CarDomain Network was founded in 1998 by Alex Algard and Simon Han and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
The company started as SoundDomain.com, which featured a mobile electronics forum and community functionality allowing users to show off their car stereo installations.
[3] "Seattle startup CarDomain, a social-networking site for auto enthusiasts, cut 16 jobs (about half its staff) on November 18, 2008.
“Although we are growing overall traffic and member engagement year-on-year, the economy and the automotive industry have taken a significant turn for the worse, leading to very pessimistic industry projections of advertising budgets and a protracted recovery period,” said CEO Rajan Krishnamurty, in a statement to TechFlash.
[5][6][7] In 2012 CarDomain was sold to Source Interlink Media, a company that owns a number of other car-oriented publications.