DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – September 4, 2025: Winds of Change

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 August Piao, of Escrow, who is on the show for the first time!

The Sherpas talk about Escrow’s 2025 Q2 domain investment index and go over some of the reports, domain trends, size of the domain aftermarket, and domain sales.

They also get into how August got his start in the domain space and what are some of the plans and features coming up on Escrow.

Also, make sure you go to NamesCon to sign up for NamesCon Global 2025, which takes place in Miami on November 5-6 and don’t forget to apply the 20% DomainSherpa promo code: DS20.

All this and more on today’s episode of Sherpa Shorts!

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This Show’s Sherpas

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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August Piao

August Piao leads the product function for Escrow.com, responsible for strategy, customer experience, engineering and operations. With over a decade of experience building innovative digital products at market leading organisations in the financial services and automotive industry. Spearheading products across mortgage lending, mobile app, big data and marketplaces. August holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of New South Wales.

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