Wait a minute, what? When did Sedo become a porn website?

***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW – DO NOT LOOK IF OFFENDED BY NUDITY***

Let me start off by saying I don’t know how long or if anyone else has noticed this before, but this is a first for me.

So this morning I was heading over to Sedo.com to check out the .ME auction and instead of bidding action I found sex and boobs. I made the honest mistake of thinking that the short link to the auction was Sedo.me. I know that they have done several .ME auctions in the past and used something similar. After making the mistake I realized I should have typed in Sedo.com/me.

Ok, I cut off as much of the nudity as possible, but you get the point. If you want to visit the full site go to Sedo.me, and no I’m not linking to it.

I’m writing this post for two reasons.

Firstly, register all your name brand extensions. You don’t have to do this for every single domain name you own, but the ones you have developed into major brands, yes. Over at ScienceFiction.com we have done as much as we can within reason, acquiring (.co.uk, .us, .co, .cm and .xxx). Sedo.com knows this, even they own Sedo.xxx. I just don’t understand how they can promote .ME auctions and not own Sedo.me. Things that make you go hmmm…!

Secondly, the .ME auction is doing very well. If you’re not aware of the auction then wake up, it has less than 24 hours left. 22 .ME domain names have bids of over $1,000 and another 20 have reached at least $950.

Here is a screenshot of the top 10 bids as of 12:53pm EST 2/8/12.

Visit Sedo.com/me to get your bids in and check out the auction action.

Also head over to Domain.me/blog, .ME did a short interview with me which was published earlier today.

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Although the .ME registry completed their premium .me domain name auction last week, I haven’t seen any posted sales, so I figured I would share some information about it.

In short, of the 178 domain names listed for sale about 41% (73) met reserve. Total sales ended with $167,708, which is an average of $2,297 per name.

Of those that met reserve the top five sales were:

vip.me - $11,600
lifeinsurance.me - $10,600
flowers.me - $9,000
realestate.me – $8050
golf.me - $7,000

Sorry, I only have the top five sales available. If you know some of the other sales in auction please share them in comments below.

Not to discount $167k in sales, but I’m a little disappointed. I was shocked not to see cam.me or deals.me in the top five sales. .COM is king, yes yes we know, but I like the .ME extension, they’re very catchy and affordable when compared to .COM sales. This auction really should have done better!

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Can’t afford to buy that premium .com domain name? .ME might be the perfect alternative for you. As an avid reader of TechCrunch.com, usually there is not a week that goes by where a new project is funded involving a catchy .ME domain name. Startups love value and .ME domain names offer just that.

.ME is about to wrap up a premium .ME auction being held at Sedo.com as we speak. So hurry up and get your bids in, the auction ends November 3rd at 1pm EST.

Right now there are 18 domain names with bids of $999 or more. And of the 178 domain names in auction, 122 of them have a bid of at least $100. The highest .me domains with bids are Detox.me $2,500, VIP.me $2,450, London.me $2,150, RealEstate.me $2,050 and Top.me $1,550.

Sorry, but I’m not going to share my favorites because I am bidding on several of the domain names.

And stay tuned for some news about my own personal developments. I recently acquired two of the biggest internet keywords with .ME domain names and will be developing them into a new business.

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***Breaking News***

About two hours ago I received a Like request to join a Bido.com Facebook fan page.

So what does this mean? It means that Bido is back!

I have personally confirmed with an unnamed source that Bido will be coming back soon. In fact, another domainer on Facebook has already pointed out that a new domain is pending votes.

Questions left unanswered…

• Did Bido sell and if so for how much and who is the new owner?
• When will Bido relaunch?

I have an email out to the previous owner to get to the bottom of this.

Update – I have confirmed with the previous owner that Bido.com was sold. The sale amount and new owner’s information is private. My unnamed source will not share with me the new launch date or owner. So for now that will have to be a mystery.

I leave you with a picture of me and the Bido girls while at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. earlier this year in Las Vegas.

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I’m famous, I made it on CNN Money. Ok, so it was just for a split second, lol. Watch the video, you will see myself sitting next to client Kevin Wood whom purchased Companion.com $45,000 and Hoarders.com $1,500 during DOMAINfest’s live auction held in New York on August 18th. In total the auction sold $1,801,900 worth of domain names with the top sale being T-Shirts.com for $1,265,000.

Besides CNN DOMAINfest New York was written about by several major publications including PC World, New York Post and NY Daily News.

Also, don’t forget the extended auction is still going, visit SnapNames.com.

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