Domain Names

Sedo’s New Fee Structure Explained

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by mediawizard in

A lot of people seem to be asking about Sedo’s new fee structure.

Specially now that they charge a flat fee if the domain is not parked with them AND not with a fixed fee.

I did some digging on their new price list and though not comprehensive, here are the results.

Parked and Fixed Priced Domains Category I 10% of sales price, no min. fee Category II Category III

Non-Parked and Non-Fixed Priced Domains Category I 10% of sales price, min. $50 Category II 10% of sales price, min. $100 Category III 10% of sales price, min. $150

Category I More >

CNN invests millions in a .IN

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by mediawizard in

… or so says the headline at the popular TheDomains blog.

Partially correct is what I would say

CNN has invested in Outside.in – a startup which provides local feeds to news organizations in the US. How much is unknown but it should be seven figures going by the info released by the company.

However, CNN didn’t invest in the domain, they invested in the company and the future of the service it provides.

That the company in question uses a .in instead of a .com to brand itself just underlines the global significance and acceptability of More >

Five Top Domain Investment Strategies – Part 1 of 5

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by mediawizard in

There are essentially five domain investment strategies that work better than most others. This is not information most people would be willing to share, but I thought I’d let it out there – if it helps one person register better domains, all the better.

Investment Strategy # 1: Geo Domains

City names, state names, country names in any tld are called Geo domains. Such names might be tough to monetize without development, but resale values are usually substantial and most extensions will get traffic and thus revenues. Generally locations More >

5 Essential Tools for Domain Owners

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by mediawizard in

These are my top 5 recommendations for essential domaining tools that any domain owner MUST have in their arsenal. They are all extremely cool and allow domain portfolio owners by making information available extremely easily.

1. FreshDrop

One of my favourite tools for finding domains about to drop as well as available domains. It provides sortable lists of domains, you can change the displayed names via filters. Also provides essential information regarding the drops including number of google results with or without the extension as More >

Domain News Roundup

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by mediawizard in

a. Funniest domain blog on the planet – Domain Gang – nothing is real, everything is funny and the writer seems to be on the good stuff. Hats off, good job. Nice racy style, lots of fun reading.

b. Sedo’s $50 commission is the new minimum commission. The rules for selling at a flat 10% are that the domain must be parked there for min. 32 days plus it must be listed at a fixed price. We have most of our domains there as ‘make offer’, a lot of them are priced, but that doesn’t make them ‘fixed price’ as per Sedo.

c. Great interview with More >

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