Thoughts

Andrew Miller

August 21, 2022

Innovations in Domain Name Financing: The Birth of Domain Capital

The year was 2005, and it was the week between Christmas and New Year’s; I was trying to acquire the domain name Software.com, and we needed to close the deal by year-end to get the price we wanted. It was in this scenario that innovative people, me and Robert Alfano, got crazy and pioneered the first real loan domain name financing, which led to the first company to loan against domain names, Domain Capital, being born. Fast forward to today, and acquiring premium domains that are financed is more important than ever and still underserved.

Hilco Digital Assets: Embracing Opportunities

At Hilco Digital Assets, Hilco Global, we are getting serious about the opportunity (stay tuned), and Domain Capital remains a leader. Escrow.com has made seller financing an easy reality. There is so much opportunity to help emerging companies and their VC firms acquire their exact match category domain name, in win-win strategic deals. You just need to be smart and creative. This week, Daniel Koleshchuk and I spent time with two exciting companies working on game-changing domain acquisitions that are financed. Look for some of these deals real soon.

NamesCon: A New Chapter for Domain Name Assets and Web3

There are only two weeks until the first NamesCon since Covid hit. It is going to be nice to get so many great people back together, especially at such an exciting time for domain name assets, and Web3 assets such as NFTs. I am looking forward to my keynote opening talk on Thursday, which Domain Name Journal did a preview of this week here.

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