Domain Name Wire Podcast

This week is Thanksgiving in the United States. As the year crawls to a close, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at predictions people made a year ago about the domain business to see how many were right.

On today's show, we'll listen to 25 people and the predictions they made in our 2024 predictions episode. Stay tuned in about a month to hear what people are predicting for 2025.

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It's been a long journey for .music: the domain just came out in general availability in October.

On today's show, Constantine Roussos explains why it took seven years to lock down the top level domain and another five to launch it. He has ambitious plans, and he's not running .music like most other top level domains.

It's an interesting story full of twists and turns. It's also a path not likely to be repeated by other applicants; the next round of top level domain expansion will likely forbid negotiating between applicants.

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Will DomainFi change domain name investing?

On today's show, D3 cofounder Fred Hsu lays out his vision for DomainFi and what it could mean for domain name investors. We discuss D3's plans, how long it could take for it to come to fruition, and a recent partnership with Identity Digital to tokenize domain names.

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I'm excited about this week's guest, Marty Ringlein. Marty is a founder of Agree, an eSignature business that uses agree.com. Marty explains why it was important for his company to acquire agree.com, and it might not be what you're expecting.

Marty also talks about rebranding himself based on the availability of an email address and then acquiring marty.com.

It's a fun show!

Also: ICANN fees, Tucows layoffs, GoDaddy aftermarket, and more

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I'm joined by domain investor Deepak Daftari on this week's show.

Deepak discusses how he got into domain name investing, bulk portfolio purchases, and how his sales are going this year. We also talk about the market for domains in India where he lives. We discuss the .in country code as well as a trend Deepak has noticed in recent years with Indian companies willing to spend money on better domains. It's a great discussion.

Also: Verisign earnings, Senator's threat, .locker and more

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There's another new domain sales platform available now, and domain investors will like the price: 0% commissions for the next year.

On today's show DomainEasy founder Sam Dennis explains why he built the platform, how it's different from the competition, and what his plans are for the future.

Also: .AI, Lamborgini and more

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My guest this week is domain investor Nikul Sanghvi. Nikul made a big entranace to domain investing with a successful bet on .co domains, but has since diversified his portfolio. However, .com remains just a small sliver of it, proving that there are ways to make money in domains that aren't .com. On today's show, Nikul talks about his diversification, his sales strategy, Afternic Boost and much more.

Also: .Io, GoDaddy lawsuit, and .org

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It's time to check in with two of our most popular guests on the Domain Name Wire Podcast to see how their sales are going this year.

Mark Levine and Logan Flatt share how many domains they've sold this year, what extensions, and for how much. They compare this to last year (and boy, are there some differences for both of them). We also talk about what changes they're making to technique, marketplaces, etc.

It's a great show!

Also: Price increases, .ai, Kit.com and more

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Do you remember Friendster? It was one of the earliest social networks, launched before the likes of MySpace and Facebook.

Well, Friendster is back thanks to someone you might know from the domain business.

Mike Carson, who founded and later sold Park.io, was able to acquire this domain and is building a new social network on it.

On today's show, Mike talks about why he bought the domain and what he's building. (Listen to the end to find out how to jump the waitlist of 250,000 who want in.)

We also talk about the sale of Park.io and Mike's latest thoughts on blockchain-based naming systems.

Also: Auction clawbacks, new TLD$, and more.

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Epik is under new ownership. Is that enough to make former customers willing to give it another shot?

On today's show, Chris Ambler, director of domains for the registrar, provides an update on what has happened and what the future holds for Epik customers. He discusses who owns the business now, what the "new" Epik acquired from the old one, the company's stance on content, and more.

Also: New hires, new Epik lawsuit, and more

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