What new top level domain name applicants should know about running a TLD. The clock is ticking down if you want to apply for a top level domain name. Applications close on August 12. On today’s show, I talk with someone who has launched a top level domain name to better understand the business. Colin […]

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Stu Maloff talks about his journey in domain investing. Most people who have a full-time job and invest in domains count on their full-time job for their income. Today’s guest is different: domain investing makes much more than his regular job. So why keep the regular job? Well, it’s not so regular, and it’s quite […]

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Rob Schutz went to great lengths to close this domain deal. We all have our war stories about trying to acquire domains from stubborn sellers. But Rob Schutz of Snagged has a story that might just top them all. Rob helped a company acquire a name from a domain seller who was, let’s just call […]

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Digging into .AI and how artificial intelligence is changing how people build on the web. On this week’s show, Nadya Frost of domain and hosting analytics company ShareShift shares interesting data about the .AI namespace, as well as other trends related to artificial intelligence. We discuss how AI is changing the technologies people use for […]

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A chat with Internet Commerce Association’s leadership. Last week, Internet Commerce Association announced changes to its board. Longtime board member Nat Cohen stepped up to the role of president, and Ryan McKegney is the new vice president. On today’s show, both Nat and Ryan will join me, along with executive director Kamila Sekiewicz. We discuss […]

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Anand Vora explains why he joined Namecheap and what to expect from the company going forward. Anand Vora, who oversees Namecheap’s and Spaceship’s domain businesses, joins me on the show this week. We discuss Anand’s history in the domain business, what it’s like to move from the registry side to the registrar side, and what’s […]

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A discussion about using domain suspensions to censor online speech. Human rights organization Article19 recently released a report titled Damming a river to catch a fish, examining how governments and other entities are increasingly turning to the DNS layer to censor content. On today’s show, Michaela Nakayama Shapiro of Article19 explains what the organization found […]

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Hear from five people who were at Nordic Domain Days last week. Nordic Domain Days took place in Stockholm, Sweden, last week. It was my first time attending the event, and the trip was very worthwhile. Not only was the content good, but the networking was solid as well, with many people I had never […]

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A full-time domain investor talks about his experience and what he’s doing to adapt with the market. Very few domain name investors ever reach the point where they do it full-time. It’s even rarer when they primarily invest in non-.com domains. One investor who went full-time is Nikul Sanghvi. He was a part-time investor when […]

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How the DNS can play a role in AI agent identity. Artificial intelligence is having a huge impact on the domain name industry. One area it could help grow the business is if agents use the DNS for identity. Today, Identity Digital CEO Akram Atallah discusses the company’s new DNSid, which it bills as “birth […]

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