CarDomain

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CarDomain Network, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	Seattle, Washington (Sep 21, 1998)
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Key people	Alex Algard, Founder and CEO
Industry	Internet
Products	Online community, Electronic commerce
Website	www.cardomain.com

CarDomain.com is an online community site for car enthusiasts. Users can create profiles of their cars including pictures and write-ups, view the work of others, and create social network profiles.

"At the end of 2004, the company had revenue of $13.3 million, and now has 70 employees and 1.5 million registered users".^[1]

[edit] History

CarDomain Network was founded in 1998 by Alex Algard and Simon Han and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company bootstrapped in its early years and never took on outside funding. It is one of a few companies to emerge successfully out of the dot-com bubble as a thriving company.

The company started as SoundDomain.com, which featured a mobile electronics forum and community functionality allowing users to show off their car stereo installations. As the site matured, additional features were added and, eventually, the vehicle profiles were rebranded as CarDomain. Recently, CarDomain has added video upload and user-run groups. ^[2]