F.A.Q.
What is Domain Share Trading?
DST is a project aiming to develop a portfolio of websites owned by a community of members and managed by a central administration.
Each domain in the portfolio is subdivided into 100 parts (shares) and each share is owned by a single member.
A member must own at least one share. Members can own many shares either on a single domain or spread among several domains.
Operational and administrative costs, domain renewal fees and common advertising costs are supported by a fixed percentage of the monthly revenues generated by the domains in the portfolio. Members earn a proportional monthly revenue of the shares they own. Website administrators earn an adittional monthly revenue proportional to the net result of the domain they manage.
Each domain in the porfolio is given a nominal value expressed in U$S. If an investor is interested in buying the domain he must pay
this value plus a commission. If a domain is sold the owners of the domain shares cash their proportional share.
Members can trade their shares at any time as long as the domain remains in the portfolio.
Who is the registrant of the domains in the portfolio?
DST representatives are the only authorized registrants. If a member owns a domain and wants to add it to our portfolio he must transfer the domain to DST. Having done so he becomes the owner of 100 shares of that domain.
Why should I join DST?
If you are starting in domain business you are likely to lose money unless you know what you are doing.
Only a small percentage of domain names registered develop into real business.
DTS means essentially risk mitigation via a shared portfolio approach.
You can get free shares while they last. Or you can buy shares for a reduced price to their owners while the domains are under development. Administrators will reward you with additional shares if promote any of the domains.
“DST representatives are the only authorized registrants. If a member owns a domain and wants to add it to our portfolio he must transfer the domain to DST. Having done so he becomes the owner of 100 shares of that domain.”
This sounds like a bad idea, I would never transfer a domain I owned to someone else who promised that they would give me 100% ownership of it, through them. What happens if this site fails? Do you just sell OUR domains? Or would you transfer them back? What are our guarantees that you aren’t just going to take the domain and sell it?
Thank you for the comment. You are right. I would never transfer my domain based on a promise, but what if my domain has been idle for a year in SEDO’s parking and I got no offers. What do I have to lose in that case? I will get at least some visitors. Anyway I’m not really trying to convince you to share your domains. I’m inviting you to share my own domains and help me to develop them. I have not stated a membership fee, I’m not asking you for money. I’m taking almost all the risk and the cost (mainly countless hours of work). So please let me ask you now: does it still sound so bad?
Sorry for the delay answering, but I’ve been getting tons of spam comments and I wasn’t able to dedicate enough time to admin tasks during the holidays.