When Richard Kershaw and Stephen Pavlovich bought the Wish.co.uk domain name in a Sedo auction for around $12,000, they knew it would be critical to the growth of their "day experience" e-commerce business. But in less than 12 months their revenue is more than $1 million dollars.

Developing websites is no easy task. But when you do it for every one of your 9,500 domain names, you start to get a system down. So David Wieland built his own system: PreBuilt.com.

Dennis Lastochkin created a sophisticated valuation engine that is likely to remove most of the subjectivity from domain name appraisals.

In this interview, Ammar Kubba describes the twists and turns of his domain career, and how business acumen, strategic risk taking and a passion for learning have helped him navigate decisions and build successful companies now generating 10+ million in annual revenue.

Toby Hardy bought FrenchRiviera.com in 2009 and is turning it into the ultimate online destination for the rich and famous who visit cities such as Monte Carlo, Cannes and the like.

After three failed attempts over a period of several years to gain approval through the ICANN system for the new top-level domain .XXX, most people would have thrown in the towel. Not Stuart Lawley, who started as a minority investor in ICM Registry at the time of the initial ICANN application and eventually became its CEO and chairman.

What do startups and entrepreneurs need to know about domain names? Find out in this interview with domain name veteran Steve Jones.

Over his many years of acquiring, building and selling businesses, Bill McClure has learned one simple fact: You can always trust your family. Listen along as Bill discusses how he targets markets, how much he purchases domain names for, how he develops them, and what kind of leaders he is looking for to continue building more businesses in the future.

It's relatively straightforward to build a geodomain into a directory or blog. But where most people fall short in making their venture a successful business is the sales process. Shane Wells, on the other hand, loves to sell. His enthusiasm for sales (and his success) speaks for itself – he went from $50,000 in sales to more than $250,000 per year in sales.

Listen in as Danny Sullivan discusses the often-debated relationship between domain names and search engine optimization.