Domain Name Wire Podcast

Learn what this domain investor is doing to buy and sell domain names. Like many domain investors, Steven Kaziyev was introduced to domain names while researching names for his non-domain business. Now he owns a strong portfolio of thousands of domains across mortgage, real estate, generics, brandables and other categories. Steve discusses how he acquires […] Post link: Domain investor Steve Kaziy...

Is it too late to start investing domain domains? Alan Dunn doesn’t think so. Alan Dunn of NameCorp argues that it’s never too late to get into domain investing and explains why he thinks just 5% of domain names matter. This is a great episode for both new and old domain investors. Also: Elon Musk […] Post link: It’s Never Too Late to Invest in Domains – DNW Podcast #144 © DomainNameWire.com 2026....

How one domain investor figured out an ideal way to review web hosts. Kevin Ohashi lives the “digital nomad” life. We got connected through his activities in the domain investing world, but today we discuss his venture Review Signal, a site that uses sentiment analysis of tweets to figure out which web hosts are best. […] Post link: Using Twitter to Review Web Hosts – DNW Podcast #143 © DomainName...

What the Rightside-Donuts tie up says about the state of new top level domain names. This week I delve into Donuts’ acquisition of Rightside and discuss what it says about the current state of new top level domains. I also run through a bunch of reverse domain name hijacking cases including Rick Schwartz’s RDNH win […] Post link: State of the Domain Business – DNW Podcast #142 © DomainNameWire.com...

How a bootstrapped domain name registrar attracted a loyal following. What’s it like bootstrapping a domain name registrar for 15 years? Find out today as we talk with Todd Han, CEO of Dynadot. The mid-sized registrar has had to grow organically while battling a maze of regulation, but it has found a loyal following. There […] Post link: Dynadot CEO Todd Han – DNW Podcast #141 © DomainNameWire.com...

A discussion with Mark Calandra of CSC about how brands look at domain names. Today we talk with Mark Calandra, General Manager of CSC Digital Brand Services. The 100+ year-old-company is a big player in corporate domain name management. We discuss how companies are reacting to new top level domains, why it’s taking a while […] Post link: Big brands and domains – DNW Podcast #140 © DomainNameWire....

How Divyank Turakhia built an ad tech powerhouse. Divyank Turakhia made his initial fortune in domain names and webhosting. He then turned to the online advertising market with Media.net, a company he sold last year for $900 million. This week, the young billionaire discusses how he broke into the crowded ad tech market to create […] Post link: From zero to a $1 billion with Divyank Turakhia – DNW...

Lessons about business from working at a B-movie studio. What can you learn from the cult classic The Toxic Avenger? This week Jeff Sass, who cut his teeth in the movie business at Troma Studios, talks about the business and marketing lessons he learned while working for the studio known for creating B-movies including The […] Post link: The Toxic Avenger – DNW Podcast #138 © DomainNameWire.com 20...

A unique service using blockchain wants to help companies prove their rights in common law trademarks. Is the blockchain the answer to proving common law use of trademarks? Bennett Collen, founder of Cognate, is banking on it. Billed as a “common law trademark registry”, it will be interesting to see if Cognate can assist people […] Post link: Blockchain and Common Law Trademarks – DNW Podcast #13...

Meet a guy who has sold a half million worth of ccTLDs last year. Is it too late to get into domain investing? Nope. This week’s guest is another example of someone who got in late and found a successful niche. Mike Carson sold about a half million dollars worth of domains last year. Combined […] Post link: Making money with ccTLDs – DNW Podcast #136 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted...

Get more inbound leads with these tips. Bill Sweetman’s job is to help people buy domain names. He’s also been on the other side of the fence trying to sell domains. Learn how a domain buyer broker thinks in this episode as he explains how to boost the number of inbound leads you get for […] Post link: Boost your domain sales chances – DNW Podcast #135 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighte...

Listen to an entrepreneur explain why he paid $40,000 to upgrade his domain name. Domain name sellers need to understand how companies looking for domain names think. Today we talk with Christopher Gimmer, founder of Snappa, a company that just paid $40,000 to buy the domain Snappa.com after using Snappa.io for a couple years. Listen […] Post link: How End User Domain Buyers Think – DNW Podcast #1...

