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recounting
some of their amazing success stories,
the publication took off in a way I had never
imagined. As the buzz about DNJournal grew
advertisers started contacting me to buy
banners. As their support grew I was able to
devote more and more time to the publication and
within three years DNJournal was taking just
about all of my time. I'm
still amazed how everything transpired,
especially since I had no sales department (and
still don't - I have never asked anyone to
advertise on this site - every DNJournal
advertiser asked to be here and if it were not
for them I could never have spent the time I
have spent writing about this unique and
wonderful business). I
will share the full history of DNJournal in a
10th anniversary Cover Story later this month.
In the meantime, I thought it would be fun over
the next couple of weeks to share some of the
approximately 100,000 photos we have shot over
the years. That photo library provides a
remarkable visual history of our industry
and shows how much the business has grown
and how gracefully we have all aged over
the past decade. :-) 
A
scene from the first major domain
conference - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2004
in Delray Beach, Florida (October
2004). The
advent of major domain shows in 2004,
started by Rick Schwartz and Howard
Neu's T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
conference, created the central gathering
places that allowed me to capture so many
industry faces, places and events. 
T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Co-Founders Rick Schwartz (far left) and Howard
Neu (far right) with the first Domainer
of the Year Award Winner, Richard Lau (2nd
from left) and domain attorney John Berryhill
(3rd from left) at the ground-breaking 2004
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Florida. Domain
shows were also accompaniied by the first live domain
auctions - events that would produce as much
as $10 million in sales in a single
day as happened at the 2007
T..R.A.F.F.I.C. New York show.
However, domain auctions had a much humbler
beginning as you can see in the photo below from
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2004.
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