information 15 years of craziness

[equity78]

15 years ago today I embarked on a journey that I never really expected. I joined Namepros on October 18, 2004 out of boredom. I had been registering domain names since 1997 but outside of spending time at the original Afternic I did not spend much time discussing domains with others. Friends and family thought […]

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[wwwulff]

Congratulations and thanks for your valuable contributions to this forum

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Congratulations!
Your contributions are among the most valuable on NamePros and you are so active!
The long term memory of the domain industry over many years is so valuable for us who have come to domaining more recently.
I also value the professional, open and balanced way you always write. I am sure I said that some other time about you, but it bears repeating!
Congratulations, and to the next 15 years of your amazing contributions at NamePros!
Bob

 

[matj]

Congrats champ!

 

[equity78]

Congratulations!
Your contributions are among the most valuable on NamePros and you are so active!
The long term memory of the domain industry over many years is so valuable for us who have come to domaining more recently.
I also value the professional, open and balanced way you always write. I am sure I said that some other time about you, but it bears repeating!
Congratulations, and to the next 15 years of your amazing contributions at NamePros!
Bob

Thanks for the kind words Bob, I don't know I can do another 15. But who knows?

 

[Soofi]

Were you buying and selling back then or just developing?

I registered my first name in 2000. Had started developing using Geocities, way before though

Full time domain investing happened in 2006.

 

[equity78]

I registered my first name in 2000. Had started developing using Geocities, way before though

Full time domain investing happened in 2006.

Oh ok, I started in 1997 but was mostly for work, I had a few like AdamDuritz.com (lead singer of the Counting Crows) I had some brandables that were worth nothing back then.

 

[Soofi]

Oh ok, I started in 1997 but was mostly for work, I had a few like AdamDuritz.com (lead singer of the Counting Crows) I had some brandables that were worth nothing back then.

interesting, what were you working as, back then?