Sedo Introduces Financing Programs for High-Value Domain Name Purchases

June 15, 2006; 07:48 AM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sedo, the leading online marketplace for the buying and selling of domain names, has today announced a new partnership with Domain Capital to offer domain investors finance plans on high-value domain purchases. The program will support a large number of investors seeking to purchase high-return domain names without making a large upfront capital expenditure.

"With a growing number of high-value transactions each month and the ability to instantly drive recurring revenue through parking, financing is the next logical step for the domain industry," said Tim Schumacher, chief executive officer of Sedo. "Our partnership with Domain Capital enables Sedo to bring more value to domain investors and extends our track record of delivering innovative services to the market."

Sedo's financing program is currently designed for domain name purchases of $10,000 or more. Through the first five months of 2006, Sedo brokered 211 such transactions.

Domain Capital is the first and only financial services company to offer financing to businesses based on the inherent and recognized value of premium domain names. Domain Capital's vision is to provide exciting new financial products and services designed to enable entrepreneurs to exploit new business models. For more information on Domain Capital, please visit www.domaincapital.com.

To speak with Sedo about current rates offerings, please contact Christian Kalled at [email protected].

About Sedo

Sedo, an acronym for "Search Engine for Domain Offers," is the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names and websites. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Sedo has assembled the world's largest database of domain names for sale, with more than four million listings. Buyers and sellers are brought together through a searchable online marketplace, and conduct negotiations anonymously using an offer-counteroffer system. To facilitate successful transactions, Sedo has introduced a range of related services, including domain name escrow/transfer services, domain name appraisals, a domain brokerage service and paid domain name parking. The success of Sedo's model has attracted a global membership base of more than 200,000 domain professionals, and helped more than 5,000 businesses start their Web presence off on the right foot with a great new domain name. Sedo offers regional versions of its site for the UK (Sedo.co.uk), France (Sedo.fr), Germany (Sedo.de), and Spain (eSedo.com). For additional information, please visit www.sedo.com.

Sedo.com Director of Brokerage Christian Kalled, 617-758-4267 [email protected] or Press Contact: fama PR Mike Kaplan, 617-758-4156 [email protected]