Domain Name Wire Podcast

How has peer-to-peer lending driven the Chinese domain name market craze? Can you trust domain name auction results in China? What's real name verification all about? Simon Cousins and Raymond Li of Allegrativa answer these questions and more on today's Domain Name Wire Podcast. Also: .Web shocker.

James Booth had a bit of an "in" when he got into the domain name business. His brother Andy Booth is a very successful domain name investor. Still, James' early success brokering domains has been phenomenal: about $5 million in domains in the past six months. Based in the Philippines, he's had lots of success selling to the Chinese. On today's program he discusses what's happend to the value of t...

NamesCon co-founder Jothan Frakes explains changes being made to January's upcoming NamesCon conference. He also discusses NamesCon Hong Kong, which takes place in Hong Kong in August.

Rob Monster is CEO of domain name registrar Epik and Digital Town. Rob explains how his company is carving a niche for itself in the domain business and handles a high volume of domain name lease transactions. He also explains why Digital Town registered 11,000 .city domain names.

Matt Mullenweg is the CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. WordPress now powers over 25% of the web. On today's show, Matt will discuss the upcoming launch of the .blog top level domain and how you can get in the door early. I also asked Matt about if the importance of domain names is waning in light of apps and other platforms. Also: .Co auction, Donuts' offer and IANA transition.

Colin Campbell's .club generated $7 million in sales of new TLDs last year, but lost $1 million. What does this mean for .club and for other TLDs? How much do you have to invest in marketing to make a domain viable? Colin never evades questions, and this is a great interview. Also: lots of lawsuits, Neustar to split in two, Enom's new site and Hillary uses a .biz.

Leasing a domain or giving an option to buy a domain is a good way to close a domain name transaction when the buyer can't pay for it up front. This week, domain attorney Zac Muscovitch explains how to structure these deals, the due diligence you need to undertake, and pitfalls to avoid. Also: Domain King not universal, a new way to showcase your domains, IDN domain investors can't catch a break,...

Dominion Enterprises understands the value of a good domain: it owns Boats.com. Now the company is launching new top level domains, including .boats, .yachts, .homes, .autos and .motorcycles. But not just anyone can register these domains. On today's show, Jim Schrand of Dominion discusses why the domains are restricted and how the company plans to make them successful. Also: Internet transition,...

Kate Buckley just brokered the sale of Rate.com for $725,000. In this episode she explains her process for selling a domain name, which should help you when you try to sell a valuable domain name. Also: cheap domains, GoDaddy CMO change and new top level domains.

Domain name investor Adam Strong talks about his 7-figure flip, NameBio.com data for new TLDs and China, and the challenges of operating a business.

Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu discusses how he thinks the company can grow its registry revenue from 8M a year to $50 million+ within a few years, improvements at eNom and the concept of premium domains in new TLDs. Also: .VIP, Donuts, ICANN goes to India and more.

This week I reveal 10 awesome web tools that I use including services to: manage email lists, create ecommerce sites, collaborate with teams, create wireframes, monitor site stats, create landing pages and more.

What do domain investors and domain developers need to know about trademarks and copyrights? Daliah Saper of Saper Law gives a quick crash course today. I consider myself well-versed in this topic, but I learned quite a bit. also: a long wait for more top level domains, GoDaddy earnings, Donuts Labs, say goodbye to .gb, and Mrs. Jones wants to go to Washington.

The domain name investing community was upset last week when DomainTools announced big changes to its subscription plans, raising prices and limiting searches. On this week's episode, DomainTools CEO Tim Chen explains the evolution of his company and why it made this move, and what this means for domain investors. Also: Verisign news, MMX update, GoDaddy's patents, .brands and more.

Craig Schwartz, formerly with ICANN, is managing director of fTLD. Unlike other new top level doman name companies, it was set up by industry associations to run the .bank and .insurance domain names for the benefit of the industry. Craig discusses this approach and its success so far, and also gives his opinion on the state of new top level domains. Also: Vegas in October?, China this summer, new...

Can Codemology bring together owners of premium domain names with developers and investors? Learn about Ryan Colby's vision on today's epsidoe. Colby, a domain name broker, also discusses the state of the aftermarket and demand from China. Also: Expired domain hookup, Squarespace gets into domains, UDRP mayhem and chatbots are trending.

Ben Crawford, CEO of publicly traded CentralNic, discusses his company's past and its plans for the future. The company has acquired two domain name registrars in the past year and is the largest provider of backend registry services for new TLDs. Also: Minds + Machines outsources, Sanctions and .Sport, BrandBucket's sales, what Sedo does with non-paying bidders, China, Ted Cruz and an interesting...

Where is the domain market headed? Tessa Holcomb, founder and CEO of domain broker Igloo, tells us on this week's episode. She also discusses the company's brand stories of companies that purchased valuable domain names. Also: Negari's unsolicited offer, the cost of new TLDs, Google's .brand.

Attorney John Berrhill joins us today. He talks about 1) Things going on at ICANN that domainers need to be aware of (one of them could become a big nuisance), general trends in domain disputes, dumb things domainers do and the long story of one of his favor domain disputes. Also: Uniregistry Market, Domain Agents, Rightside's premiums, and a couple notable cybersquatting disputes.

Take a trip to the Sedo Domain Village at SXSW! Interviews with Sedo, Radix, Rightside, .Me, and .Club, plus two people who have built sites on .Club and .Live domain names. Also: A big Chinese merger and Tucows acquires reseller business.

On this episode we talk about trends and future technologies, and some domain names you can register related to these technologies that might be worth a lot of money in the future. Also: SXSW invades Austin, HomeAway CEO joins GoDaddy board, ICANN's plan, and Domain Name Association gets a new ED.

New top level domain names have been out for a couple years, and recently pressure has been mounting on the companies that sell them. Frank Schilling, who owns a portfolio of top level domain names and a registrar, discusses how new TLDs are doing and what's happening at companies in the business. Also: Berkens' big payday confirmed, LA.com and Jade.com sell, GoDaddy goes to China.

Last week Minds + Machines announced that it appointed Toby Hall as its new CEO, taking over for Antony Van Couvering. I invited Hall on the show today to discuss his background and his focus at Minds + Machines for the next year. Hall made it clear that he wants to partner with the channel and other registries. Also: Sedo goes to Austin, Big Donuts, UDRP cases, Concierge Transfer at Escrow and Cl...

Can Efty help domain name investors make more money? Co-founder Doron Vermaat explains how Efty creates a dashboard for your domain business, and can help you sell more domain names. Also: Berkens' big payday, Tesla gets Tesla.com, big .org contract out for bid, Rightside's biz and .Cloud shoots up into the clouds.

Tom Jennings, Director of Business Development at Snapnames, just returned from a trip to China. On today's episode, Tom discusses what people in China are thinking about the current state of domain names there, and if they're bullish for the future. Also: ICANN's new boss, Verisign's opening brief, and Donuts deals with MPAA.