Jay Westerdal
| Jay Westerdal | |
|---|---|
 Next to an Airplane, 2009 | |
| Born |
Jay Westerdal 1978 Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Founder of DomainTools.com |
| Spouse(s) | Icy Westerdal (m. 2010) |
| Website | http://www.jaywesterdal.com |
Jay Westerdal (born 1978) is a domainer and entrepreneur, best known for his work creating DomainTools.com, a web service that looks up historical ownership of a website. The whois service was integrated into Google's onebox in May 2008.[1] He later sold the company in 2008 for a reported $16–$18 million.[2] He is a prominent technology blogger[3] and a frequent speaker at industry events.[4] Jay was quoted in an interview in 2008 that to become a successful domainer, "buy domains names from existing owners, monetize them to cover renewal cost, then sell them strategically".[5]
Career
Westerdal started Name Intelligence/DomainTools in 2002 in his parent's garage. In May 2005 Jay started the domain conference "Domain RoundTable".[6] He later sold DomainTools in 2008 to Thought Convergence, Inc. The following year after being acquired he left TCI. He later became a limited partner at Founders Coop,[7] a Seattle venture capital firm.
Writing
Westerdal's personal blog covers a wide range of topics, focusing mainly on technology, his mobile lifestyle, and search engine optimization from a personal perspective, in contrast to the DomainTools blog, where he wrote in an official capacity. He contributed to the EPP Protocol RFC 4930.[8]
References
- ↑ DomainTools integrated into Google
- ↑ DomainTools acquired by TCI
- ↑ "Google Ending AdSense For Domain Tasting".
- ↑ DomainRoundtable Conference Converage, accessed August 10, 2007
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny65q91nngM Youtube Interview
- ↑ Conference Review on DNjournal.com
- ↑ Founders Coop
- ↑ "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)".