- Frank Schilling
Frank Schilling is a 'domain investor' and spoke about the subject during a
Tech TV interview with [http://www.markovichmedia.com/ Matt Markovich] in 2002, describing those who invest in high-value generic domain names for the purpose of future development. Today participants in this space are collectively known asdomainers [ [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364591/index.htm Business 2.0] ] .Mr. Schilling's bidding and investment activities helped expand the expiring domain name auction houses; and later, other ICANN accredited registrars selling their registry connections as a
drop registrar . Frank Schilling [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20060265516.html patented] the "Generic Top Level Domain Rerouting System" in 2001, financed the Caribbean's firstICANN accredited domain name registrar in 2003, joined as a member of the ICANN business constituency and co-founded the non-profit 'Internet Commerce Association' in2006 [ [http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/november.htm DNJournal] ] . He began domain blogging on Seven Mile in 2007.A 2008 book by
WSJ reporter David Kesmodel entitled "The Domain Game" touches on the history of Schilling and the evolution of the industry in which he participates [ [http://www.thedomaingame.org The Domain Game] ] .Frank Schilling was one of the first to administer very large portfolios of domain names for third-parties and is one of the largest generic domain-name investors in the world [ [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote Business 2.0] ] .
References
External links
* [http://www.sevenmile.com Frank Schilling's blog]
* [http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/frank-schilling-keynote/ Keynote Speech at the 2007 Domain Roundtable Conference]
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