Sedo should NOT report sales without permission or ask for the 2.5% unless they sold it. 2.5% on top of everything else is insane just to do their job

“Although I have not yet studied the specifics of Sedo’s recently imposed 2.5% transaction privacy option, at face value, this practice is improper, bordering on obscene, and wholly subverts the essential fiduciary responsibility of professional sales brokerage.”

Recently Sedo did a great job of selling a domain for me. I almost fell off my chair when they told me they would charge me to keep the sale private. As a regular buyer/broker of high level names myself, I would never even *conceive* of breaching a client’s privacy never mind charging for it. While I will use Tessa of Sedo again, and the policy is not her fault, I consider it one of the silliest and unprofessional fees/policies ever cooked up. It’s not even worth arguing about it’s so out there.

I wonder what some of my clients would say if I told them they needed to pay an extra 2.5% for me not to report their purchases to DNJournal.

In fact, it just sounds a lot like what they used to call “protection money” — though I guess some might consider it extortion or blackmail.

Thanks for the information, Elliot.

I am unclear why seasoned domainers dont just stick with Escrow.Com.