Brandon Abbey on Behalf of Escrow.com has issued a statement in response to the recent departures of Andee Hill & 2 Other Employees, which quit last Friday to go a newly formed competitor EscrowHill.com which was announced on Monday morning. Here is Mr. Abbey's statement unedited (emphasis added): "Escrow.com appreciates the inquiries and support it has recently received from its valued … [Read more...]
Andee Hill Quits Escrow.com & Takes Staff To Gregg McNair’s Backed New Online Escrow Service; EscrowHill.com
Gregg McNair is back in the news for the 2nd Monday in a row by joining with another huge name from the domain industry to form a new venture. Last week it was Ken Hansen that left Neustar to join Greg McNair and in the Co.com registry and today its long time veteran in of Escrow.com Andee Hill who left Escrow.com last week to join Mr. McNair in a new online escrow company EscrowHill.com … [Read more...]
The Only Thing Forbes.com Missed About The Domain Name Industry Is The Billion+ Dollars Coming Into It
After spending a week at the ICANN Meeting with 2,000 + people which are pouring over a Billion dollars into the domain name industry, I read the piece in Forbes.com by Deborah L. Jacobs, who is a self proclaimed "woulda coulda shoulda" kind of girl who still dreams about all the money that was sitting on the table in 1995, 2005 which she missed and is still missing today, trying to figure out how … [Read more...]
NetworkSolutions.com Tries To Sell A Domain Owner His Own Domain
The domain name Registrar, NetworkSolutions.com tried to sell Domain investor Abdu Tarabichi of Domainsville.com his own domain name. Abdu got the following email from Network Solutions in which they tried to sell him the premium domain name Halallocator.com which he already owned and was registered at Networksolutions.com The domain name was registered in July 2013. The email offering … [Read more...]
Mashable’s 18 Tools For Picking The Perfect Domain Doesn’t Include Any Aftermarket Channels
Mashable.com just published a post entitled "18 tools for picking the perfect domain" "Choosing a domain name for your product, service or business can be one of the most challenging steps in establishing your online identity. While it's important to choose your name wisely, it can be difficult to craft a creative name that describes the essence of your business." "Your name needs to be … [Read more...]
265 Million Domains: We Asked What Happened To The Verisign Report & Tonight Verisign Answered With The Numbers
Earlier today we asked what happened to the Verisign Quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief that has been missing for 2013 and tonight Verisign answered us. In in a post on the company blog Verisign releasing an series of three infographics showing that current worldwide domain name registrations sit at 265 Million domains as of the end of the 3rd quarter of 2013, up from 252 million reported by … [Read more...]
Ken Hansen Of NeuStar Resigns to Launch The Co.com Registry With Greg McNair & Paul Goldstone
According to press release we received, "three well known domain industry leaders have teamed up to launch the co.com registry that will allow users to "register the .com domain names they’ve always wanted!" Ken Hansen (formerly of Neustar) will lead the new venture as CEO, joining Paul Goldstone (President), and Gregg McNair (Chairman). Ken Hansen “When Paul asked me to work with him … [Read more...]