Bio

Domain name expert Bill Sweetman is a successful and respected domain name industry business leader with extensive experience in the domain aftermarket (or secondary market) of premium domain names, including domain pricing, distribution, and sales. He has provided strategic domain name advice to major companies around the world for over 20 years. Bill is the President & Lead Ninja of Name Ninja, a boutique domain name acquisition firm that helps entrepreneurs, startups, and marketers get their dream domain names for their next big thing. Name Ninja's primary services are domain name acquisition (as domain buyer brokers), social media handle acquisition, and naming. Prior to launching Name Ninja, Bill was Vice President, Domain Portfolio at Tucows as well as General Manager of YummyNames. During his five year stint at Tucows, Bill tripled the company’s Domain Portfolio business to over $10M in annual revenue, increased sales volume 800%, launched the successful YummyNames service, and managed the sale of over $20M of premium domain names. Bill led all of the domain name monetization efforts for Tucows and he and his team managed one of the largest premium domain name portfolios in the world. A self-confessed domain name fanatic, Bill registered his very first domain in 1994 (which he later sold for five figures) and has been perfecting his “Domain Karate” moves ever since. * 20+ years of experience in the interactive marketing space * in-depth experience with domain name strategy, domain name sales, and domain name monetization * actively involved in ICANN's new gTLD (Generic Top-Level Domain) program, gTLD brands (dotbrands), and the rollout of new gTLDs, ccTLDs, and TLDs * extensive experience with the domain name secondary market (domain aftermarket), as well as the domain name expiry lifecycle, domain registries and registry operation, and domain registrars and registrar operation.