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New TLD Economics with Colin Campbell – DNW Podcast #198

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Digging into .Club’s revenue and the economics of new TLDs.

dnw-podcastNew top level domain name company .Club landed on the 2018 Inc 5000. The Inc 5000 list shows that it had revenue of $7.2 million but I had lots of questions. Is this “real” revenue? Is the company profitable? This week we go straight to the source with .Club founder and CEO Colin Campbell. He explains the numbers, historical revenue and what he predicts for the future. It’s an eye-opening and unprecedented look into a private new TLD company.

Also: Other domain companies on the Inc 5000, trolling the NRA, Dreamhost, Dave Evanson’s big sale, Dynadot milestone and cruising with Hexonet.

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66 companies in Inc 5000 use domain names for their company name

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These 66 fast-growing companies use a domain name for their company name.

A handful of domain name companies made this year’s Inc 5000 list.

Additionally, I noticed that some great domain names were the names of a few of the top companies, including Scientist.com at #9 and Calm.com at #19. So I decided to search the entire list of 5,000 companies to see which companies used a domain name as their company name. I found 66 if you include .Club domains.

57 of the domain names are .com domain names and 9 are non-.com, including 3 .io domains and 2 .co domains.

Here’s the full list of companies on the 2018 Inc 5000 that have a domain name company name.

RankNameCategory2017 Rev
9Scientist.comHealth$50.3m
19Calm.comConsumer Products & Services$22.3m
247Squadhelp.comBusiness Products & Services$2.5m
274Lob.comBusiness Products & Services$18.3m
286FitSmallBusiness.comBusiness Products & Services$3.0m
351HealthCare.comInsurance$26.2m
382Reverb.comRetail$23.9m
416ChromebookParts.comComputer Hardware$5.4m
458Signs.comBusiness Products & Services$14.8m
564BoldLeads.comAdvertising & Marketing$12.4m
578MzeroA.comEducation$3.2m
633RealEstateInvestor.comReal Estate$4.0m
763iHeartDogs.comRetail$17.9m
896Forever.comSoftware$5.2m
920BuybackBoss.comConsumer Products & Services$3.1m
1009KitchenSearch.comConstruction$2.9m
1138LensDirect.comHealth$5.7m
1204GlassesUSA.comRetail$45.5m
1425gosite.comSoftware$2.4m
1458WagPantry.comRetail$2.0m
1789Cabinets.comRetail$27.7m
1862DoHardMoney.comReal Estate$5.4m
2028taldepot.comRetail$26.2m
2041FreeAlliance.comGovernment Services$9.4m
2139BrandYourself.comSoftware$6.1m
2140AustinRealEstate.comReal Estate$4.1m
2196Travlu.comTravel & Hospitality$4.8m
2417TargetX.comAdvertising & Marketing$17.1m
2485Freerateupdate.comAdvertising & Marketing$17.3m
2725RedAwning.comTravel & Hospitality$11.8m
2744Jane.comRetail$147.3m
2761MarketBeat.comMedia$3.5m
2808BrandNex.comAdvertising & Marketing$4.2m
3258heartsmart.comHealth$22.6m
3327StickerGiant.comBusiness Products & Services$12.6m
3438E-file.comConsumer Products & Services$5.1m
3479TrafficSafetyStore.comRetail$16.2m
3701Environmentallights.comRetail$29.7m
3724HireAHelper.comConsumer Products & Services$6.9m
3754ULTIMOVALUE.COMConsumer Products & Services$28.1m
3870MyJobHelper.comBusiness Products & Services$10.0m
3880UpSellit.comBusiness Products & Services$6.1m
3896Confirmation.comFinancial Services$29.6m
3941DrugTestsInBulk.comHealth$11.3m
3991Tigerchef.comConsumer Products & Services$10.6m
4077SmarterChaos.comAdvertising & Marketing$4.1m
4105ShedsForLessDirect.comRetail$12.9m
41461SEO.com Digital AgencyAdvertising & Marketing$7.3m
4275powersolution.comIT Management$2.1m
4452ClassicCars.comRetail$3.6m
4455Foundation Software / Payroll4Construction.comSoftware$34.0m
4595SolidSurface.comRetail$2.7m
4706ODUrent.comReal Estate$6.5m
4802GiftBasketsOverseas.comFood & Beverage$5.6m
4914MerryStockings.comConsumer Products & Services$2.0m
4937WriterAccess.comSoftware$6.9m
4964ShoppersChoice.comRetail$96.4m
206Discuss.ioSoftware$4.4m
412Clutch.coBusiness Products & Services$5.2m
858Rankings.ioAdvertising & Marketing$2.1m
1164.CLUB DomainsBusiness Products & Services$7.2m
1704540.coGovernment Services$6.5m
3139Rev.ioTelecommunications$6.5m
3202MyComputerCareer.eduEducation$33.9m
3213FORETHOUGHT.netTelecommunications$7.0m
3696CMP.jobsHuman Resources$5.1m
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Living as a Digital Nomad for a month

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I hit the road this summer. Here are my takeaways.

A lot of people who read DNW have immense flexibility. They can live and work from wherever they want.

Both my wife and I own our own companies and can work from wherever we want, but it’s not something we’ve taken advantage of much. Having a kid means we need continuity in education, but there’s still summer break that we can take advantage of. Despite this, I think the longest time I’ve been away from home in the past decade is just a couple of weeks.

This summer we decided to try something different. We spent an entire month in Seattle and worked while there.

The benefits are obvious. One day this was my office: Click to continue reading…

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Vancouver Hexonet Cruise sets sail on August 23

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Great networking opportunity next week in Vancouver.

If you live in the Pacific Northwest or need an excuse for a last minute trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, get ready for Hexonet’s cruise on August 23.

The domain name registrar has teamed up with a lot of sponsors for its annual evening cruise, networking and educational event. Afilias, Amazon Registry, Donuts, .ME, NamesCon, PIR, Weebly, and .Asia are sponsoring the event.

The evening cruise takes off in Coal Harbour at 5:30 next Thursday and concludes at 9 pm.

Tickets are CAN $20, and all proceeds go to British Columbia Children’s Hospital Foundation. Hexonet will match all funds raised.

The high temperature in Vancouver next Thursday is forecasted to be 73 degrees, so this should give you an incentive to make the trip. (Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it due to a scheduling conflict.)

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Betsy Riot punks NRA Lobbyist’s wife with domain name

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Group creates website juxtaposing NRA’s advocacy and successfully defends domain name in cybersquatting complaint.

Above: A picture from Ivy-Lane-Living.com

Betsy Riot, a group that has railed against the National Rifle Association, has won a dispute brought by Courtney Cox, who is married to the NRA’s chief lobbyist and principal political strategist, Chris Cox.

Courtney Cox runs an interior design company called Ivy Lane Living. Betsy Riot registered the domain name Ivy-Lane-Living.com and created a parody site juxtaposing her business with the National Rifle Association. You can see the parody/criticism site here.

Cox filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name, but Betsy Riot has prevailed in a decision handed down by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

In a nutshell, the WIPO panelist determined that this wasn’t a case of cybersquatting and qualifies as free speech and a criticism site.

The group behind the website also owns waynelapierre.com, which is the name of the National Rifle Association’s Executive Vice President.

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