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GoDaddy Hiring Public Relations Manager

Elliot Silver
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GoDaddy posted a job listing for a Public Relations Manager, and a good understanding of the domain name space would be helpful for this particular role. A Public Relations professional working within the domain name industry might be a good fit for this job, as would a PR professional who has experience buying domain names.

The first bullet point covering this job is directly related to GoDaddy’s domain name business: “Lead the public relations strategy and execution for GoDaddy’s domain name registration and web hosting businesses.” In addition, the job posting is looking for someone who might have “a passion for the domain name industry and cutting-edge technology.”

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Kevin O’Leary Comments About 7 Figure NFT.com

Elliot Silver
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Kevin O’Leary is an investor who is best known for being a “Shark” on ABC’s Shark Tank television show. One of his investments is in a company called Immutable Holdings, Inc., a holding company with various blockchain-based investments. One of the company’s investments is NFT.com, a domain name that is currently under development.

In a press release announcing that Immutable Holdings was listed on the NEO Stock Exchange, Kevin O’Leary commented on the NFT.com domain name:

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AI.com Sold via Saw.com

Elliot Silver
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This morning in my Domain Monitor alert email from DomainTools, I noticed that AI.com had transferred from Uniregistry to Google (domain registrar). AI.com had been owned by Future Media Architects (FMA), and the domain name now has Whois privacy enabled, obscuring the registrant name from public view. Like all FMA domain names, AI.com had been listed for sale via Saw.com.

When I saw AI.com had transferred to a different domain registrar, I reached out to Saw.com’s Jeff Gabriel and Amanda Waltz to see if the domain name had sold.

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‘Why Is It So Much More Expensive Than This?’

Elliot Silver
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The other day, I was negotiating the sale of a domain name with a prospective buyer. After sharing the price of the domain name with the buyer, I was sent what was considered to be a comparable domain name at a much lower price. In reality, the domain name that was sent and priced less was a non .com domain name that matched my .com domain name.

The prospect asked why my domain name was so much more expensive than the comparable non .com listed for sale on several marketplaces. Although I think it should be pretty obvious to most people why the .com domain name is worth many times more than the non .com domain names, I used a real estate analogy to keep things simple.

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Escrow.com Sends Epik Security Breach Password Reset Email

Elliot Silver
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This morning on NamePros, a user named astrade shared an email he received from Escrow.com suggesting that a password reset may be necessary due to the “security breach at domain registrar Epik.” The email suggests that the recipient change the password for the account at Escrow.com. Another email shared on NamePros by an Escrow.com customer indicates that Escrow.com automatically reset the user’s password.

I reached out to Jackson Elsegood, General Manager at Escrow.com, and he confirmed that the email was sent by Escrow.com. I also asked Jackson who, in general, received this password reset email.

Here’s what Jackson told me:

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Squadhelp: Buyers “4x More Likely to Google” Name Than Type It In

Elliot Silver
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I’ve always been under the assumption that many prospective domain name buyers type the domain name into their browser to see what exists on the domain name. Having a “for sale” landing page or inquiry page can help facilitate a sale when a prospective buyer visits the domain name to see what exists on it. According to a Squadhelp, my assumption may not be the full picture.

Squadhelp CEO Darpan Munjal shared that a recent study from his company showed a prospective buyer is 4x as likely to search Google for a domain name than type it into their browser:

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