Sooo who is going to put us on the map, for good?!
I’ve been meaning to write this kind of a post and address a topic that’s been on my mind for like almost 2 years now… Not sure how to do it without hurting some people’s feelings and ruffling a few feathers. Probably impossible. Anyways, I’ve written and re-written it maybe a half dozen times. Shit! I still am not ready to release it… But may do so one of these days. What the heck.
Now back to the question. It’s short and simple… Really. Who is going to put us (domain industry) on the map for good… WHO? Unfortuantely it won’t be Rick Schwartz… Rick Latona… Frank Schilling… Kevin Ham and all those so called domainer rock stars. I have nothing against them personally, love what they do and what they are all about but truth be told.. They alone don’t have the resources. Not even close. It’s an impossible task.
We have this huge problem on our hands because there is a disconnect between many of the companies at the top of the chain. Not too many of them are thinking big anymore and how they can pool their resources in order to breakthrough… They are in their nice little comfort zone.. Pretty much used to the same old grind and routines, year after year after year… Who is stepping up as of late?! Very few companies / people.
It sucks… But there is hope I think. So do you get where this is going? 
Jy Johnson
December 13, 2010
Exactly what to you mean put the industry on the map?? Are you referring to the importance of companies owning a domain name or how important domain names are overall…
Attila
December 13, 2010
The person would have to be famous and constantly speak out to the public to try and educate the mass. They would almost have to start a separate website, marketing campaigns and more to take the domaining industry a step further then it is now.
The problem is, if you have more then 25+ domains, you’re considered a squatter to the mass majority.
We need someone like Julian Assange leaking domaining cables and getting arrested for throwing wild parties that usually end up with someone overdosing or getting arrested…
Rockstar baby. One candidate pops in mind, he knows who he is (knows his magic). He travels the world and parties almost every other night. While he will go for the wild parties, I doubt he’d be interested walking out of the LV building in Paris (in cuffs) while being shot live on TV and screaming “DOMAINING ROCKS!!! YEAH!!! (all while showing his blue dyed tongue from the drinks he had earlier) http://www.NOT-A-SQUATTER.com (then the police door shuts)”
Huw
December 13, 2010
Once the new TLD’s are released the value of domain names will come down, the pricing of .com’s will reduce – it’s inevitable.
In all accounts, domains should be valued by the sites they are built on. Perspective, a piece of undeveloped land is worth far less than commercially developed property. If you have a web property making $2,000 p/week “which is not difficult”, that property is worth x7 years revenue at a minimum (0.75 million), regardless of the domain it’s built on.
If you can’t see this unfolding now, your failing from the onset.
Development and ingenuity is the way forward. If your not able to contain a dev project yourself then pay for good designers, coders and marketers or pull them in on a “Joint Venture”, this is simple stuff! If you have business experience “most do in this game”, do the right thing and use your head, not your little finger..
Development is the future!
Quote: “The internet is a glorified gossip box, it’s a radio, a big old CB with pictures and video. Drill down and look at basic human interaction and what people like to involve themselves with and be stimulated by.. It’s not rocket science!”
Anders
December 13, 2010
A complete and professional startup development solution launches at i.co, where entrepreneurs can get going online. Domain name brokering is an integrated part of it.
i.co affiliates itself with the new domain name aftermarket merger company “Domain Holdings”.
The pricing is humane.
The success resparks the industry, and the demand for good names soar.
DomainStryker is named CEO.
chad f
December 13, 2010
I feel you on the road map leader and do believe there is a slow transition back into domains but domain owners have to work at it not be satisfied with the low hanging fruit anymore. I can say at Domain Holdings, we have a great team, our technology platform is starting to take shape to be an industry changing platform and we are really excited to start 2011 with some exciting news in the coming months. We like to do, not talk and let the action and results speak the words. Its funny when diapers.com and soap.com get sold for $500 million and people say, I want to create a business around my domain and they expect to spend $25k and think its going to be worth $100million. People need to check there egos as the door and role up there sleeves and go to work. Domains and Internet technology is gives the average joe the ability to create value with a good idea and execution. 2011, well have new leaders in our industry step out and move the domain needle up a notch.
Mike Oriley
December 13, 2010
Anybody see the movie usual suspects?
Who is Keyser Söze? He’s supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
How true it is