add: They didn't even kiss me first.

LOL

 

[domainah]

yeah..unfortunately I am experiencing the same with my mostly real estate domain heavy portfolio...

 

[simon]

premium keywords are being paid crap in sedo these days

 

[Theo]

There are no "premium keywords". All keywords are approved by a team of monkeys. You doubt it? Put any keyword you like. It might take two tries but it will be accepted.

 

[dvdrip]

It's a jungle out there...

 

[Theo]

Sedo's plan to make (us) more money, above. Twelve months of dwindling PPC.

 

[mistermouse63]

that's why im not paying so much attention to finding expensive keywords anymore... increasing the clickrate is the only way to make more profit at sedo.

as for the dropping EPC, my first guess was that it is falling in order to give more money to domains with cheap keywords (so that more ppl are satisfied). however, i can't really say that this is happening. i have quite a lot of domains with huge traffic and low EPC which hasnt increased a bit after the big changes.

 

[Ian]

Sedo simply has the wrong vision, they simply need to revert back to the good old system! Ever thought about signing a petition...to help them make more profits?!

 

[seanboy]

What was sedo's "good old system?" Just curious.

 

[GT Web]

Here's an idea: move your domains away from SEDO, at least until their performance improves.

 

[Theo]

Today, my biggest earner had its lowest revenue day in 24 months. PPC dropped to 5 cents.

Sedo - you suck.

 

[DomainFatigue]

If they are spreading the profits to boost lower-paying keywords, Sedo should at least explain their rationale. Otherwise, it just appears to be greed, plain and simple. Today for example on a PPC template, two clicks earned me $3.80. One click of that same keyword on Sedo - 4 cents! I understand they are acting as a middle man, but WTF? The only reason I have been keeping my domains there is because I used to get occassional offers on them. But I haven't since the upgrade... At this point, anything related to my PPC sites is going to be forwarded.

 

[mistermouse63]

lower-paying keywords ARE NOT earning more at all, I can easily prove this with stats.

 

[whitebark]

Maybe I'm not as patient as some others but when I see two weeks of .04 cent clicks at Sedo for a domain I move it - and fast. I moved one over to fab - it now pays an average of almost $3 a click whereas it was barely .10 cents at Sedo, with the same keywords. That's only one domain and thus not a complete comparison, but come on that is a bit of a spread.

 

[Theo]

A complete joke.

 

[Theo]

Today it looks like the drop will be astronomical.

 

[gemsergio]

hmm
bad very bad as well...

 

[petrosc]

c'mon guys move those domain of yours away from sedo and stop wining. I only keep domains with international traffic there, the rest of my names are in parked

 

[Theo]

We are whining?

I think not.