201 Bidders from 37 Countries Participated in Auction that Resulted in 40 Premium Domains Transferring Ownership, Including Turntable.com, Memorycard.com and Silkscreen.comCambridge, Mass., October 30, 2007 – On October 25, 2007, GreatDomains closed its latest live auction powered by Sedo. Bidders from 37 countries participated in the auction, which featured premium .COM and .NET domains being sold by members from around the world. At the close of the auction, 40 domains were sold to new owners from countries including the United States, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, and Australia.
Participating in the auction was turntable.com, which closed at $45,000, memorycard.com, which closed at $41,267, and silkscreen.com, which closed at $32,500. The total dollar amount of the auction neared the $300,000 mark, thanks in part to other domains such as fold.com ($25,000) and wwi.com ($22,500).
Sedo acquired GreatDomains, the online platform for buying and selling premium domain names in June 2007. This was the latest in a series of live premium domain auctions to be run on GreatDomains.com. GreatDomains will feature another 7-day auction event beginning November 29, 2007, with recording.com, coed.com, hallowed.com, mustang.net, and other one-word premium domains up for bidding.
About Sedo
Sedo, an acronym for “Search Engine for Domain Offers,” is the leading online marketplace where users buy and sell domain names and websites. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Sedo has assembled the world’s largest database of domain names, with more than eight million listed for sale by their owners. The success of Sedo’s model has attracted a global membership base of more than 500,000 domain professionals. Sedo is majority-owned by AdLINK Group (ISIN DE0005490155 / German WKN: 549015), which is part of the German United Internet AG (ISIN DE0005089031/ WKN 508903). Sedo offers regional versions of its site for the UK (Sedo.co.uk), France (Sedo.fr), Germany (Sedo.de), and Spain (Sedo.com). For additional information, please visit www.sedo.com.
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