Seven points: Does the constant promotion of Domain Auctions benefit bidders?

These days, domain auction venues really want to ‘milk’ it; advertising auctions for days, and up to the last minute via email campaigns and social media. Obviously, while this is beneficial for the seller and the domain venue, it’s not necessarily good for the bidders. πŸ˜‰ Here’s a list of seven points, on why we […]

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Nasty weather, snow, promote higher bids at domain auctions

A three-year research of domain auction venues, including Sedo, SnapNames, Flippa, GoDaddy TDNAM and NameJet has produced some very interesting results. The research was conducted by an independent panel of professionals, and included domain investors as part of the data analysis team, supervised by the Tallahassee Polytechnic of Sciences. Weather, apparently, plays a major role […]

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Sedo MLS expands to Wawa, 7-Eleven, other convenience stores

Faced with an expiring contract with GoDaddy and its TDNAM domain marketplace, Sedo is upping the ante for its high-acclaimed SedoMLS initiative. “We wanted to reach out to the domain consumer, when they are more inclined to buy products, and after careful research we found the perfect venue,” said Sedo VP of Public Awareness, Rudy […]

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Patent granted: GoDaddy to extend domain length to 2,048 characters

After an embarrassing auction at TDNAM for a particularly long domain name, GoDaddy – the world’s #1 domain registrar – has been granted a patent at the USPTO. Patent #12,342,256 produces “…a domain filesystem and microcode capable of extending the current octet limitations of labels, thus increasing the usable domain length to 2,048 characters.” This […]

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Stolen domain name Gmix.com changes hands once again

We’ve been tracking the status of domains we reported and documented as stolen in the past; one of them is Gmix.com – a domain that was stolen along with others from its Norwegian owner. Unlike the rest of the stolen domains from the same batch that were still at Moniker, this domain had its contact […]

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GoDaddy Perks: Registrar introduces ‘Commission Suction’ for all affiliates

Godaddy, the world’s largest registrar – both by the total number of domains and chest circumference of its female promoters – is once again offering a pioneering new product. “Gone are the days that you’d be slaving your time on TDNAM’s affiliate network, hoping that one out of 100 visits would convert,” said GoDaddy affiliate […]

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Game .US sells for thousands of dollars on TDNAM

The domain name, Game.us, was just sold for thousands of dollars at a GoDaddy public auction. Nine bidders entered a game of bidding, until one won the domain. Click here to find out how much it sold for. πŸ˜€

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Edited: TDNAM.com SSL expired

Currently, the Secure Layer Certificate (SSL) for GoDaddy’s TDNAM appears to have expired. When visiting TDNAM.com one sees the following message: www.tdnam.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for the following names: auction.godaddy.com , www.auction.godaddy.com , auction.godaddy.com , auctions.godaddy.com (Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain) It seems that GoDaddy – themselves a provider of […]

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And the #1 reason why GoDaddy TDNAM + Sedo MLS sucks for “Make an offer” is…

Sedo MLS partnered with GoDaddy TDNAM a while back; while one could opt out of using Sedo MLS, it’s now being force-fed. Simply speaking, all “make an offer” domains are now listed on TDNAM, and GoDaddy enjoys the local traffic to its marketplace, all while Sedo is confident this will lead to an increase in […]

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GoDaddy doesn’t want your porn domains from Sedo MLS

Recently, we unveiled how domain names listed with a “Make an offer” option on Sedo, are now on the GoDaddy TDNAM platform; for those domains, sellers and buyers cannot exchange any type of message. There is an update to this messy addition of the SedoMLS: Adult or porn domains from SedoMLS don’t make it toΒ  […]

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GoDaddy not allowing comments on Sedo MLS

The partnership of Sedo with various domain registrars has created the Sedo MLS platform. Pretty much, when querying a domain via these affiliated domain registrars, an option takes visitors to the corresponding offer page on Sedo, where the domains are listed for sale. The drawback: it’s a 20% fee for selling it through the MLS […]

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Selling Trademark Domains: Are listing venues guilty?

A post from yesterday regarding the listing of almost 500 “facebook” domains on TDNAM caused some serious stir. It seems that not everyone agrees about a listing venue’s responsibility regarding the trading of trademark-infringing domains. Such venues include GoDaddy’s TDNAM, eBay, Flippa.com and others. Sedo and Afternic are known to pro-actively enforce the removal of […]

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