Domain Name Wire Podcast

Josh Reason shares an update on his hand registration experiment. The numbers don’t lie: people are hand registering more domains now than ever before. In the third quarter, people registered 13.1 million new .com and .net domains. That was a record for Verisign, beating the previous record set just three months earlier. Sure, some were […] Post link: 7,500 hand registrations, one year later © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact editor (at) domainnamewire.com. Latest domain news at DNW.com: Domain Name Wire.

How Donald Trump’s proclamation led to an overnight transformation for Slovenia’s .si country code domain. For Barbara Povše and her team at Slovenia’s .si domain registry, things have always moved at a deliberate pace. That changed last month when Donald Trump triggered a frenzy of domain registrations. During a speech to the United Nations, Trump […] Post link: Behind the scenes at the .si registry – DNW Podcast #608 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact editor (at) domainnamewire.com. Latest domain news at DNW.com: Domain Name Wire.

How Rick Schwartz is getting his valuable domains into the hands of builders. For three decades, Rick Schwartz has been building a portfolio of super-valuable domain names, and he sells them from time to time at eye-watering prices. This year, something changed. Rick decided to put domains like property.com, tryouts.com, and stud.com into the hands […] Post link: Rick and the Beanstalk- DNW Podcast #607 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact editor (at) domainnamewire.com. Latest domain news at DNW.com: Domain Name Wire.

How AI is changing all businesses. AI changes everything, and that includes domain names and the web presence business. As Wall Street tries to figure out the winners and losers, many incumbent large tech companies, including GoDaddy, have seen their share prices fall. This week, I chat with Vinod Suresh, VP of Product Management at […] Post link: Democratization, compression, and delegation – DNW Podcast #606 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact editor (at) domainnamewire.com. Latest domain news at DNW.com: Domain Name Wire.

Don Ruiz, general manager of Orange Domains, explains how .locker connects DNS names with Ethereum Name Service identities. They explore ICANN’s push to integrate alternative Web3 namespaces, registry-controlled mapping, security requirements, and why legacy blockchain names may face hurdles. Ruiz also discusses compliance, cryptographic identifiers, future technical solutions, and Orange Domains’ white-label minting service.

Chris Ambler, a longtime domain industry pioneer and early .web proposer, recounts the winding journey from his 1990s idea to Verisign’s upcoming launch. He discusses Epic’s registrar strategy, six new TLD applications, ICANN’s complex rules, and why Registered Agents built its own Astronym Registry technology. A fascinating look at domain history, business plans, and the future of online identity.

Erhan Karabardak, an Australian intellectual property lawyer, Mills IP founder, and former auDA chair, discusses a proposed .com.au rule change that could put around one million domains at risk. He explains the divided policy review, threats to businesses and charities, implementation challenges, possible grandfathering, and how registrants can respond. The conversation also covers shifting .au adoption and wider domain industry news.

A deep dive into a record-setting year of domain investing, from summer sales slumps and lease-to-own deals to selective .ai acquisitions and AI-assisted hand registrations. Explore a shifting investment thesis, automated GoDaddy auction bidding, revamped appraisals, major TLD applications, crypto domains, and the legal and regulatory battles reshaping the industry.

Anjali Angelos, CEO of Swipe AI (post-purchase protection and checkout AI), and Felix Ingler, founder of Pedra (AI visual marketing for real estate). They discuss moving to .ai domains and why the extension matched their AI products. They share stories about rebranding, domain acquisition, email/SEO issues with other TLDs, and how .ai changed sales conversations and perception.

ICANN received 1,600 TLD applications, and one company was behind a lot of them. Welcome to episode #600! The deadline to apply for a top level domain with ICANN was last Wednesday, and one company went big. Really big. Link Freedom Group (LFG), a company associated with the team behind .link, followed through on its […] Post link: Inside LFG’s big bet on top level domains – DNW Podcast #600 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact editor (at) domainnamewire.com. Latest domain news at DNW.com: Domain Name Wire.