Networks, DNS and domain names since before there was a World Wide Web.
That's a real photo of me, not an AI image.
Hi, I'm Bob Evans.
I'm 67 and I still build. It keeps me young-minded.
I've been building networks and websites since before there was a World Wide Web. My first internet company was in Palo Alto in the early '90s, and I've been managing DNS and domain names ever since.
Over the years I gathered a lot of domain names. Now I want to get them to people who can use them. That's why I built DomainWorld, and it's also for the many others who have domains to sell or manage.
How I use AI: to help you, not trick you
You'll see AI tools on DomainWorld, like the domain name finder and the appraisals. I use AI the way you'd use a good research assistant: to brainstorm names, sort through options and give you a starting point. It doesn't replace me, and it isn't pretending to be anyone. If you buy a new domain, we've set up the easiest DNS record setup I've ever seen. Nothing else this simple and comprehensive exists.
The prices are set by the domain owners, not by a computer. When you buy one of my domains, you're dealing with me. When you buy someone else's, you're dealing with them directly or with their appointed agent.
How it started
I founded one of the first dialup Internet companies in Palo Alto, California. It was transformed from a Bulletin Board e-Mail service using FidoNet software created by Tom Jennings in the mid '80s. If you remember that, I bet you have domains the next generation should turn into something. As you can imagine, I grabbed a new domain name every time I had a new idea. Some were implemented. Some people I hired ran startups into the ground, while others did well.
I've recently retired. I had family pick over the list for domain businesses they were interested in, and I still had a huge list of great domains left. I went to sell them and discovered that middleman sites charge big commissions based on the value I maintained and imagined, as opposed to fixed fees for each. That's fine if they can produce a properly valued sale. But their approach is: post, sit and wait. Well, I can do that, and I'm using one of my domains to do it: DomainWorld.com.
I thought, why not let others do the same: post, sit and wait themselves. They can market it themselves: email similar businesses and owners of similar domains, and let them know their domain is posted on DomainWorld. Have you caught on to how I think? It's the foundation of how things began, everyone sharing connections and debugging software, to end up with what we have today. From BBSes where we all shared each other's locations and telephone lines, to ARPANET-routable connections in tiny shared data centers (rooms and garages), to the information superhighway, then an Internet full of websites, and eventually everyone's own shared video content.
In that founding spirit that has never left me, I want people with ideas to market them for sale and make the most they can with each other. You'll find I left a good-sized description field, in case you have a group of related domains, a website you built on a great domain, or you want to find a partner with a specific skill set to join you. You can sell the domain with the site. Who knows what will happen? You deal with your buyer directly. Maybe they want to try to make something happen and offer you a piece of the action in exchange for the domain. Opportunity: it's up to you.
All I expect from your participation is a flat fee for a listing, or a membership fee to make 100 listings per year. Individuals, businesses and middlemen can all participate, and everyone manages and controls their own deal. DomainWorld.com is your listing place: an old-school classified for domain businesses. When you want the extra safety, escrow is built in through Escrow.com.
"Open your mind to the possibilities with your domains."
What DomainWorld is
DomainWorld allows verified, trusted users to post their own domains for sale in a marketplace free of commissions and time-consuming human middlemen. Of course, Domain Agents (salespeople) can leverage DomainWorld for their clients.
A standout feature is the ability to market and sell a group of domains as a bundle. For example, MacFiber.com and MacFiber.net are worth significantly more sold together. A buyer who acquires MacFiber.com can also secure the .net, eliminating future marketing confusion and the very real risk of a competitor occupying that search engine space.
If you think the legal system will protect your brand from a competing domain owner, especially one overseas, think again. The costs, extra marketing dollars and headaches are substantial. A bundle is usually money well spent.
Buying one of my premium domains
I keep it flexible, as do many Premium Sellers:
Barter and trade are welcome. Make me an offer.
Paying over time? I can point the domain's DNS wherever you like while you make payments, so you can start using it right away.
Bitcoin is accepted. You can buy a domain from me with Bitcoin.
DNS is what I do, but you don't have to watch. I made DomainWorld super easy, with examples and explanations of domain record settings at every step.
About 15 years ago I taught DNS to the CTOs and network managers who were customers of Fiber Internet Center. Here's one of those sessions, on forward and reverse (PTR) DNS:
Register or transfer a domain to DomainWorld and your DNS runs on our own six nameservers, two each in California, New Jersey and Amsterdam. I make managing your DNS simple. Letting me handle it is worth it for your time and your money.
