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If there is any man in the domain business who truly needs no introduction, it’s Frank Schilling. By now just about everyone has heard the name, read the blog and marveled at the numbers. He owns hundreds of thousands of high quality generic .com domains and annual revenues for his closely held Cayman Islands company, Name Administration, Inc. are estimated to be in the $20 million range. Despite enjoying a level of success that would turn most people’s heads, Schilling, now 38, remains unchanged and is universally regarded as one of the nicest people in this (or any other) business. These are all things you have likely heard before, but to borrow a line from Paul Harvey, now it’s time to tell “the rest of the story.”
Another well-written DN Journal cover story by Ron Jackson. So, click here to read the rest of the story.
Don’t Lose Your Ass By Failing to Properly Monetize Your Domains
Domains that are worth over $100,000 are essentially unique, branded small businesses. You can choose to ignore them and leave them idle, or place an enormous amount of resources on each, or somewhere in between. In any case they are ongoing business concerns which should be respected and managed accordingly.
Pretty good guest post on Domain Name News by private equity group WashingtonVC’s Michael Mann. As chairman and founder of WashingtonVC, Michael, who has also been the founder of BuyDomains, knows a lot about the domain industry and about the monetization of domain name traffic. In this post, he explains why you’re leaving money on the table if you own generic domains but don’t develop them. Must read!
Become the Next Domain Name Multi-Millionaire - Learn the Domain Secrets of the Experts
Jeff of Domain Bits compiled this article with experts’ advice on how to become a successful domainer. The people interviewed are, i.a., Frank Schilling, Andrew Alleman, Sahar Sarid, Peter Askew, Michael Gilmour, Elliot Silver, Mark Fulton, W. H. Abdelgawad, Shawn Hartley and Anthony Noe. All in all, Jeff’s post includes some good advice for beginners.
I’m a little embarrassed that Jeff included me in such illustrious company (W. H. Abdelgawad is me, DomainerPro). I’ve only been a domainer for two years and I’m not an expert by any means, though I do earn a living from it.
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Well, you run a good blog and people want to read what you have to say. You might not call yourself a professional, but doesn’t this further demonstrate the power of a generic domain? You use DomainerPro.com. So, the domain makes it clear to your audience that you’re an expert; that’s the message of your domain name. It says that the blog is run by a “domainer pro”. Maybe this is comparable to naming your business “Burger King”.
Looks like a good domain name strategy to me.