Kate Buckley

Kate has over two decades of experience in marketing and business development, with deep experience in premium domains (sales and acquisitions), branding, naming, strategy, and storytelling. Her background includes big agencies (Gray and Landor) as well as 20 years experience with premium domains (CCIN/The Castello Brothers). She is an expert at premium domain consulting and representation, specializing in buying and selling ultra-premium .COMs. Kate has personally brokered millions of dollars in both private and publicly-recorded top domains sales. She brokered a Top 10 domain sale in 2016, three of the world's Top 30 domain sales in 2017, as well as three of the world's Top 25 domain sales in 2018. In 2019, she brokered the 7-figure sale of Chocolate.com, and landed two of the world's Top 15 domain sales​ in 2020. In 2021, she sold eBike.com for 7 figures and continues to make chart-topping sales, both publicly and privately.

Kate excels at analyzing an organization's critical requirements, understanding both who a brand is now, and who they want to be when they grow up—devising the resources, stories and strategies to bridge that gap. She's a strong communicator who can identify deficiencies and opportunities, and develop innovative, creative and effective solutions for engaging consumers and enhancing competitiveness.

Kate graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky with a BA in Advertising/PR/Communications. She also holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Spalding University), and is a Certified Professional Coach and Corporate Trainer (LCIOC), Public Speaker (AMA), and accomplished artist, award-winning poet and author, contributor and keynote speaker. Kate is a regular speaker and panelist on the domain industry and branding, including keynoting NamesCon Global; has been published by The Business Journals, Forbes, and other key publications, and has been interviewed or profiled by DNJournal, Domain Name Wire, Domain Sherpa Review, Domainer Show, Hooked on Startups, Internet Commerce Association (ICA), Kickstart Commerce, TheDomainShow.com, and more. Kate is also a member of the Forbes Business Council and was most recently named to the Forbes Next 1000. A proud member of the ICA, Buckley Media is also a member of ICANN Business Constituency where Kate serves on the Credentials Committee.