Domain Name Wire Podcast

Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases on behalf of clients, and he gives the details on today’s […] Post link: Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer...

Will the importance of domain names decline in the future? Will AI, voice-activated devices and non-visual web browsers reduce the importance of great domains in the future? Frank Schilling comes on the show this week to respond to my prediction for the future and discuss what he thinks the drivers of domain growth and importance […] Post link: The Future of Domains w/ Frank Schilling – DNW Podcas...

A look back at the stories and podcasts that caught fire last year. I spent last week at CES in Las Vegas, so the podcast this week will be brief and in a different format than usual. On this week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast I reveal the top 5 most-downloaded podcasts of 2016, as well […] Post link: 2016 in Review – DNW Podcast #118 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Nam...

Views on the domain industry from someone with 21 years’ experience. Monte Cahn has been in the domain name business for 21 years. On today’s show he discusses what he sees happening with both new TLDs and .com, as well has his upcoming auction during NamesCon. Also: Oversee.net and more Chinese approvals. Subscribe via iTunes […] Post link: Monte Cahn – DNW Podcast #117 © DomainNameWire.com 2026....

Hear predictions for 2017 from 15 people in the domain business. It’s the annual Domain Name Wire Podcast Predictions episode! Hear predictions from 15 people in the domain name industry about what they think is in store for 2017. This year’s podcast includes yours truly plus: Sedo, PIR, NameNinja, DotTBA, Neustar, GGRG.com, InterNetX, .Club, Payoneer, […] Post link: 2017 Predictions – DNW Podcast...

A discussion about domain names and website builders. Chris Sheridan has been in the domain name business since the late 90s and is now head of channel sales for Weebly. On today’s show, he gives his opinion on what’s going on in the domain business, and then we’ll talk about the domain-centric vs. web presence-centric […] Post link: Chris Sheridan – DNW Podcast #115 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. Thi...

Understanding the webhosting business and GoDaddy’s $1.8 billion acquisition. The domain name and webhosting businesses are tightly intertwined. This week, TheWHIR editor-in-chief Nicole Henderson comes on the show to talk about GoDaddy’s acquisition of Host Europe Group, explain what’s going on in the hosting business, and discuss which comes first — the domain or the […] Post link: Nicole Hender...

The inside story of how Bill Sweetman recovered Oliver Stone’s domain name When Oliver Stone’s domain name expired recently, Name Ninja Bill Sweetman came to the rescue. He bought OliverStone.com on NameJet and returned it to the movie producer. Hear the story on today’s podcast. Plus: domain transfers, .web and .at. New: Listen to the […] Post link: Saving Oliver Stone’s Domain Name – DNW Podcast...

Jamie Zoch discusses corporate domain name strategies and how you can profit from them. Do big companies get it when it comes to domain names? Jamie Zoch closely tracks company domain name registrations and works with them to buy and sell domain names. On today’s podcast, Jamie discusses the mistakes they make and how you […] Post link: Big companies and domain names – DNW Podcast #112 © DomainNam...

What you need to know–and do–about ICANN’s new transfer policy. This is an important episode for all domain name investors. A new domain name transfer policy goes into effect on December 1, and it applies to domain pushes. If you don’t want your domains to be locked for 60 days, you should listen to what […] Post link: New Domain Transfer Policy – DNW Podcast #111 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This i...

Learn how Fred Mercaldo built Scottsdale.com into a revenue-generating machine, and how he plans to be able to do the same thing for your city domain name. Fred Mercaldo built Scottsdale.com into a nearly $1 million-a-year business. His company City Brand Media is building out hundreds of other city.com domain names into fully functioning websites. […] Post link: Building Geo Domain Names – DNW Po...

Can you still make money with short domain names? Shane Cultra has had his share of successes and failures in the domain name business. On today’s show, Shane gives his assessment of how you can still make money with short domain names and his public mistake with .Ws. Also: Botched defensive domain name registrations, an […] Post link: Chips, mistakes and opportunities with Shane Cultra – DNW Podc...

