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Domain Name Brokers
Key Takeaways
- The best domain name brokers in the United States as defined by expert opinion include Brannans.com, Grit Brokerage, MediaOptions, Evergreen, and DomainBooth.com.
- Brannans.com and Evergreen only deal with .com domains names.
- The companies and the contact persons at the company can be reached through email, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
Introduction
This report presents a list of the best 5-7 domain name brokers in the United States. A brief description of each company is provided including the website, social media contacts, and contact persons at the company. The findings are detailed below and further details on the research process are outlined in the research strategy at the end of this report.
Brannans.com
- The company has been in the business of domain purchases and sales for over 15years.
- It only deals in .com domains names with an estimated value of at least $5,000. It has dealt with over 10,000 domain names.
- The company offers wholesale domain brokerages services and retail domain brokerage services. Selling a domain under the wholesale domain brokerage services takes a few hours to a few days while it takes 1-6 months to sell a domain under retail domain brokerage services.
- It is headquartered in Georgia with offices in New York, Washington, DC, and San Francisco. The company can be reached on phone or on email at domains@brannans.com.
- David Clements, the founder of the company can be reached on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. The company does not have separate social media pages from those of the founder.
Grit Brokerage
- The company has been brokering domain purchases and sales for over 7 years.
- It specializes in outbound sales but also engages in inbound offers.
- Grit Brokerage is headquartered in Florida and can be contacted by phone and on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
- Brian Harbin, the founder of Grit can be reached through LinkedIn and email at brian@gritbrokerage.com. He was a nominee of the Domain Broker of the Year in 2015. Other contact persons at the company are Michael Law and Maureen Sullivan.
MediaOptions
- The company has been in the business of domain purchases and sales since 2007.
- It focuses on the top 2% of domain names that have an estimated value of at least $75,000 and are one-word or two-word names with high exact search volume.
- MediaOptions has been named Domain Broker of the Year for the last 5 years. The company sells 80% of the domain names they take up and charges a commission of 15% of the final sale price upon a successful sale. The minimum acquisition fee is $1500.
- It is located in Wyoming and can be reached on phone or on email at support@mediaoptions.com The company is also on Facebook and Twitter.
- Andrew Rosener, the founder of the company can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter. Other contact persons at the company are Chris Zuiker and Jonathan Tenenbaum.
Evergreen
- The company has been in the business of domain purchases and sales since 2016.
- It deals in one-word .com domains names that are short, popular, positive, and in English.
- The commission and fees vary depending on the project.
- It is located in Illinois and can be reached on phone or on email at hello@evergreen.com. The company is also on LinkedIn.
- Jane Sale and Adam Strong, the founders of Evergreen can be found on LinkedIn as Jane Sale and Adam Strong.
DomainBooth.com
- The company has been in the business of domain purchases and sales since 2015.
- It focuses on the top 1% of domain names that are words, acronyms, and phrases. It was named a Top 3 Domain Brokerage.
- The company has sold over 5,000 domains and charges a 12.5% commission of the final sale price upon a successful sale. The minimum acquisition fee is $500.
- The company can be reached through the phone at +17137015642 and by email at support@domainbooth.com. It is also on Facebook.
- James Booth, the founder of the company can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Research Strategy
For this research on the best domain name brokers, we leveraged the most reputable sources of information that were available in the public domain, including the companies' websites and expert opinions such as DomainInvesting.com. and NeilPatel.com. The research first gathered information and data from the companies' websites before considering additional sources.