Interview with Rick Latona - Domainer Of The Year

[Chef Patrick]

After my interview with Rick Schwartz someone asked me to interview Rick Latona. Well, I have come through again. I have been asking Rick for months to do an interview, I must have caught him on a good day last week because he finally agreed.

Besides being the 2008 Domainer Of The Year, Rick is the LARGEST domain broker in the world and most recently has been added to the TRAFFIC auction events. In his first TRAFFIC auction which was held in Brooklyn NY only two months ago Rick’s auction brought in roughly $700,000. We will find out very soon if he can top that, next TRAFFIC event is in two weeks which will be hosted in Australia.

OK, lets see what Rick has to say about some of my questions.

Q. What is your educational background?
Read the rest here...

Interview to long to post everything so please use the link above to read.

 

[Ross]

Great interview Patrick, i love his points of view. They just make sense LOL

 

[Robbie]

well done Patrick!

Another GREAT Interview, keep up the good work.

Regards,

Robbie

 

[theuniverse]

Good Interview,Good Earnings.

 

[labrocca]

Some highlights.

Q. Do you spend any time in the domainer forums?
A. I stop by all of the major forums to search for my name and my company names from time to time to make sure I don’t need to defend myself. Other than that, I stay away. I think blogs and forums stunt your ability for original thought. I don’t want to find myself registering random LLLLs because I read a 20 page thread that everyone else is doing it.

Nice...funny he mentions the LLLL's.

I can give you a clue though, they are all .com names or ccTLD names. I never touch mobi, info, biz or alternative gTLD names. ccTLD names have a lot of growth potential.

Don’t buy a name you aren’t willing to own if you aren’t able to sell it.

How come I ain't rich dammit? Oh yeah...that's right..I waste too much time here. lol

Great interview.
Too bad it's not longer.

 

[Compassion]

Nice job Chef Patrick!

I like this quote from Rick "I believe that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered."

 

[maxeaus]

Another nice interview Chef. I like the fact he is still hand regging so many domains. Very interesting, wish i had the knolledge to know what was worth hand regging ATM.

 

[Compassion]

Another nice interview Chef. I like the fact he is still hand regging so many domains. Very interesting, wish i had the knolledge to know what was worth hand regging ATM.

Rick's clue was .com and ccTLD......



Hand registering great names is always the most gratifying form of acquiring them.

More than half of the domains I owned I registered.

 

[GF]

Good job on this interview Patrick!

 

[Robbie]

I have only bought one name, the rest of my names are all hand registered also!

I think Rick and certain other people in the industry know what to look out for in a hand reg.

I believe a good keyword domain or a geo keyword domains are the best hand reg.

Im sure we have already seen some from his newsletter but he isnt going to tell us that he paid $8 and charged you $5000 but thats business and thats how you make cash!

Regards,

Robbie

 

[j0hnyl]

If anyone of us had the means to reg 4k names every 30 days I'm sure we would find some nuggets as well. I think his hand-regs are probably worth more right off the bat, because they're regged by him...

 

[Compassion]

If anyone of us had the means to reg 4k names every 30 days I'm sure we would find some nuggets as well. I think his hand-regs are probably worth more right off the bat, because they're regged by him...

Yes, but we can do it on a smaller scale (25 - 100 names perhaps)

In a sense - the more networked you are in the industry - the more valuable your portfolio.

 

[maxeaus]

Rick's clue was .com and ccTLD......



Hand registering great names is always the most gratifying form of acquiring them.

More than half of the domains I owned I registered.

What i meant was what niche or industry type domains he is regging, he said you will see these in years to come when he sells them. you need a good eye and experience to hand reg IMO. I would not even know where to start.

 

[Charley]

After my interview with Rick Schwartz someone asked me to interview Rick Latona.

Let's get the even bigger guys, Kevin Ham, Frank Schilling, etc.

It's a nice read as always. Thanks.

 

[Chef Patrick]

Let's get the even bigger guys, Kevin Ham, Frank Schilling, etc.

It's a nice read as always. Thanks.

OK, I will work on those guys. I just got confirmation from Elliot Silver for an interview later this week. I will work on that and have it posted soon. I am also working on getting GoDaddy owner Bob Parsons!!!

Everyone else, thank you for the comments, I really appreciate it.

 

[-REECE-]

Bob Parsons will be very interesting

OK, I will work on those guys. I just got confirmation from Elliot Silver for an interview later this week. I will work on that and have it posted soon. I am also working on getting GoDaddy owner Bob Parsons!!!

Everyone else, thank you for the comments, I really appreciate it.

 

[deet]

Great Interview!

 

[tonyfloyd]

I just got confirmation from Elliot Silver for an interview later this week.

Who's he???....

 

[Chef Patrick]

Who's he???....

Elliot Silver was recently honored with a Domainers Choice Award for ElliotsBlog.com, which was voted best Domain Blog, and a Name Intelligence Award for ElliotsBlog.com for Best Domain Blog Community.

Above comes directly from his website.

I think it's only fitting that I interview him seeing I will eventually be getting the best Domain Blog award

 

[-REECE-]

You got my vote

I think it's only fitting that I interview him seeing I will eventually be getting the best Domain Blog award