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This podcast is about us sisters, Cory & Anna. Joining us along for the ride is our little brother Cruz. Talking about all the jibber jabber flowing through our minds. Mostly about our childhood days, us growing up, the good ol'times, with our cousins. All about the good, the bad, and the in-betweens. Bringing back laughing, and crying moments. ~~Sisters Don’t Need Words. ~~~Sisters+1 d.n.w Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sisters-brother-caj/support
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Why Squadhelp changes its name and how it came up with Atom. Darpan Munjal has been a guest on this podcast many times, but he gets a different introduction this time: CEO of Atom. That’s because his company Squadhelp recently rebranded as Atom and moved its site to atom.com. On today’s show, Darpan discusses why […] Post link: Rebranding to Atom –…
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Wacky domain name tales – DNW Podcast #481
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Acquiring domains isn’t always easy. Domain buyer broker Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja returns to the show this week with more wacky domain name tales. Bill has met some interesting people while acquiring domain names and social media handles. On today’s show, you’ll hear the tales of Pedro the Paranoid, The Satisfied Senior, The Lucky […] Post link:…
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Fred Hsu discusses some of his company’s plans for new top level domains tied to web3 communities. It’s been just six months since I had Fred Hsu, co-founder of D3, on the podcast. The company has made many announcements since then, and it’s becoming clear that it will be one of the more significant portfolio […] Post link: .Ape in to new TLDs – DN…
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Richard Lau discusses a seven-figure domain sale and what companies using .ai domains should know. Domain investor Richard Lau joins me on today’s show. We discuss his $1 million sale of gld.com and how a domain buyer broker helped seal the deal. Richard also explains why he hopes his sale of passes.com will turn into […] Post link: A golden domain…
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Understanding the domain name market in Canada. Oh, Canada! This week, I chat with domain investor Frank Mardian, founder of the DN.ca domain name forum popular with Canadian domain name investors. Frank talks about becoming interested in websites when he ran a Mercedes Benz dealership, and how he started collecting domains. We discuss some nuances…
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This is how we do it down in Puerto Rico – DNW Podcast #477
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Jeff Neuman fills us in on what happened at the latest ICANN meeting. Jeff Neuman has just about seen it all in the domain business over the past few decades. The former VP of Registry at Neustar currently serves as a lawyer and policy consultant and is the chief legal officer of Dot Hip Hop. […] Post link: This is how we do it down in Puerto Rico …
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How Radix scored a deal with the world’s most popular YouTuber. Last year, the world’s most popular YouTuber, Mr. Beast, changed his merch store website to a .store domain and promoted the switch in a video viewed nearly 200 million times. On today’s show, Radix CEO Sandeep Ramchandani explains how his company worked for many […] Post link: Courtin…
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Finding cofounders with cofounders .com – DNW Podcast #475
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Why this entrepreneur paid $65,000 for cofounders.com. Chris Koerner reminds me of a lot of people in the domain business: he has his hands in multiple businesses ranging from tree trimming to cryptocurrency to reselling Buc-ee’s goods. He partners with lots of founders to start businesses and recently paid $65,000 to acquire cofounders.com to prom…
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Domain forums and conferences – DNW Podcast #474
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Helmuts Meskonis discusses Domain Summit and how he hopes to bring DNForum back to its former glory. This week, I interview Helmuts Meskonis, who organizes the Domain Summit conference in London and owns DNForum and AcornDomains. Helmuts had a bit of a rough relationship with some in the domain name community early on thanks to […] Post link: Domai…
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Actual domain investor results – DNW Podcast #473
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Listen to how two domain investors performed in 2023. Once a year, domain investors Mark Levin and Logan Flatt join me on the show to discuss their sales results from the previous year. On today’s show, you’ll learn how many domains they sold in 2023 compared to 2022, a breakdown of which top level domains […] Post link: Actual domain investor resu…
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How one domain investor sold $300k of domains using outbound marketing. Most domain investors are passive. They list their domains for sale on marketplaces, put up “for sale” landers, and wait for buyers to come to them. A subset of investors do outbound marketing, contacting businesses that might be interested in buying their domains. One […] Post…
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The importance of Universal Acceptance, and what is being done to improve it. Have you ever typed an email address into a web form and it wasn’t accepted because your address ends in a new top level domain? Or noticed that a domain name wasn’t linked on social media because the network didn’t recognize the […] Post link: Universal Acceptance – DNW …
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My 2023 domain sales results – DNW Podcast #470
