Tag Archives: Escrow.com

Thu 14th January 2016
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Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com - Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China. Escrow handled $430 million of payments in 2015: The average sales price of domain names transacted through Escrow.com has appreciated 7.3% per year: 4 letter domains have appreciated 9.3% per year over past ten years: And perhaps the most telling ... read more ...
Wed 16th December 2015
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Escrow.com wants to keep Trust while improving a service - GM Jackson Elsegood says support and usability enhancements are key initiatives for leading escrow service. Jackson Elsegood, GM for Escrow.comEscrow.com is under new ownership. With a change at the top, there’s been a bit of concern over making sure the core escrow product remains intact. Yesterday I spoke with Jackson Elsegood, the new General Manager for Escrow.com. His message is pretty clear: the core product and pricing will stay, and service and usability enhancements are on the way. What’s ... read more ...
Tue 1st December 2015
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Dear Freelancer.com, don't disaster adult Escrow.com - Escrow.com has a bright future ahead of it, as long as new ownership makes the right moves. Dear Freelancer.com, Congratulations on your acquisition of Escrow.com. It is a great company that just about everyone in the domain name industry uses, and uses often. When you bought Escrow.com for $7.5 million, I knew you didn’t have a goal of merely milking the cash cow. As your CEO Matt Barrie told me on the Domain Name Wire Podcast, you want more. You want to grow the company. That makes sense. But ... read more ...
Mon 2nd November 2015
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Freelancer.com completes $7.5 million squeeze of Escrow.com - Deal was announced in April. Online freelancing marketplace Freelancer.com has completed its purchase of internet escrow service Escrow.com. Freelancer.com announced in April that it agreed to purchase the company for $7.5 million. Escrow.com generated $5 million in revenue and $1.2 million EBITDA last year on $220 million of transactions. Freelancer.com has a market cap of AUS $800 million. It owns a number of online freelancer marketplaces, in addition to online marketing forum Warrior Forum. Escrow.com ... read more ...
Mon 27th April 2015
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A demeanour during Escrow.com's income growth - Company’s topline is up over 50% in past five years. Australian company Freelancer.com has acquired Escrow.com for US $7.5M. This is 6.25x Escrow.com’s 2014 EBITDA. The transaction reveals, for the first time, Escrow.com’s growth in recent years. The company’s 2014 revenue was nearly 55% higher than 2010, representing a 9.1% CAGR since then. 2010: $3.269 million 2011: $4.125 million 2012: $4.646 million 2013: $4.798 million 2014: $5.048 million Keep in mind this only represents Escrow.com’s ... read more ...
 
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What is Freelancer.com and because did it buy Escrow.com? - Publicly traded freelance marketplace owns a number of businesses, including a website and domain name marketplace. Yesterday (United States time), Freelancer.com announced that it acquired Escrow.com for US $7.5 million. Freelancer.com is a publicly traded company in Australia with a market cap of about $450 million, but many people probably aren’t familiar with it. The company is similar to oDesk/eLance, where people post jobs they need done and freelancers bid to complete the work. Freelancer.com ... read more ...
Sun 26th April 2015
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Escrow.com Purchased for $7.5million - Freelancer.com announces the acquisition of Escrow.com and completion of capital raising Some big news for a Sunday night, Escrow.com getting acquired by Freelancer.com. Back in September of 2014, Escrow.com purchased Agreed.com. SYDNEY, April 27, 2015: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace,today announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Escrow.com from a private investor for US$7.5 million in cash, and completed a AUD$10 million ... read more ...
 
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Escrow.com acquired for $7.5 million - Company known for securing domain name transactions is acquired by Australian company. Freelancer.com, an online marketplace for freelance services, has acquired escrow service Escrow.com for $7.5 million. Escrow.com is a popular service among domain name investors and has handled over $2.2 billion worth of transactions to date. Margins for escrow services are slim, and today’s acquisition announcement puts it in perspective: Escrow.com handled $220 million transactions last year, generating $5 ... read more ...
