Investment Advisers

What Investment Advisers does

Above.com Pty Ltd, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, operates a unified domain portfolio platform serving individual and institutional domain investors across Australia, USA, Asia, and Europe. The platform integrates three core products: a Monetization engine that routes parked-domain traffic in real time to the highest-paying advertising channel (including an exclusive direct-to-advertiser Trellian network), an ICANN-accredited Registrar offering at-cost domain registration and renewal, and a Marketplace for domain buying and selling with auction and Buy-It-Now options. These are unified under a Portfolio Manager dashboard and supplemented by a Brokerage Service, FastTrack Transfer with built-in escrow, and Registrar/Monetization APIs for programmatic access. The company is a subsidiary of Trillion.com and holds ISO 27001 certification.

Above.com generates revenue through five streams: usage-based domain parking monetization paid monthly within 45 days at a $100 minimum payout, marketplace commissions at the greater of USD$20/EUR€18/AUD$30/GBP£16 or 3% per transaction, a 15% brokerage fee on brokered sales, at-cost domain registration and renewal fees, and Trillion Escrow service fees at the greater of 10% or USD$50 per transaction. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and self-service, distributed through the company website and APIs, with awareness driven by domain industry conferences, a refer-a-friend program, a marketplace newsletter, blog content, and organic social channels. The company claims to have generated over $1 billion in cumulative revenues, monetized over 10 million domains, and serve thousands of investors ranging from individuals with dozens to institutions with tens of thousands of domains. Reported headcount is 15 employees.

Name

Investment Advisers

Legal name

Above.com Pty Ltd

Website

https://investing101.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Above.com operates an ICANN-accredited domain platform combining monetization, registrar, marketplace, and brokerage services for individual and institutional domain investors globally, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Domain Investment Platform

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAEAIAK

Business-for-Sale Marketplaces & Listing Platforms

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Business Brokerage (Buying/Selling Private Businesses)

SECONDARYCRAFAAAC

Auction-based Generalist Marketplaces

Consumer Products & Retail/E-commerce & Marketplaces/Generalist Online Marketplaces

SECONDARYBPAJAEAJ

Online/Virtual Real Estate Auctions (Marketplace Platforms)

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Real Estate Auction Services

Keywords

• Domain name marketplace
• Domain monetization services
• Domain registrar platform
• Domain parking platform
• Domain portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Domain Monetization: Parking revenue generated by routing domain traffic to advertising networks. Revenue based on RPM (revenue per thousand visitors) with real-time optimization to highest-paying channel including exclusive Trellian network. Revenue is paid monthly within 45 days after month end with $100 minimum payout threshold.
2. Marketplace Commissions: Commission on domain sales. Fee is greater of USD$20, EUR€18, AUD$30, GBP£16 or 3% for all TLDs, paid by seller unless agreed otherwise. Includes free escrow.
3. Brokerage Services: 15% brokerage fee from total sale price for domains sold through in-house broker service. Brokers negotiate on behalf of sellers and buyers.
4. Domain Registration and Renewal: Registration and renewal fees for domain names across supported TLDs. ICANN-accredited registrar with at-cost pricing model.
5. Escrow Services: Trillion Escrow Service for domain transactions. Fee is greater of 10% of transaction value or US$50 minimum, paid by buyer or seller as agreed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Above.com runs a single integrated platform for domain investors that combines an ICANN-accredited registrar (at-cost registration, transfer, renewal and bulk management), a real-time monetization engine (Optimizer and Maximizer routing traffic to the highest-paying channel, including the exclusive Trellian direct-to-advertiser network), and a domain marketplace with auction and Buy It Now options plus industry-low 3% commissions. A unified Portfolio Manager dashboard, brokerage service, FastTrack Transfer with escrow, and Registrar/Monetization APIs round out the offering for both individual and institutional investors.

Product overview

Above.com is a unified domain portfolio platform offering a comprehensive suite of interconnected services for domain investors. The platform integrates three core products: Monetization (for earning revenue from parked domains through intelligent traffic routing), Registrar (ICANN-accredited domain registration and management with at-cost pricing), and Marketplace (domain buying and selling with auction and BIN options). These core services are unified under the Portfolio Manager dashboard and supplemented by Brokerage Service (professional negotiation assistance), FastTrack Transfer (expedited domain transfers with escrow), and APIs (both Registrar and Monetization) for programmatic access. The platform connects monetization, marketplace, and registrar into one intelligent system, allowing domains to remain fully monetized while listed for sale through the 50/50 for-sale model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Monetization Domain monetization service that routes visitor traffic to the highest-paying advertising channel in real time via Optimizer and Maximizer tools, including the exclusive direct-to-advertiser Trellian network. Used by domain investors to generate RPM-based parking revenue from parked domains.
• Registrar ICANN-accredited domain registrar offering at-cost registration, transfers and renewals across multiple TLDs with WHOIS privacy included and bulk management capabilities (up to 5,000 domains per user).
• Marketplace Domain buying and selling platform with auction and Buy It Now options, industry-low 3% commissions, and built-in escrow for secure transactions. Connects domain buyers and sellers.
• Portfolio Manager Unified dashboard that combines monetization, registrar and marketplace features with bulk DNS updates, renewal management, keyword seeding, WHOIS privacy and transfer management, plus 12-month revenue data and annualized ROI per domain for renewal decisions.
• Brokerage Service Professional in-house domain brokerage service with 35+ years of combined team experience that negotiates domain sales on behalf of sellers and buyers for a 15% brokerage fee of total sale price.
• Domain Parking Services DNS-based parking service that generates revenue from domain traffic through targeted advertising links delivered to parked domains.
• FastTrack Transfer Expedited domain transfer process that allows instant transfers upon payment for domains already at the Above.com registrar, with built-in Trillion Escrow Service for secure transactions.
• Registrar API

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% average revenue lift for Managed Portfolio clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Trillion.comcoreOthersParent company of Above.com. Trillion.com is a company in the same corporate family. Also provides the Trillion Escrow Service used for domain transactions on Above.com marketplace.
• TrelliancoreTechnology or IntegrationExclusive direct-to-advertiser network partner. Above.com's Maximizer tool routes domain traffic to Trellian network for monetization optimization.
• ICANNcoreOthersAbove.com is an ICANN Accredited Registrar. Compliance with ICANN policies and regulations for domain registration services.
• auDAminorOthersAccredited member of .au Domain Administration (auDA), the governing body for Australian domain names.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/above_domain
• Facebookfacebook.com/above.domain
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/investment-advisers
• Instagraminstagram.com/above_com

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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