“Meet the seller” shows these auctions may be bogus.

I was excited to see that Used.com and Penny.com were on auction at Sedo today. These are both six figure domains. But my excitement was tempered after looking at the “meet the seller” data on the auctions.

“Meet the seller” is a new feature Sedo introduced this week. It allows you to see details about the seller of a domain, including their country, when they joined Sedo, and a rating of their activity.

.Asia sunrise auctions are over with solid results.

I haven’t written much about .asia, a new top level domain. Perhaps it’s because I think it’s a silly domain (coming soon, .SouthAmerica!). So I missed the conclusion of the .asia sunrise period auctions earlier this month. Here’s a look at the top sales:

discover.asia $112,111
sex.asia 83334
buy.asia 73000
sexshop.asia 53607
gold.asia 46602
models.asia 41009
homes.asia 40000
gifts.asia 38003
book.asia 34005
apartments.asia 31000
pharmacy.asia 29855
sexy.asia 29001
business.asia 29000
girl.asia 28556
diamond.asia 28000
promotion.asia 26000
vodka.asia 25000
car.asia 24001
spa.asia 23200
gps.asia 22515
resorts.asia 22501
fant.asia 22501
sushi.asia 22500
online.asia 22155
baby.asia 21505
cooking.asia 21500
videos.asia 21019
sourcing.asia 21001
ace.asia 20501
pos.asia 20500
southeast.asia 20500
roulette.asia 20500
youporn.asia 20499
vacation.asia 20000

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