Stumbling into domain investing by way of web development, I launched KickstartCommerce.com almost a decade ago, and Kickstart.fm just shy of half that time.

Since that time, I’m always amazed by the multifariousness most are introduced to domain investing, and even more by the same multifarious nature of its people.

Today’s podcast guest is no exception to that. In fact, today’s guest has been in the industry for nearly twenty-five (25) years and counting — yes, since the late 1900s, or said another way, the mid-1990s. 🙂

The domain industry has, is, and continues maturing in providing domain buyers and sellers frictionless marketplaces — BrandBucket.com, Efty.com, Dan.com, and DNWE.com to name a few.

Today’s podcast brand aims to not only add its brand to this list of innovative marketplaces but turn the private domain marketplace upside down with a paradigm shift of its own.

There are not many people in the land of domain investing, nor in the domain industry in general, that can say they’ve single-handedly transformed an industry.

And while today’s podcast is not ever likely to proclaim such a statement, he’s forever changed and continues to champion change in the domain industry.

Selling domains has never been easier since the introduction of Dan.com — the no-nonsense domain training platform.

Now simply known as Dan, I’ve been a long-time domain seller impressed by the nimble nature of Dan’s ability to demystify and simplify the complexities of the general public’s ability to easily purchase a domain name.

Domain investing isn’t the sexiest professional path for one to venture down. In fact, it’s not as lucrative and profitable as many hope and wishes for.

Now, this is not to say that one can’t make money or produce generational wealth buying and selling domains.

But what does one do when buying and selling domains takes longer than expected, or never pans out?

Very few people realize consistent, profitable success when entering into the domain industry, specifically domain investing.

And even fewer persons can greatly capitalize and realize substantial reward developing services, tools, and platforms for domain investors to use.

The list is few in comparison to the number of domain investors that have come and gone their way, as well as the current domain investing ecosystem.

Remember when the new gTLDs — general top-level domains — came on the scene nearly a decade or so ago, and how they were going to be the nail in the coffin for legacy domain extensions — .com, .org, .net?

Well, that didn’t happen. However, what did happen was that quite a people lost hundreds and thousands of dollars gambling that they would.

Extensions like .vip, .rentals, .forsale, .realestate, and the list go on as long as a hot summer day in the desert.

Now, this is not to say that profitable success hasn’t been realized along the way. It has but by very few people, both buying and selling new gTLDS.