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Line 5: − | country = − | businesses = − + − | revenue = €140m (2013) − | blog = − + − + − [[Axel Hamann]] <small>CFO Sedo GmbH,MB member Sedo Holding AG<br></small>+ − + − + − + − − + − [[Solomon Amoako]] <small>Chief Sales Officer<br></small>+ − + − [[Kathy Nielsen]] <small>Head of Business Development, New gTLDs</small> − − + − + − According to its official website, Sedo provides [http://www.sedo.com/us/buy-domains/buy-domains-overview/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true domain name buying] and [http://www.sedo.com/us/sell-domains/sell-domains-overview/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true selling services] through [http://www.sedo.com/search/searchresult.php4?language=us search], [http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_schedule.php?menu=buy&language=us auction], [http://www.sedo.com/search/domain_catalog.php?language=us catalog], [http://www.sedo.com/us/sell-domains/domain-brokerage/?language=us&tracked=1&partnerid=51686&langSwitchLink=true brokerage], etc. It also provides domain parking, domain appraisal, domain transfer, domain escrow, and [http://www.sedo.com/us/services/sedos-partner-program/?language=us&tracked=&partnerid=&langSwitchLink=true partner programs], etc.<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sedo-unveils-full-suite-of-services-to-help-launch-promote-and-grow-new-domain-name-extensions-2012-10-10 Sedo Unveils Full Suite of Services, MarketWatch.com]</ref>+ − In October, 2012, Sedo announced that it was launching a [http://www.sedo.com/us/new-gtlds/new-gtlds-for-buyers/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true number of services] for the registries to be created through [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]:+ − * String Contention Private Auctions - a neutral, safe platform for multiple applicants for the same string to resolve the contention. [[ICANN]] is offering its own services, but has encouraged applicants to resolve contention on their own. [[Innovative Auctions]] is currently the only active provider of private auctions. [[Right of the Dot]] is also private auction services.+ − + + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + Line 59:
Line 65: − − ===SedoMLS=== − In January, 2012, Sedo announced that it was adding [[GoDaddy]] to its MLS service. The service allows those searching GoDaddy's databases to see domains that are currently not available, but are being offered by their registrants for a minimum sale price. Sedo had about 15 million such domains in its system at the time of the deal.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/01/30/sedo-adds-godaddy-to-sedomls/ Sedo Adds GoDaddy to SedoMLS, TheDomains.com]</ref> − − ===.info Premiums=== − In May 2013, Sedo announced a forthcoming auction of [[.info]] domains, done in conjunction with the .info registry, [[Afilias]]. .info was originally launched in 2001 and so the .info auction of 100 assorted names is notable.<ref>[https://www.sedo.com/search/searchresult.php4?partnerid=315093&language=us&et_cid=16&et_lid=246412&et_sub=dotInfo_RB&session=47f25c496483f292a25f1e069406cd7b Sedo.com] Retrieved 29 May 2013</ref> − − ==Partnerships== − In November 2012, it was announced that Sedo would be providing its services at a discounted rate to the gTLD applicant for [[.hiv]], [[dotHIV]]. The applicant aims to donate 70-80% of revenue to HIV research. Some of the services it will be providing include: appraising and auctioning premium .hiv domains, supporting preregistrations for people and organizations wishing to reserve names before the official launch, and evaluating the entire .hiv namespace to ensure that important .hiv domain names reach the best end users.<ref>[http://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked&partnerid&id=530&language=us Presse, Sedo.com]</ref> The announcement was made to coincide with World AIDS day, which occurs on Dec. 1 every year. Line 79:
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{{CompanyInfo|
{{CompanyInfo| type = Public
| type = Public
| industry = Domain Trading, Parking
| industry = Domain Trading, Parking
| founded = Germany, 2001
| founded = Germany, 2001
| ownership = [[United_Internet | United Internet]] AG
| ownership = [[United_Internet | United Internet]] AG
