Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
Escrow.com vs Epik the battle continues
There is an epic (pardon the pun) battle that sparked up last night on Namepros between Jackson Elsegood and Rob Monster. This thread is not a new thread, it started back in January. The dispute has been about whether the escrow services provided by Epik are truly escrow services. John Berryhill has weighed in along with many Epik customers. Jackson posted a link to a story about an … [Read more...]
Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. The history starts on another thread, it's very long and you can read it at your leisure if you desire. The short version was a thread that was … [Read more...]
Escrow.com releases initial Domain Investment Index report
Escrow.com released their first ever Domain Investment Index. The report looks to highlight and make the case for domains as an asset class. Escrow.com wrote: We believe that domain names as an asset class are undervalued. If you buy a shopfront it would cost millions. For example, Tiffany’s spends USD$20M a year renting its fifth avenue shopfront. Yet you can still buy an Internet shopfront … [Read more...]
Efty powers up domain payments potential with new tech from Escrow.com
Efty and Escrow.com announced a new payment integration system. Doron Vermaat who most domainers know both as co-founder of Efty and the published of DNGeek.com wrote, "With Escrow Pay, we remove a lot of friction from the escrow process because buyers are now redirected to a wizard on Escrow.com where they can complete an escrow transaction in a few easy steps." Full Release: SAN FRANCISCO, … [Read more...]
Escrow.com launches Escrow Pay
Escrow.com is launching a new application called Escrow Pay. A streamlined payment system for any website. According to the release Escrow Pay™, is a streamlined checkout payment system for buying and selling cars, boats, airplanes, domains and anything of value, in one line of code. With no minimum fee and prices as low as 0.89%, Escrow Pay is the ideal solution for any website, mobile … [Read more...]
Escrow.com announces beta for third party integration
Escrow.com made an announcement they deemed their biggest announcement ever. They are starting a public beta for their API. The key component from my perspective was they said the following: Built by developers, for developers, any business can integrate the safety and security of escrow payments to their platform as simple as common payment methods such as Stripe or Paypal. If the … [Read more...]
