Three Sedo Questions

[MAllie]

Hi, here's this Sedonewbie again with three more questions:

Why do some domain names take longer to be verified when they all come from the same source (GoDaddy)? Three of mine are taking a while compared to all the others that went straight in.

What is the significance of getting uniques but almost no clicks?

Since I parked my names I've been getting some offers, but not through Sedo. Presumably the people are going straight to Whois to find out who I am. Does this affect my status with Sedo in any way?

 

[StianStian is verified member.]

Hi, here's this Sedonewbie again with three more questions:

Why do some domain names take longer to be verified when they all come from the same source (GoDaddy)? Three of mine are taking a while compared to all the others that went straight in.

Some domains might already be listed in a previous owner's Sedo account. Some may not use Sedo's nameservers. Some may have incorrect contact details. If you set your domains to Sedo's nameservers and make sure that they have correct contact details, reflecting the same e-mail address as you use with Sedo, they get verified automatically and usually instantly.

What is the significance of getting uniques but almost no clicks?

Are you sure your parking keywords reflect what the visitors are looking for? Do some research on your domains to see what the visitors are looking for and then experiment with keywords to see what maximizes your CTR. Look them up on archive.org , see if they have been previously developed, search Google for backlinks, look what countries the visitors are coming from etc. Some of your traffic may also be search engine bots, spiders etc. which will not generate clicks.

Since I parked my names I've been getting some offers, but not through Sedo. Presumably the people are going straight to Whois to find out who I am. Does this affect my status with Sedo in any way?

No. Even though Sedo's legal agreement states that as long as your domain is listed with Sedo, you are not allowed to sell it any other place. I only find this to be a problem if the name is already in an active Sedo auction.

 

[MAllie]

Thanks, Stian.

But could my domains have past history, when I was able to reg them straight from GoDaddy?

And how can I tell from looking at my Sedo page where the unique visitors are coming from?

Is there a keyword service one can subscribe to for help with setting keywords?

 

[dvdrip]

No. Even though Sedo's legal agreement states that as long as your domain is listed with Sedo, you are not allowed to sell it any other place. I only find this to be a problem if the name is already in an active Sedo auction.

Where does sedo state this? This is totally untrue.
You can sell the domains anyplace and anyway you want AND list them in sedo.

This is only true if the domain is in auction.