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James Booth – DNW Podcast #262

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A view on the market from an active investor.

dnw-podcastThis week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domains in his first six months. At the time, 95% of his transactions involved people in China. In this episode, James gives his take on the implosion of the Chinese domain market. He also explains what’s happening in the overall domain market now that one word .com domains are so expensive, how much trading goes on among domainers, and what will happen to domain investing during the next recession.

Sponsor: Name.market

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What to expect at NamesCon 2020 – DNW Podcast #261

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Soeren von Varchmin talks about the domain investing community’s big conference in January.

dnw-podcast I spent last week in Montreal at the ICANN meeting. While there, I sat down with NamesCon CEO Soeren von Varchmin to talk about January’s conference. After many years in Las Vegas, NamesCon is moving to Austin. Soeren explains why it’s moving and why you should attend. He also explains how running a conference for the domain business is different than for the hosting business.

Also: Tucows sells its domain portfolio, ICANN’s expected decision, True Detective, Sixth Street, Jimmy Wales, MarkMonitor and more.

See also: How to go to NamesCon for cheap

Sponsor: Name.market

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Richard Lau and James Morfopoulos – DNW Podcast #260

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Investing in domains and building them out.

dnw-podcastSome people are good domain name investors. Others are good site developers. Richard Lau and James Morfopoulos are a rare breed; they are both good domain investors and site developers. They built up Resume.com and sold it to Indeed. Now they are creating Logo.com. Hear what they have to say about the value of a good domain when developing a business. Also learn what types of domains they buy, how they price them, and their strategy for selling domains.

Also: Facebook cybersquatting fight, late renewal fees, new .new, and Afilias’ pay cut.

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SEO from Expired Domains – DNW Podcast #258

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How to leverage the search engine value of expired domains.

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Building links and authority for a new website is hard but there’s a way to skip a lot of the work. Today’s guest, Sean Markey, explains how to find expired domains and turn them into websites to leverage their search value.

Also: Scratch.org finally resolve, interesting cybersquatting disputes, Sedo’s latest seller-friendly change and more.

Discussed in this podcast: expired domains newsletter

Sponsor: Name.market

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ICANN drops the ball – DNW Podcast #256

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Zak Muscovitch talks about how ICANN went wrong.

dnw-podcastInternet Commerce Association general counsel Zak Muscovitch comes on the show to talk about ICANN’s misstep on recent contract renewals and how it could impact domain name registrants. What can be done to prevent this from happening in the future?

Also: Netflix, ageism, reverse domain hijacking, domain market warning and more

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