Domain Name Wire Podcast

Michael Cyger and Monte Cahn preview the action in Austin this week. This week the domain name industry will converge in Austin, Texas for NamesCon 2020. To preview the action, I talk to Michael Cyger of DNAcademy about which panels he’s attending. Then, I speak to Monte Cahn about the live domain name auction taking […] Post link: NamesCon preview – DNW Podcast #270 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. Thi...

Nikul Sanghvi struggled to get a foothold in domain investing until a big sale in 2015. A domain investor’s journey is often filled with ups and downs. On today’s show, you’ll hear Nikul Sanghvi’s story. He was selling vinyl records online and living with his parents when he got bogged down by carrying so much […] Post link: From selling vinyl to selling domain names – DNW Podcast #269 © DomainNam...

Amanda Waltz and Jeffrey Gabriel discuss their new venture and what is happening in the domain market. Domain name brokers Amanda Waltz and Jeffrey Gabriel have teamed up to form Saw.com. On today’s show, the two discuss what brought them to this point and their decision to start a new brokerage firm. They also explain […] Post link: Saw.com – DNW Podcast #268 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is co...

Here’s what you need on your domain sales landers, according to someone who’s been helping domainers created them since 2006. My guest this week is kind of the OG of domain name sales landers. Tom Klosowski created a script back in 2006 that let domain investors create their own marketplaces and ‘for sale’ landing pages. […] Post link: The domain sales lander OG – DNW Podcast #267 © DomainNameWire...

Hear predictions about the next year in the domain industry. This week you’ll get predictions for 15 people (including me) about what to expect in the domain name industry next year. I also asked people what their biggest surprise was during 2019. It’s a great way to close out the year. Happy new year! Sponsor: […] Post link: 2020 Domain Industry Predictions – DNW Podcast #266 © DomainNameWire.com...

How to get a response in a domain inquiry. Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja is back on the show today, and I promise you’re going to get a ton of ideas from this show. Bill spends his days helping companies buy domains, and today he talks about his strategy for identifying the right person at […] Post link: Sending out the Bat-signal – DNW Podcast #265 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted con...

Let’s check in on predictions made a year ago. 2019 is coming to a close. A year ago, 18 people made predictions about what would happen in the domain industry this year. Who was right and who was wrong? You’ll find out this week when you listen to the predictions people made at the end […] Post link: Who has a crystal ball – DNW Podcast #264 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content....

An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sales volume, how to optimize sales and what it’s like running a business that caters to […] Post link: Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This i...

A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domains in his first six months. At the time, 95% of […] Post link: James Booth – DNW Podcast #262 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content....

Soeren von Varchmin talks about the domain investing community’s big conference in January. I spent last week in Montreal at the ICANN meeting. While there, I sat down with NamesCon CEO Soeren von Varchmin to talk about January’s conference. After many years in Las Vegas, NamesCon is moving to Austin. Soeren explains why it’s moving […] Post link: What to expect at NamesCon 2020 – DNW Podcast #261...

Investing in domains and building them out. Some people are good domain name investors. Others are good site developers. Richard Lau and James Morfopoulos are a rare breed; they are both good domain investors and site developers. They built up Resume.com and sold it to Indeed. Now they are creating Logo.com. Hear what they have […] Post link: Richard Lau and James Morfopoulos – DNW Podcast #260 ©...

What GoDaddy is doing to help you sell more domains. Two weeks ago, Shane Cultra and I discussed improvements we want GoDaddy to make. On today’s show, GoDaddy VP of Aftermarket Paul Nicks comes on the show to discuss some of the fixes and improvements the company is making. We also talk about the future […] Post link: Paul Nicks talks GoDaddy Aftermarket – DNW Podcast #259 © DomainNameWire.com 20...

How to leverage the search engine value of expired domains. Building links and authority for a new website is hard but there’s a way to skip a lot of the work. Today’s guest, Sean Markey, explains how to find expired domains and turn them into websites to leverage their search value. Also: Scratch.org finally resolve, […] Post link: SEO from Expired Domains – DNW Podcast #258 © DomainNameWire.com...

A discussion about GoDaddy and how to improve it. GoDaddy has made many improvements to its domain platform. What more can it do to make the experience better for domain investors going forward? On today’s show, Shane Cultra and I discuss some ideas for the company that dominates the domain name aftermarket. Also: Pablo Escobar, […] Post link: Improving GoDaddy – DNW Podcast #257 © DomainNameWire....

Zak Muscovitch talks about how ICANN went wrong. Internet Commerce Association general counsel Zak Muscovitch comes on the show to talk about ICANN’s misstep on recent contract renewals and how it could impact domain name registrants. What can be done to prevent this from happening in the future? Also: Netflix, ageism, reverse domain hijacking, domain […] Post link: ICANN drops the ball – DNW Podc...

Can ID4ME boost both privacy and domain names? This week I talk with Katja Speck and Tom Keller about ID4Me. Katja is the managing director of ID4Me, and Tom Keller is a board member whose day job is Head of Domains at 1&1 Ionos. The best way to think of ID4ME is an easy way […] Post link: ID4ME and Domains – DNW Podcast #255 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire...

5 small business owners give the story of their domain names. Why do small business owners register the domain names that they choose? On today’s show we’ll talk to five business founders, most of them solopreneurs, about the domains they picked and how they selected them: 7-time Guinness World Record holding Juggler Niels Duinker, who […] Post link: The domain end user episode – DNW Podcast #254...

Why Donuts is repricing many of its premium domains. This week I talk with Matt Overman, the SVP of sales at Donuts, the company that offers 242 domains in new extensions such as .money and .expert. Matt explains why the company is reducing the price on over 1 million new top level domains that are […] Post link: Matt Overman on new TLDs – DNW Podcast #253 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyri...

How this startup acquired its ideal domain name. Woven CEO Tim Campos comes on the show this week to talk about his company acquiring the domain name Woven.com. Campos is the former CIO of Facebook and is internet savvy, but he still found immense value in hiring a broker to acquire the domain. He discusses […] Post link: Buying Woven.com with Tim Campos – DNW Podcast #252 © DomainNameWire.com 202...

Domain investor Mark Levine drops some knowledge on this week’s podcast. Domain investor Mark Levin returns to the Domain Name Wire Podcast to talk about how he’s investing in 2019 and his results. The year is only 8 months old, but he’s already smashed last year’s sales total. Today, he explains: what he’s buying, how […] Post link: Mark Levine Returns – DNW Podcast #251 © DomainNameWire.com 2026...

Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting the new .org contract. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) fights for the civil liberties, free speech and privacy on the internet. The non-profit is vocal about domain name policy, and it’s latest salvo is over the new .Org contract ICANN signed. While others focus on the removal of price caps, […] Post link: EFF on domains and .org contract – DNW P...

The story behind one man’s expensive battle to keep his domain name. Jeffrey Black registered IMI.com in 1994. Over two decades later he found himself in court spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to prove that he wasn’t cybersquatting on a concrete company’s brand by registering the domain. On today’s show, Black’s attorney Mike […] Post link: Fighting for IMI.com – DNW Podcast #249 ©...

Sandeep Ramchandani returns to the program to discuss the top level domain market. Radix CEO Sandeep Ramchandani discusses the current state of new top level domain names from his perspective. We discuss how much premium domains should cost, if domains under management is the right metric, switching costs of domains, and much more. It’s an […] Post link: A new TLD update with Sandeep Ramchandani –...

How Matthias Conrad views the domain aftermarket so far. Matthias Conrad joined Sedo as its new CEO at the beginning of the year. On this show, Matthias talks about his impression of the domain aftermarket—and Sedo—after about half a year on the job. Conrad explains how he thinks Sedo can improve, what the aftermarket needs […] Post link: Sedo CEO Matthias Conrad – DNW Podcast #247 © DomainNameWir...

A step-by-step walkthrough of how to leverage podcast guest appearances to grow your audience. Want to grow your audience and business? One of the hottest things to do right now is to be a guest on podcasts. On today’s show, I’ll explain step-by-step how to leverage podcasts. This is a great opportunity for domain name […] Post link: Grow your business with podcasts – DNW Podcast #246 © DomainName...