| headquarters = Cologne, Germany<br />Cambridge, MA, USA<br/>London, UK
| headquarters = Cologne, Germany<br />Cambridge, MA, USA<br/>London, UK
| products = SedoMLS
| products = SedoMLS
| employees = 332 (2013)
| employees = 130
| website = [http://www.sedo.com sedo.com]
| website = [http://www.sedo.com sedo.com]
| facebook = [https://www.facebook.com/sedo Sedo]
| facebook = [https://www.facebook.com/sedo Sedo]
| linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/sedo-gmbh Sedo]
| linkedin = [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sedo-domain-marketplace-03371325/ Sedo]
| twitter = sedo
| twitter = sedo
| you tube = [http://www.youtube.com/user/SedoLLC]
| you tube = [http://www.youtube.com/user/SedoLLC]
| keypeople = [[Tobias Flaitz]] <small>CEO Sedo GmbH,MB member Sedo Holding AG<br></small>
| keypeople = [[Michael Robrock]] <small>CEO Sedo GmbH,MB member InterNetX Holding AG<br></small>
[[Hakan Ali]] <small>Chief Strategy Officer<br></small>
[[Dima Beitzke]] <small>CSO Sedo GmbH <br></small>
[[Paul Martin Fawell]] <small>General Manager, Managing Director of North America<br></small>
[[Paul Martin Fawell]] <small>General Manager<br></small>
[[Barbara Stolz]] <small>Chief Financial Officer<br></small>
[[Simonetta Batteiger]] <small>Head of Product Management<br></small>
[[Dieter Granitzki]] <small>Chief Technical Officer<br></small>
[[Matthias Meyer-Schoenherr]] <small>Director of Business Development<br></small>
[[Dirk Ochotzki]] <small>Head of Operations<br></small>
[[Dirk Ochotzki]] <small>Head of Operations<br></small>
[[Joel Ghebaly]] <small>Head of Product Management,Traffic Monetization<br></small>
[[Andreas Schmid]] <small>Head of Product Management<br></small>
[[Christian Voß]] <small>Chief Marketing Officer</small><br>
[[Christian Voß]] <small>Director of Marketing</small><br>
|logo=Sedo Logo RGB.jpg}}
}}
'''Sedo''', which stands for '''S'''earch '''E'''ngine for '''D'''omain '''O'''ffers, is a [http://www.sedo.com/us/home/getting-started/?language=us domain name marketplace] and [http://www.sedo.com/us/park-domains/park-domains-overview/?language=us&tracked=1&partnerid=20293&langSwitchLink=true domain parking provider]. Sedo was founded in Germany in 2001, and has headquarters in both Cambridge, Massachusetts and Cologne, Germany. The company has 150 employees from more than 25 countries at offices located in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany, and 2 million customers with 17 million domain names for sale. Five million domains are parked via Sedo's parking program <ref>[http://www.sedo.com/uk/about-us/overview/?tracked=&partnerid=&language=e SEDO.co.uk]</ref>
'''Sedo''', which stands for '''S'''earch '''E'''ngine for '''D'''omain '''O'''ffers, is a [http://www.sedo.com/us/home/getting-started/?language=us domain name marketplace] and [http://www.sedo.com/us/park-domains/park-domains-overview/?language=us&tracked=1&partnerid=20293&langSwitchLink=true domain parking provider]. Sedo was founded in Germany in 2001, and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany with an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company has 150 employees from more than 25 countries and 2 million customers with over 19 million domain names for sale. Five million domains are parked via Sedo's parking program <ref>[http://www.sedo.com/uk/about-us/overview/?tracked=&partnerid=&language=e SEDO.co.uk]</ref>
Sedo is a subsidiary company of the [http://www.sedoholding.com/en/ Sedo Holding AG] under the German company [[United_Internet | United Internet]] AG. The company is registered in the United States as Sedo.com LLC.<ref>[http://www.sedo.com/links/showlinks.php3?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&Id=2799 Sedo.com: Our Story]</ref>
Sedo is a subsidiary company of the InterNetX Holding under the German company [[United_Internet | United Internet]] AG. The company is registered in the United States as Sedo.com LLC.<ref>[http://www.sedo.com/links/showlinks.php3?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&Id=2799 Sedo.com: Our Story]</ref>
==Products and Services==
==Products and Services==
