COLOGNE, Germany, November 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sedo, the leading market place for buying and selling Internet domain
names and websites, has announced its online auction for premium Christmas
co.uk Internet domain names.
Sedo has secured some of the most sought after generic Christmas co.uk
Internet domain names for auction, including christmas.co.uk,
christmasbreaks.co.uk, christmasgifts.co.uk, christmashampers.co.uk and
stuffing.co.uk. The auction closes on Tuesday 27th November at 12pm GMT.
The full list of the premium Christmas co.uk Internet domain names can be
viewed by visiting http://www.sedo.co.uk. Customers can then place and track
bids on their chosen Christmas co.uk Internet domain names, online.
Nora Nanayakkara, UK operations director, Sedo, commented: "The UK is
forecast to spend around GBP13bn(i) on presents in the online Christmas
shopping period, more than any other European country. By purchasing a
generic co.uk Christmas Internet domain name at auction, organisations can
capture a bigger chunk of the growing UK online festive spend.
"With over 27 million online shoppers in the UK(i), owning a quality
generic Christmas co.uk Internet domain name will attract a large volume of
natural traffic. As well as improving search engine rankings, a generic
Christmas co.uk Internet domain name also strengthens a company's online
brand. We expect Sedo's Christmas co.uk domain name auction to attract plenty
of watchful eyes."
In the past year, the total volume of co.uk Internet domain name sales in
the secondary market grew by 30 per cent to over GBP1.5 million. Sedo's
marketplace lists over 8 million domain names and according to DNJournal, the
Internet domain industry magazine, Sedo accounted for approximately 84 per
cent of co.uk transactions in 2006.
Notes
(i) According to a report published by Forrester Research
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,43819,00.html
About Sedo
Sedo, an acronym for Search Engine for Domain Offers, is the
leading online marketplace for buying and selling Internet domain names and
websites. It has assembled the world's largest database of Internet domain
names for sale, with more than 8 million listings. The success of Sedo's
model has attracted a global membership base of more than 500,000 customers.
It is headquartered in Cologne, Germany and majority owned by AdLINK Group
(ISIN DE0005490155 / German WKN: 549015), which is part of the German United
Internet AG (ISIN DE0005089031/ WKN 508903). Sedo provides regional versions
of its site for the UK (http://www.Sedo.co.uk), France (http://www.Sedo.fr),
Germany (http://www.Sedo.de), and Spain (http://www.Sedo.com).
For additional information, please visit
http://www.sedo.co.uk.
Press contact:
Bianca De Bono,
Sedo GmbH,
Marketing Associate,
Tel: +49(0)221-34030-386,
Email: press@sedo.co.uk.
Sedo GmbH