Blogger Kevin Murphy discusses new top level domain names and more. Kevin Murphy blogs about the domain name business, but not as a domain investor. The DomainIncite author comes on today’s show to give his thoughts on the state of new top level domain names and their future, plus we discuss the new whois proxy […] Post link: Talking domains with Kevin Murphy – DNW Podcast #133 © DomainNameWire.co...

Is the brandable domain name market and opportunity for you? Michael Krell, managing director of BrandBucket, discusses how to make money with brandable domain names. Understand the market for these domains, the prices, sell-through rates and more. Also: DXC Technology and a rundown of upcoming domain meetups and conferences. Subscribe via iTunes to listen to […] Post link: Making money with brand...

One market for domain names is very strong but the other is lackluster This week we chat with domain name broker Andrew Rosener of Media Options about the domain name market. He says it’s a very bifurcated market, with different results in the end user and investor markets. Andrew also discusses the challenge of premium […] Post link: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – DNW Podca...

Learn from this company’s mistakes coming up with a company name and domain name. Naming your company and finding the right domain name can by tricky. Do it wrong and you’ll end up going through the expense of a rebrand. Willy Ogorzaly knows this well because his company has been through it–twice! He explains what […] Post link: Naming a Business – DNW Podcast #130 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This...

How will the Internet of Things impact domain names? This week I talk with my wife and Internet of Things expert Stacey Higginbotham about what the Internet of Things is and what it may mean for domain names. She also discusses her perspective on domain names as a technology journalist. Also: Tucows, people moves and […] Post link: The Internet of Things – DNW Podcast #129 © DomainNameWire.com 202...

Here are some of the issues domainers need to be aware of. What do domainers need to look out for? This week we chat with Internet Commerce Association board member Zak Muscovitch about the issues facing domainers that the association is working on, including UDRP reform, “copyright UDRP” and more. Also: price hike fallout, a […] Post link: What you need to know from ICA – DNW Podcast #128 © Domai...

Schilling explains why he decided to increase prices on some of Uniregistry’s TLDs. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry created an uproar last week when news leaked that the company was preparing to drastically increase the cost of some of its domains as much as 30x. What does this mean about the health of new TLDs? What does […] Post link: Frank Schilling explains price hike – DNW Podcast #127 © Domain...

Why the thick Thai menu of domain names doesn’t work. Are we selling domain names to customers the right way? On today’s show, Francesco Cetraro of .Cloud discusses the process of getting a domain name from the end user’s perspective, comparing it to presenting a thick menu at a Thai restaurant to someone who has […] Post link: In the .Clouds w/ Francesco Cetraro DNW Podcast #126 © DomainNameWire....

Understand the current state of the dropcatching market. Tan Tran runs one of the three biggest pending delete drop catching services, Pheenix, as well as expired domain discovery service FreshDrop (enter coupon ‘pheenix’ to get FreshDrop for $8/month). On today’s program, he explains the domain backordering process and why the cost of catching expired domains […] Post link: Expired domain names w...

Jeff Gabriel gives specific tips and strategies for selling more domain names. Jeff Gabriel knows how to sell domain names. He broke into the industry as a domain broker and now runs sales as VP at Uniregistry. Jeff gives tips for how to price your domains and respond to inquiries for maximum sales results. He […] Post link: Sell more domain names! – DNW Podcast #124 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. Thi...

How to make money from emails sent to your domain names. Domainers already monetize web traffic to their domain names. But what about email sent to their parked domains? Today’s guest, Greg Kraios, runs an email analytics company that will pay you to send your email traffic to its new Mailbox Park platform. Also, lots […] Post link: Monetize Your Email – DNW Podcast #123 © DomainNameWire.com 2026....

Understand what bots are and what to do about them. Has your website ever been attacked by nefarious bots? Bots do everything from scrape data to try password combos to hack into websites. Edward Roberts works for Distil Networks, a company that fights back against these bots. Learn more about the types of bad bots, […] Post link: Battling the Bots – DNW Podcast #122 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. Thi...

A recap from NamesCon plus Roland LaPlante of Afilias. This week I have a wide-ranging discussion with Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias. We discuss new top level domain names and why Afilias’ past experience with launching TLDs made its expectations for the current round more realistic. We also chat about increased competition for […] Post link: Roland LaPlante and NamesCon reca...