Mon 2nd February 2015
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Record Setter: Porno.com Sale Is The Largest Single Domain Escrow.com Has Ever Handled - According to Brandon Abbey who has been the president of Escrow.com since 2004 the sale of Porno.com for $8,888,88 which we reported earlier today,  was the largest single domain sale they have ever handled. Although Escrow.com has handled over $2 Billion dollars in transactions, and bigger domain name transactions than the $8.9 Million sale of Porno.com those where for multiple domains inside one transaction. So Porno.com is now the official escrow.com record holder for a single domain name. Again ... read more ...
Thu 25th September 2014
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Escrow.com acquires Agreed.com escrow service - Escrow service that launched this year is gobbled up by largest online escrow company. For the past year, the number of online escrow companies targeting the domain industry has grown considerably. It’s about to shrink by one. Escrow.com announced today that it has acquired Agreed.com from Thought Convergence. This is Thought Convergence’s second divestiture in as many weeks; last week it announced the sale of Aftermarket.com. Agreed.com launched in January of ... read more ...
Wed 22nd May 2013
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Must reads: a pro who’s fervent to sell domains, a gift auction, and a intelligent rebrand - Eric Borgos on why he’s selling domains, help the tornado victims, and a “cool” rebranding. Here are a few domain stories I read today that I think are worth reading. Eric Borgos has published an interesting perspective about 10 Reasons Why I Am Eager To Sell My Domains. Last year Borgos’ company had sales of $1.25 million, and domain sales were the company’s largest source of income. Elliot Silver, DomainBoardroom.com, and Escrow.com have teamed up for ... read more ...
Tue 7th May 2013
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My initial domain sale by DomainNameSales.com - I sold my first domain through DNS. What have your experiences been? Last week I completed my first domain sale using the Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales.com platform. One thing that is a bit confusing at first is how the communications work inside the DomainNameSales.com platform. The platform is “open”, meaning you can handle domain inquiries yourself or use a number of third party brokers (including DNS itself, like what I chose). By using an outside broker ... read more ...
 
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Escrow.com tops $1.5 billion in transactions - Milestone shows that Escrow.com is growing very fast. I seems like just last year that I was writing about Escrow.com topping the $1 billion mark. And that’s because it was just last year that the company announced it had crossed the $1 billion transaction milestone. Now, about 16 months later, Escrow.com says it has already hit $1.5 billion in transactions. It took the company 11 years to hit the first $1 billion and just over a year to hit $1.5 billion, so the ... read more ...
Tue 26th February 2013
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No surprise: Escrow.com is still your favorite escrow service - Escrow.com is most popular domain escrow service for domain investors. There’s one question on the Domain Name Wire survey that always has a predictable result: Escrow.com is selected as the best domain escrow service. This year it once again came out on top by a wide margin. Here are the results: 1. Escrow.com 66% 2. Sedo 15% 3. Afternic 7% 4. eCop 4% 5. Moniker 3% As one of few pure play escrow services, Escrow.com has constantly innovated to meet the needs of ... read more ...
Mon 7th May 2012
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Escrow.com rigourously launches attorney tool - Broker tool released to all Escrow.com customers. I’m a bit behind because of a hosting change at the end of last week, but the latest news from Escrow.com is worth writing about even a couple days late. Escrow.com formally launched its broker tool last week. I wrote about this tool back in January when it was in limited release. The new offering allows brokers to be involved with transactions at Escrow.com. The broker can set up the escrow transaction and also ... read more ...
Fri 20th January 2012
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A demeanour during Escrow.com’s $1 billion miracle and new attorney tool - Escrow.com completes $1 billion in transactions and will soon release a tool for brokers. Escrow.com just hit a major milestone: $1 billion in completed transactions. I reached out to Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey to understand the path the company took to reach this milestone and the makeup of its current business. Abbey told me that Escrow.com started out with small transactions when it opened its doors in 1999. An actual example: 10 Garnet Ovals at $1.99 a ... read more ...