Sedo provides [http://www.sedo.com/us/buy-domains/buy-domains-overview/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true domain name buying] and [http://www.sedo.com/us/sell-domains/sell-domains-overview/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true selling services] through [http://www.sedo.com/search/searchresult.php4?language=us search], [http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_schedule.php?menu=buy&language=us auction], [http://www.sedo.com/search/domain_catalog.php?language=us catalog], [http://www.sedo.com/us/sell-domains/domain-brokerage/?language=us&tracked=1&partnerid=51686&langSwitchLink=true brokerage], etc. It also provides domain parking, domain appraisal, domain transfer, and [http://www.sedo.com/us/services/sedos-partner-program/?language=us&tracked=&partnerid=&langSwitchLink=true partner programs], etc.<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sedo-unveils-full-suite-of-services-to-help-launch-promote-and-grow-new-domain-name-extensions-2012-10-10 Sedo Unveils Full Suite of Services, MarketWatch.com]</ref>
===New gTLD Services===
===New gTLD Services===
Sedo has a number of services for the registries created through [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]:
* Premium List Identification and Pricing Assistance - Sedo will help applicants identify which domains are going to be the most attractive to the target audience and price them appropriately. Sedo uses more than 11 years of [http://www.sedo.com/us/resources/market-trends/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true sales data] covering all traded TLDs, as well as multiple external sources, to create a premium reserve list of domains likely to command the highest sales values.
* Premium List Identification and Pricing Assistance - Sedo will help applicants identify which domains are going to be the most attractive to the target audience and price them appropriately. Sedo uses more than 20 years of [http://www.sedo.com/us/resources/market-trends/?language=us&langSwitchLink=true sales data] covering all traded TLDs, as well as multiple external sources, to create a premium reserve list of domains likely to command the highest sales values.
* Premium Domain Auctions - a neutral, safe platform for multiple applicants with marketing support and promotion to attract buyers and revenue for your premium domains.
* Sunrise, Landrush and Premium Auctions - Sedo provides multiple-language auction services for both premium auctions and those related to the [[Sunrise Period]]s and [[Landrush Period]]s.
* Sunrise, Landrush and Premium Auctions - Sedo provides multiple-language auction services for both premium auctions and those related to the [[Sunrise Period]]s and [[Landrush Period]]s.
* Exclusive Premium Name Distribution in the [http://www.sedo.com/us/sell-domains/sedomls/?language=us&tracked=&partnerid=&langSwitchLink=true SedoMLS Network]
* Exclusive Premium Name Distribution in the [http://www.sedo.com/us/sell-domains/sedomls/?language=us&tracked=&partnerid=&langSwitchLink=true SedoMLS Network]
* Premium Brokerage and Pre-Brokerage
* Custom sales and marketing solutions tailored to individual extensions
===SedoMLS===
* As the world's largest domain distribution network, SedoMLS multiplies a single domain listing and places it in front of millions of potential buyers worldwide
* Registrar customers are able to purchase domains from Sedo’s premium inventory of over 19 million domains – including the most exclusive new gTLD names – directly from the Registar's website
* With Sedo's easy registrar listing service, customers can listing their names to be syndicated across SedoMLS
* Outstanding technical support with its SedoMLS testbed and dedicated tech support team making SedoMLS implementation simple and user-friendly
===Domain Parking===
* Users earn revenue on more than five million domains while simultaneously promoting those domains for sale
* Domain owners and advertisers are matched to generate profit for both sides
* Domain owners gain access to the advertising industry, while advertisers appreciate the controllable and quantifiable return on investment
===Brokerage Services===
* Domain acquisition assistance for both buyers and brokerage representation for sellers
* On average we assist more than 32,000 businesses and individuals annually to acquire their desired domains
* Premium domain names brokered through Sedo include Vodka.com, Fly.com, Body.com, Values.com, Jets.com, and Dudu.com, as well as Sex.com, the highest value domain sale to date.
