Non-Domain Related

On August 5-6, I will embark on my tenth Pan-Mass Challenge ride to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dana-Farber is one of the leading cancer organizations in the world, and they are at the forefront in the fight against cancer. It is an honor to support Dana-Farber’s critical mission of providing exceptional cancer treatment while conducting advanced cancer research.

With the help of domain industry friends and colleagues who have sponsored and supported our PMC rides, John Berryhill and I have raised more than $142,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Although John is unable to join me this year, my 2023 fundraising goal is $15,000. Without the support of domain investors and domain name industry companies, we could not have supported Dana-Farber to this extent. You are appreciated.

This year, Dana-Farber and its mission are hitting closer to home. A family member recently began cancer treatment with Dana-Farber. It is going to be a long battle. In addition, a domain industry colleague recently shared his cancer diagnosis. Cancer impacts just about every person. I am dedicating my fundraising and PMC ride to these two strong individuals.

I will soon reveal the design for my 2023 domain industry supported cycling jersey that will be created to raise funds for Dana-Farber, as I have done nearly every year. My company will be the lead sponsor of this year’s jersey, and I hope to have domain industry support again this year.

If you are interested in adding your logo to the back of my jersey this year in exchange for a $500 donation to Dana-Farber via my PMC fundraiser, let me know. If you would like to support my fundraiser with a donation in any amount, my fundraising page is here. All domain industry supporters are listed below.

Thank you so much to friends and colleagues who have always generously supported my Pan-Mass Challenge fundraising.

2023 Domain Industry PMC supporters:

• Casey Loeber
• Alan Dunn
• Rank Theory (Sean Markey)
• Paul Goldstone
• Nikul Sanghvi
• Media Options
• Andrew Rosener
• Joshua Schoen
• Buckley Media (Kate Buckley)
• Doron Vermaat
• Domaining.com
• Swetha Yenugula
• Hilco Digital Assets (Andrew Miller)
• Michael Cyger
• Peter Askew
• Michael Law
• Scott Rosenbaum
• IT.com
• James Iles
• Tim Switzer
• Larry Fischer
• Odys Global
• Above.com
• Matt Ledingham
• Nat Cohen
• Bill Sweetman
• Premium Traffic Ltd. (Gregg McNair)
• XYZ Registry
• Paul Kapschock
• Paradise.com (Andy Booth)
• Name Experts (Joe Uddeme)
• GoDaddy
• Digimedia
• Bobbleheads.com
• Evergreen.com
• Jason Schaeffer
• DropCatch.com
• Ivan Rasskazov
• James Jean
• Ammar Kubba
• Mark Daniel
• Reza Sardeha
• Jeff Gabriel
• Bret Fausett
• Steven Sacks
• Michael Sallese
• Patrick Nagle
• Dave Evanson

The next time I go over the Bourne Bridge, it will be during the @PanMass in a week and a half. Thank you to Bill Doshier from @dotstrategy for donating to my fundraiser today! Support from my domain industry colleagues has me close to the $18k goal: https://t.co/Q3HTryN43j pic.twitter.com/c24JtSaBV3

— Elliot Silver (@DInvesting) July 28, 2022

My wife ran the Boston Marathon in April of this year on the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. Not only did she have a great run (3:31:23), but she also set a very high bar on the fundraising front. I can’t compete with her on a run, so I set a serious fundraising goal of $18,000 for my Pan-Mass Challenge this year.

We took a trip out to Nantucket this weekend to see some friends and enjoy one of our favorite places to visit. I brought my bike on the trip and had the pleasure of taking two nice training rides on the island. I am not athletically gifted, so I really need to put some miles on the bike before August’s Pan-Mass Challenge ride.

Truthfully, just one of the rides was great from a riding perspective. The first one, though, we ran into a torrential downpour with some hail for the final 4 miles. We thought we could beat the rain bands that were threatening from afar, but we got caught in the middle. It was incredible. On the plus side, every few years it seems like we deal with a pretty strong rain during the PMC, so it’s good train in that weather.

John Berryhill and I will be riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge this Summer to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. As we cross the finish line after completing this 192 mile bike ride, John and I will be wearing a jersey adorned with logos and graphics from our domain name industry friends and colleagues who made generous donations to support our fundraising efforts.

As a result of exceptional support this year, I am happy to share that we raised a record $23,500 in donations for Dana-Farber via our domain industry jersey sponsorships. In total to date this year, we raised more than $28,000 for Dana-Farber. We hope to raise even more as it gets closer to PMC weekend. You can support my PMC fundraiser here and you can support John’s PMC fundraiser here.

John and I have received an incredible amount of support from our domain industry colleagues, and we appreciate every single donation that was made to our fundraisers. Cancer is something that doesn’t discriminate, and John and I support Dana-Farber’s cancer fighting mission.

