It gets me excited when one of my kids notices something unique about a domain name and shares that with me. I can’t imagine they’ll go on to become domain investors, but it would be great if they remain knowledgable about domain names as they get older and benefit from using them wisely. It’s fun to talk to my kids about my business.

With that in mind, I enjoyed reading Andrew Miller’s update about his son, Bret Miller, in his Random Sunday Thoughts post on X yesterday:

Pardon the pun, but Spaceship is flying through milestones as it hits the 10 million Domains Under Management (DUM) mark. It was less than a year ago that Spaceship hit the 5 million DUM milestone. Spaceship is the three year old sister company of Namecheap, which is also one of the largest domain registrars in existence.

According to the company’s announcement this morning (posted below), Spaceship hit this “milestone faster than any domain registrar in history.” According to Domain Name Stat, which has Spaceship’s DUM above 11 million, the company is closing in on becoming one of the top 5 largest domain registrars. If it continues its growth trajectory, I think that will be within reach next year. You can track Spaceship’s DUM count on its website.

Estibot launched SoldNames.com, a new platform that tracks and reports domain name sales and live auctions. SoldNames.com is free to use, and visitors do not need to create an account or log in to access its data and track live domain name auctions. The platform reportedly has hundreds of thousands of domain name sales at the $250 price point and above.

Estibot shared the launch news on its blog, along with more information about SoldNames.com and the tools available on the platform. I also understand there is an API available for people who want to use it for larger searches or to integrate its results within other platforms.

I do all of my domain name auction research in the morning while I drink coffee. I spend time analyzing the drop lists and researching the domain names that catch my attention. Typically, all of my backorders and opening bids are placed well before lunch.

It looks like I am going to have to make changes to my schedule as it pertains to backorders on DropCatch.com. According to a message above the logo on the dropcatching platform, the backorder deadline is changing.

“Backorder cutoff changing October 1: The .com/.net cutoff moves earlier to 11:30 UTC (5:30 AM your local time). Place your backorders before the new cutoff. Full details coming soon.”

One of my favorite weekends of the year has arrived. On Sunday, I will be riding in my 13th Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. With help from friends and colleagues in the domain investment business, we have raised more than $10,000 for Dana-Farber this year. My fundraising goal is $15,000.

We all know someone who has had cancer or has cancer. It’s a terrible disease that impacts people around the world. I’ve had friends and family overcome their cancer diagnosis, and sadly, I have lost family and friends to cancer. Dana-Farber helps people with cancer around the world, and its research helps give people with cancer better outcomes.

The Escrow.com Master of Domains award honors the top producing domain name brokers each year based on the volume of deals they transact via Escrow.com. For the last seven years, Andrew Rosener of Media Options has taken the top spot in the list. This year, a different Andrew finished at the top.

Andrew Miller of ATM Holdings and Hilco Digital Assets sits at the top of the Escrow.com Master of Domains list for 2026. Through his weekly Random Sunday Thoughts posts on LinkedIn, Andrew has shared many of the domain names he advised on that were sold. I also detected numerous exceptional domain name that transacted where Andrew played a major role.