Domain Name Wire Podcast

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...

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...