Domain Name Wire Podcast

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...