Thoughts

Andrew Miller

September 15, 2024

Networking with Domainers Never Gets Old

This is the 128th Random Sunday Thoughts in the past 128 weeks and one of the rare ones that will be abbreviated while I am traveling. One of the most amazing aspects of my Harvard Business School class is, it was made up of people from something like 45 countries. The domain name industry is very similar. No matter where I go, there is someone I am excited to see again or meet for the first time. Recently, as I posted in July, I got to meet my long time friend Yinan, who came to the US from China for the first time. It was like we had known each other for many years because we had, but through Skype and video. Meeting in person was so fun and amazing. Today, I got to have breakfast in France with one of the most respected domain investors, Francois Carrillo, who took the 3 hour drive to meet with me. It was so great to finally connect in person, especially since we are both OG’s in domains yet had never met live. This is a global asset class and it makes it really special.

Doing Deals with Friends Far, Far Away

Speaking of which, next week, we at Hilco Digital Assets will be able to post about overseeing the sale of one of the most valuable domains on the Internet, owned by one of my ‘global” friends.

Doing Deals with Friends not so Far Away

I and we at Hilco Digital Assets have also built some strong relationships in the US, none more important than with our partner, stakeholder, savvy investor, and close friend, Braden Pollock. I am so happy to say that the last few weeks have been amazing for BP, as several names have sold for superb outcomes. Overall, we have topped $3m+ in sales for Braden this quarter, and I am confident Q4 will be even better for us together than the strong Q3.

Some of our Newest Domains

We have some exciting new domain assets at HDA including ID*com, Advertise*com, Premier*com, Series*com, Heir*com, Near*com, and Protocol*com (so good!). All of our domains we own or advise on are at HilcoDigital.com/domains.

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