A few days ago I received the following email from Sedo: -
Dear Sedo Member,
Our advertising provider has notified us that a significant portion of the traffic associated with
your domains has been deemed “spam” traffic and is therefore ineligible for Sedo’s parking program.As part of Sedo’s responsibility to our advertising partners ensure that traffic participating in our
parking program meets quality standards, Sedo compiles data on traffic from a variety of sources,
including our advertising partner. During this data review, we have no choice but to block the domains
that are presented to us by our partners.In many cases, our members have purchased domains from sellers who may have promoted those
domains in the past, and the new owners are unaware of any prior promotion that may have taken place.
This decision does not imply that any action was taken on your part to violate the Terms of Sedo’s
parking service. However, in order to protect advertisers and consumers, we must maintain high quality standards.To maintain the integrity of click prices and the quality of Sedo’s parking program, your account was suspended, your domains have been removed from the program, and the accumulated click balance generated
by these domains has been forfeited in accordance with our Terms of Use.Best Regards,Best Regards,
Your Sedo Team
Customer Support - UK/International
Being the total air-head that I am, I’d totally forgotten about the domains that I had parked on the Sedo name servers, so I respond: -
I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I don’t have any domains
parked with Sedo.
The next day I get the following response from Sedo: -
Hello,
Thank you for your email. I checked our database and saw that you have an account associated with the email address <Email address removed>, and associated with the username <Username removed>. This account has 9 domains listed, and was created in 2007.
If you require further clarification please let me know.
Sara Beninato
Ahhhhh… Cogs turn slowly in my head, and I go off to DynDNS.com to check the name server settings on my domains. OK, as I said earlier, I’d forgotten all about those domains. Anyway, I change the name servers to point at one of my servers, and set about monitoring the alleged “spam” traffic. I respond to Sedo: -
Yeah. Sorry, I’d forgotten all about those domains.
I monitored those domains today, and between the lot of them they didn’t
even receive 10 hits. So where does the nonsense of “spam” traffic come
from? If Sedo is dedicated to quality, in the fashion in which you
claim, perhaps you’d do well to investigate the validity of reports
before suspending people’s accounts?
Mike Kroger.
Today I receive the following from Sedo: -
Hello Mike,
Thank you for your email. I apologize, as our advertising provider does not provide us with more information in regards to this matter.
If you would like, I can reopen your account for buying and selling purposes.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Sara Beninato
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Senior Security & Compliance Specialist
Take careful note that Sara claims to be a Senior Security & Compliance Specialist!
From Sara’s reply, it’s plainly obvious that Sedo react to “fraud” reports without making any attempt whatsoever to validate the claims made in the report.
My final response to Sedo: -
Sara,
Don’t worry about it. The way that Sedo has treated me quite clearly demonstrates their attitude towards their clients. As far as I’m concerned, I really don’t need people like Sedo in my life. Thanks.
Mike Kroger.
















