Less than a week after announcing a new partnership with Linton Investments, PPX International's DomainAdvisors.com unit has made another major move - hiring former Sedo broker Jeff Gabriel as President of the domain consultancy service. Gabriel was the lead broker on the $13 million sale of Sex.com - the largest all-cash sale of a domain name ever reported.

Below is the official press release that DomainAdvisors sent out this morning announcing Gabriel's new role:

PPX International, Inc. is proud to announce Jeffrey Gabriel as the new President of its domain consultancy service, DomainAdvisors. Jeffrey will be responsible for overall business operations including building and maintaining strategic relationships, driving revenue and general management responsibilities. He joins the PPX team from a successful tenure at Sedo.com where he was personally responsible for orchestrating the sales of nearly $30 Million in domain names and websites in less than two years with the company; a feat undisputed as the world’s most accomplished!

Jeff Gabriel
President, DomainAdvisors.com  

Gregg McNair
Group Chairman, PPX International

“I am delighted to welcome Jeff onboard to head up the DomainAdvisors team,” said Gregg McNair, Group Chairman for PPX International. “This is an exciting time for PPX with our strong line-up of product releases demonstrating our innovation and value proposition to domain owners and businesses alike. Jeff’s diverse background coupled with his deep sales roots and business acumen will be invaluable assets among our all star team.”

“There are tremendous opportunities ahead for DomainAdvisors to expand its world-class service,” Gabriel said. “I am excited about the opportunity to combine my business skills and aspirations with a proven team and look forward to continuing the PPX tradition by providing "best of breed" solutions to DomainAdvisors’ current and future clients."

DomainAdvisors, the latest service offering of PPX International, assists domain owners and 

online businesses in the overall planning and execution of their domain strategy. DomainAdvisors offers resources with the knowledge and understanding necessary to provide invaluable guidance during the entire lifecycle of a domain. Services range from consultancy to acquisitions, to all elements of monetization, development, branding and sales. Domains can be complicated and DomainAdvisors provides the opportunity to leverage years of industry experience to help maximize success.

- end Press Release - 

In our annual State of the Industry 2011 Cover Story that was published last week McNair said, "The industry related expansion that excites us most currently is DomainAdvisors, which is providing the last missing piece of our service package to our client base. You will hear much more about DomainAdvisors in coming weeks as we roll out our future program." McNair has certainly lived up to that promise with two major moves announced at DomainAdvisors since that article came out less than seven days ago. 

(Posted Jan. 25, 2011)