Comments on: DNW Interview: Brandon Abbey of Escrow.com

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Escrow.com Offers “Payment Plan” Escrow on Domain Transactions - The Domain Industry's News Source

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:50:12 +0000

[...] caught up with Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey during DOMAINfest last week. When I asked him about current trends in sales, he said the company is [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » EscrowDNS.com Temporarily Suspends New Service - The Domain Industry's News Source

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:22:06 +0000

[...] and it would appear that EscrowDNS is getting itself in compliance with state rules. In an interview with Domain Name Wire earlier this year, Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey said regulations can be [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Survey: Escrow.com Still Top Domain Escrow Service - The Domain Industry's News Source

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:17:21 +0000

[...] 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. You can read Domain Name Wire’s interview with Escrow.com President Brandon Abbey here. [...]

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:25:39 +0000

@ Patrick – you are correct. I was busy working on the Toys.com story when I replied. I meant the buyer gets to say he received it.

By: D

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:45:28 +0000

Agree with MODE80. Noth parties can cheat (seller change whois, claim he pushed or buyer change whois back to sellerand claim he did not get the domain)

By: Marg

Marg — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:39:51 +0000

The potential Escrow fraud scenarios described above seems to be exactly why EscrowDNS.com came into being. EscrowDNS receive the domain into their registrar account first and then transfer to the purchaser after the funds have been received. No chance for a dodgy seller or purchaser to fiddle with the Whois records making it look as if the transaction has been completed, or not. I’ve not yet used EscrowDNS, but it seems worth a look.

By: Patrick McDermott

Patrick McDermott — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:01:06 +0000

“the SELLER notifies Escrow.com that the transaction is complete,not the buyer.”

I don’t agree with this Andrew.

The Seller notifies Escrow.com that HIS part
of the sale is complete.

The Buyer then also has to notify Escrow.com that the transaction is indeed complete.

At least that’s how it worked when I was the Seller.

“So the seller has to have control of the domain first.”

I believe you meant that the Buyer has to have control of the domain first. The Seller already has control.