Mauli Fry Hired by Escrow.com

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I want to share some domain industry news I just learned about this morning. Mauli Fry, formerly of Thought Convergence, has joined Escrow.com in a business development position. Mauli had previously been nominated on my blog by a reader as a favorite domain industry account manager. Mauli had worked on the TrafficZ, Aftermarket.com, and Agreed.com lines of business, in addition to other roles at Thought Convergence.

In an email this morning, Brandon Abbey, President of Escrow.com, reported the news of Mauli’s hiring:

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#InternetOfficial Contest from Verisign

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Verisign operates the .com registry, and the company has been working hard to continue promoting .com domain names. This morning, Verisign announced its #InternetOfficial contest on the company’s blog. The contest helps to commemorate the 30th anniversary of .com domain names, and someone can win $35,000.

In the email I received announcing the contest, a nod was given to the ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, a domain name and business that was registered, launched, and then sold for $85,000, all in a span of less than two weeks. It’s unlikely that someone will see the same immediate success of that business, but there is a chance to win money in this contest.

Here are some of the prize details as shared by Verisign in its blog post announcing the #InternetOfficial contest:

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Namecheap Ups the Ante for 2015 Move Your Domain Day

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Since 2011, Namecheap has held its annual Move Your Domain Day, which has raised nearly $250,000 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). This year’s Move Your Domain Day will be held on January 27, 2015, and Namecheap has a special offer to increase the amount of money raised for the EFF.

There are three fundraising tiers based on the number of domain names transferred to Namecheap and hosting plans purchased. The company’s donation to the EFF will vary depending on the tier that is hit. The full details are below, but this has the potential to raise much more money for the EFF than in years past.

In addition to the fundraising aspect of this event, Namecheap will be hosting a Reddit AMA to answer questions people may have about the company. The AMA will begin at 11am (EST) on January 27th, and it will be hosted by Richard Kirkendall, founder and CEO, with the username NamecheapCEO.

Here are the fleshed out details that were provided to me for Move Your Domain Day 2015:

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Morgan Linton’s Startup Raises $1 Million Seed Round

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According to a report making the rounds today, Fashion Metric raised a $1 million seed funding round from a several angel investors and venture capital companies. Fashion Metric was founded by domain investor Morgan Linton and his wife, Daina Linton. The company was founded in Los Angeles, but the Lintons recently moved the company to Austin, which has a booming startup scene.

According to an article that was published today on Gigaom:

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Domainer Kevin McKim in TurboTax Commercial

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I’ve often wondered what people do when they are not working on their domain investments. I recently learned that Kevin McKim of Name Innovations, operator of dotWhatever.com and BrandableNames.com, is also an actor and is featured in the TurboTax commercial that is currently seeing major television airtime.

In the Turbo Tax commercial which I embedded below, Kevin is the wedding officiant with the important speaking lines. He is seen several times during the commercial. The ad is part of TurboTax’s tax season campaign, and it was shot the first week of November in Malibu, California. It’s a national spot and it will probably play heavily the next few months in all mediums and markets. You may have already seen it during the Golden Globes, and perhaps he will also be seen during the Super Bowl.

Congratulations to Kevin for his part in this clever advertisement!

CyberSecurity.com Acquired by Adam Strong

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2014 was a big year for Adam Strong. His company sold the high profile domain names Racing.com and BTC.com, and he also privately acquired quite a few keyword domain names, such as Strong.com.

In May of 2014, John Daly of NameConnect.com was brokering CyberSecurity.com in his domain sales newsletter. The domain name was listed for sale with a $400,000 price tag, and the price was reduced in September. I was monitoring the Whois information for this domain name, and I saw that Adam’s company made the acquisition.

I caught up with Adam at NamesCon, and I asked him if he

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