Domain Name Wire Podcast

My guest this week is Adrian Kinderis. Adrian has been in the domain business for a couple of decades and started by founding a domain registrar. This snowballed into operating the .au domain. On today’s show, Adrian recounts his history in the business and discusses his new top level domain .film. He is candid about the struggles of getting studios to adopt the domain, but also explains how it’s a good business. There are some val...

There was a big spotlight on domain names last week in a place where you wouldn't expect them: The U.S. Supreme Court. The court heard oral arguments in a dispute over whether or not Booking.com should be able to trademark booking.com. It was fascinating to listen to the court drill both sides in the issue. On today's show, Internet Commerce Association general counsel Zak Muscovitch and I discuss the hearing and the role t...

Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four different websites and sold them for over $1 million total. Marc explains how he created the sites, monetized them, and sold them. You’ll also learn about metrics and considerations when selling a website.

Also: .Org bombshell decision, Covid-19 and more.

There was a time, not so long ago, when people went to movie theaters to watch movies. They were subjected to 30 minutes of previews before the movie began. And these previews included domain names for each movie. Bad domain names. Why do people that pick domain names for movies choose such bad ones, like CrazyMovieTitle-TheMovie.com? Today’s guest has investigated this, and even published a blog breaking down movies’ domain names....

Eric Borgos has had a lot of hits. He sold millions of dollars worth of domain names, including a set of sites for $4.5 million back in 2008. But what he did back then doesn’t work the same way today. On today’s show, Eric shares what he’s been doing over the past 5-10 years to try to make money, what hasn’t worked, and how he hopes Bored Humans and artificial intelligence have better results.

Also: GoDaddy goes vertical, free do...

Domain names can be difficult to liquidate. We all hold out for the end user to buy our domains, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could easily sell domains to other domain investors, too? That’s the idea by Domain Name Wholesale Exchange (DNWE). On today’s show, DNWE creator Joshua Reason and his business partner Joshua Schoen discuss how the site works and its success to date. I was surprised by how many domains have sold over the na...

Warren Coughlin has been through a lot of downturns. On this week’s show Warren, who is a business coach to entrepreneurs, shares his experience steering a business through the dot-com bust in order to help business owners survive the coronavirus bust. He has some great, actionable advice to make sure your business makes it to the other side. It’s relevant for business owners with employees as well as solopreneurs.

Also: More eve...

Last week was unlike any I can recall in my lifetime. People are understandably scared and anxious. This was obvious to Shane Cultra, who saw an immediate drop in aftermarket domain sales through his daily list last Thursday. On today’s show, Shane discusses what he saw from his vantage point, what it might mean for the domain aftermarket, and how he’s also coping as a small business owner with dozens of employees.

Also: Lotto Sp...

When I went to a podcast conference last month, one thing stuck out: .FM. It was everywhere. Many companies in the industry, such as podcast apps and monetization companies, use the country code domain name extension. This week’s guest, George Bundy, is CEO of the company behind commercializing .FM. Bundy explains how .FM wasn’t a success out of the gate and how the company has embraced adoption from the podcast business.

Also: Cor...

People don't like to think about death or becoming incapacitated, but it's especially important for domain name investors to make a plan. Our loved ones probably don't' have the same passion, and certainly not the same knowledge, about domain names that we do. If they need to step in, they need to know what to do.

Our guest on today's show, Anthony Park, is an estate lawyer who is also a professional executor. H...

Clay Burgess is a lawyer and owns a law firm in Louisiana. His business was struggling. The SEO and marketing consultants he hired weren’t delivering results. Then he tried something everyone told him wouldn’t work: he built lead generation sites on .lawyer and .attorney domain names. It turned his firm around, and now he has so many leads that he’s helping other lawyers build their businesses. It’s a fascinating end user story.

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A domain investor's journey is often filled with ups and downs. On today's show, I talk with Nikul Sanghvi. He was selling vinyl records online when he got bogged down by carrying so much physical inventory. He started investing in domain names in 2009 and didn't have much success at first. Then, in 2015, he got his big break: a six figure sale that helped him buy a new home for his family and start getting serious abou...