Jeff Neuman fills us in on what happened at the latest ICANN meeting. Jeff Neuman has just about seen it all in the domain business over the past few decades. The former VP of Registry at Neustar currently serves as a lawyer and policy consultant ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Courting Mr. Beast – DNW Podcast #476
· PodcastsHow Radix scored a deal with the world's most popular YouTuber. Last year, the world's most popular YouTuber, Mr. Beast, changed his merch store website to a .store domain and promoted the switch in a video viewed nearly 200 million times. On ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Finding cofounders with cofounders .com – DNW Podcast #475
· PodcastsWhy this entrepreneur paid $65,000 for cofounders.com. Chris Koerner reminds me of a lot of people in the domain business: he has his hands in multiple businesses ranging from tree trimming to cryptocurrency to reselling Buc-ee’s goods. He ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain forums and conferences – DNW Podcast #474
· PodcastsHelmuts Meskonis discusses Domain Summit and how he hopes to bring DNForum back to its former glory. This week, I interview Helmuts Meskonis, who organizes the Domain Summit conference in London and owns DNForum and AcornDomains. Helmuts had a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Actual domain investor results – DNW Podcast #473
· PodcastsListen to how two domain investors performed in 2023. Once a year, domain investors Mark Levin and Logan Flatt join me on the show to discuss their sales results from the previous year. On today’s show, you'll learn how many domains they sold in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Outbound domain sales – DNW Podcast #472
· PodcastsHow one domain investor sold $300k of domains using outbound marketing. Most domain investors are passive. They list their domains for sale on marketplaces, put up “for sale” landers, and wait for buyers to come to them. A subset of investors do ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Universal Acceptance – DNW Podcast #471
· PodcastsThe importance of Universal Acceptance, and what is being done to improve it. Have you ever typed an email address into a web form and it wasn’t accepted because your address ends in a new top level domain? Or noticed that a domain name wasn’t ... Continue Reading1 Comment
My 2023 domain sales results – DNW Podcast #470
· PodcastsIt was a good (but inconsistent) year. 2023 is in the books. On today’s show, I share my domain sales results from last year including total sales, breakdown by TLD, median prices, length of domains, acquisition strategy, and more. I also share a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Weddings, onions, and dude ranches – DNW Podcast #469
· PodcastsPeter Askew talks about a tough onion season and his foray into the wedding business. It’s been nearly two years since I last caught up with Peter Askew on the podcast. The entrepreneur who sells onions on the internet provides an update on this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The world’s sweetest domain names – DNW Podcast #468
· PodcastsLearn how GOAT Foods is building brands on great domain names like chocolate.com. Chocolate.com. Licorice.com. Caramels.com. These are some really sweet domain names, and they’re all owned by one company: GOAT Foods. The company is leveraging these ... Continue Reading3 Comments