Monte Cahn is Founder of RightOfTheDot (ROTD.com) a licensed business & premium domain auction and brokerage firm.
ROTD.com is currently running a premium domain name auction at NamesCon.Global(.)
It has been 2 years since domain investors and entrepreneurs have been able to attend a NamesCon in-person. While the NamesCon team has done a great job with their online shows in the meantime, nothing beats the in-person experience – and that combined with the terrific lineup of content and the live domain auction makes this a can’t-miss event for anyone in the domain space! You can learn more about NamesCon at NamesCon.Global(.)
You can register to bid at the live auction at ROTD.com(.)
In today’s The Assets Show, we talk candidly with Monte about the upcoming Namescon auction, his new .Hiphop domain extension, and his vast history of domain name experience.
Monty was Founder and CEO of Moniker.com and former President of SnapNames.com, in the early 2000’s. Monte has been pioneering domain and aftermarket services since 1994/95. During his time, he helped many new and existing TLD’s have successful launches through registrar promotions, sales & auctions of premium domains through marketing, brokerage and sales.
He was one of the early domain name pioneers and started investing in domains in 1994/95 and started the first online domain brokerage business in the industry. His success stories include more than $550,000,000 in domain sales & brokerage, including the WORLD’S FIRST EVER domain name sale for over $1 million dollars with the sale of Wallstreet.com and the industry’s first $2 million dollar domain sale with the sale of Autos.com in 1999. Later, he sold the highest dollar domain in history with the sale of Porn.com for $9.5M and Slots.com for $5.5mm.
He is also the visionary behind Live and online Domain Auctions. He was also the creator of domain appraisals, domain escrow and Whois Privacy services.
Monte was voted into the 2010 Domain Hall of Fame by industry peers. He has spoken and presented at more than 150 industry conferences.
Watch Monte talk about all this and more on the lucky 13th episode of The Assets Show.
