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A few months ago I implored Rick Schwartz to consider making TRAFFIC an invitation-only event, once again.<\/p>\n

That conversation<\/strong><\/a> generated quite a bit of feedback and obviously invited opinions for and against the argument.<\/p>\n

In today’s blog post<\/strong><\/a>, Rick stated that his intention of getting domainers together at a TRAFFIC conference without sponsors and “outsiders” has one extra reason: the number of domainers is shrinking, all while the industry itself expands.<\/p>\n

This celestial paradox<\/strong> of a universe that expands and contracts at the same time requires some analysis.<\/p>\n

The very definition of a domainer<\/strong> is not clear and thus, the numbers can deceive – intentionally or unintentionally.<\/em><\/p>\n

A domainer – according to Rick <\/em>– is a full time investor in domain names, who reaps his or her livelihood solely from the returns of a domain portfolio.<\/p>\n

Using that logic, I am not a domainer, as my primary business is graphic design and web development. If you’re doing any type of creative, marketing or advertising work while delving in domains – whether you are successful at it or not – then, by Rick’s definition, you are not a domainer.<\/p>\n

I will admit it then; I am not a domainer and I never was<\/strong>. In fact, I will go one step further and I will say that I don’t want to be a domainer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rick’s argument of “domainer shrinkage<\/em>” reminds me of that Seinfeld episode, where George is caught with his pants off after coming back from the shower. Elaine witnesses a “scared turtle” of a manhood and George is forever scarred by the excuses he has to come up with.<\/p>\n

In today’s domaining world there is no such shrinkage, simply because domainers are not what they used to be – gold-digging cowboys of the far west. Domainers of today are graphic artists, musicians, poker players, stay at home mothers, basketball players, lawyers and judges.<\/p>\n

Some domainers live in Madison Street penthouses or Boca Raton mansions, others share apartments with their family in Spain, India or Kazakhstan. Some are 17 years old and still at school while others are 78 and still going strong. Some have budgets of $10 per year and some spend $1 million in every new TLD landrush.<\/p>\n

I see an ever-expanding domainer universe<\/strong>, forever leaving the center of the domainer Bing Bang and forever refusing to look back to the core. But then again, I am not a pure core domainer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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