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Mr. Berkens has 15 years of experience in the Internet Industry. He is well-known owning and operating the retail domain sales site [[MostWantedDomains.com]].<ref>[http://rightofthedot.com/about/ rightofthedot.com]</ref> | Mr. Berkens has 15 years of experience in the Internet Industry. He is well-known owning and operating the retail domain sales site [[MostWantedDomains.com]].<ref>[http://rightofthedot.com/about/ rightofthedot.com]</ref> | ||
Michael attends [[Business Constituency]] and [[RAR Constituency]] Meetings, as well as | Michael attends [[Business Constituency]] and [[RAR Constituency]] Meetings, as well as many domainer-related conferences.<ref>[[ICANN 41]] Interview</ref> | ||
He is married to [[Judi Ann Berkens]]. | He is married to [[Judi Ann Berkens]]. | ||
==Notable Domain Achievements== | ==Notable Domain Achievements== | ||
In November, 2011 he announced that his company, MostWantedDomains.com, brokered the sale of "meet.me" for $450,000; he believes that this represents an all time sales record for the [[.me]] domain space. The domain, among with others like it such as date.me, love.me, and marry.me, were jointly purchased by his company, [[Worldwide Media]] Inc., and prominent [[domainer]]s [[Rick Schwartz]], and [[Ammar Kubba]]. They purchased the domain for $5,890 at a silent auction at a prior [[T.R.A.F.F.I.C.]] conference. He lauded the fact that he had effectively raised the prices of other, premium .me domains, and pointed to continuing opportunity for domainers and developers in the post-[[.com]] era.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2011/11/10/mostwanteddomains-com-brokers-the-sale-of-meet-me-for-a-world-record-price-of-450000/ MostWantedDomains.com Brokers the sale of Meet Me, TheDomains.com]</ref> | |||
== Awards and Honors == | == Awards and Honors == | ||
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| Email: | mike [at] rightofthedot.com |
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| Facebook: |  [TheDomains Facebook Michael H. Berkens]
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Michael H. Berkens is the Co-Founder and President of Worldwide Media, Inc[1] and the Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com.[2] He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Right of the Dot,[3] which he founded in January, 2011 with Monte Cahn. He is a domainer and owns approximately 75k domains, as well as a blogger, consultant, and attorney.[4]
Mr. Berkens has 15 years of experience in the Internet Industry. He is well-known owning and operating the retail domain sales site MostWantedDomains.com.[5]
Michael attends Business Constituency and RAR Constituency Meetings, as well as many domainer-related conferences.[6]
He is married to Judi Ann Berkens.
Notable Domain Achievements
In November, 2011 he announced that his company, MostWantedDomains.com, brokered the sale of "meet.me" for $450,000; he believes that this represents an all time sales record for the .me domain space. The domain, among with others like it such as date.me, love.me, and marry.me, were jointly purchased by his company, Worldwide Media Inc., and prominent domainers Rick Schwartz, and Ammar Kubba. They purchased the domain for $5,890 at a silent auction at a prior T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference. He lauded the fact that he had effectively raised the prices of other, premium .me domains, and pointed to continuing opportunity for domainers and developers in the post-.com era.[7]
Awards and Honors
- Michael was voted to be the 2009 Domainer of the Year
- He has been interviewed and quoted by the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Miami Herald and USA Today.[8]
Education
Mr. Berkens is a graduate of the City University of New York at Brooklyn College (BA), Stetson College of law (JD), and the University Of Florida (LLM).[9]
External Links
- Interview with Michael Berkens
- Michael H. Berkens, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Right of the Dot, LLC, Discusses How New gTLDs Will Change The Web
- .TV Spotlight Post #6 Interview with Michael Berkens