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$590,000,000+ in Premium Domain Name, Digital Asset Brokerage and Auctions Transactions. 30+ years experience in auctioning, brokering, marketing, selling, acquiring, investing, consulting and the development of premium virtual, digital, and physical, assets, domain names, and real estate. Licensed auctioneer and auction business.
Monte is the Founder / President of RightOfTheDot, LLC, a licensed business & premium domain auction and brokerage firm, providing Internet consulting and advisement specializing in new and existing TLD strategy, Contention Resolution Services, board advisement, premium domain market positioning, sales, and services.
He is the Founding Managing Member/CEO of Dot Hip Hop, LLC, the new ICANN Accredited domain registry for .HipHop domain names. He was the Founder and CEO of Moniker.com, a leading ICANN Accredited Registrar and he was the former President of SnapNames.com, a leading domain auction and expired domain business. He is also an active investor in Diamante Eco Adventure Park in Costa Rica, HaciendaDiamante.com - luxury villa/estate rental property in Costa Rica, Desktop.com, CrashNBurn/Aero Vegas S3 Restaurant on Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL, Bidtellect.com an online native advertising & marketing firm, WeedClub.com, and the Marriott Courtyard in Jupiter, FL, among others.
Monte has been pioneering domain and aftermarket services since 1994/95. During his time, he helped many new and existing TLD’s have successful launches through registrar promotions, sales & auctions of premium domains through marketing, brokerage, and sales. Monte has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare, high technology, and Internet fields.
He was one of the early pioneers and started investing in domain names in 1994 and started the first online domain brokerage business in the industry. Success includes more than $590,000,000 in domain sales & brokerage, including the industry’s first domain name sale for over $1 million dollars with the sale of Wallstreet.com and the industry's first $2 million dollar domain sale with the sale of Autos.com in 1999. Later, he sold the highest dollar domain in history with the sale of Porn.com for $9.5M and Slots.com for $5.5mm. He is also the visionary behind Live and online Domain Auctions. He was also the creator of domain appraisals, domain escrow, and Whois Privacy services.
Monte was voted into the 2010 Domain Hall of Fame by industry peers. He has spoken and presented at more than 200 industry conferences.
Monte graduated from The University of Kentucky with degrees in marketing, biology, and business administration.
Specialties: Mergers & Acquisitions in the Internet Industry, Domain name Registrations, Domain name sales and Auctions, appraisals, and escrow, Domain name acquisitions, Corporate domain name management, Online branding, identity services, and web presence, Health care and medical device sales.
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