Ten years already: My extended testimonial about Escrow.com
Owen Frager made an eye-opening post yesterday, about generic domains – and how corporate procedures and bureaucratic minds can make or break a brand. My personal testimonial about Escrow.com, as used...
View ArticleEscrow.com pays like a clockwork
In July, I presented my detailed testimonial about Escrow.com and their decade in the industry. In mid-November, I officially completed ten years of using Escrow.com for selling and buying domain...
View ArticleInternet Traffic: LinkedIn addition was a brilliant move
Having just completed a $5,000 sale on Internet Traffic, I need to thank Frank Schilling and his remarkable team in the Caymans, for yet another pair of brilliant additions to the DNS platform. The...
View ArticleIs there room for 3 domain conferences and 3 licensed escrow companies?
In a recent post about change, I mentioned that it is inevitable and basically unstoppable. The domain industry cannot be an exception, and today’s core elements are very different from a decade or...
View ArticleEscrow.com ticket response breaks new ground
I do not respond to domain inquiries during the weekend. It’s a personal choice, and it gives both myself and the potential buyer the opportunity to think things over for 48 hours or so. Obviously,...
View ArticleEscrow.com: No more forms to fax or email
During the closing of a domain acquisition at Escrow.com today, I was informed of a pleasant update to how credit card payments are handled. Until now, when making a credit card payment, one had to fax...
View ArticleHow I first found out about Escrow.com
One of my early domain registrations was a four letter .com, COVX.com. I registered it on a “whim” in late 2000, while owning just a handful of other domains, because it was short and sounded edgy. At...
View ArticleDomain Purgatory exists : Just ask Escrow.com, Fabulous and Verisign
I’m not a Catholic, so quick disclaimer: the reference to a “Purgatory” does not intend to offend, nor is intentionally religious. Going by the definition of Purgatory: “A place or state of suffering...
View ArticleChina and domain escrow services : Just use Escrow.com
DN.com has released a series of increasingly cryptic announcements regarding its service and web site availability. It all started when a message via Twitter and Facebook indicated that DN.com will be...
View ArticleEscrow.com vs. Sedo : A domain escrow timeline
For the past 14 years, I’ve been using Escrow.com to safely transact in domain name investing. Acquiring and selling domains requires a trusted medium, and I’ve raved about the services of Escrow.com....
View ArticleDomains and Escrow.com : It’s been 14 years already!
This weekend marks the 14th anniversary of my first encounter with domain escrow services provider, Escrow.com. The sale was that of the domain Quintet.net, a hand registration that I sold for low...
View ArticleJust how fast can Escrow.com verify your account?
The ongoing account verification process at Escrow.com generated some arguments about its efficiency, recently. As an Escrow.com user since 2002, I was initially reluctant about taking that extra step;...
View ArticleFirst experience : Using the Escrow.com Domain Concierge service for domain...
As an Escrow.com customer for the past 15 years, I’ve been using its services exclusively for the acquisition and sale of domain names. Exactly a year ago, Escrow.com launched its Domain Concierge...
View ArticleEscrow.com : A few details on the Secure Domain Name Holding process
Escrow.com offers a secure domain name holding process, that is a perfect fit for domain sales made via installments. When a domain buyer is unable to come up with the funds for a domain up front, not...
View ArticleBlockchain domains : What sells, and what doesn’t
New technologies, such as blockchain, offer the opportunity to diversify one’s investments into real applications leveraging old problems. During MERGE! 2017 I was able to accumulate a lot of hands-on...
View ArticleKudos to Escrow.com for salvaging a domain sale on my behalf
I can’t thank Escrow.com enough for salvaging a domain sale for me, recently. It all started with an agreed upon sale via the Uniregistry Market. The domain, a single word .ORG, was sold to a Chinese...
View ArticleGot overpaid at Escrow.com?
As a happy customer of Escrow.com for the past 15 years, I can only say that they always strive to improve their services. In the rare occasion that I faced an issue, Escrow.com support and management...
View ArticlePayPal dispute nightmare : Another reason to use Escrow.com
PayPal is well-established as a digital vehicle for sending and receiving payments. It’s adopted by millions of consumers, and over the course of almost 20 years it has adjusted its policies to better...
View ArticleThank you, Leat!
I’d like to thank Leat Ahrony, for all the hard work she did while working for Escrow.com. While she’s no longer with the company, it’s important for me to acknowledge the amount of efficient effort...
View ArticleGDPR and domain sales mandate the use of Escrow.com Concierge
With the upcoming onslaught of the GDPR – a European Union approach to data privacy that wasn’t vetted by American organizations – the domain industry is about to lose yet another battle. So far, ICANN...
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