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Yahoo to Auction Portfolio of Domain Names via Sedo
According to a press release from Sedo, "more than 100 premium domain names from Yahoo portfolio to be auctioned." The Yahoo domain name auction will take place on Sedo's platform from November 14 – 21, 2013. Some of the high value domain names include AV.com, Sandwich.com, Sled.com, Jockeys.com, and Crackers.com.
It's not every day that a publicly traded Internet company decides to publicly sell some of its valuable domain name assets at auction. I think this domain auction could produce some solid results considering the inventory, especially given the provenance and history of the assets. For instance, AV likely stood for Alta Vista, which Yahoo acquired in 2003 and shut down this past July. In my opinion, reserve prices are on the high side, but what doesn't sell now opens the door for future discussions.
Some of these domain names forward to pages within Yahoo's network and others are parked at Sedo with a purchase link at the top of the landing page. At the time of this post, only 29 domain names are listed for sale in the auction, but Sedo announced that there are more than 100 domain names included in the auction. You can view a sample of the domain names that are for sale in the press release below:
Sedo, the world's largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced that it is partnering with Yahoo to auction more than 100 premium domain names. The auction, being held from November 14th – 21st, is dedicated specifically to Yahoo's domain portfolio and will offer the opportunity for businesses, individuals and domain investors to purchase unique addresses owned by the Internet pioneer.
Some of the domain names being offered in the auction include:
AV.com
airtrafficcontrol.com
westerns.com
blogsport.com
crackers.com
cursed.com
dotbank.com
finalcountdown.com
fonzo.com
globalwhois.com
irecruiter.com
jockeys.com
mym.com
policescanner.com
raging.com
religious.net
sandwich.com
sled.com
thebroadcastnetwork.com
transmissions.com
truestory.com
vivas.com
webcal.com
webserver.com
"Domain names are a strategic investment and using them to the fullest extent includes regular review of a portfolio to see which names are actively in use, and which ones are sitting idle," said Tobias Flaitz, Sedo's CEO. "Smart companies like Yahoo can profit from active management of their domains, and at the same time, give others the opportunity to acquire a domain that's perfect for their needs."
The Yahoo Premium Domain Auction will run from 12:00pm ET on November 14th until 12:00pm ET on November 21st. To see a list of domains being auctioned or to place a bid, visit https://www.sedo.com/search/searchresult.php4?&auctionevent=yahoo.
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John November 13, 2013 At 11:18 am
TechCrunch has an article on this. In the comments section, Mark Cuban says he bought of bunch of these names back during his audio net days. Westerns etc.
Elliot Silver November 13, 2013 At 11:32 am
Nice find!
Anthony November 13, 2013 At 12:25 pm
Elliot,
What happened to the weekly listings? My life is empty without the thumb down rejections that I consistently received.
How's your little brother, bet he is loving football at the moment.
I like the new site, nice. Clean.
Elliot Silver November 13, 2013 At 12:27 pm
I only post them when I receive more than just a couple of broker submissions. I received 3 today, so the listing will be up later on today.
MaryPT November 29, 2014 At 7:14 pm
Well, Yahoo snapped really much valuable names, it will earn in millions from these domain names.
Anyways, it was also a leading search engine few years before, so it has great IQ of web presence.
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