Domainers


2008: A Year That All Domainers Will Remember

2008 was a very unique year in the domaining industry. The popularity of domaining continued to rise even as prices dropped. Increasing numbers of end users noticed the value of domains as well and there were quite a few astonishing sales reported throughout the year. At the same time, domain parking came to a virtual [...]

"If Only I Had Been Around in 2008"

The word is out: The domaining bubble has finally burst. Many domainers are short on cash and prices are falling across the board. What created the bubble, how did it end, and is there a way to profit from the slowing economy and financial crisis?
The Components of a Seductive Bubble
A significant percentage of the domaining [...]

Angelina Jolie: 2 Babies, 50 Domains

Angelina Jolie has shown that she is not just an accomplished actress but also a savvy domainer.
The 33 year old superstar celebrated the birth of her and Brad Pitt's twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon, by registering a total of 50 domain names (including 4 .mobis!), increasing her total number of domains owned to a [...]

Domaining Like It's 2001

"It's too late to make big money in domaining… I wish I had been around in 1995, 2001 or 2005".
That's a very common complaint heard among today's domainers. Who wouldn't want to reach back through time and join the forefathers of domaining when they were just laying the foundation for their future domain empires?
In 1995, [...]

Chris Chena Acquires TV Channel

Paraguayan domainer Chris Chena is in the news again, this time for having acquired 80% of the popular Paraguayan TV channel Canal 13. It looks like he is putting the millions of dollars he made by selling some of his top domains to Marchex and Fox Latinoamerica to good use by laying the foundation [...]

Kevin Ham: The Man Who Owns The Internet

Before the current issue of Business 2.0, very few people had heard of Kevin Ham. And yet he is a giant among domainers. His domain enterprises generate approximately $70 million a year and he holds a portfolio of roughly 300,000 domain names. Still, it’s what many do not know about this man that [...]

From Domainer To Revolutionary: The Plan To Unseat Google

Frank Schilling describes in a post on his blog how the world's six top domain owners could leverage their power to set up an alternative search engine and advertising network that might eventually unseat Google, the world's top search engine, whose monopoly-like powers are increasingly feared by website owners, online marketers and privacy advocates alike.
Here's [...]