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Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz – DNW Podcast #206

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Sedo’s CEO explains how the domain parking and domain sales business has performed so far in 2018.

dnw-podcastSedo CEO Tobias Flaitz is our guest this week. We discuss what’s happening in domain parking and the aftermarket, and he explains where the company gets most of its sales. We also discuss the international market for domains.

Also: Atallah likes Donuts, Uniregistry’s UnPerks, domains under USMCA, CrowdSignal, Web.com goes private and more.

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Teaching the World About Domains – DNW Podcast #205

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What’s impacting the domain aftermarket in 2018?

dnw-podcastDo people trust the domain name business? Does the industry market to people other than themselves? Not enough.

That’s what Marie Lanyon, VP of Marketing at domain registrar Hexonet, discovered when she entered the domain name world last year. Since then, she’s been working on ways to improve trust and knowledge of the industry. Find out what she’s doing (and what’s working) on today’s episode.

Also: Bob Parson bids adieu, Flying Dogs lie, petition against .com price increases.

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Domain sales in 2018 Jeff Gabriel – DNW Podcast #204

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What’s impacting the domain aftermarket in 2018?

dnw-podcastFew people have the view of the domain name market that Jeff Gabriel has as VP of Sales at Uniregistry. On today’s show, Jeff explains what he’s seeing in the aftermarket right now and why he expects Uniregistry to sell $60 million in domains this year, up 50% from last year. He also discusses domain payment plans and the best way to use them in a negotiation. You’ll learn a lot. Also, if you’re going to ICANN 63 in Barcelona, drop Jeff’s colleague Matthew Holden an email at mholden (at) uniregistry.com for an invite to the Uniregistry party.

Also: Cloudflare tries to shake up the domain business, NameSilo doubles in size, earnings announcements and the State Bar of California needs a new lawyer.

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Why Cyril Fremont just bought an entire TLD – DNW Podcast #203

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Entrepreneur has a unique idea for the .best top level domain name.

dnw-podcastMy guest is Cyril Fremont, an entrepreneur who recently acquired the .Best top level domain name. His story is very different from most people running a new top level domain. Fremont originally looked at acquiring a TLD as a way to save money because his internet marketing company was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on domain registrations each year. Now he has an innovative idea for .best that involves cryptocurrency and helping people create review sites.

Also: GoDaddy gets Cognate, .Amazon and more.

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The Registry/Registrar Sales Channel with Jay Daley – DNW Podcast #202

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.Org operator is changing how it works with registrars.

dnw-podcastPublic Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, recently announced changes to how it’s approaching marketing through the domain name registrar channel. On today’s show, PIR interim President and CEO Jay Daley discusses why the organization is making these changes. Jay discusses the current state of registry marketing and sales through registrars, how we got here, and what might change in the future. It’s a great interview.

Also: AWS.com, DomainTools injunction, Sedo gets into expired domains, and Verisign’s (NASDAQ:VRSN) .com contract.

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