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It was a good (but inconsistent) year. 2023 is in the books. On today’s show, I share my domain sales results from last year including total sales, breakdown by TLD, median prices, length of domains, acquisition strategy, and more. I also share a couple of tactics I’m going to try to boost sales in 2024. […] Post link: My 2023 domain sales results …
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Weddings, onions, and dude ranches – DNW Podcast #469
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Peter Askew talks about a tough onion season and his foray into the wedding business. It’s been nearly two years since I last caught up with Peter Askew on the podcast. The entrepreneur who sells onions on the internet provides an update on this year’s onion crop and the challenges of selling produce. He also […] Post link: Weddings, onions, and du…
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The world’s sweetest domain names – DNW Podcast #468
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Learn how GOAT Foods is building brands on great domain names like chocolate.com. Chocolate.com. Licorice.com. Caramels.com. These are some really sweet domain names, and they’re all owned by one company: GOAT Foods. The company is leveraging these great domain names to sell snacks and confections online. On today’s show, GOAT Foods cofounder Jonat…
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2024 Predictions Episode – DNW Podcast #467
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25 people kick off the year in our annual predictions episode. It’s the annual predictions episode! On today’s show, you’ll hear from 25 people about what the biggest surprises of 2023 were and what they expect to happen in 2024. Happy new year and let’s make 2024 a great one! Sponsor: Sav.com domain transfers Subscribe […] Post link: 2024 Predicti…
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Selling brandable domains with Keith DeBoer – DNW Podcast #466
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Keith DeBoer provides tips and best practices for domain investors. “Brandable Insider” Keith DeBoer returns to the show this week to talk about domain investing. Keith owns about 5,000 domains. Today, he explains how he decides which domains to buy, where he’s listing them for sale, and why (and how) he pruned his portfolio by […] Post link: Selli…
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Reviewing the year in the domain name business. 2023 has been full of activity in the domain name business. There have been acquisitions, changes in hot technologies, and much, much more. On today’s show, I discuss what I think were the five biggest stories in domain names this year. Also: .AI mania, fast transfer, ICANN’s […] Post link: 2023’s top…
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How NIS2 adds a burden on the domain name business. NIS2 is a European Union Directive that could impact domain registrations. On today’s show, I’m joined by Polina Malaja, Policty Director of CENTR, to talk about NIS2. She explains why the EU brought forward this directive, and how it will impact domain registrars, registries, and […] Post link: N…
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Repricing domains = more sales – DNW Podcast #463
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Hear what happens when you slash the prices on most of your domains. When domain investor AbdulBasit Makrani was frustrated by his domain sales volume, he decided to take drastic measures by reducing the price of nearly all of his domains by 20%-60%. Sales volume almost immediately went up. We discuss this on today’s show, […] Post link: Repricing …
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A review of how my domains sales are this year, and reviewing this year’s predictions. Just six weeks remain in 2023. On today’s show, I run through my domain sales results so far this year, including sell-through rate, median price, top level domains, and a breakdown of one, two, and three-word domains. Then, we revisit […] Post link: 2023 is goin…
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Afternic search and Domain Academy – DNW Podcast #461
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Joe Styler discusses a new search tool and what’s ahead for Domain Academy. Want to find bargains at Afternic? Filtering through Afternic’s 23 million domains just got a lot easier thanks to a new tool in Domain Academy: Afternic Advanced Search. On today’s show, GoDaddy’s Joe Styler, who has taken over Domain Academy, talks about […] Post link: Af…
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An “on-chain” domain registrar – DNW Podcast #460
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This company thinks it can improve upon existing domain registrars using blockchain. Can blockchain technology improve domain name registrars? That’s what today’s guest, Paul Gauvreau of 3DNS, believes. We discuss the relative benefits and potential drawbacks of bringing a registrar “on chain”. Also: Earnings season, .bot, domain search data, and “…
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Checkmate! The chess.com story – DNW Podcast #459
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How a great domain powered a huge online business. If you want to talk to someone who understands the power of a great domain, look no further than Erik Allebest. In 2005, he acquired the domain name chess.com for only $55,000 in a bankruptcy auction and hasn’t looked back. The domain paid dividends early because […] Post link: Checkmate! The chess…
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New partnership + big domain sale – DNW Podcast #458
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Braden Pollock reveals a $600,000 sale as he and Andrew Miller discuss his equity deal in Hilco Digital Assets. On today’s show, domain investor Braden Pollock explains his deal with Hilco Digital Assets, and we’re also joined by Hilco Digital Assets managing director Andrew Miller. We also discuss the state of the market, and Braden […] Post link:…
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