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I've only ever sold one domain via Sedo. And it was a .com. A $50 minimum commission is perfectly reasonable to make the sale worth their time.
While altering some of my fixed prices on Sedo today, I tried to price a .ca at $199 in an effort to blow it out.
However, it would not let me do this, as the price of the domain must be at least $10 above the minimum commission, or in other words, $210.
I saw $199 as a maximum for this domain, not a sub-minimum. So I decided to consult Sedo's price list.
And sure enough, .ca was listed as a "Category II" TLD. Or one of the "other" TLD's. In a word, inferior. And in turn, a license to charge us a $200 minimum fee, as opposed to the "Category I" $50 minimum.
Here's what Sedo considers to be "Category I" TLD's...
.ae, .aero, .ar, .arpa, .asia .at, .au, .be, .biz, .bz, .cc, .ch,.cm, .cn, .co, .com, .coop, .cx, .cz, .de, .dk, .edu, .es, .eu, .fi, .fm, .fr, .gb, .gs, .ht, .im., .in, .info, .int, .it, .jobs, .jp, .kr, .la, .li, .lu, .me, .mn, .mobi, .mu, .museum, .mx, .name, .net, .nl, .nz, .org, .pl, .pro, .se, .st, .tel, .tl, .to, .tv, .tw, .uk, .us, .vc, .vg, .ws, .za
(In all honesty, I was unaware that .arpa, and .int domains could be freely exchanged. There is a hint of sarcasm in this statement, though for them to have written out this list tells me there must be at least some sort of truth to it. This will have to be verified, though, as I cannot seem to find ANY .int or .arpa domains listed on Sedo...)
Many ccTLD's in this list are for countries with smaller populations than Canada, and certain TLD's such as .lu have been in existence for less time than .ca (.lu was formed in 1995, .ca was formed in 1987).
And this is just ccTLD's. Are you really trying to tell me that junk TLD's such as .pro and .ws are in any way superior to .ca?
I think something ought to be done about this. I'm going to send an email to Sedo requesting that they classify .ca as a "Category I" domain.
Anyone else think the same?
While altering some of my fixed prices on Sedo today, I tried to price a .ca at $199 in an effort to blow it out.
However, it would not let me do this, as the price of the domain must be at least $10 above the minimum commission, or in other words, $210.
I saw $199 as a maximum for this domain, not a sub-minimum. So I decided to consult Sedo's price list.
And sure enough, .ca was listed as a "Category II" TLD. Or one of the "other" TLD's. In a word, inferior. And in turn, a license to charge us a $200 minimum fee, as opposed to the "Category I" $50 minimum.
Here's what Sedo considers to be "Category I" TLD's...
.ae, .aero, .ar, .arpa, .asia .at, .au, .be, .biz, .bz, .cc, .ch,.cm, .cn, .co, .com, .coop, .cx, .cz, .de, .dk, .edu, .es, .eu, .fi, .fm, .fr, .gb, .gs, .ht, .im., .in, .info, .int, .it, .jobs, .jp, .kr, .la, .li, .lu, .me, .mn, .mobi, .mu, .museum, .mx, .name, .net, .nl, .nz, .org, .pl, .pro, .se, .st, .tel, .tl, .to, .tv, .tw, .uk, .us, .vc, .vg, .ws, .za
(In all honesty, I was unaware that .arpa, and .int domains could be freely exchanged. There is a hint of sarcasm in this statement, though for them to have written out this list tells me there must be at least some sort of truth to it. This will have to be verified, though, as I cannot seem to find ANY .int or .arpa domains listed on Sedo...)
Many ccTLD's in this list are for countries with smaller populations than Canada, and certain TLD's such as .lu have been in existence for less time than .ca (.lu was formed in 1995, .ca was formed in 1987).
And this is just ccTLD's. Are you really trying to tell me that junk TLD's such as .pro and .ws are in any way superior to .ca?
I think something ought to be done about this. I'm going to send an email to Sedo requesting that they classify .ca as a "Category I" domain.
Anyone else think the same?