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At Epik.com, we have a long history of not reporting sales. We did this because we believe that our first duty is to protecting the registrant's interests, and that includes the right to privacy by default.
Recently the pressure to report sales has been on the increase. We are definitely the leader in domain leasing. We are almost certainly the leader in crypto-escrow though that is harder to verify.
Last week, we completed a $253K domain sale for a 2-word domain. This transaction will likely not be announced. However, it is still verified and a useful comparable and data point even if confidential.
So, I am considering the following:
1. Make it easy for customers who complete transactions to report their sales, i.e. directly to NameBio, and potentially other groups that have reporting APIs. This is only for verified transactions that clear on Epik.
2. Make it easy for customers who complete verified transactions above some threshold level, e.g. $10,000 to also notify a distribution list of people who care about such things, e.g. bloggers such as DNJournal
I am looking for feedback and ideas.
Recently the pressure to report sales has been on the increase. We are definitely the leader in domain leasing. We are almost certainly the leader in crypto-escrow though that is harder to verify.
Last week, we completed a $253K domain sale for a 2-word domain. This transaction will likely not be announced. However, it is still verified and a useful comparable and data point even if confidential.
So, I am considering the following:
1. Make it easy for customers who complete transactions to report their sales, i.e. directly to NameBio, and potentially other groups that have reporting APIs. This is only for verified transactions that clear on Epik.
2. Make it easy for customers who complete verified transactions above some threshold level, e.g. $10,000 to also notify a distribution list of people who care about such things, e.g. bloggers such as DNJournal
I am looking for feedback and ideas.