During the NamesCon conference today, Escrow.com announced its Master of Domains winners. The annual award celebrates “the highest grossing domain name brokers for deals completed in 2022.” Taking the top spot for this year is Andrew Rosener of Media Options. I believe Andrew has been Escrow.com’s top grossing domain broker for the past five years. [...] Continue reading →

For a domain investor, buying a domain name is second nature. Investors hand register domain names, purchase domain names via expiry and private auctions, and acquire domain names owned by others via private acquisitions. For people who aren’t in the domain name business, acquiring a domain name can be confusing, frustrating, and challenging. When I [...] Continue reading →

For a number of years, I have created a domain industry Pan-Mass Challenge jersey to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Many domain industry companies have supported my PMC ride this year with donations of $500 or more. I am proud to share the final version of the jersey I will wear on the second [...] Continue reading →

I am going to finalize my 2023 Pan-Mass Challenge jersey tomorrow and send it off to be printed. Before I finalize the custom domain industry PMC jersey I will wear on the second day of the 162 mile bike ride, I would like to get two additional logo sponsors for the back of the jersey. [...] Continue reading →

In March of this year, I reported on the sale of Chat.com. The domain name was acquired by HubSpot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah for more than $10 million USD. The exact acquisition price wasn’t revealed by either party. That deal had been brokered by Hilco Digital’s Andrew Miller and Larry Fischer. This morning, Dharmesh revealed that [...] Continue reading →

This August, I will be riding in my 10th Pan-Mass Challenge ride to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. I will be riding 162 miles over two days, from Wellesley, Massachusetts to Provincetown, Massachusetts. I’ve been receiving great domain industry support, and I appreciate it. So far, we have raised more than $9,000 when all [...] Continue reading →

I went to the post office the other day to buy stamps. I had a brief conversation with the person working at the counter, and he asked what I do. After telling him a little bit about my business, he told me he had a funny story to share with me. He is an artist [...] Continue reading →