AnyThing.com Very nice names!

Just looking at the domains listed on that webpage, a lot more than $30M.

Home.com
Medicine.com
Stocks.com
Design.com
Tourism.com
MD.com

They have some gems there.

Oh, I know 30 million was being very conservative, keyword "at least." I could see some of those names going for 10 million each.

.h2o. said:

Oh, I know 30 million was being very conservative, keyword "at least." I could see some of those names going for 10 million each.

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Why don't they sell?

Well apparently doing some Google searching reveals wonders about them. They own much more than the names listed on that homepage:

Check this out:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...S:official&q="©2008+Anything.com"&btnG=Search

Also a small discussion on DNF where users joke that Bill Gates owns them:
http://www.DNF/f557/anything-com-thread-322357.html

Anything.com's laywer is Ari Goldberger and had to go to court on multiple occasions to deal with domain disputes.

On a more serious note, it largely remains a mystery who exactly is "Anything.com." Even on WIPO cases the Responded is merely referred to as Anything.com.

It is in ICANN policy to keep accurate WhoIs info and I don't think "Administration, Domain" as a registrant's name is going to cut it. People have had domains revoked because their WhoIs info contained false information and I don't think "Big Players" should be exempt.

Something tells me that we all already know who the owner is...

That portfolio is priceless, easily deep into the 9-figure range.

Registered to a person living in the Grand Caymans - contact goes to 10.com

Could it be Frank Schilling?

M.

I don't think Frank was around long enough to acquire that many massive keywords. This puts Rick's portfolio to shame, and he was the first person to really get the direct navigation, generic domain concept. I imagine we'll never know who this guy is.

http://www.reinvent.com/our_business_reinvent_ip.html

Saw that on DNF thread

But WOW, anything.com .... GREAT domains....millions upon millions of worth!

Rick likes to think he's the "Domain King"... Here's another one which puts his to shame:

Domain Finance Inc. / Minakumari Periasamy :


AbuDhabi.com
Airliners.com
Baghdad.com
Broadcasts.com
Broadcasting.com
Cartoons.com
Cranes.com
Deliveries.com
Displays.com
Drama.com
Dubai.com
Electricity.com
Energie.com
Feed.com
Fuels.com
Gas.com
Helicopters.com
Helsinki.com
Hydroelectric.com
Mean.com
Oil.com
Opec.com
Pharmacies.com
Planes.com
Pollution.com
Population.com
RioDeJaneiro.com
Roger.com
Sailboats.com
Sixty.com
Sour.com
Students.com
Taxis.com
Tehran.com
Telecommunication.com
TravelAgents.com
WN.com
(probably has more... Found these from whois searches)

Kudos to this guy for his development efforts. He could teach Rick a thing or two about the difference between parking a domain and developing it.

Michael said:

This puts Rick's portfolio to shame, and he was the first person to really get the direct navigation, generic domain concept. I imagine we'll never know who this guy is.

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Reece said:

Rick likes to think he's the "Domain King"... Here's another one which puts his to shame:

Domain Finance Inc. / Minakumari Periasamy :


AbuDhabi.com
Airliners.com
Baghdad.com
Broadcasts.com
Broadcasting.com
Cartoons.com
Cranes.com
Deliveries.com
Displays.com
Drama.com
Dubai.com
Electricity.com
Energie.com
Feed.com
Fuels.com
Gas.com
Helicopters.com
Helsinki.com
Hydroelectric.com
Mean.com
Oil.com
Opec.com
Pharmacies.com
Planes.com
Pollution.com
Population.com
RioDeJaneiro.com
Roger.com
Sailboats.com
Sixty.com
Sour.com
Students.com
Taxis.com
Tehran.com
Telecommunication.com
TravelAgents.com
WN.com
(probably has more... Found these from whois searches)

Kudos to this guy for his development efforts. He could teach Rick a thing or two about the difference between parking a domain and developing it.

Michael said:

This puts Rick's portfolio to shame, and he was the first person to really get the direct navigation, generic domain concept. I imagine we'll never know who this guy is.

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wow. thats a really awesome portfolio.

Its also a PR6 and alexa 200K. Why do some people has everything~~

Digimedia has a top portfolio too.
Gerald Gorman too
and a few other people we seldom hear about.

