As we say on DomainSherpa – all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment co-hosted by JT and Drew, who are joined by special guest Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer, the parent company of Escrow.com, to go over Escrow.com’s Domain Investment Index for the 4th quarter of 2024. The Sherpas discuss interesting data points and trends highlighted by the numbers in the report, talk a little about .ai domains and how they are trending, and they also get into the benefits of using an escrow service instead of a lawyer for domain transactions.
Matt also discusses some things he expects to see drive institutionalization of the domain space, such as the further proliferation of domain financing.
All this and more on today’s episode of Sherpa Shorts!
See below to view or download Escrow.com’s Domain Investment Index for the 4th quarter of 2024!

Escrow.com Domain Investment Index 2024 Q4 Report
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Andrew Rosener
Andrew Rosener is the CEO of the industry-leading domain name broker
Media Options.
Andrew is widely considered a thought leader and expert on domain name value & methodology as well as domain name sales & acquisitions. With 20 years experience with domain names, Andrew has leveraged his knowledge and expertise to make MediaOptions the go-to domain name firm for startup & company domain acquisitions as well as high value domain name sales.
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Jonathan Tenenbaum
Jonathan Tenenbaum (JT) is an accomplished Internet industry veteran and digital asset expert. An attorney by trade, he spent over 14 years with Web.com in various legal and business roles, including nearly 5 years managing NameJet, the leading domain name aftermarket platform.
Now Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of MediaOptions, the top domain brokerage agency, Jonathan is also the Host & Executive Producer of DomainSherpa - where they cover all types of digital assets, including crypto and NFTs, and where "all roads lead to domains"!
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Matt Barrie
Matt Barrie is an award winning technology entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN, OTCQX:FLNCF). Twelve-time Webby award-winning Freelancer.com is the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace with over 70 million registered users. Matt is also Chief Executive of Escrow.com, a world leader in secure online payments with over US$6b in transactions secured and Executive Chairman of Loadshift, which is Australia’s largest freight marketplace with over 750 million kilometres of freight posted to date.
Matt was Adjunct Associate Professor in Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney for 14 years. He is the co-author of over 20 US patent applications.
Previously, he founded and was Chief Executive of Sensory Networks Inc., a vendor of high performance network security processors which was sold to Intel Corporation in 2013 (NASDAQ: INTC).
In 2014 he was named the most influential person in information technology in Australia by Smart Company. In 2015 he was named in the Top 100 Most Influential Engineers in Australia by Engineers Australia. In 2016 he was awarded Libertarian of the Year by the Australian Libertarian Society. In 2018 he was named Alumnus of the Year in Entrepreneurship by Macquarie University. In 2019 he won a Gold Stevie for Executive of the Year.
Matt holds first class honours in both Electrical Engineering and Science, a Masters in Applied Finance, and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia. He also has a Doctorate of Letters (Honoris Causa) from Macquarie University for his contribution to entrepreneurship, innovation and business.
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DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – March 20, 2025: Everything Everywhere All At Once
As we say on DomainSherpa – all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment co-hosted by JT and Drew, who are joined by special guest Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer, the parent company of Escrow.com, to go over Escrow.com’s Domain Investment Index for the 4th quarter of 2024. The Sherpas discuss interesting data points and trends highlighted by the numbers in the report, talk a little about .ai domains and how they are trending, and they also get into the benefits of using an escrow service instead of a lawyer for domain transactions.
Matt also discusses some things he expects to see further drive institutionalization of the domain space, such as the further proliferation of domain financing.
All this and more on today’s episode of Sherpa Shorts!
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