Domain names: 21st century real estate (The State)
Domain names: 21st century real estate (The State)
Inside a midtown hotel, Larry Fischer is on his cell phone with a financial backer as his partner Ari Goldberger does quick research on a laptop computer. They are bidding furiously at this auction of Internet domain names, with hopes of snagging megayachts.com. The duo won’t be deterred. They want this name. “$110,000, yes or no? Quick,” Fischer barks at Eli, the investor at the end of the …