TweetEpik has been a pioneer in the area of developing domain names into income-producing intellectual property assets — a role which continues to this day and which has been chronicled both on this blog and elsewhere.  Now that summer has ended, it seems an appropriate time for a review of our continuing efforts to develop [...]

TweetOne of the people that has been making the rounds lately in the financial media is a hedge fund manager named Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital.   The guy is often on the right side of the trade, particularly when it comes to his bets in credit markets — notably mortgage-backed securities in 2008 and now [...]

TweetAs predicted, the price of silver has continued to rocket.   The story is being chronicled in near real-time by ZeroHedge, Max Keiser and Turd Ferguson.   Silver is up a whopping 22% in the last 30 days. A massive short squeeze appears to be under way and picking up a head of steam into the March [...]

TweetI just returned from an excellent DomainFest 2011 in Santa Monica. Hats off to the Oversee team who continue to set the standard for the Industry. During the conference I had an opportunity to meet with an institutional investor that is already working with Epik. This Hong Kong based investor has significant pedigree in institutional [...]

TweetThe weather in Miami is perfect and the pre-bidding for SwapFest is heating up. One bidder has already submitted more than 100 pre-bids. With more than 5,000 auction lots in this SwapFest, there is something for everyone. Whether you are attending SwapFest-Miami or not, Pre-bidding for SwapFest is a good strategy. Here is why. Pre-bidding [...]

TweetThe theme of Domain Names as an investment asset class was covered at length in the opening presentation at Epik DevCon last month.  It also led to some good discussions, offline and online.  What I think many Domain Investors don’t fully comprehend is the notion of a “tipping point”, i.e. when suddenly, a generation of [...]

TweetEpik Developers are having success.  A growing number of them are expanding their portfolios to the point that the investment level in domains and portals becomes material.  This post discusses 4 case studies of individuals who are building big-time without breaking the bank. Volume Pricing – Kenny Hartog The story of Kenny’s success on the [...]

TweetI am just boarding the plane here in Seattle for the red-eye flight into NYC to attend DomainFest on Wednesday. Looking forward to a great event.  If you are there and want to talk about domain development, drop me a note at rob@epik.com.  Looking forward to a fun conference.  Epik is sponsoring. Update on August [...]

TweetIt could not happen to a nicer country.   2500 years ago Greece was the center of Democratic humanity. Remember Solon’s reforms? Old glory. Today, the country Greece is for sale.  What’s next? Endorsement rights for the Parthenon? Pay attention since this actually matters to the domain name asset class. Why it matters? This is not [...]

TweetThe Epik team has had the pedal to the metal across several project areas. One of the more exciting areas has been the commercial rollout of Epik’s product portal platform. During the last 6 weeks alone, we have released more than 300 new product portals using our proprietary platform. Does it work? You bet. Want [...]