FEATURES ARCHIVE

In the world of watches, it is the ultimate luxury: not one or two watches, but an entire collection of timepieces. In the world of collector Frank Schilling, this luxury is a reality. This June, we present an impeccably curated group of 31 watches from the jet-setting businessman’s private collection. Steeped in both quality and quantity, Schilling’s collection represents a true connoisseur’s dream – a different watch for every day of the month.

About Frank Schilling
At the young age of 38 Frank Schilling has taken the domain business by storm with the founding and success of his Cayman Islands based company, Name Administration Inc. He entered the business in earnest in 2002 when many believed that profit from domain names had been exhausted. He details his work, his life and his views on his popular Seven Mile Blog.

Schilling was born in the small town of Teubingen, Germany and his family moved to Canada in 1971. After graduating from high school he enrolled after a few years in film school in Vancouver, following on a love of television and video. After a brief stint in Los Angeles, where he tried his hand at screenwriting, Schilling returned home to Canada. His working career started with selling real estate and building houses. Through this line of work he met his wife, Michele and the two married in 1996.

Four years later Frank Schilling first encountered the business of domain names in 2000 when reading an article in the local paper. He was intrigued and his life changed when he rolled his real estate related grubstake into the cyber real estate of domain names. Schilling began to earn revenue from affiliates 24 hours a day by placing their links on his landing pages. After the .com bubble burst in 2000, the opportunity then arose to buy “good” domain names that had previously been too pricey and were now often abandoned. Schilling gambled and won. Working with dogged determination he acquired over a quarter of a million domains such as CrosswordPuzzles.com, PersonalLoans.com and Internship.com. Today he is the name in the domain business and maintains one of the best privately owned domain name portfolios in the world.