Domain Name Wire Podcast

Two guests shed light on ccTLDs. .Com is king in much of the world, but not in Europe. In many European countries, the country code domain name (ccTLD) is used more often than .com. On today’s show, I talk to two people who live and breathe ccTLDs. First, I talk with Peter Van Roste, who […] Post link: Country Code Domains – DNW Podcast #208 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

Ray King on why he started PorkBun.com and what he has learned operating a registrar. Ray King returns to the DNW Podcast for his once-every-100-episodes guest appearance. King (the first guest ever on this podcast) has a long history in the domain business including expired domains, new top level domains and now running a registrar. […] Post link: Talking pork buns with Ray King – DNW Podcast #207 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

Sedo’s CEO explains how the domain parking and domain sales business has performed so far in 2018. Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz is our guest this week. We discuss what’s happening in domain parking and the aftermarket, and he explains where the company gets most of its sales. We also discuss the international market for domains. […] Post link: Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz – DNW Podcast #206 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

What’s impacting the domain aftermarket in 2018? Do people trust the domain name business? Does the industry market to people other than themselves? Not enough. That’s what Marie Lanyon, VP of Marketing at domain registrar Hexonet, discovered when she entered the domain name world last year. Since then, she’s been working on ways to improve […] Post link: Teaching the World About Domains – DNW Podcast #205 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.

What’s impacting the domain aftermarket in 2018? Few people have the view of the domain name market that Jeff Gabriel has as VP of Sales at Uniregistry. On today’s show, Jeff explains what he’s seeing in the aftermarket right now and why he expects Uniregistry to sell $60 million in domains this year, up 50% […] Post link: Domain sales in 2018 Jeff Gabriel – DNW Podcast #204 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.

Entrepreneur has a unique idea for the .best top level domain name. My guest is Cyril Fremont, an entrepreneur who recently acquired the .Best top level domain name. His story is very different from most people running a new top level domain. Fremont originally looked at acquiring a TLD as a way to save money […] Post link: Why Cyril Fremont just bought an entire TLD – DNW Podcast #203 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.

.Org operator is changing how it works with registrars. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, recently announced changes to how it’s approaching marketing through the domain name registrar channel. On today’s show, PIR interim President and CEO Jay Daley discusses why the organization is making these changes. […] Post link: The Registry/Registrar Sales Channel with Jay Daley – DNW Podcast #202 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.

The author of a book about UDRP discusses cybersquatting dispute trends. Gerald Levine literally wrote the book on UDRP. His book Domain Name Arbitration is the bible for domain name lawyers. On today’s show, Levine discusses some of the trends he’s seeing in UDRP cybersquatting disputes. Also: Abry gobbles up Donuts, Namecheap hits 10 million, […] Post link: Talking UDRP with Gerald Levine – DNW Podcast #201 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.

Learn about buying and selling social media handles on episode #200 of the DNW Podcast. It’s the 200th episode of the DNW Podcast! To celebrate, I’m bringing on one of my most popular repeat guests, Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja. This week Bill will explain the process of buying and selling social media handles, how […] Post link: Selling social media handles – DNW Podcast #200 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.

This crowdsourced name selection service could be the missing link between companies and the domain aftermarket. I have a fascinating discussion this week with Darpan Munjal, founder and CEO of SquadHelp.com. This company helps businesses select new company and product names with the help of a crowd of name suggesters. It’s been quite successful; it […] Post link: Crowdsourcing (domain) name selection – DNW Podcast #199 © DomainNameWire.com 2025. 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.