===Sales Figures & Prominent Sales===
===Sales Figures & Prominent Sales===
Sedo's top 10 highest selling domain names were:
Sedo's top 10 highest selling public domain names are:
# Sex.com, $13,000,000 ([[Guinness World Records]] record)
# Sex.com, $13,000,000 ([[Guinness World Records]] record)
# Kredit.de, $1,169,175
# Kredit.de, $1,169,175
# Chinese.com, $1,120,000
# Chinese.com, $1,120,000
==History==
==History==
* In 2001, CEO, [[Tim Schumacher]], was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young Germany.<ref>[http://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=51137&language=us&id=410&et_cid=20&et_lid=246436 Press, Sedo.com]</ref>
* In 2001, CEO, [[Tim Schumacher]], was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young Germany.<ref>[http://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=51137&language=us&id=410&et_cid=20&et_lid=246436 Press, Sedo.com]</ref>
* In February, 2009, Sedo acquired [[RevenueDirect]], a domain name parking service by run [[Dotster]].<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2009/02/24/sedo-acquires-revenuedirect-and-why-it-makes-sense/ Domain Name Wire.com]</ref> Sedo also announced a strategic long-term partnership with [[Dotster]] through which Sedo would benefit from [[Dotster]]'s inventory and registrar service, and [[RevenueDirect]] customers would be helped by Sedo’s monetization engines and its secondary market for buying and selling domain names.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/sedo-buys-revenue-direct-from-dotster/4101 Domain Name News]</ref>
* In February, 2009, Sedo acquired [[RevenueDirect]], a domain name parking service by run [[Dotster]].<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2009/02/24/sedo-acquires-revenuedirect-and-why-it-makes-sense/ Domain Name Wire.com]</ref> Sedo also announced a strategic long-term partnership with [[Dotster]] through which Sedo would benefit from [[Dotster]]'s inventory and registrar service, and [[RevenueDirect]] customers would be helped by Sedo’s monetization engines and its secondary market for buying and selling domain names.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/sedo-buys-revenue-direct-from-dotster/4101 Domain Name News]</ref>
==[http://www.sedo.com/awards/bestoveralldomainsolution.html Awards]==
==[http://www.sedo.com/awards/bestoveralldomainsolution.html Awards]==
* In 2010 & 2014, Sedo was a finalist for the "World Trademark Review Industry Award: Internet & Online Services Team of the Year". <ref>[http://trademarknews.com/news/sedo-nominated-for-2010-world-trademark-review-industry-award-for-internet.html TrademarkNews.com]</ref>
* In 2010 & 2014, Sedo was a finalist for the "World Trademark Review Industry Award: Internet & Online Services Team of the Year". <ref>[http://trademarknews.com/news/sedo-nominated-for-2010-world-trademark-review-industry-award-for-internet.html TrademarkNews.com]</ref>
* The Domain Conference: Company of the Year 2016
* Traffic Awards for:
* Traffic Awards for: <br>Best Overall Domain Solution (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)<br>Broker of the Year 2012, 2014, 2016 (Dave Evanson)<br>Broker of the Year 2013 (Negar Hajikhani)
* World Domain Day: Best Aftermarket Platform 2015
* Domain Name Wire Awards for: Most Innovative Company for Selling Secondary Domain Names (2010, 2011, 2012)
* Domain Name Wire Awards for: <br> Most Innovative Company for Selling Secondary Domain Names (2010, 2011, 2012)<br> Best Domain Name Parking Company (2010, 2011, 2012)<br> Best Online Domain Sales Venue (2010)
* Eco Internet Award: Domains & DNS (2013)
* Eco Internet Award: Domains & DNS (2013)
* Domainer's Choice Award: Best Domain Marketplace (2014)
* Domainer's Choice Award: Best Domain Marketplace (2014)
* In 2007, Sedo was selected as "Entrepreneur of the Year 2007" in Germany by Ernst & Young.<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/5298236-1.html All Business.com]</ref>
==External Links and Resources==
==External Links and Resources==