Domain Name Wire Podcast

Donuts is investing in businesses that can help grow the importance of domains and the DNS. How can we increase the importance and usage of domain names? As EVP of Registry at Donuts, John Pollard is tasked with finding new and innovative ways to grow the market. On today’s show, learn about investments the company […] Post link: John Pollard: How to grow the usage of domain names – DNW Podcast #188 © 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

Drew Wash made a big bet that led to a business generating $1 million recurring per year. In 2007 Drew Wash mortgaged his house to buy the domain name Towing.com. It was a big risk that has paid off. On today’s show, Wash explains how he has developed businesses on premium domain names. He is […] Post link: Drew Wash develops businesses on premium domains – DNW Podcast #187 © 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

How to easily create an online store. How can you turn your domain name into an ecommerce store and sell it? Our guest today, Caroline Balinska, explains how to find products to sell, how to set up your online store on Shopify, and drive consumers to it. Then, learn how you can sell your ecommerce […] Post link: Building an Ecommerce business on your domain name – DNW Podcast #186 © 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

With two decades of experience in the domain business, Jen Sale shares her perspective on the current market. This week on the DNW podcast we talk with Jen Sale, a long-time fixture in the domain name industry who now runs the domain name brokerage Evergreen. We talk about how the domain industry has evolved over […] Post link: Jen Sale of Evergreen – DNW Podcast #185 © 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.

France took his domain after 24 years. Now he’s fighting to get it back. Jean-Noël Frydman operated France.com for more than two decades before the French government organizations he previously partnered with decided they wanted the domain. They sued in French court and won the domain. Now Frydman is fighting to get the domain back. […] Post link: Jean-Noël Frydman discusses his France.com saga – DNW Podcast #184 © 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.

Radix CEO explains the company’s strategy. This week we talk about new top level domain names with Sandeep Ramchandani, CEO of Radix. Radix is a portfolio new TLD company that focuses on generic extensions such as .online and .site. Sandeep reveals the company’s results so far, talks about how to value a top level namespace, […] Post link: Sandeep Ramchandani, CEO of Radix – DNW Podcast #183 © 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.

Erik Bergman has great plans for Great.com Imagine this: you’re bidding in your first domain name auction. You’re traveling and are at a hotel in Iceland with poor internet connectivity. There’s a domain name you really want but the reserve is at least $1 million. Suddenly, your screen shows a $500,000 bid. You bid the […] Post link: Meet Erik Bergman, who paid $900k for Great.com – DNW Podcast #182 © 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.

Mike Kugler’s company VacaRent paid a record amount for a new TLD. Find out why. Mike Kugler is CEO of VacaRent, a company that just paid a record price for a domain under a new top level domain: $500,300 for vacation.rentals. On today’s show, Kugler gives the interesting story about how he negotiated for the […] Post link: Why Mike Kugler spent $500k on Vacation.Rentals – DNW Podcast #181 © 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.

On this podcast we talk about visiting Panama for ICANN 62, DomainSherpa and the domain market. This week we chat with Media Options CEO Andrew Rosener about three topics. First, we talk about his hometown of Panama City. ICANN is holding a meeting there this summer and Andrew explains what to expect when visiting the […] Post link: Panama, Sherpas and the Domain Market with Andrew Rosener – DNW Podcast #180 © 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 happens if Whois, which is often used to hunt down bad guys, goes dark? Security companies and brands rely on Whois records in order to quickly identify and mitigate all sorts of bad behavior: phishing, counterfeiting, fraud, spam, DDoS and more. What happens when these experts can no longer get access to Whois? On […] Post link: Whois and GDPR with Tim Chen – DNW Podcast #179 © 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.