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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
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Sedo
Issues Its Domain Market Study for 2Q-2013 &
Their Own Financial Results + Does Chicago.com
Have a New Owner or Just a New Investor?
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I've
been away on vacation
so in the Lowdown posts today and tomorrow I'll
bring you up to date on some of the news and
information that came in while I was away. For
starters,
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Sedo
has released their latest quarterly domain
market study covering 2Q-2013 and for
the first time the Sedo study is presented as an
infographic
rather than in the usual text format they have
used since they started issuing these reports in
2004. Sedo
reported closing over 9,500 sales to
buyers in 160 different countries in the
second quarter with an average sales price
of $1,830. The median price for
their sales (the point at which half of all
sales were higher and half were lower) was
$551.
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Sedo
CEO Tobias Flaitz |
Sedo's
sales came from a record 118
different domain extensions and CEO Tobias
Flaitz said ICANN's impending
release of new gTLDs will dramatically
increase that number. "We're going to
see the market flooded with
hundreds of new domain extensions in the
coming months and years, and our data
shows that investors and corporations are
evidently warming up to the idea of using
different extensions," Flaitz said.
"It
will take time and effort before we see
mass adoption of new TLDs, and Sedo is
contributing its part to raise
awareness through global marketing,
sales efforts and partnerships with
applicants. The fact that more extensions
than ever are being traded and
successfully used for business is a
promising development," Flaitz said.
Even
so, the Sedo study showed that 53%
of all sales on their platform in 2Q-2013
were .com domains with an average
price of $1,937 for those sales.
Sedo also reported that 42% of its sales
were from Buy It Now
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In a related
note, Sedo Holding AG also issued their earnings
report for the first half of 2013.
Sedo
reported revenue growth of 5.9% (in line
with its forecast) with total group revenue
rising from €66.6 million in the
same period a year ago to €70.5 million
this year. Sedo said the growth was especially
driven by the Affiliate Marketing
segment, adding that the Domain Marketing segment
(including domain monetization) remained
confronted by the challenges of a contracting
market and strong competition from
price-aggressive providers.
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In another
interesting story while I was away,
geodomain giant Dan
Pulcrano, in an article
he wrote for SV411.com,
said that the Chicago Sun Times
had purchased Chicago.com - though
the company has not publicly confirmed
that yet. |
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The
point man for Chicago.com's long time
ownership group - Josh Metnick -
hasn't confirmed a sale either and as Andrew
Allemann reported at DomainNameWire
Wednesday, Metnick is still listed as the
registered agent and President of the
company shown in the WhoIs record as the
Chicago.com owner. So, it is possible that
the Sun Times involvement may be an
investment/marketing agreement rather than
an outright purchase of one of the world's
premier geodomains. |
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(Posted August
15, 2013)
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