In the last several weeks some blogs have dedicated posts questioning whether Tucows was warehousing some of their expired domains instead of letting them drop into their auction system.
Guess the debate is over as Tucows announced today that they were hiring someone for the job.
According to Tucows blog they are looking to fill the position of “Associate Domainer”
In their annoucement they stated:
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Tucows is currently seeking a unique individual to join our Domain Portfolio team as an Associate Domainer. As a key member of this exciting and rapidly evolving business area, you will report directly to the General Manager, Domain Portfolio.
Tucows has one of the largest domain name portfolios in the world, and these domain names are currently monetized through domain parking and domain sales.
In this full-time position, located in our office in Toronto’s Liberty Village, you will assist in reviewing and selecting domain names from daily lists for possible acquisition by Tucows. You will also grade and price domain names, manage, restore, renew and transfer names, and optimize the landing pages of parked domains. You will generate daily, weekly and monthly reports on data trends and patterns as well as respond to internal and external email and phone sales and support inquires about domain names in our portfolio. Your ability to work in a fast-paced environment will contribute to the growth of this evolving business area and the ongoing success of Tucows.
The ideal candidate will have kick-ass Internet research skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proficiency in Word, Excel is a must, while database experience (MS Access/SQL) would be a nice bonus. Previous experience in and/or passion for the domain name industry, domaining, or PPC advertising would be very useful.
If you can multi-task, are detail-oriented and have the ability to manage your time effectively under minimal supervision, then this is the job for you.
Head over to the Careers site for more information and to apply.
I have to say that this is an amazing opportunity for someone who wants to break into the booming but still relatively unknown industry of domaining (domain name investing). Here’s a fascinating and seminal article on the topic of domaining that got a lot of people buzzing about domaining and domainers (those folks that practice domaining) when it was first published a year ago. It provides a rare ‘behind-the-scenes’ perspective on this fascinating industry and some of its key players. With any luck it will also inspire a few people to apply for the Associate Domainer position at Tucows.
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If you get the job don’t forget to send us some love, and when we say love we mean commission.
Seeing as the registrars are in fact the defacto market makers in the secondary market. Tells us also that they control the secondary market place, just as other monopolies have done in the past.
I have been highly criticized and ridiculed for saying this. This is just another example of why you should be very leery of selling your names with any registrar auction house.
Jeff
They are looking for help in determining which domain they should keep and which ones they should let go into their drop system.
Different from selling the domains you own.