We asked Mike Mann 10 questions

[Theo]

His off-the-cuff answers can be found here.

 

[George Verdugo]

His off-the-cuff answers can be found here.

Nice interview Arco!!! Mike Mann is the coolest approachable guy i know!!

 

[David G]

The main issue I have been wondering about for a long time is a question he should have been asked, which is how in the world did Mike Mann manage to register all those high value single word .co names (a number of which I understand he later sold for 5 figures each)?

I heard he discovered a way to get them by filing for trademarks on them in a foreign nation before the landrush to grab them but not positive if correct.

 

[katherine]

One trick was to own the .com.co. When a TLD is opened up to second level registrations, the third-level holders normally have priority.
Recent examples: .cr .pe