People helping people.
With over 60 years of combined domain brokerage experience, our award winning team at Grit Brokerage provides world-class customer service for our clients. Rated as top 3 domain brokerage by Neil Patel, we strive to make the process streamlined and efficient through marketing, negotiating, or acquiring a domain or website. We provide the perfect complement to companies looking to acquire or divest their online brand. Specialize in what you do best, and hire us for what we do best.
- Experience
- Over 60 years of combined domain brokerage experience
- Founded
- 2014, by Brian Harbin
- Based in
- Jacksonville, Florida, with brokers and researchers across the US and abroad
- Parent company
- Grit.org, home of the Grit.org podcast
- What we do
- Outbound domain sales, stealth domain acquisitions, and portfolio brokerage
Escrow.com Masters of Domains
Escrow.com ranks the top 10 domain brokers by transaction volume each year. Brian Harbin of Grit Brokerage made the list four times.
- 2026#8
- 2025#9
- 2024#5
- 2022#10
The team.
Brian Harbin
Founder/Broker
As the founder of Grit Brokerage, Brian Harbin spent the first half of his professional career while in college he started his own business selling educational books door to door and spent over 10,000 hours in face to face sales and finished the #1 salesperson out of over 2,600 his final year. He simultaneously built a multi-million dollar sales organization of 64 college students and became one of the top 10 recruiters in the history of the 140 year old internship program. He graduated college debt free with over 6 figures saved in the bank, traveled to over 17 countries, and honeymooned in New Zealand with his wife for the first 6 months of their marriage.
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Domain Broker of the Year nominee - THE Domain Conference 2015
He went on to spend the next decade building an insurance brokerage firm from scratch with 20+ agents that still generates 8 figures in total premium each year. After amassing over 40,000 hours of face to face sales and reaching over $1 million in personal sales in 5 different industries including real estate and advertising sales, he pivoted his skills to brokering domain names where he closed the 14th largest domain sale of all time with ice.com and is currently regarded as one of the top domain brokers in the world.
As a father of 3 boys (17, 12, and 9), he has coached over 45 seasons of football/basketball and has a passion for coaching and instilling mental toughness in young people.
Michael Law
Senior Broker
Michael Law, a Senior Broker and outbound specialist, has over 13 years of domain industry and sales experience. Known as a people person with a background in direct sales and finance, he is easy to communicate with, a great listener and problem solver with extensive knowledge of the Internet landscape. He understands the power of a great brand and why pairing that with a premium domain name is one of the most important tasks for business owners, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Michael organized well attended domain industry events in Denver (RMDC 2011-2013) as well as launched and authored the popular domain news blog NameTalent.com. Beyond his online endeavors, he loves spending time with his family, traveling and gardening. He also enjoys the great outdoors - hiking, photography and snowboarding in his home state of Colorado are among his favorite activities.
Maureen Sullivan
Acquisition Domain Advisor
Maureen Sullivan, a Senior Broker and acquisition specialist, is a seasoned Business Executive bringing over 17 years of domain industry knowledge, and sales/valuation expertise to help internet start-ups and major companies around the world to find the BEST brand domain for their business. Maureen has In-depth experience with premium domain name sales from 5-7 figures USD, pricing top level domain portfolios, domain acquisition success, and brand strategy for startups. She has a proven track record in helping start-ups to major companies exceed their revenue goals via her leadership and entrepreneurial skills. When not dealing with domains, Maureen is an award winning author, nature photographer, traveler, and believer in meditation and all things spiritual.
Tess Diaz
Brand Strategist / Broker Advisor
Tess Diaz has 20 years' experience in the domain name industry. She spent about a decade at GoDaddy, helped build and consult the world's leading domain name brokerage firms, and executive produced DomainSherpa. Tess is a recognized premium domain sales & acquisition expert with deep industry connections and sought-after emcee/moderator at global industry events. She is also an avid hiker and committed to mental health education.
Sabrina Laureola
Senior Assistant
Sabrina has been a huge asset for the past 4 years in our research and sales process for our outbound sales. She is a graduate of Domain Name Academy and loves working with people. Sabrina enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures as well as spending time with family (and her pet dog named Zeus)!
Kathryn Malaban
Senior Assistant
Kathryn has been an integral part of our research team and outbound sales team for almost 3 years. She is a graduate of Domain Name Academy. She enjoys engaging with people, learning new skills, and challenging herself to test her limits.
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Outside of work, Kathryn values her time bonding with her family. She has 4 pets (3 dogs and a cat) which she loves like her own!
Theresa Beri
Junior Assistant
Theresa has been an integral part of our research team and sales team for over a year.
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Outside of work, family is at the heart of everything she does. She loves being present at my eldest daughter's taekwondo tournaments, cheering her on as she showcases her skills and determination. When she is not busy with family activities, she enjoys unwinding by watching her favorite series.
Zameer
Research + Broker
Zameer works behind the scenes helping the Grit team connect premium domains with the right buyers. He focuses on research and outreach, digging deep to find the best end users for each name.
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Before joining Grit, Zameer worked with major Indian enterprises including the Times of India Group and Reliance Jio, managing large-scale email systems and supporting enterprise tech operations. He later transitioned full-time into domain investing and has built a personal portfolio, successfully closing five figure domain sales across a range of industries.
With over 10 years of experience in domain investing and lead generation, he brings a mix of curiosity, hustle, and attention to detail to every project — always tracking market trends, uncovering new business opportunities, and helping great domains land in the hands of people who can make the most of them.
When he’s not working, Zameer is a hands-on dad who loves building mini web tools, exploring startup ideas, and spending time with his family.
Stone Harbin
Broker
Stone Harbin is a Senior in highschool that spent 6 months training as a domain broker and is now a part-time broker with Grit. He is the youngest domain broker in the world and looking to learn and develop life skills through brokering domains.
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He is applying to colleges currently and is being recruited as a Cross Country and Track star running a 4:37 mile and 16:49 5k. When he isn't in school, running, brokering domains, or managing the 1.1m subscriber YouTube channel, he is very actively socially with his friends and girlfriend.
How we work.
People helping people
We represent owners and buyers as people, not tickets. You get a broker's cell number.
Specialize in what you do best
Hire us for what we do best: finding buyers, finding owners and negotiating. You stay focused on your business.
Patience and persistence
Some deals take a week. Some take three years. We keep the conversation alive until the deal is right.
Recognized by Escrow.com, Neil Patel, Inc. 5000 and DNJournal. See media and podcasts.
Buying or selling a domain?
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