frank Pavilonis

Domain industry expertise that delivers results

Greenfield Ventures Corp.

GFV MEdia + ccTLD Advisor

With over a decade in the domain industry—first as an industry insider, then as the founder of Greenfield Ventures Corp —I’ve managed 30+ TLDs, four registrars, two brokerage platforms, and over 230,000 domains.

I’ve facilitated thousands of domain transactions totaling tens of millions, while driving millions of domain registrations through strategic registry growth initiatives. My expertise spans discreet acquisitions, registry management, and large-scale portfolio strategies.

Through GFV Media and ccTLD Advisor, I continue to help brands and registries navigate the complexities of the domain ecosystem.

Domain Acquisitions:

Discreet, Strategic, Cost Effective: Domain Solutions That Deliver Results

GFV MEdia:

Domain name acquisition and consulting service provider specializing in assisting brands, venture capitalists, IP lawyers, and other stakeholders. I help clients acquire domain names for marketing or brand protection needs, delivering a high success rate, at the lowest possible prices, while maintaining anonymity for our partners and clients.

Services:

Stealth domain acquisitions - protecting identities and pocketbooks

  • Domain Detection and Monitoring - locate and secure potentially infringing domains

  • Domain Valuations - Providing realistic market valuation ranges and appraisals

  • Divestments - Liquidating unneeded domain assets on the open market

  • Portfolio Management - Maximizing overall efficiency, renewals, transfers and security

  • Enforcements - Recovering domains through a network of legal partners (from C&D to UDRP)

  • Consulting - Expert consulting services in all domain-related topics

Strategic Advantage:

• Personalized Service – Direct contact, flexibility, and a tailored approach to achieve desired outcomes

• Unmatched Rolodex – Strong industry relationships with major brands, domain investors, registrars, registries, parking providers, and brand protection companies worldwide

• Higher Success Rate – Utilizing an extensive network of relationships to reach elusive and unresponsive domain name owners

• Strong Negotiations – Leveraging experience in buying and selling thousands of domain names, ensuring fair market value, and securing the best prices for clients

• Marketplace Domains – Utilizing my network to negotiate better prices with sellers on fixed-price domain

ccTLD management

Domain Expertise That Transcends Industry Boundaries

ccTLD Advisor:

Every country and ccTLD is unique and has different goals/objectives - some of the more common issues we help with are:

Services:

Registrar Channel Management - Onboarding, expanding distribution, marketing promotions, and increasing registrations and renewals 

  • Business Structure - positioning, process, billing

  • Premiums - List, pricing, tiers, marketing

  • Marketing Plans - Relaunches, expanding awareness, increasing registrations/renewals 

  • Representation - ICANN, conferences, registrar channel, business development opportunities 

  • Registry Service Provider -  Backend management and representation

  • Contractual Agreements - Registry/Registrar Agreement (RRA)

Strategic Advantage:

Experience managing and consulting over 30+ TLDs 

  • Strong relationships with the full registrar channel 

  • Well-rounded domain experience ( registrar, registry, aftermarket) 

  • Unmatched rolodex of relationships

  • Personalized Service and long term commitment

About Me:

Frank Pavilonis has been in the domain name industry since 2012, holding leadership roles across the registry, registrar and aftermarket sectors while consulting for some of the industry's largest brands and buying/selling thousands of domains along the way.

Accomplishments :

  • Director of Sales, Uniregistry Registrars - From 0 domains to 3M domains in just 2.5 years - leading the fastest-growing registrar in history with the most registrations in one day

  • Director of Registry Business Development, Uniregistry - Managed a team of 5 and handled all of the business development and 160 registrar channel partnerships for Uniregistry’s 26 TLDs.

  • Director of Registry Business Development, Dominion Enterprises- I restructured their whole business model from pricing strategy, premium tiers, completely new RRA, marketing plan, and relaunch

  • Director of Business Development, Uniregistry Market - from idea to launch - created aftermarket syndication network/ domain name acquisition product and developed 29  partnership network of registrars and other domain related companies 

  • Head of Aftermarket, CentralNic Group (now Team Internet) - joined as a general consultant for the entire company, where I consulted for 3 ccTLD and 5 TLD registry clients, 4 owned registrars and then went on to build a domain name portfolio from 15,000 domains to 230,000 domains generating almost 8 figures in yearly revenue and becoming one of the largest portfolios on the internet

  • CEO and Founder of Aftermarket.com - a domain brokerage and management platform where we acquired  Domain*io to use as the foundation, hired the founder as our CTO, and generated the full strategy plan and vision to scale into the future and surpass the competition.

  • Attendance in over 50 domain-related conferences - including 11 ICANN’s, 2 INTAs and come with an unmatched and invaluable rolodex of contacts and relationships to leverage. 

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