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1&1 Internet Ltd: 1&1 Partners With Sedo To Offer Pre-Owned Domains; Search For New And Pre-Registered Domains For Sale Simultaneously; Premium Domains Can Enhance Web Identity For Businesses
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:12012009
London: 1&1 Internet Ltd., the world's largest web host by known
servers, today launched a new facility on www.1and1.co.uk for finding
pre-owned 'premium' domain name registrations up for sale alongside
regular unregistered names. Powered by Sedo, the world's leading
marketplace for buying and selling domain names, the service delivers
more options to clinch the perfect web identity. 1&1's participation
will bring pre-registered domains to a wide range of consumer and
business user groups and enables them to make a more informed choice
from the very start of an online project. For businesses operating in a
highly competitive Internet environment, investing in a memorable web
address can often help drive traffic to a website or e-commerce venture.
1&1's newly launched 'Domain Marketplace' allows the user to browse an
expanded selection of domain possibilities from regular unregistered
names, domains for sale with a set price, and domains being sold via
auction. The 'for-sale' domains are listed in addition to the
unregistered domain suggestions, which are offered via DomainsBot
technology. One can purchase or bid for pre-owned domains with Sedo by
clicking-through directly from their 1&1 shopping basket.
Oliver Mauss, CEO 1&1 Internet Ltd, said "Our new Domain Marketplace
feature provides an enhanced overview of available domain options. As
the Internet further matures, there has never been a more relevant time
to consider leveraging a pre-registered domain".
Sedo, a sister company to 1&1, is the world leader in brokering
pre-registered domains. Trading domains in more than 21 languages
globally, the company is uniquely positioned to provide 1&1 customers
access to the fixed-price domains listed within Sedo's marketplace of
14 million domains and can deliver a seamless service for purchasing
and transferring your new domain name to your web host.
Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo, said, "Sedo is pleased to extend our
domain marketplace offers to 1&1 customers. This gives 1&1 customers a
greater selection of domains to choose from, and expands the audience
of potential buyers for all sellers on Sedo".
A recent survey of UK small businesses found that they most often
choose their primary domain name in haste, and believed that their
choice of domain name could have been better. 1 in 4 businesses (26 per
cent) surveyed admitted to wanting improvements in either their domain
name wording or suffix (e.g. .co.uk). Furthermore, a significant one
third (33 per cent) believe that their sales revenue would improve as a
direct result of a change in web address. An attractive pre-owned
domain name can often help accelerate traffic to a website and enhance
a company's online sales and image.
Mauss added, "Businesses often choose their primary domain names in
haste at the start of an online project. Businesses today should review
all the available domain options periodically and consider the business
case for investments in this area".
1&1 Internet, the world's largest web host by known servers, is well
placed to provide a high quality web hosting service to online
businesses. 1&1 currently holds over 7.8 million customer contracts
worldwide and manages over 10 million domain names. For more
information on 1&1 Internet Ltd visit the website at www.1and1.co.uk
About 1&1 Internet Ltd
1&1 Internet Ltd based in Slough, west of London, is Europe's No.1 web
hosting and domain name registration company. 1&1 Internet Ltd is the
UK arm of 1&1 Internet AG based in Germany (a subsidiary of United
Internet Group, a public company with a market cap of more than 1
Billion GBP).
1&1 was established in 1988 and holds some 7.8 million British, German,
French, Spanish, Romanian, Austrian and US customer contracts and
serves some 10 million domain names at its 55,000 server strong Data
Centres.
1&1 prides itself on being the one-stop-shop for web solutions.
1&1 Internet Ltd entered the UK domain registration and web hosting
market in June 2000. As a well funded profitable company, it is in a
strong position to deliver a high quality service at low cost. 1&1 is
an accredited Registrar with ICANN (.com), Nominet (.co.uk), Afilias
(.info) and NeuLevel (.biz).
CONTACT: Richard Stevenson / Tazeen Syeda, 1&1 Internet Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1753 490 435
e-mail: press@1and1.co.uk
WWW: http://www.1and1.co.uk
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