A person who buys domains on the internet and squats on them, thinking they're going to be approached by a billionaire venture capitalist who wants to buy the domain for their next big project and will drop $$$$$$$$$ making the domainer rich. In reality the domainer will never sell their junk domains, will continue to live in their mother's basement, and be a burden to the web based startup community, the internet, and entire world in general.
Domain Auction Headline: "Iphone5g-news.com - starting bid $1,000 USD or buy it now for $10,000,000, this is a billion dollar business opportunity!!! I have been a domainer for over 1 years and we sell other top quality domain names. Please contact us for more domains!"
by bourbonman February 24, 2011
by stanjerry March 04, 2021
A domainer is someone that does buiness in the domain name industry. They generally own hundreds or thousands of domains, but they may own as little as one domain worth millions. They may be a speculative investors like Frank Schilling that buy domains to sell in the future when they are worth more, an income investor like Kevin Ham who parks domains with ads, or a developer that will buy domain names and then develop some kind of site on each domain.
"The domainer used his life savings to buy one domain name that cost $320,000. That sounds crazy but the domain earns $150,000 a year from parking ads".
"Some domainers buy and sell domain names like baseball cards and try to get some profit with each transaction."
"When I realized I owned 50 domains I started feeling like a real domainer".
"Some domainers buy and sell domain names like baseball cards and try to get some profit with each transaction."
"When I realized I owned 50 domains I started feeling like a real domainer".
by nielsencl May 26, 2008
Domaining is the web-based marketing business of acquiring non-trademarked Internet domain names as intellectual property investments primarily for resale. In domaining, domain parking is optional and any advertising revenue gained would be considered a bonus while awaiting the sale of a domain.
Domaining, aka "flipping domains", is occasionally confused with domaineering which involves acquiring with the intent to monetize non-trademarked Internet domain names for their use primarily as an advertising medium like virtual Internet billboards with generic domain names being highly valued for their revenue generating potential derived from attracting Internet traffic hits.
by Prof. W. Lorenz December 17, 2011
A domaineer is one who engages in domaineering which is the web-based marketing business of acquiring generic Internet domain names for the purpose of monetizing them through their use primarily as an advertising medium. In essence, the domain names function as virtual Internet billboards with generic domains being highly valued for their revenue generating potential derived by attracting natural Internet traffic hits from organic search engine results. As with traditional advertising, domaineering is part art and part science. Often to be the most effective as advertising tools, keyword rich domain names and their corresponding landing pages must be engineered or optimized to produce maximum revenue which require a domaineer to have considerable knowledge of search engine optimization ( SEO ) practices, marketing psychology and an understanding of the target market audience.
Domaineers generally utilize a firm offering domain parking services to provide the sponsored "feed" of a word or phrase searched for thus creating a mini-directory populated largely by advertisers paying to promote their products and services under a relevant generic keyword domain. Occasionally content is added to develop a functional mini-website.
by Prof. Wm. Lorenz January 22, 2014
Domaineering is the web-based marketing business of acquiring and monetizing Internet domain names for their use as an advertising medium. Often the domain name must be optimized to produce maximum revenue which requires some skill and knowledge of SEO practices. Domaineering generally utilizes a firm offering domain parking services to provide the "feed" of a word or phrase searched for. Occasionally content is added to develop a mini-website.
Domaineers and some of those who advertise online using keywords believe domaineering provides a useful, legal and legitimate Internet marketing service while opponents of domaineering decry the practice as increasing the ubiquitous commercialization of the world wide web.
by Wm. Lorenz January 06, 2010
Domaineers is the plural of domaineer. Domaineers are those who engage in domaineering which is the web-based marketing business of acquiring generic Internet domain names for the purpose of monetizing them through their use primarily as an advertising medium. In essence, the domain names function as virtual Internet billboards with generic domains being highly valued for their Pay Per Click ( PPC) revenue generating potential derived by attracting natural Internet traffic hits from organic search engine results. As with traditional advertising, domaineering is part art and part science. Often to be the most effective as advertising tools, keyword rich domain names and their corresponding landing pages must be engineered or optimized to produce maximum revenue which require domaineers to have considerable knowledge of search engine optimization ( SEO ) practices, marketing psychology and an understanding of the target market audience.
Domaineers generally utilize a firm offering domain parking services to provide the sponsored "feed" of a word or phrase searched for thus creating a mini-directory populated largely by advertisers paying to promote their products and services under a relevant generic keyword domain. Occasionally content is added to develop a functional mini-website.
by Prof. Wm. Lorenz January 29, 2014