CYBERSPACE—Monte Cahn, founder and president of RightOfTheDot, LLC, a licensed business and premium domain auction and brokerage firm, is this week’s guest on "Adult Site Broker Talk."
RightOfTheDot, LLC specializes in new and existing TLD (top-level domain) strategy, contention resolution services, board advisement, premium domain market positioning, sales, and services. Cahn was the founder and chief executive officer of Moniker.com and the former president of SnapNames.com.
Since the mid-1990s, Cahn has been a pioneer in domain and aftermarket services and has invested in domain names. During his tenure, he assisted numerous new and existing TLDs in achieving successful launches through registrar promotions, sales, and auctions of premium domains, as well as brokerage and sales.
He has had more than $550 million in domain sales and brokerage, including the industry's first sale of a domain name for over one million dollars with the sale of Wallstreet.com and the industry's first sale of a domain for two million dollars with the sale of Autos.com. Later, he sold Porn.com for $9.5 million, the most expensive domain in history, and Slots.com for $5.5 million. Additionally, he is behind both live and online domain auctions. He was also the inventor of the industry's domain appraisals, domain escrow, and Whois Privacy services.
On June 1, Cahn will once again host the NamesCon Global Domain Auction.
Industry colleagues voted Cahn into the 2010 Domain Hall of Fame.
Follow Cahn on Twitter @MonteCahn.
"Adult Site Broker" host and CEO Bruce stated, "I've known Monte since I entered the industry. He is the most knowledgeable expert on domains. His appearance on 'Adult Site Broker Talk' is his second. I am confident that you will learn a great deal about the domain industry from this podcast."
Listen to Cahn on "Adult Site Broker Talk" here.