This episode is dedicated to the life of Lonnie Borck. Lonnie Borck, a colorful and well-known domain name investor, passed away earlier this month at age 47. This special episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast is dedicated to Lonnie and the many lives he touched. We hear from Elliot Silver, who recalls the time […] Post link: Remembering Lonnie Borck – DNW Podcast #108 © DomainNameWire.com 2026....

Learn how to drive traffic to your website with free publicity. You’ve developed one of your domain names into a website, but how do you get traffic for it? Today’s guest has lots of experience driving traffic to his web business, and he hasn’t paid a dime to do it. Josh Elledge, founder of SavingsAngel […] Post link: How to get free publicity for your website – DNW Podcast #107 © DomainNameWire.c...

How this veteran domainer is making money in today’s market. Page Howe is best known for his $1 million+ sales of Seniors.com and Guys.com. But he says those were anomalies; his domain business is a lot like yours and mine. He focuses on selling domains to end users for four figures and domainers at wholesale […] Post link: How Page Howe is making money with domains – DNW Podcast #106 © DomainName...

Bob Mountain outlines tweaks to your selling strategy that will help you sell more domain names. Bob Mountain, Chief Revenue Officer of Afternic, reveals insight derived from data on millions of domain names that will help you sell more domains. From how to list your domains for sale, pricing insights and key elements of your […] Post link: Selling more domain names (with Bob Mountain) – DNW Podca...

Phil Corwin explains what’s going on at ICANN that domainers need to be aware of. What’s going on at ICANN that could affect domain name investors and .com prices? Phil Corwin is founder of the law firm VirtuaLaw, counsel to the Internet Commerce Association and co-chairs some ICANN working groups. On today’s show he discusses […] Post link: Risks ahead for domain name owners? – DNW Podcast #104 ©...

Why Russia and China aren’t about to take over the internet. The U.S. is “giving away the internet”? Hardly. On today’s show, journalist Kieren McCarthy explains what the U.S. government plans to do with its role in the internet at the end of this month, why it will not affect free speech, and why we […] Post link: Kieren McCarthy explains the “internet handover” – DNW Podcast #103 © DomainNameWir...

How GMO plans to make its big investment in .shop pay off. GMO Registry paid $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. How will it make its money back? CEO Hiro Tsukahara discusses why he believes the price was justified and reveals some major sales that have already occurred. He also explains why […] Post link: Hiro Tsukahara – DNW Podcast #102 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrigh...

Everything you need to know about SSL (including why it is important). Google is giving some ranking juice to sites that are secured with SSL, but what exactly is SSL and why should the domain name industry care about it? Today I talk with SSL expert Kevin Johnson from The SSL Store to get a […] Post link: All about SSL – DNW Podcast #101 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Dom...

Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the domain name system, visits with DNW in its 100th podcast. This week we’re celebrating 100 episodes of the DNW podcast, and what better way to do it than have Paul Mockapetris as our guest. Paul invented the domain name system back in the 80s. On this episode, he talks about […] Post link: Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the DNS – DNW Podcast #100 © DomainNameWire.co...

Ray King returns to discuss how he’s marketing his TLDs. Ray King has a long history in domain names, and is now working hard to promote three top level domain names his company Top Level Design owns. Learn about how he’s getting people at tradeshows to register domains on the spot, and other approaches he’s […] Post link: Ray King on Marketing Domain Names – DNW Podcast #99 © DomainNameWire.com 2...

Escrow.com GM Jackson Elsegood provides data on the domain name market and explains how the company is improving customer service response times. This week: Escrow.com GM Jackson Elsegood shares data about how the domain name market is shaping up in 2016 (it’s a mixed bag), and also explains what the company is doing to improve […] Post link: Jackson Elsegood on Escrow.com – DNW Podcast #98 © Doma...

Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales this summer and what he predicts for the future. Also: Rightside, Donuts, StartingDot news. New: Listen to the […] Post link: Frank Schilling returns – DNW...

One TLD is flying under the radar but generating a ton of revenue. Today we talk about one of the biggest new top level domain name success stories, and I’m willing to bet you’ve never heard about this top level domain before. Ken Hansen will tell you about a domain that has generated a staggering […] Post link: The most successful new domain? with Ken Hansen – DNW Podcast #96 © DomainNameWire.com...