Domain Name Wire Podcast

Last week, Internet Commerce Association held its annual meeting in Las Vegas. On today's show, you'll hear from a dozen people who were at the show. You'll hear from domain investors about what's selling well for them, ICA employees and board members, get an update on new features coming at domain service providers, and hear from partners at a naming firm that attended their first ICA event.

Also: Whois is dead, ICA awards, D3's big haul, and more

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A lot has happened at Atom.com over the past year, including its name. On today's show, Atom founder and CEO Darpan Munjal discusses results from the company's rebrand, including the impact on SEO and the ROI on ad spend. We also discuss last year's product launches, and what's in store for domain sellers in 2024.

Also: Bye bye Hexonet, .AI, and Tik Tok ban

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This week, we're opening up the vault and going back to one of the most interesting interviews from this show over the past couple of years. In October 2023, I interviewed Chess.com CEO Erik Allebest. He explained how the chess.com domain name was critical to both the early growth and continued growth of the business. Erik wasn't a newbie to domains when he acquired the domain, either.

Also: FTC v. GoDaddy, .channel, Spaceship deal, top keywords

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Many listeners know DomainTools for its database of historical Whois records, domain monitoring, and other domain data. But the company and its customer base have evolved over the years. On today's show, DomainTools CEO Tim Chen talks about that evolution. We also discuss the shift from Whois to Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) and what that means for customers who access Whois records through DomainTools. We wrap with a discussion of DomainTools Investigations, which the company announced last week.

Also: Team Internet in play, legal news, domain stocks

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Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2025, let's take a step back and consider what impacted the domain industry in 2024.

On today's episode:

• Postscript to my 2024 domain sales episode adding in my December sales (it was a great month!)

• Most popular podcasts and news stories from 2024

• Three big themes/stories from the year

Also: Unstoppable's patent, crypto domain lawsuit, GoDaddy payments

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It's the annual predictions episode! On today's show, you'll hear from 22 domain investors, marketplace operators, registry representative, and other people in the domain business. They will talk about what surprised them most in 2024 and what they think will happen in our fun business in 2025. Happy new year!

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My guest this week is Rob Shutz, founder of domain buyer service Snagged. Rob came to domain names as an entrepreneur, first as an early marketing employee at BarkBox and then as a co-founder of Ro.

Rob has a pragmatic side when it comes to what domains entrepreneurs should buy, and I think it's worth listening to.

Also: Atom's new landers, Verisign's patent, and more.

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Attorney John Berryhill joins us on today's show. John explains how Stuart Lawley, who passed away recently, helped John take the step to starting his own practice. Then we talk about country code domain names and what you need to know about them in light of recent talk about .io. We wrap by talking about the auction clawback lawsuit filed against GoDaddy.

Also: Notable UDRP decisions, Dominion conference

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As 2024 winds down, it's time to reflect on the year's domain sales. On this week's podcast, I'm pulling back the curtain on my 2024 results. I'll cover everything you want to know, including how many domains I sold, my median sales price, the platforms I used to sell, my acquisition strategies, purchase prices, top-level domains, insights on payment plans, and much more. Tune in for an in-depth look at what worked, what didn't, and lessons learned to take into 2025.

Also: UDRP change, New storekeepers at .shop, BOI, and more.

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Securing the right domain name is crucial for startup success, yet many founders struggle to navigate this essential step. In this episode, Name Ninja Bill Sweetman shares 20 things every startup founder should know about domain names. From budgeting and timing to strategy and negotiation, we dive deep into the dos and don'ts of acquiring the perfect domain.

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