"I imagine we'll never know who this guy is."

Why do these people like to remain anonymous?

No clue.

If we look at Namepros in example, Guest to Member ratio is about 8:1. Due to the competitive nature, I guess some people would prefer to keep a low profile. Hard to do some stuff (eg. lowball) if everyone knows you're a pro domainer. Some have "questionable/TM infringing domains" and might prefer to keep a low profile to not attract attention from corporate lawyers.

PokerPie said:

"I imagine we'll never know who this guy is."

Why do these people like to remain anonymous?

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does anyone know how the po boxes work in the caymans? there seems to be different names accociated with their address-

Reece said:

Rick likes to think he's the "Domain King"... Here's another one which puts his to shame:

Domain Finance Inc. / Minakumari Periasamy :


AbuDhabi.com
Airliners.com
Baghdad.com
Broadcasts.com
Broadcasting.com
Cartoons.com
Cranes.com
Deliveries.com
Displays.com
Drama.com
Dubai.com
Electricity.com
Energie.com
Feed.com
Fuels.com
Gas.com
Helicopters.com
Helsinki.com
Hydroelectric.com
Mean.com
Oil.com
Opec.com
Pharmacies.com
Planes.com
Pollution.com
Population.com
RioDeJaneiro.com
Roger.com
Sailboats.com
Sixty.com
Sour.com
Students.com
Taxis.com
Tehran.com
Telecommunication.com
TravelAgents.com
WN.com
(probably has more... Found these from whois searches)

Kudos to this guy for his development efforts. He could teach Rick a thing or two about the difference between parking a domain and developing it.

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Whoa, verrrry nice domains! :kickass:

i can only sit here and dream of having great names like that, but have to say it really does go without saying they are great domains.

HI

We all should have started regging back in 1996 lol

Tom

ALG said:

Why don't they sell?

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Why would they ? They make enormous free income from ads, etc. It'd be absolutely crazy to sell them

Mike said:

Could it be Frank Schilling?

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No.

I absolutely guarantee those domains will be sold one day.
You can't take it to the grave with you.
And i'd think his aspirations would change as he got near retirement age..
Plus he ain't getting younger.

Domains, for most, are merely a means to an end, buddy
Nearly all the veteran domainers are looking to sell (maybe keep a few gems) at nearly every opportunity, in case noone has noticed.
Certainly, more so recently than compared to a 1-2 yrs ago.

With domains you can either have the income or the capital - not both at the same time - unlike cash or property (home equity loan)

If anyone thinks the status quo will remain for the next 20 yrs or so, think again.
Things move fast in technology.

As an aside, I bet CEOs Richard Fuld (Lehmans) and Jimmy Cayne (Bear Stearns) wished they had sold back then in the billions before the chit hit the fan.
Who'd of thunk their huge shareholdings would be virtually worthless?

Then again most people here have a limited understanding of finance eg. capital vs income, PE ratios, , plenty of opportunities in other asset classes etc.

ps. Burano has made some good points

There are a few threads on this crowd, I started one a few months back

Here's a little list of DN's they own (you've seen some already I know)

We can only dream :td:

Join.com
Door.com
Qatar.com
Romania.com
RetroMusic.com
Lands.com
Paintings.com
Lonely.com
Soda.com
Bullet.com
Medicine.com
Songs.com
Marketing.com
Design.com
Gadgets.com
SkinCare.com
Woman.com
Children.com
Discount.com
Cellular.com
SportsWear.com
Kitchen.com
Home.com
ArtGallery.com
Tourism.com
TradeShow.com
ChinaTown.com
AutoParts.com
MD.com
Borrow.com

Aggro said:

I absolutely guarantee those domains will be sold one day.
You can't take it to the grave with you.
And i'd think his aspirations would change as he got near retirement age..
Plus he ain't getting younger.

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He can pass them on to his kids and they will never have to work because of the parking income, which I'm sure makes the owner several million a year. You don't have to sell all your domains before you die...

ezimedia said:

HI

We all should have started regging back in 1996 lol

Tom

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1996? More like 1991.

.h2o. said:

1996? More like 1991.

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Emm..nah..MD was created on
Created: 1998-10-07
Expires: 2009-10-06

Hope they let it drop next year :gn: :lol: