Sedo, SnapNames, Moniker, GoDaddy, NameJet and many more domain name aftermarket services have one good thing going for them, repeating commissions from domain names and many times it is from the same domain. If a domain name sells because it is expired or if the seller decides to sell, doesn’t always mean that is the last time money will be made from that specific domain name at the specific service.

Take the recent sale of the domain name Prize.com for an example.

Sedo brokered the domain name sale of Prize.com on about 10-10-2006. The sales price in 2006 was $70,000 USD. Sedo’s commission rate varies a little bit based on the type of service used but the most common commission rate at Sedo is 10% of the sales price for the seller. A $70,000 domain sale would result into a $7,000 USD "sellers fee". This would result in the seller being paid approx $63,000 on a $70,000 sale, with Sedo pulling in a nice profit of about $7K.

Keep in mind that this is just one domain. Sedo sells hundreds of domain names each week with prices ranging for a couple hundred to in the millions for time to time.

About 2 and a half years later, on about 3-23-2010 the domain name Prize.com finds a new owner and once again is brokered by Sedo. In the approx 2.5 yrs, the sales price for Prize.com gains an extra $30,000 and this time around sells for an even $100,000 USD. Sedo’s likely commission this time on the same domain they pulled in $7K on it already? Add $10,000 more to that total and Prize.com commission is now $17,000 USD Sedo profit!

A revolving door if you wish of domain sales commission profit! Prize.com very well could sell again, right at Sedo and adding more to the total of the domain.

The domain industry is full of "quick flips" with many resulting in sales. It is not all that uncommon to see a domain name listed in an auction, sell and then later sell again in a similar auction.

PePe.com was listed on Bido.com and sold for $15,000 USD giving Bido an 8% sellers fee commission. 3 months later the domain was flipped and sold for $61,000 at a private site with Escrow.com getting some commission to handle the escrow.

Optimize.com was sold via Moniker for $24,650 in 2008 and sold again in early 2010 for $115,000.

All of these sales result in a repeating commission for the one domain that is sold, then sold again. Sometimes the sales happen at one service like Sedo, sometimes the sale takes place at one service and then happens again at another. This process is continued with "flips" and expiring domains.

This is part of business and how some services make there money, but it is interesting to look at the commission side of domain name sales that we see each and every day and the fact that many times the commission is not the first one for the specific domain name and often times it happens at the same service like Sedo.