Thoughts

Andrew Miller

July 6, 2025

Innovation is Good for Domains

As the first half of 2025 concluded, and summer officially kicked off, it was a strong ending, as we oversaw the sales of Sword*com ($1.5m), Avail*com, Club*com (more on this mega deal soon), and literally as I am writing this, another significant deal that I am excited to discuss next Sunday. I tend to be even keeled about trends and winning streaks with domains, as over 26 years, the most valuable domain names have consistently outperformed most every other asset class, measured by both ROI for owners/sellers, and even more so, ROI for the buyers that leverage a great company or product, to make it exponentially more valuable by applying the exact match or category defining domain names to its business. With that said, the AI/crypto/tech revolution that is unfolding is going to continue to be very powerful for the world’s best domains, the kind we represent and invest in, as more and more Founders/Investors/CEOs are realizing that it is the most strategic investment they can make, like starting the marathon at mile 11.

Fairway’s Rebrand

Speaking of category defining domains and great companies, I am so excited for one of my oldest friends, and best people on earth, David Lazowski and all the amazing people at Fairway. I oversaw the Home*com deal with larry fischer in 2021 and 4 years later, the rebrand is official. Great things take time. I cannot wait to see the impact on what is already a great and strong category leading company as they move to the category defining domain. Here is a short video with me, Larry and Laz discussing this at Namescon, https://lnkd.in/e4QBbRRp and the story on the Fairway rebrand here, https://lnkd.in/edi8k7bk

Hilco’s Majority Investment

Big news from Hilco Global this week, with the major announcement of a majority investment by Orix. A huge congrats to Jeff Hecktman and the Hilco Global team. Great things happen with perseverance, hard work, and amazing talent. Excited to see what is next.

NamesCon

I am looking forward to NamesCon this year, and the opening session which I am moderating, which will be special as we will have a handful of special guest Founders/CEOs who have acquired and leveraged their exact match or a category defining domain name.

Exciting Times

It was a fun week. I got to meet 2 clients for the first time. I had lunch with my Club*com seller and his awesome family, somehow randomly in town the day we signed the agreement, and another great guy from NC whose domain we represent. July 4th is always a special holiday, a celebration of America and family. I played golf on Cape Cod with 3 generations (me, my son, my dad), and with both kids home, we went to my go-to, Barnacle Billy’s in Maine for drinks on the water and the best lobsters in the world.