I want to give a special shout out to our generous Pan-Mass Challenge jersey sponsors:

• XYZ Registry
• GoDaddy
• DNAcademy
• Alan Dunn
• Morgan Linton
• Telepathy
• Saw.com
• Blacknight
• Andrew Miller
• Domain Agents
• Turn Commerce (Jeff Reberry and Andrew Reberry)
• Merlin Kauffman
• Shane Cultra
• Kate Buckley
• Digimedia
• Patrick Nagle
• Sedo
• Odys Global
• Andy Booth
• Premium Traffic Ltd. (Gregg McNair)
• .HipHop
• InterNetX

Update: All spots have been reserved. Thank you to our generous sponsors!

The jersey John Berryhill and I will wear as we cross the Pan-Mass Challenge finish line is almost finalized. With the help of industry friends and colleagues who are sponsoring our jersey, we have been able to raise quite a bit of money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. John and I appreciate the tremendous support we have received so far. We will proudly wear these jerseys as we train for the PMC and when we ride in August.

It looks like John and I will be able to fit two additional (relatively small) horizontal logos on the bottom of our jersey (on either side of Shane’s ape, Colonel Whitenfur). We are asking for a $750 donation to either one of our PMC fundraisers for your logo to appear on our jersey. Please email me first to ensure a spot is available. Please pardon the low resolution images I have here, but you can click here to see a high resolution version of the jersey panels.

Even if you don’t want to make a large donation, John and I would appreciate any donation you are able to make to Dana-Farber. We’ve received a great deal of support from our domain industry friends and colleagues, and the funds will be used to further Dana-Farber’s cancer fighting mission. John’s fundraising page is here and my fundraising page is here.

Here’s a list of our PMC jersey sponsors:

• XYZ Registry
• GoDaddy
• DNAcademy
• Alan Dunn
• Morgan Linton
• DNAcademy
• Telepathy
• Saw.com
• Blacknight
• Andrew Miller
• Domain Agents
• Turn Commerce (Jeff Reberry and Andrew Reberry)
• Merlin Kauffman
• Shane Cultra
• Kate Buckley
• Digimedia
• Patrick Nagle
• Sedo
• Odys Global
• Andy Booth
• Premium Traffic Ltd. (Gregg McNair)
• .HipHop
• InterNetX

Update: All spots have been reserved. If you are interested in sponsoring our jersey and there is room for any more logos once the jersey design is finalized, email me and I will keep you posted.

John Berryhill and I are raising money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute this year by riding nearly 200 miles in the Pan-Mass Challenge. Dana-Farber has an important cancer fighting mission John and I support wholeheartedly. For the last several years, we created a custom domain industry Pan-Mass Challenge jersey with the logos of generous supporters. John and I will be doing the same this year.

John and I will wear this special jersey as we cross the finish line on Day Two of the Pan-Mass Challenge. The plan is to get the jersey created ASAP so John and I can also wear it during our training rides in advance of the PMC. I still wear my older jerseys when I ride outside.

Once again this year, the XYZ Registry is our lead sponsor, making a significant donation to our PMC fundraisers. In addition, the XYZ design and operations teams (Amy Brown Cole and Jocelyn Hanc) designed the jersey and shorts for us to wear.

As you can see, there is still room on the back for quite a few domain industry logos. John and I are asking for a $750 donation to one of our PMC fundraising pages in exchange for your logo on the back. Please reach out to me before making a sponsorship donation so I can confirm availability.

Two domain industry friends – Alan Dunn and Morgan Linton – donated more than the requested amount to have their Bored Apes featured on our sleeves. GoDaddy was also kind enough to donate beyond the $750 requested amount. We have quite a bit of space available on the back of the jersey. Update: All spots have been reserved.

I am grateful for every donation that domain industry friends and colleagues have given towards our fundraising efforts. Dana-Farber is a great organization with an important cancer fighting mission. With your help, John Berryhill and I raised over $100k for Dana-Farber, and every single donation is appreciated. You can donate to John’s PMC fundraiser here and my PMC fundraiser here.

2022  domain industry PMC jersey sponsors:

• XYZ Registry
• GoDaddy
• DNAcademy
• Alan Dunn
• Morgan Linton
• DNAcademy
• Telepathy
• Saw.com
• Blacknight
• Andrew Miller
• Domain Agents
• Turn Commerce (Jeff Reberry and Andrew Reberry)
• Merlin Kauffman
• Shane Cultra
• Kate Buckley
• Digimedia
• Patrick Nagle
• Sedo
• Odys Global
• Andy Booth
• PTL
• .HipHop
• InterNetX

Here’s the final low-res version of our 2022 PMC jersey: