The Domain Game
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"The Domain Game" Has The Potential To Influence And Ignite The Next Generation Of Leaders...
Many of us have a valid excuse why we missed an early wave of opportunity to invest - or invest more heavily - in Internet domain names. We may have had no idea what was happening and what we were missing out on, or we may have had a clue but could not quite grasp how to get a handle on it. With David Kesmodel's "The Domain Game" now available, though, there are few excuses to sit on the sidelines anymore!Some books focus on one industry but are really about so much more. They are about people, about business, about life. They are about how one's perspective, creative thinking, actions, and persistence can make a difference in his or her success. "The Domain Game" is one such book, and I highly recommend it both as an insightful view into the world of domaining and as an interesting and enlightening story that is worth reading whether you know what a domain name is or not.Kesmodel, a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal's Chicago bureau who formerly...
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Domains Step Into The Spotlight!
On page 83 of <a href="http://stepintothespotlight.com">Step Into The Spotlight!, </a>I admitted that I have 503 domain names. My friends are ready to send me to "Domain Names Anonymous", but I stand my ground. They're not making any more lakefront and they're not making any more .coms. But in the past few months, I let a couple of hundred of them go, scrutinizing each one and really asking myself if I was going to use 'em to market my business. That's what domain names are for...aren't they?I wish I'd had a copy of David Kesmodel's new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Domain-Game-David-Kesmodel/dp/1436332281/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1_s9_rk?ie=UTF8&s=books&s9r=8a10809b18796943011a88e87c5a406e&itemPosition=1&qid=1220281079&sr=8-1">"The Domain Game"</a> at the time. It's a fascinating history of the high stakes game of buying and selling domain names for fun and profit, mostly profit. The characters are as colorful as Damon Runyon's gamblers (brought to life in...
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Product Description
Almost everyone has heard a tale of someone getting rich by selling an Internet domain name for a staggering price. But few understand the secretive world of domain investing, a game that a growing number of people are playing around the globe. The Domain Game chronicles the exploits of leading domain investors and explains how this mysterious market works. Learn how an Oklahoma watermelon farmer wound up owning some of the world's most valuable Web addresses, from recipes.com to chairs.com, and how a college dropout became a multimillionaire by scooping up domains that others abandoned amid the dot-com bust. Find out how the rise of Google and Yahoo has helped boost the fortunes of domain investors. And explore the shenanigans of investors who snag names associated with corporate trademarks. Finally, read how you can jump into this exciting market with a relatively small initial investment. It's a market with high risk, but huge potential reward. Top to learn more







Only use with a Xbox 360 controller, wasting time otherwise
a good meld of other popular games