Thu 23rd June 2011
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New Service Hopes to Make Seller-Financed Domain Transactions Easier - Service manages seller financed domain sales. A new service called Zenscrow hopes to bring more liquidity to the domain name market by making seller financed domain sales easier. Companies such as Escrow.com and Moniker already offer payment plan escrow services, but Zenscrow takes it a step further. There are two benefits I see to Zenscrow compared to typical payment plan services. First, Zenscrow provides a domain sale or lease agreement. Second, the company monitors ... read more ...
Mon 21st March 2011
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Escrow.com Selected as Top Domain Escrow Company - Once again Escrow.com is top rate domain name escrow provider. Escrow.com is the best domain name escrow service according to a survey of over 1,500 domain industry professionals. 46% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s sixth annual survey said Escrow.com was best. Sedo’s escrow services came in second place with 32%. 1. Escrow.com 46% 2. Sedo 32% 3. Afternic 8% 4. Moniker 7% 5. EscrowDNS 6% Domain name escrow service vary in price and services. Some (including ... read more ...
Sat 13th February 2010
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Escrow.com Rated Top Domain Name Escrow Service - Escrow.com selected as best domain name escrow service. Escrow.com is the best escrow service for domain names, according to a survey of over 500 domain name owners. In the 5th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey, 55% of respondent picked Escrow.com as the top service. Sedo’s escrow service came in at number two with 24%, followed by Moniker at 13%. Afternic’s escrow service came in a distant fourth. EscrowDNS.com also received votes. EscrowDNS.com was recently ... read more ...
Tue 17th March 2009
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EscrowDNS.com Temporarily Suspends New Service - Owner cites state regulations for temporary shutdown. Upstart domain escrow service EscrowDNS.com has temporarily suspended new service, citing state regulations: EscrowDNS is temporarily ceasing operation of it’s domain name escrow service. Any outstanding transactions will be completed as always, no new transactions will be allowed. Several states have vague or modified escrow laws for Internet companies offering escrow services. For this reason, we will be closing ... read more ...
Tue 10th March 2009
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Survey: Escrow.com Still Top Domain Escrow Service - Escrow.com comes out top in survey once again. Escrow.com is the best domain name escrow service, according Domain Name Wire’s survey of 400 domain name owners. Escrow.com took nearly half of the vote. 1. Escrow.com 46% 2. Sedo 34% 3. Moniker 11% 4. EscrowDNS 5% 5. Afternic 4% Escrow.com is fully licensed in all 50 United States to perform escrow transactions. The company was founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, but has been privately held since May 2004. ... read more ...
Thu 5th February 2009
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DNW Interview: Brandon Abbey of Escrow.com - Escrow.com President Brandon Abbey discusses Escrow.com and the challenges of starting an escrow company. Big ticket domainers — and even smaller ones who want safe domain transfers — often turn to Escrow.com for domain name escrow services. The company was founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, but has been privately held since May 2004. I’ve met Escrow.com president and managing director Brandon Abbey at a handful of domain name shows, and have ... read more ...
Mon 17th November 2008
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Sedo Improves Security of Escrow Process - Online account interface makes spoofing more difficult. It has been a while since I’ve sold a domain on Sedo, so I noticed a new security enhancement today when transferring a domain to a buyer. The security problem was that Sedo’s escrow process used to be handled exclusively by e-mail. After Sedo received funds, the seller received an email with instructions for transferring the domain. This e-mail could be spoofed (indeed, I recall reading about at least ... read more ...
Wed 30th April 2008
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Survey: Escrow.com Tops for Big Ticket Domain Name Transactions - Survey shows Escrow.com is leader at facilitating large domain purchases. 34% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s third annual survey said they prefer to use Escrow.com to safely pay for high dollar domain names they buy. Escrow.com is popular with domain owners because it was designed as a fully automated platform for escrow and has a particular focus on domain names. Pricing is also reasonable: $0-$5,000 3.25% $5,001-$25,000 $162.50 + 0.26% of amount over ... read more ...