have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message sedo.com llc united states sedo gmbh germany type public as part of sedo holding ag traded as fwb sdo industry domain names internet internet real estate founded february 12 2001 2001 02 12 founder tim schumacher uli priesner marius w rzner ulrich essmann headquarters 161 first street cambridge massachusetts u.s. cologne london number of locations 3 offices as of july 2013 update online area served worldwide key people tobias flaitz ceo axel hamann cfo dima beitzke cso further management paul fawell generell manager simonetta batteiger head of product management trading joel ghebaly head of product management traffic monetization dirk ochotzki head of operations adarsh mehta director of development products products list domain brokerage domain appraisal domain name transfer & escrow featured listings services services list domain marketplace sedomls sedomls premium domain parking domain brokerage revenue eur 116 million fy 2010 1 number of employees 182 as of january 2012 update website http www.sedoholding.com en sedo an acronym for search engine for domain offers is a domain name and website marketplace and domain parking provider based in cambridge massachusetts and cologne germany . the company which is a subsidiary of german based united internet has more than 16 million domain names listed on its website for buying and selling . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 sedo 1.2 sedo holding ag 2 sales history 3 accreditations & business memberships 3.1 accreditations 3.2 business memberships 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit sedo edit sedo was founded in 2000 by three german college students tim schumacher previous ceo of sedo holding ag marius w rzner now coo of sedo gmbh s german office and ulrich priesner currently cto of sedo and modeled after the core concept of schumacher s master s thesis price formation in the trade of internet domain names . in february 2001 with 1 & 1 internet ag s investment in the business through purchasing a 41 % share sedo gmbh became an official entity in cologne germany . 3 during the first few months the company was operated solely by schumacher and essmann while priesner and w rzner finished their studies . helga schackenberg became the first employee of the company followed soon thereafter by w rzner . at the end of the year essmann left the company for nearly two years to complete his medical residency . in the meantime sedo moved into a bigger office in cologne in 2002 and matt bentley joined the company to serve in essmann s absence to oversee sedo s development . sedo s funding prior to ipo was n.m. rothschild holdings . sedo began planning in 2003 to open a subsidiary office in the united states . during this planning phase essmann returned to the company with a desire to lead overseas . bentley and essmann headed to america with jeremiah johnston joining the team shortly afterwards as general counsel . in 2005 the sedo office was opened in cambridge massachusetts usa under sedo.com llc . 4 in 2006 ceo tim schumacher temporarily joined the cambridge office to assist with expansion into the us market and the company introduced domain name auctions . 5 in 2007 sedo took a minority investment in domainsbot ; 5 domainsbot s technology later contributed to the update of sedo s domain search tool . the company acquired greatdomains.com a competing online domain name marketplace from verisign on june 19 2007 . 6 7 expansion continued in 2008 as sedo opened up shop in the united kingdom an operation headed by hugo dalrymple smith and nora nanayakkara . on february 24 2009 sedo purchased revenuedirect and formed a strategic partnership with its parent company dotster of vancouver washington to take advantage of the latter s services of helping businesses establish online profiles . 8 in march 2009 sedo provided seed funding for the new start up bloson.com a social charity website . 8 later in september 2009 sedo acquired a competing domain monetization parking site parkingpanel for an undisclosed amount . 9 on february 17 2010 sedo helped broker the purchase for the most expensive . org domain name ever poker.org for us 1 million . pokercompany.com purchased the domain name . 10 later that year sedo was awarded a guinness world records record for the sale of sex.com the most expensive public domain sale at 13 000 000 . 11 on february 1 2012 tim schumacher left his role as ceo of sedo holding ag to focus on other projects and join the company s supervisory board . tobias flaitz formerly of the privately held german based hubert burda media joined sedo as the new ceo of both sedo holding ag including sedo s sister company affili.net and sedo . 12 sedo holding ag edit in 2009 sedo s sister company within the adlink group adlink media was sold to the hi media group . 