Mar 6, 2008 : Sedo GreatDomains Auction Closes

📅 March 6, 2008 - Domain online marketplace Sedo (sedo.com) announced on Wednesday that the second GreatDomains (greatdomains.com) auction of the year has closed via Sedo. The auction ran February 21 through February 28.

The auction drew a six-figure bid for Eggs.com valued at $112,500. Other bids that surpassed $25,000 were placed on appartment.com, handhelds.com and bobbleheads.com.

"Our highly reputable GreatDomains auction has consistently attracted the highest bids from domain name enthusiasts and entrepreneurs around the world," says Jeremiah Johnston, chief operating officer and general counsel of Sedo. "We expect this trend will continue, as the significant growth of the domain name market in 2007 will continue to fuel the uptake in demand for premium domains in 2008."

Other noteworthy premium domain names fell within the $10,000 to $20,000 bidding range, including cellulitis.com, invents.com and gaywedding.com. Domain names that received bids for less than $10,000, but have the potential to be top selling names in future auctions, include coworker.com and romanticmovies.com.

Last month, Sedo won two Domainers' Choice Awards at the DOMAINfest Global conference, which was held from January 21 to 23 in Hollywood, California.

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