Escrow.com’s 2024 Master of Domains

This afternoon during the NamesCon domain conference, Escrow.com announced the winners of its 2024 Master of Domains. The award is given to the 10 grossing domain brokers measured by the size of the deals they closed using Escrow.com during the prior year.

The top grossing domain broker for the year is Andrew Rosener of Media Options. I believe Andrew has won the award the last 6 years and been on the list every year since its inception 8 years ago. Andrew Miller of Hilco Digital was second on the list and Jeff Gabriel of Saw.com was third.

Here are the Escrow.com top 10 grossing domain brokers for 2023:

1) Andrew Rosener
2) Andrew Miller
3) Jeff Gabriel
4) Steve Miholovich
5) Brian Harbin
6) Matthew Chase
7) Brent Oxley
8) Ryan McKegney
9) Mark Daniel
10) Joe Uddeme

Congratulations to all of the award winners this year.

The press release is below:

Escrow.com announces winners of Master of Domains 2024

Presented at NamesCon Global, Escrow.com unveils annual ranking of highest-grossing domain name brokers for deals closed in 2023

AUSTIN, Texas – 6 June 2024 – Escrow.com, the leading provider of secure online payments, today announced the winners of its annual Master of Domains awards at NamesCon Global 2024. Industry leading broker Andrew Rosener takes out the top spot for the sixth consecutive year in a row and his eight consecutive appearance in the awards.

In second place is Hilco Digital’s Andrew Miller, who comes off a massive year brokering high value domain name Chat.com for Hubspot’s Dharmesh Shah for over $10 million.

Industry heavyweight Ryan McKegney celebrates his eight consecutive Master of Domain awards appearance after placing 8th this year, while Joe Uddeme, who placed 10th, has featured in the awards for his seventh time. Jeffrey Gabriel (3rd) also celebrates his fourth year placing in the awards and Mark Daniel (9th) his third consecutive year.

“We’re proud to present the eighth installment of our Master of Domains awards again at NamesCon. Congratulations to Andrew Rosener for taking the top spot once again, making him our 2024 Master of Domains. We’re also excited to see Andrew Miller placing second off the back of his stellar year, most notably with the sale of mega domain Chat.com. Honorable mentions go out to Ryan McKegney, Joe Uddeme, Jeffrey Gabriel and Mark Danielwho have each consistently placed in our annual award, cementing their names as some of the industry’s best,” said Matt Barrie, Chief Executive at Escrow.com.

Award Overview
The annual Escrow.com Masters of Domains recognises the 10 highest-grossing brokers measured by the size of the deals they’ve closed in 2023. Winners not only receive the accolades of the industry but also pick up a highly coveted trophy, which was presented at domain name industry conference NamesCon Global 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Winners – Escrow.com 2024 Master of Domains

10. Joe Uddeme – Principal of Name Experts LLC

Joe Uddeme has been brokering since 2009 helping businesses and investors handle complex domain, website and IPV4 negotiations and transactions. Joe has successfully closed over $120m in sales with premium domains like Max.com, Mine.com, Loop.com, Link.com, 20.com and Monday.com to name a few.

9. Mark Daniel – Managing Director of Domain Holdings Group

Mark Daniel, a founding member of Domain Holdings Group, has been integral to its growth since inception. He is a digital real estate expert and specializes in helping clients of all sizes acquire and divest premium domain names. He has successfully brokered the sales of domains such as Genius.com, Hero.com, Purple.com, Axios.com, Cheddar.com, Ignite.com and Room.com, among many others. Mark’s solid reputation, longstanding presence, and track record underscore his reliability and trustworthiness.

8. Ryan McKegney – CEO of DomainAgents

Ryan McKegney is the CEO of DomainAgents.com. He and his team help clients of all sizes buy and sell domains. Ryan has been recognized as one of the Masters of Domains every year since its inception. Operating since 2012, DomainAgents has built a reputation as a trusted partner of buyers, sellers, registrars, and service providers.

7. Brent Oxley – Serial Entrepreneur

Brent Oxley is a serial entrepreneur and avid domain investor. In 2002, Brent started the web hosting company HostGator.com. He grew it into a thriving business of over 1,000 employees and over $100 million in annual revenue before selling it to EIG for close to $300 million in 2012. Brent has recently launched his new web hosting company named Create.com and is offering the first year of web hosting free to all domainers!

6. Matthew Chase – Broker at Lumis Group

Matthew Chase is an accomplished and award-winning senior broker at Lumis Group LLC, focusing exclusively on acquisitions. With an excellent track record, Matthew has been a key player in the domain industry, driving over 30 million USD in sales since 2021. Some notable deals include more.com, titan.com, viva.com, wage.com, pry.com, door.com, and onrunning.com, among his more than 250 digital assets brokered.

5. Brian Harbin – Founder at Grit Brokerage

Brian Harbin is the Founder of Grit Brokerage and is accepting on behalf of the entire team at Grit Brokerage – an independent brokerage firm started in 2014. The Grit Brokerage team has combined 60+ years of domain brokerage experience between Brian, Michael Law, Maureen Sullivan, Tess Diaz, Sabrina Laureola, and Kathryn Malaban. Grit Brokerage specializes in outbound sales to end users for clients they represent on the sell-side, provides a stealth domain acquisition service for clients on the buy-side, and runs a blog and popular monthly domain newsletter.

4. Stephen Miholovich – CEO of Name Arena

Steve Miholovich is the founder and CEO of Name Arena, a client focused domain name brokerage serving all markets and industries. After many years working as an executive with two major domain registrars, he made the leap to start his own business in 2018. Steve has been in the domain industry for over 20 years and over 30 years working in internet related companies. His expertise includes registrant investigations, complex negotiation, domain valuation and closing deals.

3. Jeffrey Gabriel – Co-Founder of Saw.com

Jeffrey Gabriel is an entrepreneur, salesperson, Guinness World Record holder, and the founder of Saw.com. Jeffrey and his team have been part of over half a billion dollars in transactions including, but not limited to, Ai.com, Virtual.com, Media.com, M1.com, Data.ai, Perfect.com, Bunny.com, and countless others.

2. Andrew Miller – Managing Director of Hilco Digital Assets

Andrew Miller is Managing Director of and a principal in Hilco Digital Assets, a venture between him and Hilco Global, one of the leading asset advisories and investors. An entrepreneur and connector, Andrew has a track record of facilitating strategic M&A deals, and game changing premium domain name transactions, advising Fortune 100 companies, VC and PE firms, and investors. He has been a principal on over $500m of prominent domain name acquisitions and sales, including recent blockbuster deals for Chat.com, Home.com, Tours.com, Candy.com, and Universal.com.

1. Andrew Rosener – Founder & CEO of MediaOptions.com

Andrew Rosener is the founder and CEO of MediaOptions.com, which has been the #1 domain broker in the world for the last six consecutive years. Since 2008, Andrew has been involved in more than $600 million dollars in domain sales and has played a pivotal role in numerous high-profile domain-name transactions, including X.com to Elon Musk, Zoom.com to Zoom, and Prime.com and Podcast.com to Amazon, as well as thousands of others.

Escrow.com congratulates the 2024 Masters of Domains. Whether you’re buying or selling domain names or websites online, Escrow.com can help you get your transaction done.