Domain Name News: “NameJet adds .CO Backorders” plus 3 more

NameJet adds .CO Backorders
Sedo Webinar on the Background of IDNX
Sedo MLS Domains now Offered Through United Domains
Sedo Appoints Internet Entrepreneur and Researcher Thies Lindenthal as Product Manager for Domain Pricing

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:53 AM PDT

After CO Internet, the operator of the .CO registry recently announced that their renewal rate was about 66% at the end of July and “expect to see somewhere in the nature of 68-69% renewal rates for July once all late renewals are totaled“. The first drop catching providers have now added the ability to go after expiring .CO domain names, with NameJet being the latest company to add the ccTLD. NameJet is also featuring pre-release .CO names from their partner registrars, such as propertytaxes.co and 204.co.

As far as we here at DNN know, .CO backorders are currently available via Hexonet, Aftermarket.pl and Namejet. Did we miss anyone? Let us know in the comments. Are you planning to backorder any?

Sedo Webinar on the Background of IDNX

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Sedo has now published a video of yesterday’s webinar about IDNX, a domain name exchange that is updated monthly based on the domain sales data provided by Sedo. During the webinar the founder of IDNX, Thies Lindenthal, encouraged other companies to also provide their sales data to the exchange.

While IDNX remains an independant project based on data provided by Sedo, the company recently announced that Thies Lindenthal has joined the company as Product Manager of Domain Pricing.

Sedo MLS Domains now Offered Through United Domains

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:53 PM PDT

According to an email from Sedo, SedoMLS Premium listed domains are now also promoted through United Domains. United Domains has integrated Sedo's multi-listing service, SedoMLS Premium, for its US-based clients, allowing domain sellers to list their domain portfolio for sale at Sedo, and have potential buyers search for and purchase these domain listings directly at their registrar's website.

"With SedoMLS Premium, we have extended our domain name market to additional US clients," said Tim Schumacher, Sedo's CEO. "This is an ideal sales channel for international domain sellers and for those interested in domains, purchasing a domain name is now as easy as registering it."

Florian Huber, CEO of United Domains, confirms the benefits of such a partnership: "United Domains has built a successful partnership with Sedo as a preferred registrar, and we are very excited about expanding our partnership to include the Sedo MLS program," he said. "By adding the Sedo MLS Premium service to our search results, we can to offer our customers a wide selection of premium domains for purchase, as easily as they can register new domains with us."

SedoMLS Premium for domain sellersis an additional channel for displaying their domain listings to potential buyers. As soon as a user carries out a search on their registrar's website, SedoMLS Premium provides them with the opportunity to purchase a domain that is already registered by another party at a fixed price, and complete the transfer through the SedoMLS Premium partner's site.

United Domains will also be further expanding its partnership with Sedo by integrating its own sales inventory into the SedoMLS Premium network in 2012.

Sedo Appoints Internet Entrepreneur and Researcher Thies Lindenthal as Product Manager for Domain Pricing

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Domain Market place and parking provider Sedo has announced that Thies Lindenthal has been appointed Product Manager for Domain Pricing. Lindenthal, a seasoned internet entrepreneur and researcher, will bring his scientific expertise and his PhD in Real Estate to the domain pricing field, and work closely with Sedo’s existing Product Management team.

Tim Schumacher, CEO at Sedo, said: “We are happy to have Thies on board as Product Manager for Domain Pricing. His expertise and experience with online commerce, coupled with his scientific background in economic and real estate research, are the ideal combination to help grow Sedo's domain pricing service into the industry leader.”

Sedo previously partnered with Lindenthal to develop IDNX, the first standard price index for domain names that uses real estate valuation methodology to accurately assess the domain name market. IDNX will continue to be an independent project.

“I am thrilled to combine my passions for the domain market and real estate research at Sedo,” said Lindenthal. “I look forward to continuing work on IDNX, and to bringing my research to Sedo in order to develop transparent, industry-leading domain pricing services for the marketplace.”