Today we are talking with Michael Sumner programmer extraordinaire at Namebio. In addition to his duties at Namebio, Michael works with Nat Cohen at Telepathy and manages his own domain portfolio.
Q1) What got you started in the domain industry?
I’ve been programming since my early teens, and I joined NamePros in 2007 hoping to connect with domain owners looking for development.
I thought it would be a good way to make money on the side, but quickly discovered that the development section wasn’t very active.
Disappointed; I wandered to other sections of the forum and was instantly hooked on the idea of buying and selling domains.
Fortunately I only bought a handful of mediocre domains during the few months I spent trying to learn the business. I managed to sell all of them for a tiny profit. After that I met Justin Allen and he gave me some great advice that allowed me to focus my strategy and stop floundering around.
Q2) What is your main day job?
I’ve been working full-time for Nat at Telepathy and State Ventures for more than eight years now. Mostly I do development for State Ventures, which owns and operates sites like OceanCity.com, Annapolis.com, seven US state .com domains, and hundreds of other Geo domains.
Occasionally I get to work for Telepathy by helping with acquisitions, sales, portfolio analysis, domain management, and things of that nature. Telepathy also allows me to work on some of the projects that Nat is most passionate about like InternetCommerce.org and RDNH.com.
Then of course I also run NameBio with Adam Strong, I’m still flipping domains, and I’ve had a series of (mostly) failed ventures over the years like MiniSites.com, PushToAuction.com, etc.
http://www.thedomains.com/2016/07/26/interview-man-behind-data-namebio-michael-sumner/
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Q1) What got you started in the domain industry?
I’ve been programming since my early teens, and I joined NamePros in 2007 hoping to connect with domain owners looking for development.
I thought it would be a good way to make money on the side, but quickly discovered that the development section wasn’t very active.
Disappointed; I wandered to other sections of the forum and was instantly hooked on the idea of buying and selling domains.
Fortunately I only bought a handful of mediocre domains during the few months I spent trying to learn the business. I managed to sell all of them for a tiny profit. After that I met Justin Allen and he gave me some great advice that allowed me to focus my strategy and stop floundering around.
Q2) What is your main day job?
I’ve been working full-time for Nat at Telepathy and State Ventures for more than eight years now. Mostly I do development for State Ventures, which owns and operates sites like OceanCity.com, Annapolis.com, seven US state .com domains, and hundreds of other Geo domains.
Occasionally I get to work for Telepathy by helping with acquisitions, sales, portfolio analysis, domain management, and things of that nature. Telepathy also allows me to work on some of the projects that Nat is most passionate about like InternetCommerce.org and RDNH.com.
Then of course I also run NameBio with Adam Strong, I’m still flipping domains, and I’ve had a series of (mostly) failed ventures over the years like MiniSites.com, PushToAuction.com, etc.
http://www.thedomains.com/2016/07/26/interview-man-behind-data-namebio-michael-sumner/
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