A discussion with Mark Calandra of CSC about how brands look at domain names. Today we talk with Mark Calandra, General Manager of CSC Digital Brand Services. The 100+ year-old-company is a big player in corporate domain name management. We discuss how ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The Toxic Avenger – DNW Podcast #138
· PodcastsLessons about business from working at a B-movie studio. What can you learn from the cult classic The Toxic Avenger? This week Jeff Sass, who cut his teeth in the movie business at Troma Studios, talks about the business and marketing lessons he ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Blockchain and Common Law Trademarks – DNW Podcast #137
· PodcastsA unique service using blockchain wants to help companies prove their rights in common law trademarks. Is the blockchain the answer to proving common law use of trademarks? Bennett Collen, founder of Cognate, is banking on it. Billed as a "common law ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Boost your domain sales chances – DNW Podcast #135
· PodcastsGet more inbound leads with these tips. Bill Sweetman's job is to help people buy domain names. He's also been on the other side of the fence trying to sell domains. Learn how a domain buyer broker thinks in this episode as he explains how to boost the ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Making money with brandable domains – DNW Podcast #132
· PodcastsIs the brandable domain name market and opportunity for you? Michael Krell, managing director of BrandBucket, discusses how to make money with brandable domain names. Understand the market for these domains, the prices, sell-through rates and more. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – DNW Podcast #131
· PodcastsOne market for domain names is very strong but the other is lackluster This 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 ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Country Bias in new top level domains
· UncategorizedHundreds of new domain endings (nTLDs) are registered all over the world. Millions of domains altogether. Some nTLDs are spread almost uniformly across the globe, whereas other suffixes tend – for whatever reason – to concentrate in a handful of countries ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Frank Schilling explains price hike – DNW Podcast #127
· PodcastsSchilling explains why he decided to increase prices on some of Uniregistry's TLDs. Frank Schilling's Uniregistry created an uproar last week when news leaked that the company was preparing to drastically increase the cost of some of its domains as ... Continue Reading60 Comments
Another domain-registration-date-for-security patent is filed
· Policy & LawCompany proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes. Security firm Rapid7, Inc has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "Domain age registration alert". Application 14/805744 was filed ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The Future of Domains w/ Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #119
· PodcastsWill the importance of domain names decline in the future? Will AI, voice-activated devices and non-visual web browsers reduce the importance of great domains in the future? Frank Schilling comes on the show this week to respond to my prediction for ... Continue Reading5 Comments