Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver, with the LinkedIn username elliotsilver, is a prominent figure in the domain name investing and monetization industry. Here are some key points about his background and career:

Professional Experience

• Elliot Silver is the Founder and President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a company he established in March 2006. The company specializes in domain name investment, acquisition, monetization, and development.123
• He is also the Founder and General Manager of Embrace.com, a domain name sales marketplace that focuses on meaningful .com domain names, including one-word and acronym domains.12

Education

• Silver earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and History from Muhlenberg College in 2002.
• He later obtained a Master's Degree in Direct and Interactive Marketing from New York University in 2003.123

Prior Roles

• Before focusing full-time on domain investing, Silver worked as a Senior Program Manager at AIG from May 2005 to October 2007, and as a Project Manager at Wunderman, a direct marketing agency, from November 2003 to May 2005.123

Domain Portfolio and Achievements

• Top Notch Domains, LLC owns a significant portfolio of high-value domain names, including Travels.com, SelfCare.com, Honeydew.com, MLR.com, Stampede.com, and Uppercut.com, among others.123
• Silver has sold millions of dollars worth of domain name assets and has developed several websites to create additional revenue streams, particularly in the pet vertical (e.g., DogWalker.com, DogGroomers.com, DogPark.com).23

Online Presence

• He is the publisher of the popular blog DomainInvesting.com (formerly ElliotsBlog.com), which has received several awards, including the Domainers Choice award and the TRAFFIC award for Best Domain Blog.3

Personal

• Elliot Silver resides in a suburb of Boston with his family and is known for his philanthropic efforts, including raising over $125,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through his participation in the Pan-Mass Challenge.23