Time flies when you’re having fun.
Seven years ago today I wrote the first post on Domain Name Wire.
When I started Domain Name Wire the domain industry media landscape was very different. The only online publication was Ron Jackson’s DNJournal. Ron focused (and still focuses) on profiles and sales reports rather than breaking news and analysis. Ron will tell you this was a conscious decision he made based on his years in the news business, because breaking and daily news is a pain. I was too naive to understand that. So I started a daily news site for the domain industry.
I made the decision to start the blog on a plane ride from New York to Austin. I had spent the previous week in New York working on what was to become iREIT, the domain portfolio buyer that made a big splash last decade before hitting hard times.
Before boarding the plane I had a heart-to-heart discussion in the airline lounge with the other two (to-be) founders of the company. I walked out of that meeting having dropped out of the company. It just wasn’t the right opportunity for me.
But I wanted to do something more in the domain industry than just be a domainer. So that’s when Domain Name Wire was born. First as a hobby; then as a business.
Many thanks to all of my readers and advertisers. This blog wouldn’t exist without you.
To seven more years!
Andrew
Ron Jackson says
Congrats on reaching lucky #7 Andrew! Breaking news is the most demanding, labor intensive corner of the journalistic world but you have met the challenge admirably over the years and I’m looking forward to reading your work for many years to come.
Best Wishes
Ron
JS says
Congrats
Gnanes says
Happy 7th Bday DNW 🙂
Domain Gnome says
Happy Birthday, Many Happy Returns! Always interesting content and analysis that I rarely find elsewhere.
Good One says
Andrew. You are a genius. Deciding to start your own blog as opposed to teaming up with Ostrovsky and Martin who went on to become two of the most notorious cybersquatters in the business. After 7 years you are going strong, unlike Ostrovsky, Martin and ireit which has lost millions. Brilliant decision and on top of that you still have your reputation. What do those other two have? Great decision, happy birthday!
Scott says
Happy B-day DNW!
Kevin M. says
Congrats to another great year Andrew. Always been a pleasure to read your blog all these 7 years.
Joe says
Congrats on this great milestone, Andrew!
Rich says
Happy 7TH,good job on your blog
Neil Kavanaugh says
Great accomplishment, Andrew! Thanks for 7 years of great information, insight and commentary – love the job that you do for our industry. Keep it coming!!
GarotoK says
Seven years already, huh?
And, yet you still seem “semi-new” to me. I don’t mean that in a bad way, I’ve just been around so long. I guess it really just me getting much older. 🙂
John says
Congrats. You do a great job with it.
Marg says
Congrats as well. My absolute first read of the day (and several sneak peeks during the day too)!
owen frager says
Andrew,
I know it can be a hard and thankless job at times, but know that you do it very well and there’s thousands of people like me who appreciate and have learned and grown, the result of what it is you do every day. Congratulations
Kristina Rosette says
Happy birthday to you! (You should consider the fact that I’m not singing it to be the birthday gift.) Congratulations for all your hard work. One of my only daily “must reads” – keep up the good work.
Michael Berkens says
Andrew
Congratulations, its quite an achievement
Michael Cyger says
You’ve built a fantastic resource for the domain name industry. Congrats on the anniversary, Andrew.
jp says
Still my fav, happy Bday
Jim Davies says
DNW is my homepage. You are there when I open my browser – say not more! Well done Andrew and many happy returns!
Bill Sweetman says
What an achievement, Andrew! Here’s to many more years of provocative and timely reporting. DNW FTW!
Steve M says
Congratulations on seven years of doing a superb job. Our field wouldn’t be the same without ya!
Worth far, far more than the price of membership. 😉
Here’s to a great rest of 2012.
Could wish you more years were it not for those pesky “the end is coming” Mayans.
Kevin Murphy says
That’s 65 in domainer years. Maybe time to think about retiring 😉
Dave Zan says
Lucky number 7 indeed. Congrats, Andrew. 🙂
Francois says
Happy birthday Andrew and thanks for all you have done!
Bob Mtn says
Congrats Andrew! Great publication and looking forward to 7 more years of excellent content.
Samit says
Congrats Andrew & DNW team! 7 years online is like 3 decades in print.
Puranjay says
Congrats Andrew. I remember when domain blogs were few and far in-between in 2006 and you were one of the few people still writing regularly about our business. It’s been a pleasure to learn from you over the years!