General Domain Information

Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) is looking to hire a Business Development Director, according to a job listing posted on LinkedIn. While domain industry knowledge is not listed as a requirement, someone with industry experience would likely make a good candidate for this position. I believe Identity Digital operates the largest portfolio of domain name extensions.

Here’s the job summary for this position:

Dolce & Gabbana is a luxury brand. The Italian company is known for its high fashion clothing and home fashions. The company operates on DolceGabbana.com, and it also owns and forwards its brand matching DolceAndGabbana.com domain name.

On Facebook this morning, I noticed something that stood out to me. An advertisement for Dolce & Gabbana Casa showed DG.com as its url. The exceptional 2 letter .com domain domain name caught my attention.

A few years ago, I made an offer to buy a one word .com domain name. My offer was reasonable, but it was a bit lower than I felt the wholesale value was in order to be able to negotiate a bit with the seller. The domain registrant counter-offered a bit higher than what I offered.

Ordinarily, when I receive a counter-offer that is very close to my offer, I will accept it. I don’t want to lose a deal trying to get a marginally better deal. I’ve lost too many domain names trying to save a few dollars.

In this case, though, I thanked the seller for his counter-offer, declined the offer, and I completely walked away.

Hilco Digital’s Andrew Miller announced that he will be doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) livestream with domain industry veteran Larry Fischer today at noon (Eastern). The announcement was made on Hilco Digital’s Twitter page, and a corrected link was shared in a subsequent tweet:

Tomorrow, Thursday,12PM EST Random Thoughts Live Stream Podcast Episode 1, with an Ask Me Anything, @amiller325gd where viewers can call in domain name related questions is live for viewing on @HilcoDigital YouTube channel,https://t.co/gqD4nc9KtU below with more details 🧵⬇️

— HilcoDigital (@HilcoDigital) November 8, 2023

If you are interested in joining us on air to ask a question, that new link is here https://t.co/WvNOGCb911 Our producer will admit people to the virtual Green Room at 12:25PM EST. The Room can hold 9 at a time; if it says full, refresh the link until you are added. ⬇️

— HilcoDigital (@HilcoDigital) November 8, 2023

Episode 1 co-host will be my good friend @domainnames , with whom we oversaw two of the highest profile domain name transactions all time, Home*com and Chat*com, + our special guest David Laz, who is on the leadership team at Fairway that acquired Home*com. Will repost tomorrow

— HilcoDigital (@HilcoDigital) November 8, 2023

I came across a domain name yesterday afternoon, and a change to its prior landing page caught my attention. It looks like domain names utilizing the MarkUpgrade domain brokerage landing page have added a Stand with Israel logo along with a link to the American Friends of Magen David Adom website. Magen David Adom is Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service.

I think this is notable because of the extensive reach of the domain names utilizing the MarkUpgrade landing page. For instance, ten high profile domain names that I found that use this landing page include: