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| industry = Internet
| industry = Internet
| founded = 2004
| founded = 2004
| founders = Bob Martin & Mark Ortrofsky
| founders = Bob Martin & Mark Ostrofsky
| ownership =
| ownership =
| headquarters = 1177 West Loop South, Suite 1300 <br>
| headquarters = 1177 West Loop South, Suite 1300 <br>
| linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/internet-reit Internet REIT]
| linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/internet-reit Internet REIT]
| twitter =
| twitter =
| keypeople = [[Bob Hurtte]], Chief Executive Officer ,br>
| keypeople = [[Bob Hurtte]], Chief Executive Officer <br>
[[Craig Snyder]], President and Director <br>
[[Craig Snyder]], President and Director <br>
Drake Harvey, Chief Technology Officer<br>
Drake Harvey, Chief Technology Officer<br>
Lisa Box, VP Domain Sales
Lisa Box, VP Domain Sales
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'''Internet REIT''' is an internet company that owns, manages and sells domain names. It's specialties include reseller management, client relations, sales reporting, quality assurance testing, customer management, salesforce.com administration, data Analysis, and marketing Fulfillment.Internet REIT's main office is located in Houston Texas.
'''Internet REIT''' is a next-generation media company that owns, manages and sells premier domain names. It's specialties include reseller management, client relations, sales reporting, quality assurance testing, customer management, salesforce.com administration, data Analysis, and marketing Fulfillment.Internet REIT's main office is located in Houston Texas.
==Background==
==Background==
[[Bob Martin]] and [[Mark Ortrofsky]] co-founded Internet REIT in 2004 to acquire prime internet domain names and and web properties for sale to advertisers.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/10/02/daily41.html bizjournals.com]</ref>
[[Bob Martin]] and [[Marc Ostrofsky]] co-founded Internet REIT in 2004 to acquire prime internet domain names and and web properties for sale to advertisers.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/10/02/daily41.html bizjournals.com]</ref> The company received its initial outside financing from Jacobson Family Investments Inc. in 2005<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/05/22/story1.html REIT nets big names]</ref>
In 2006,Internet REIT also acquired the portal and major portions of the domain portfolio of Knoxville-based Netster.com and Howard Schultz.Howard Schultz.received $20 million investment from '''Maveron LLC''', a Seattle venture capital firm chaired by chaired by Howard Schultz; Perot Investments Inc.,a Dallas investment company owned by Ross Perot and Breco Holdings Inc., owned by Alfredo Brener.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/05/22/story1.html REIT nets big names]</ref>
==Ownership of Mispelled Domain Names==
Internet REIT owns 30 misspelled names of [[Google]] and its product names <ref>[http://kesmodel.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/ireit-owns-typo-domain-names-related-to-google/ iREIT Owns “Typo” Domain Names]</ref> as well as typo-error Verizon domain names.
In 2007, [[Verizon Wireless]] filed a [[cybersquatting]] law suit against Internet REIT alleging that the company has profited from its more than 90 domain names with typographical errors of Verizon Wireless trademarks.In addition Verizon asked for $ 100,000 statutory damages per domain name.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/04/23/story4.html Cybersquatting law suit]</ref>
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