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It’s Never Too Late to Invest in Domains – DNW Podcast #144

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Is it too late to start investing domain domains? Alan Dunn doesn’t think so.

dnw-podcastAlan Dunn of NameCorp argues that it’s never too late to get into domain investing and explains why he thinks just 5% of domain names matter. This is a great episode for both new and old domain investors. Also: Elon Musk buys X.com, Berkens sues musician Bryan Adams, premium domain stats and Sucks.com.

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GoDaddy promotes domain investing on its homepage

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Registrar builds awareness about domain investing through prominent feature.

Large companies can make a big impact. When McDonald’s started offering apple slices in kids meals, it became the largest restaurant buyer of apples in the U.S. overnight. For all of its faults, it also made a huge impact on childhood nutrition.

Like McDonald’s can do with food, GoDaddy can have a big impact on how people think about domain names. That’s why it’s exciting to see the company promote domain name investing prominently on its homepage:

The promotion leads to a page about domain investing. It shows some of the latest high sales on GoDaddy Auctions, has an FAQ about buying and selling domains and features articles about domain investing.

It also has this video about domain investing, which gives a shoutout to NamePros:

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – DNW Podcast #131

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One market for domain names is very strong but the other is lackluster

dnw-podcastThis week we chat with domain name broker Andrew Rosener of Media Options about the domain name market. He says it’s a very bifurcated market, with different results in the end user and investor markets. Andrew also discusses the challenge of premium renewals. Also: new TLD sales, lots of legal stuff (yay!), and a domain escrow deal.

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Teaching domain name investing to the world

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Sedo went out of its traditional comfort zone to discuss domain investing.

Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz and VP Business Development Matthias Meyer-Schoenherr discuss domain names at the AIM conference in Dubai.

Last week I wrote about how Sedo was exhibiting at the Annual Investor Meeting in Dubai this week.

This is an unusual conference for a domain name company. The audience knows next to nothing about domain names as an investment, which is precisely why Sedo is there.

Sedo Chief Marketing Officer Christian Voss sent some initial impressions to me about the experience. He said that people there are familiar with domain names such as .com and .ae, but they aren’t familiar with the domain name aftermarket, domain investing, or even they idea that they could trade with domains.

Indeed, outside the insular world of domain investors, very few people understand this business and its opportunity.

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Chips, mistakes and opportunities with Shane Cultra – DNW Podcast #109

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Can you still make money with short domain names?

dnw-podcastShane Cultra has had his share of successes and failures in the domain name business. On today’s show, Shane gives his assessment of how you can still make money with short domain names and his public mistake with .Ws. Also: Botched defensive domain name registrations, an app based on a new TLD that’s tearing up the app store chart, and more.

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