Discussing Afternic Boost and if it’s worth it. Last week, Afternic announced Afternic Boost, a new program that the company says will increase sales up to 10%. While everyone likes to sell more domains, the announcement landed like a lead balloon with most people I’ve talked to. The key reason is that you have to give […]

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A new report sheds light on which domains phishers use to steal information. These days, it seems like a never goes by without someone trying to phish me, either via an email saying a bank account is about to be suspended or a text message trying to scare me into logging into a site. Phishing […]

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A domain broker gives me tips to sell more domains. Last week, I talked about how my domain sales are down so far this year. Jeffrey Gabriel, Saw.com founder and domain broker, joins me this week to talk about what I can do to change this trajectory. He gives some frank advice about my domains, […]

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Let’s dig into my sales results this year. How are your domain sales so far this year? Mine…not so great. On today’s show, I share in-depth numbers about my sales in the first half of 2024: sell-through rates, top level domains, where I acquired the domains and more. I also hypothesize about why my sales […]

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Why this group thinks Verisign shouldn’t be able to raise the price of .com domains. Last month, a consortium of advocacy groups asked the US government to take action against the .com contract with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN). On today’s show, Matt Stoller, research director for American Economic Liberties Project and author of The BIG Newsletter, […]

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How domains get stolen and how to recover them. I write about domains getting stolen all of the time. On today’s show, I interview someone who helps people recover those domains. Bill Hartzer explains how domain names commonly get stolen and the ways to go about recovering them. Interestingly, many of the times someone reaches […]

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XYZ founder discusses his company’s evolution. New top level domains have been out for a decade now. One of the most interesting top level domain companies is XYZ. It’s known for .xyz, but now operates a total of 35 domain extensions. On today’s show, XYZ founder Daniel Negari reflects on the past ten years, his […]

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From hand-registration to $85,000 in 8 days. Imagine flipping a hand registration into an $85,000 sale in 8 days. My guest on today’s show, Michael Santiago, did just that. It’s not without controversy, though. What would you do if this opportunity presented itself to you? Michael tells this story and how upgrading a domain name […]

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Learn how to trim your domain name portfolio. Sometimes, letting go of domain names is the hardest part. But not for my guest this week, domain investor and entrepreneur Yoni Belousov. Yoni is a long-time domain name investor, and on today’s show, he talks about letting go of your loser domains and operating an efficient […]

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How this entrepreneur found a new domain name. Nick Huber knew his company’s domain name was a problem, so he paid $400,000 to get a better one. On today’s show, he explains how his company searched for a new domain name and negotiated a payment plan to close the deal for somewhere.com. He also discusses […]

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