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This article is about how Sedo<\/strong><\/a>, SnapNames<\/strong>, and Afternic<\/strong>, helped me sell a domain name twice<\/strong> over the course of a decade, for several thousand dollars in total.<\/p>\n

During this Coronavirus<\/strong> pandemic, sharing positive news about the domain industry is a must! The domain market deals with intangible assets<\/strong>, and no-one needs to wash their hands after managing their domain name portfolio! Of course, you should wash your hands anyway.<\/p>\n

Here’s the timeline.<\/p>\n

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In 2008 I utilized the services of SnapNames to backorder a .com with a Greek theme. My cost at the time was $59 dollars.<\/p>\n

In 2011 I sold that domain via Sedo to an Italian company for several thousand dollars. The buyer used it as a storefront for a gourmet food line, effectively branding themselves under a Greek name.<\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering, there’s a long, historic tradition between Greeks and Italians since the era predating Rome. The entire Southern Italy and Sicily were Greek colonies<\/strong><\/a> starting all the way back in 800 BC and through Roman times. To this day, both countries acknowledge and celebrate our shared heritage and culture, and I assume that’s what influenced my Italian domain buyer at the time.<\/p>\n

As I follow up with my domain sales<\/strong><\/a> later on with an intention to see how the domain is being used, I did check on the domain name on several occasions.<\/p>\n

For some reason, the buyer stopped using the domain in 2016 and put it for sale on Afternic the following year. I seized the opportunity to buy back the domain at a price that I considered a bargain – less than $300 dollars.<\/p>\n

The Greek distinctiveness of the keyword made it very appealing to any Greek company or startup, and my hunch was right when I started receiving inquiries at the Uniregistry Market, last year. Wanting to test the one page domain sales landers at Sedo, I moved the domain there, adding a note about its qualities and a price range.<\/p>\n

This week I received a sizable offer that I could not refuse, as it arrived from my homeland, Greece, and in euro. The buyer’s credentials indicated that this is a new account, and therefore most likely an end-user buyer. The amount offered confirmed that.<\/p>\n

I communicated through the exchange with Sedo’s account managers, and the transfer closed tremendously fast – in four days from offer to payment. It doesn’t hurt that capital controls in place<\/strong><\/a> during the Greek financial crisis of 2015 were lifted in 2019.<\/p>\n

Today I received payment from Sedo and I’m very happy with the fact that the domain is in Greek hands: A company that produces high quality, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) in the region of Sparta, Greece, and exports it worldwide. They will be upgrading from the matching .com.gr domain.<\/p>\n

Selling the same domain twice at Sedo<\/strong> makes me appreciate their domain brokerage services as well, and I’ll be making several more such experimental transitions in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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