13 this sale led to the reorganization and renaming of the group to sedo holding ag in 2010 . that same year sedo welcomed its sister company affilinet to its cologne office . tim schumacher was named ceo of sedo holding ag while retaining his leadership role within sedo and liesbeth mack de boer was named chief sales officer cso of sedo . sales history edit sedo reports the following domain sales as the 20 highest sales they have helped broker since their inception in 2001 rank domain name sale price in usd date 1 sex.com 13 000 000 guinness world records record 11 2010 2 vodka.com 3 000 000 14 2006 3 shopping.de 2 858 945 est. currency exchange 15 2008 4 gambling.com 2 500 000 15 2011 5 pizza.com 2 600 000 16 7 7 2008 6 fly.com 1 800 000 17 6 25 2009 7 russia.com 1 500 000 18 2009 8 games.co.uk 1 300 000 11 21 2007 9 kredit.de 1 169 175 19 12 4 2008 10 chinese.com 1 120 000 20 7 23 2007 11 sexe.com 1 150 000 21 10 29 2007 12 call.com 1 100 000 22 2 9 2009 13 invest.com 1 015 000 23 9 29 2008 14 poker.org 1 000 000 highest . org sale on record 24 2010 15 server.com 770 000 25 7 31 2009 16 ringtones.com 750 000 26 2010 17 website.com 750 000 27 2005 18 files.com 725 000 28 2009 19 telecom.com 700 000 29 2007 20 christian.com 600 000 30 9 09 2009 accreditations & business memberships edit accreditations edit better business bureau a rating 31 truste eu safe harbor & web privacy seals 32 business memberships edit united internet corporate family 33 international trademark association inta 34 internet commerce association platinum and board member 35 nominet uk 36 eastern ma me ri & vt better business bureau board of directors 37 references edit sedo holding ag sdo xetra . businessweek . 2011 09 22 . sedo buys revenuedirect inks partnership . boston business journal . 2009 02 24 . retrieved 2010 06 01 . sedo s ascent how the german juggernaut became a global giant . dnjournal . sedo master of its domain for 10 years . business wire . 2011 02 03 . a b sedo introduces online auction model to the domain name marketplace . sedo.com . 2006 10 17 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name sedo begins auctions defined multiple times with different content see the help page . sedo buys greatdomains . boston globe . 2007 06 19 . retrieved 2010 06 01 . sedo acquires industry pioneer greatdomains . recycled traffic.com . 2007 06 20 . a b sedo buys revenuedirect inks partnership . boston business journal . 2009 02 24 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name bbj defined multiple times with different content see the help page . sedo buys domain monetization site parkingpanel . whir web host industry review . 2009 09 25 . diaz david 2010 02 17 . poker.org sold for 1 million most ever for . org domain . techcrunch . retrieved 2010 06 01 . a b sex.com sets guinness record with 13m sale . ny daily news . 2011 02 23 . tim schumacher to resign as sedo s ceo . domainnamenews . 2011 12 05 . ad network consolidation hi media buys adlink media . techcrunch . 2009 07 06 . vodka.com domain sells for 3 million . reuters . 2006 12 15 . a b shopping.de sold for 1.96 million . dominik s blog . 2009 09 07 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name shopping.de defined multiple times with different content see the help page . pizza.com domain name fetches millions . cnet . 2008 04 06 . travelzoo buys fly.com domain for a lofty 1.8 million . techcrunch . 2009 01 30 . mystery buyer coughs up 1.5 million for russia.com . techcrunch . 2009 11 26 . kredit.de sells for 1.17 million . daily domainer . 2008 11 27 . sedo brokers sale of chinese.com for 1 million . webhostdirectory . 2007 07 24 . sedo.com our story . sedo.com . 2011 02 08 . call.com sells for 1.1 million . total telecom . 2009 09 03 . the lowdown . dnjournal . 2008 09 29 . poker.org sold for 1 million most ever for . org domain . techcrunch . 2010 02 17 . sedo sells jesus.net and server.com for huge profit . softpedia . 2009 08 05 . sedo.com releases 2010 market trends study with q4 highlights revealing steady growth in the domain market and opportunities abound for businesses and investors . business wire . 2011 02 08 . sedo announces highest valued domain sale of 2005 . business wire . 2005 07 20 . sedo sells files.com for 725 000 usd . tldmagazine . 2010 03 29 . domain name telecom.com trades for 700 000 . domainertising . 2008 01 02 . call.com buyer snaps up christian.com for 600 000 . domain name wire . 2009 09 04 . bbb.org truste.com united internet.de inta.org internetcommerce.org nominet.org.uk boston.bbb.org further reading edit maija palmer november 9 2007 . domain name sells for record gbp150 000 . financial times . thomas grillo may 20 2009 . downturn drives web domain name auction . boston herald . david smith march 16 2008 . trade in web names worth millions . the observer . external links edit official website sedo revisited how the pioneering domain company has kept pace through a decade of constant change retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sedo & oldid 710548597 categories domain name systemcompanies based in cambridge massachusettshidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference nameswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from november 2015articles containing potentially dated statements from july 2013all articles containing potentially dated statementsarticles containing potentially dated statements from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 17 march 2016 at 16 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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