Escrow.com Sponsoring Charity Golf Tournament

Elliot Silver
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Orange County Supports Our Troops Golf Tournament

Escrow.com is gearing up to sponsor the 4th annual O.C. Supports Our Troops Charity Golf Tournament that is coming up in November. The tournament will be held at the Coto De Caza Golf & Racquet Club on November 9th, 2015. The annual golf tournament raises funds for the non-profit Orange County Supports Our Troops organization.

According to Escrow.com President Brandon Abbey, last year’s “golf tournament raised $190,000 and received matching funds from the Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation” (Bob Parsons founded GoDaddy).

If you are interested in participating in the tournament, there are still spots open. The cost is $600 for single golfers ($2,400 for a foursome), and Brandon Abbey let me know if you reach out to him, he will offer a $200 “friends of Escrow.com” discount. Tickets for the tournament closing dinner are $150, and dinner is included for the golfers who are participating. Registration for the tournament closes on October 27th.

Here is a

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Announcing China Boot Camp Videos

Simon Cousins
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China Boot Camp is Allegravita’s latest masterclass series for non-Chinese domain registries, registrars and domain name investors seeking a fast, effective and profitable entry to China and Chinese-speaking markets.

As you’d be aware, we created, wrote and delivered the Chinese domaining masterclasses at Namescon 2015 on behalf of our client at the time, TLD Registry. That series of masterclasses was attended by almost 400 domainers and industry pros during Namescon, and we got such positive feedback on our work explaining Chinese IDNs and the history and present of Chinese domaining.

Upon reflecting on how we could better that series of masterclasses, we felt that it

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101domain Acquired by Afilias

Elliot Silver
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I want to share some news I received this morning via email. Wolfgang Reile, President and CEO of 101domain, announced that the company has been acquired by Afilias. I imagine the announcement was made to coincide with the ICANN meeting in Dublin, which kicks off very soon. As you likely know, Afilias is a domain name registry (billed as “the world’s second largest Internet domain name registry”), and 101domain is a popular domain name registrar.

In the email, Mr. Reile announced that he is stepping down from his role as President and CEO. Anthony Beltran, who served as the company COO and CFO, will be leading 101domain going forward. The email mentioned that not much will be changing at 101domain aside from some of the “corporate, registry and operational details.” I presume this means that the 101domain branding will be retained.

The email announcement I received is below:

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Guta.com Shares Q2 & Q3 Domain Sales Report & Analysis

Elliot Silver
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As I mentioned last week in my domain conference recap, one of the most popular topics that I found people discussing is the Chinese domain name market. As a result of this interest, George Hong, founder of the Guta.com domain brokerage, was often found engrossed in conversation with domain investors about the Chinese domain market.

Guta.com is a domain brokerage that is entrenched in the Chinese domain market. Here’s what the company’s website says about its involvement in the Chinese domain market:

“Our management team has extensive experience in both the US and China . We have a deep understanding of both Chinese and western cultures and almost 10 years of domain investment and consulting experience . We are well connected; we know and have worked with many of the key players in the global domain name industry. This unique combination of culture, backgrounds, talents, resources and experience make us an industry leading expert in connecting domain sellers from all over the world with Chinese buyers.”

Many people trust

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DNA Shares “Industry Leader” Videos

Elliot Silver
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The Domain Name Association (DNA) recently uploaded 5 videos interviews with commentaries on the state of the industry, specifically the new gTLD domain name space. The five videos were filmed during the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires this past June (2015).

Simon Cousins, CEO of Allegravita, the company that filmed the interviews, shared that the videos are  “intended to be evergreen commentaries on the state of the industry.” He added that the videos are only about two minutes in length, so you should be able to  watch all five of them in one sitting.

The industry leaders featured in the first five videos are:

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Shares.com to Offer “Crowdfunded Domain Name Investment Opportunities”

Elliot Silver
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I received a press release from Shares.com that I found interesting. According to the title of the press release, the company is offering “Crowdfunded Domain Name Investment Opportunities.” I saw a similar press release for Shares.com for the art community.

Shares.com is obviously a great domain name, and although I first thought about stocks when I saw the name in the email subject, the branding seems to make sense. The email I received wasn’t personally addressed to me, and I am not sure who owns or is  operating Shares.com.

I would personally need to do much more due diligence before considering a crowdfunded domain name investment (or selling a domain name in this manner). According to the Shares.com website, the company “will soon accept submissions on” things like start up businesses, properties, artwork, vintage coins, stamp collections, and other collectibles.

Here is the entire press release I received:

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