In case you doubt it, we are minding the store and working hard.
Domainers remains a core market segment for Epik Our software tools, pricing and support organization is still among the best in the industry.
In actual fact, the act of holding the line of lawful free speech did not really slow us down at all. It ended up attracting some notable things:
- BitMitigate and Sibyl systems as acquisitions
- Innovative new investments into tech resiliency and proprietary infrastructure.
- International brand awareness
- Some exceptionally talented executive leadership and strategic advisors
From a domainer's perspective, I think all of these developments are really quite interesting:
- NameLiquidate.com
- DNProtect.com
- Escrow.Epik.com
- DomainGraduate.com
- New private auction features -
see the how-to here.
- Masterbucks for payment clearing
- DomainEquity.com for domain lending
- WHOQ.com for registrar-agnostic GDPR-compliant WHOIS as a service
From an innovation perspective, that is just a partial list that is related to domainers, and mostly done in the last 18 months! The full list is here:
https://www.epik.com/about/labs/
The real power of single sign on with a unified cloud wallet is probably still lost on most people, but stay tuned and I believe you will see something pretty useful.
In terms of market visibility, it is worth noting that our Twitter posts give some hint of what is happening behind the scenes in terms of premium domain listings.
For example, the domain Hearts.com went on the market on Valentines Day. It is now in escrow with a very nice 6 figure outcome from a sale generated through effective use of ad networks.
So, all bluster and rhetoric aside, can you honestly name another registrar bringing more innovation in more areas to the domain economy than Epik?
To be clear, this is not an ego statement. I am
delighted when I see others adding value to the domain economy in innovative ways that make the pie bigger for everyone.