Sales down 22% compared to last year — Sedo’s Q3

Another slow quarter, but a rebound might be in sight.

Sedo’s domain name sales continue to fall short of last year.

Today the firm released its Q3 domain market study, showing sales of $15,147,216 in the quarter ended this September.

Last year in the same quarter the firm turned in $19,303,083 in sales, so sales this year in Q3 were 22% lower.

Its sales performance in Q2 this year showed a similar 29% drop compared to the same quarter in 2011. Still, Q2 sales still came in at $17.4 million.

Last year each quarter had at least $19 million in sales.

I expected Q3 numbers to be lower than usual as many of the firm’s weekly sales notes topped off around $1 million. Still, more recent notes have been closer to $2 million, so hopefully its sales are rebounding.

You’ll also note that one or two seven figure sales can make a huge difference in quarterly numbers.

Here are some other stats from the note:

– 49% of sales were .com and 15% .de.
– Median price $650, which is in line with Sedo’s typical numbers
– sold 8,181 domains, which is much lower than usual
– Buy now sales 42%

In a separate notice today, the firm stated it added domain registrar EnCirca as a SedoMLS Premium partner,