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I recently completed my first aftermarket sale of a .Asia name via the SEDO aftermarket. Crowdsource.Asia sold on SEDO making it in to the first 10 reported aftermarket sales of .Asia domain names.

It seems to be a cliché in the domain industry to say so, but I think the buyer got a steal.

Here’s why.

Asia is the most populated region in the world. Even though .Asia is a new space it appears that it will be readily adopted by businesses to market to the region.

Asia is likely to play a big roll in the growing crowdsourcing industry. I have used crowdsourcing services to build relationships with content and media producers in Thailand and the Philippines and find it a really efficient way to source talent at reasonable prices. The industry clearly has a future.

So the buyer has acquired the best name to operate in the industry, in a region that is highly relevant to the industry. After paying the aftermarket rate, the ongoing expense to maintain that highly valuable asset is an inconsequential $20 per year.

Best of luck to the buyer. Looking forward to see what ends up on the name.

Surprised to receive my first offer on a .Asia name via SEDO. Was totally not expecting any action on .Asia for at least 2 years. The $500 offer was for a technology trend term that has been going around a bit lately.

The domain was hand registered for $20 at the .Asia go live so $500 represents a reasonable ROI after just a few months.

Was tempted to flip the name and do something exciting for myself……like buy a new pair of sneakers

But still a little bit early in the game for that

**UPDATED**

Noticed on SEDO that the same person who offered on the name picked up a hyphenated .com for $4100US.

It’s a shame it’s really only a one word term