Uniregistry Hires Sam Tseng and Alan Crowe

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I received some news from Uniregistry about two new company hires. Sam Tseng has been hired “after 12 years with traffic monetization platform DomainSponsor/Oversee.net.” In addition, the company also hired Alan Crowe, “previously a broker for DomainNameSales, a subsidiary of Uniregistry. Crowe has 8 years of experience in the domain name industry, getting his start at GoDaddy in 2008.” Sam and Alan will be account managers at the registrar.

I think it’s good to see people with experience taking on these roles. When I deal with an account manager, I want them to be able to identify an issue that I have and know what they need to do to resolve the issue. I would imagine having experience at other domain industry companies can be helpful in that regard, and it can also make it easier for them to see where their clients are coming from.

Congratulations to

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Escrow.com: Redesigned Website Launched

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about  Escrow.com’s beta website that was being tested. It looks like Escrow.com has now completely launched its redesigned website. I spent some time poking around on the beta site, and I think it looks very good.

When you log in to your account, it appears that the back-end of the website is the older version. I have not noticed any design changes within my control panel or when setting up a transaction. It appears that the buttons are the same as they have been for a while. I would imagine the company is taking it one step at a time and wants to make sure the front end is operating well before overhauling the entire website.

One thing you will notice is that

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ICA Now Offering Less Expensive Individual Memberships

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Participation in the Internet Commerce Association should be accessible and affordable to all who have an interest in joining.   The ICA is a member-led organization that advocates on behalf of the domain industry.   The greater the participation and involvement of members of the domain industry in the ICA, the more effective we can be.

With the aim of making the ICA more accessible to all members of the domain industry, during the “ICA Live” session at NamesCon the ICA announced a new membership level for Individual Members.   The Individual Membership level is $50 per month or $600 per year.   Those who wish to join as Individual Members can do so now  on the Join page of the ICA website  through either an annual or monthly PayPal subscription.

Individual members are full members of the ICA, receiving the same

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Dietmar Stefitz Shares Domaining Europe Updates

Elliot Silver
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Domaining Europe will be held May 29-31, 2016 in The Hague, Netherlands.  The conference will be held at the Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus, and I am thinking about making the trip to Europe to attend this year’s conference.

According to the conference website, this will be  the 8th Domaining Europe conference. Tickets are available for sale via EventBright, and the cost is  â‚¬623.02.

Conference organizer Dietmar Stefitz shared some updates about Domaining Europe that I want to share with you.

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DomainSponsor and Rook Media Payment Schedule Changes

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I want to share an email that was just sent to me by my Domain Sponsor account manager, Stephanie Starkman. The company is making some changes to its payment schedule and wire transfer threshold, and the changes may impact some of the company’s clients.

If you have any questions about the announcement, reach out to your Domain Sponsor / Rook Media account manager for more information:

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BuyDomains is Seeking to Buy Domain Portfolios

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Besides the new gTLD domain names and the Chinese domain name market, a major topic of discussion at NamesCon was domain portfolio sales. I have heard about large  domain name portfolio acquisitions recently, and I think some people who manage large domain portfolios see the value in making a portfolio deal.

While chatting with Karen Dixon about the great targeted advertising campaign being run by BuyDomains, I asked her if her company is actively looking to acquire domain name portfolios. Buy Domains targets what I would consider end user domain buyers, and making large portfolio acquisitions at the right price can be mutually beneficial for the company and domain sellers.

In terms of domain name acquisitions, Karen let me know the company has focused primarily on buying domain names on the drop and via auction. This strategy may change a bit this year, as the company intends to acquire portfolios of domain names that the company could resell to its clients. “We will continue with these efforts in 2016 but want to add the highest quality names possible to our 1MM+ portfolio,” Karen told me. “We are currently entertaining

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