The very first time I heard the term domain name I had no idea how much passion and enthusiasm I would aquire for those precious vessels.

My name is Linda Cole, born in Wellington New Zealand and I am now what I consider a New Zealand Domainer with the odd .com thrown into the mix.

In the early days of my domain journey I was not really aware of the power these little babies could have and sold some pretty damn good portfolios for the price of a good used car.

Then came my awakening and began to see the beauty of the whole domain name game. I collected more domains with the help of Expired Domains and many hours of research to find the gaps left in an already competitive market. 

I have now in my possession a portfolio which can be viewed at my website that I feel reasonbly proud of and will endeavour to help it grow in readiness for the .co.nz boom which so many of our domainers talk about.

My special interest has always been in the business arena, the bricks and morter businesses where I believe a great domain name can really make a difference. An example I will give you is of a recent conversation I had with a prospective buyer for one of my better real estate names.

As you can imagine this chap wanted this name for pretty much nothing and proceeded to explain to me like I was without any education that I could not possibly be asking that price for a simple domain name. After all he said my website cost me huge $$$$$ so how can you compare that to a name.

I gently, kindly tried to tell him that this name could yeild more power than he could ever imagine and though it was a very pretty website it was the name that people would remember.

Well he then seemed to think I was living in a fantasy world and we politely parted. The outcome of this true story and I mean no harm to the person in this story was he proceeded to buy a name for the price of registration that quite frankly I cannot remember as I am writing this now. Also I know he has spent a fortune on SEO. I have a feeling he may kick himself down the track.

As I say on my website New Zealand Business is still dragging its feet but it will not be long before they will all realise the POWER OF A DOMAIN.