Hear what happens when you slash the prices on most of your domains. When domain investor AbdulBasit Makrani was frustrated by his domain sales volume, he decided to take drastic measures by reducing the price of nearly all of his domains by 20%-60%. ... Continue Reading4 Comments
2023 is going, going… – DNW Podcast #462
· PodcastsA review of how my domains sales are this year, and reviewing this year's predictions. Just six weeks remain in 2023. On today’s show, I run through my domain sales results so far this year, including sell-through rate, median price, top level ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Afternic search and Domain Academy – DNW Podcast #461
· PodcastsJoe Styler discusses a new search tool and what's ahead for Domain Academy. Want to find bargains at Afternic? Filtering through Afternic’s 23 million domains just got a lot easier thanks to a new tool in Domain Academy: Afternic Advanced ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
An “on-chain” domain registrar – DNW Podcast #460
· PodcastsThis company thinks it can improve upon existing domain registrars using blockchain. Can blockchain technology improve domain name registrars? That’s what today’s guest, Paul Gauvreau of 3DNS, believes. We discuss the relative benefits and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Checkmate! The chess.com story – DNW Podcast #459
· PodcastsHow a great domain powered a huge online business. If you want to talk to someone who understands the power of a great domain, look no further than Erik Allebest. In 2005, he acquired the domain name chess.com for only $55,000 in a bankruptcy ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New partnership + big domain sale – DNW Podcast #458
· PodcastsBraden Pollock reveals a $600,000 sale as he and Andrew Miller discuss his equity deal in Hilco Digital Assets. On today’s show, domain investor Braden Pollock explains his deal with Hilco Digital Assets, and we’re also joined by Hilco Digital ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Oinking about domain names – DNW Podcast #457
· PodcastsRay King reflects on selling his top level domains and the success of Porkbun. Earlier this year, Ray King’s Top Level Design sold its remaining top level domains to GoDaddy. On today’s show, Ray explains why he sold. We also discuss TLD valuations ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Bridging web2 and web3 – DNW Podcast #456
· PodcastsThese domain industry vets hope they can combine the benefits of web2 and web3. Fred Hsu and Shayan Rostam have been in the domain business for a while. In fact, if you’re relatively new to the industry, you might not know who Fred is because he ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. – DNW Podcast #455
· PodcastsColin Campbell talks about his new book about entrepreneurship. Colin C. Campbell has built and sold many companies, including several in the domain and web spaces. On today’s show, Campbell talks about some of the things he’s learned (both himself ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Catching up with ICA – DNW Podcast #454
· PodcastsWe discuss the Las Vegas meeting, Lonnie Borck award, .net prices and more. My guests this week are Kamila Sekiewicz and Zak Muscovitch of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). We kick things off by talking about the upcoming ICA meeting in Las ... Continue Reading2 Comments
