CAMBRIDGE, Massachusets – Sedo, the leading online marketplace where users buy and sell domain names and websites, concluded its second .mobi “premium name” online auction on November 7, generating $760,000 for the creation of mobile content tools like taxi.mobi, dating.mobi, homes.mobi and adult.mobi.
With bidders from 32 countries participating, the auction’s most desired names were taxi.mobi (sold for $75,111), dating.mobi ($73,000), homes.mobi ($53,700), motels.mobi ($47,000), hotel.mobi ($46,000), date.mobi ($40,000) and adult.mobi ($30,000). The dotMobi Premium Names list is a set of more than 5,000 commonly used words that dotMobi set aside during its formation. In a series of three online auctions hosted by Sedo, dotMobi is the first domain company to offer selected names directly to the market via an auction process rather than a traditional “first come, first served” process.
Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo, said, “After the tremendous success of the first dotMobi auction, we had high expectations for the second auction as it featured premium domains in top verticals including real estate, automotive and dating. There was never a doubt that this auction would generate even greater interest than the first, and the best is yet to come when the third dotMobi auction kicks off later this month.”
Sedo’s third and final dotMobi auction will run November 28 through December 5. Details on the auction will be announced shortly at Sedo.com/dotmobi.
About Sedo
Sedo, an acronym for “Search Engine for Domain Offers,” is the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names and websites. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Sedo has assembled the world’s largest database of domain names for sale, with more than seven million listings. The success of Sedo’s model has attracted a global membership base of more than 350,000 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.
Press Contact: Kate Donahue Director of Marketing
Sedo.com
617-499-7260
Kate@sedo.com
Sedo, an acronym for “Search Engine for Domain Offers,” is the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names and websites. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Sedo has assembled the world’s largest database of domain names for sale, with more than seven million listings. The success of Sedo’s model has attracted a global membership base of more than 350,000 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.
Press Contact: Kate Donahue Director of Marketing
Sedo.com
617-499-7260
Kate@sedo.com
Source: November 13th, 2007 Sedo.com Press Release submitted to DomainNews.com
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