Join me for the 500th episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast Welcome to the 500th episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast! It’s been 10 years since I started the podcast. In that time, I’ve interviewed people like Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the DNS, and Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress. On today’s […]

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Hear why ConvertKit is changing its name to Kit. ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry was on the Domain Name Wire Podcast in 2018, talking about his company’s plans to rebrand. He shelved those plans after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new domain. Now, six years later, CovertKit is finally rebranding. The company will […]

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GoDaddy explains why it introduced Afternic Boost, plus plans for Dan. Last week Mark Levine and I gave our initial feedback on Afternic Boost, a new program from Afternic that promises extra exposure for a fee. Today, I’m joined by Alan Shiflett. Alan manages all of GoDaddy’s products for domain investors. He talks about how […]

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A new report sheds light on which domains phishers use to steal information. These days, it seems like a never goes by without someone trying to phish me, either via an email saying a bank account is about to be suspended or a text message trying to scare me into logging into a site. Phishing […]

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A domain broker gives me tips to sell more domains. Last week, I talked about how my domain sales are down so far this year. Jeffrey Gabriel, Saw.com founder and domain broker, joins me this week to talk about what I can do to change this trajectory. He gives some frank advice about my domains, […]

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Why this group thinks Verisign shouldn’t be able to raise the price of .com domains. Last month, a consortium of advocacy groups asked the US government to take action against the .com contract with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN). On today’s show, Matt Stoller, research director for American Ecomomic Liberties Project and author of The BIG Newsletter, […]

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From hand-registration to $85,000 in 8 days. Imagine flipping a hand registration into an $85,000 sale in 8 days. My guest on today’s show, Michael Santiago, did just that. It’s not without controversy, though. What would you do if this opportunity presented itself to you? Michael tells this story and how upgrading a domain name […]

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