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  by David Kesmodel
  ISBN13: 978-1-4363-3227-9 (Trade Paperback)
  ISBN: 1-4363-3227-3 (Trade Paperback)
  ISBN13: 978-1-4363-3228-6 (Hardback)
  ISBN: 1-4363-3228-1 (Hardback)
  Pages: 209
  Subject: COMPUTERS / Internet / General

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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.

Click here to read an excerpt from the book.