Kickstart Commerce Podcast

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Elie Eweka, a long-time Influencer, and Domain Investor as well as the Author of the recently published Accidental Domain Investor. Today Elie and I discussed: Why and how he sold domains for a period of time to support religious ministry initiatives that launched 200+ non-profits. Next, we briefly chat about how he stumbled into domain investing, having sold FaithCenter.org, using some unorthodox methods and tools for that time — unlike the innovative tools he uses today. Then, Elie discusses the types of domains he invests in, including specific non .com extensions he's discovered profitable domain sales success — .stage, .church, .one, and many more. We also highlight how originating from Nigeria gives Elie an edge in buying and selling domains, and led him to write the Accidental Domain Investor for novices and newcomers to the domain industry. Oh yeah, and last but not least, we also played a live hand-reg game of the “good or bad” domain and discussed why. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Andrew Rosener, Founder and CEO of MediaOptions.com — the #1 global domain brokerage company as well as the owner of The Domain Name Authority: DomainSherpa.com. Today Drew and I discuss: The importance of playing to one's strengths as he shares his own downfall dabbling in domain development rather than focusing on domain investing and brokering. We go back down memory lane and journey from the bottom to the top to learn how Drew amassed a portfolio of 1,100 domains, yet never knew a domain industry existed. Drew then shares how one phone call from GoDaddy changed the trajectory of his life forever. Drew also highlights how he stair-stepped his way in the domain industry studying, networking, launching a newsletter, and simply doing what came naturally to him: dialing for domain dollars. Last but not least, we talk about what's in the near future for DomainSherpa as well as his hot take on the digital expansion and its impact on domain names. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Arif Sengoren, Founder and CEO of SecretBrokerage.com — a boutique brokerage providing professional domain buyer, domain appraisal, domain portfolio management, and online brand protection services for select clients throughout the world. Today Arif and I discuss: How an architectural engineering career intersected with his becoming a globally recognized domain name broker. Arif then shares how he honed and refined his domain brokering skills with stops along the way working for Nokta Domains, DomainNameSales.com, and Uniregistry before founding SecretBrokerage.com. Arif also shares why Secret Brokerage is a unique boutique domain brokerage, including how they educate buyers to properly assess and appraise domains as assets when in the buying process. Last but not least, Arif and I discuss the potential avenues of success in 2022 that domain buyers, investors, and sellers should consider to realize lucrative gains. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Neil Bostick, Founder of FIH.com, QEIP.com, and recently launched Graen.com — a private domain marketplace, allowing accredited buyers & sellers to confidentially acquire & liquidate the best domains on the internet. Today Neil and I discuss: How various corporate IT sales roles led him to discover domain name investing and brokering. We then talk about how he initially invested in over 100 5-Letter .coms without a sale, and how this experience led him to buy and sell names on aftermarket platforms such as NameJet and Flippa. Neil then shares the “sleep and sell” story of his first-ever aftermarket buy and sell domain, OrderSushi.com. Neil and I also discuss the inner workings of FIH.com, a startup marketplace allowing successful online business owners to predictably and profitably exit, as well as QEIP, a domain acquisition, and liquidation brokerage. And finally, Neil spills the beans on his latest innovative venture Graen.com, the first private domain marketplace of its kind with buyer NDA exclusivity. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Jebidiah Burnett, a record-setting and top-selling domain industry professional, now the Business Development Manager at Above.com — a complete domain service management platform. Today Jebidiah and I catch up on all the latest twists and turns in his professional domain journey since his record-breaking sales of Home.Loans, Homes.ForSale, and Houses.ForSale. Jebidiah then shares in great detail how Above.com harnesses the power of technology and data-driven decision-making to empower domain investors to transform the way they manage and control their portfolios — most importantly, realize profitability in short order. Jebidiah and I also discuss the past, present, and what we believe the future holds for .com and non .com domains and domain extensions as new generations are introduced to the internet. And last but not least, tune in and hear about how you can meet Jebidiah and various domain professionals coming to a city near you. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Ron Jackson, Founder and Editor of DNJournal.com and ADN.us. Today Ron and I discuss: How careers in journalism, broadcasting, and being a collectibles record store owner led him to discover domain names. Then Ron shares why and how he got his start investing in .US domains after stumbling upon DNForum.com. In addition to unveiling his buy-it-now pricing strategy, Ron also shares a few names and recent sales from his domain portfolio and various industries and market segments he invests in today. We also discuss what led to the birth of DNJournal.com — The Domain Industry News Magazine. We then talk about important metrics to watch for and use from DNJournal, and domain sales report in general when buying and selling domains. And finally, Ron and I discuss his latest venture ADN.us — American Domain Names, The .US News and Information Website. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Alex Verdea, a long-time domain investor, the founder of the AudiencePortal.com Domain Marketplace, and author of the recently released book for domain investors: The Domain Investing Playbook. Today Alex and I: Discuss which industries are hot and not, and prime for domain investors since the emergence of COVID-19. How he's perfected and perfecting increased domain sales discreetly using Dan.com as an outbound tool and customer relationship management system. We then discuss how he overcomes objections during the domain negotiation process, and how it led him to close a deal after 32 attempts. And last but not least, Alex shares why and how domain investors should get their hands on his latest book The Domain Investing Playbook. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Tiffanee Neighbors — founder and Chief Creative Officer of Winnasium — a performance marketing agency and talent advisory firm that helps tech companies brand, sell and win in the health space. In addition, Tiffanee is a motivational and public speaker, podcaster, author, and did I mention she's a domain investor and developer too. Today Tiffanee and I: How she started her journey as an addiction intern and then an addiction supervising counselor, and how these roles led to her transition into the tech and healthcare industry as a sales professional.   Tiffanee then shares how she honed communication and relationship-building skills through a mentorship that opened the door to becoming a motivational and public speaker focused on Branding, Selling, and Winning!  We then pivot to discover how Tiffanee naively transitioned from domain enthusiast to domain developer of Shopology.com. We then discuss how Tiffanee discover the expansive universe of domain investing via Clubhouse's creator economy while chatting about digital real estate. Last but not least, we chat about how secured her first name in .co, why she gifts domain names, and finally, her latest book entitled The Unicorn Dreamer. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Dennis Tinerino — a domain investor, domain developer, and the founder and editor of DomainSmoke.com, the industry's easiest resource for searching and find domain gems.  Today Dennis and I discuss: How familial roots and a career in sales landed him in the crosshairs of domain investing and development Dennis then shares why he chose to focus on hand-regging domains as well as developing domains in the web directory communities. Dennis also shares the backstory to starting DomainSmoke.com, and how he's helping to educate and level up the next generation of domain investors. We also chat about portfolio size and hygiene, and the types of domains Dennis has found success investing in, like ccTLDs, and strategies where he's realized substantial failure, like investing and developing new gTLDs. Last but not least, Dennis arrives bearing 3 exclusives offerings by way of a digital scavenger hunt as well as a FREE FOR ALL domain investing resource to all listeners… so tune in all the way to the end for more details. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Jonathan “JT” Tenenbaum — Host and Executive Producer of DomainSherpa.com, and Chief Operating and Officer and General Counsel of MediaOptions.com.  Today JT and I discuss: How he went from spitting bars by night to passing the bar by day, and how a background in legal landed him into legal and operational roles in the domain industry. Next, we discuss how Media Options is expanding beyond domain names to the all-encompassing umbrella of digital assets. JT shares his vision for how DomainSherpa will expand its programming from interviews and Sherpa reviews to a broader network of topics — NFTs, Crypto, Sports, and more. We then discuss the parallels between the buying and selling of domains and the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs. We also talk a bit about sports, money, and life lessons. Last but not least, JT explains why I'm still awaiting a NameJet t-shirt to be delivered to my doorstep. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Arif Mirza — a long-time domain investor and consultant at NameCult.com, host and producer of The Domain Social, and producer of Page Howe's The Domain Show.  Today Arif and I discuss: How developing a DJ website that reached nearly 30,000 DJs paved the way into domain investing. We also chat about NameCult and how he and others leveraged it to level up as domain investors. Arif then shares critical formulas and key indicators about managing his inbound-only domain portfolio into the black. We then discuss how Arif successfully leverages his interpersonal skills as a casino employee to negotiate to buy and sell domains. Last but not least, we talk about what's next on the horizon for The Domain Social and “Steamie The Dog”. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Zak Muscovitch — a Canadian intellectual property lawyer, Founder and Publisher of Domain Name Law Reports, and General Counsel at the Internet Commerce Association (also known as the ICA).  Today Zak and I discuss: How Zak got his start in Internet and domain name law writing about the future of Internet commerce taxation. Zak then talks about his first domain name law experience, including the backstory of Toronto2.com and a few other key UDRPs — Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy. And of course, we discuss whether or not Zak invests in domain names. Zak and I discuss what domain investors should do to protect themselves from UDRP, what to do when facing a UDRP, and the likelihood of domain investors having to fight a UDRP. And last but not least, Zak shares the latest changes with the ICA as well as addressing the top pressing priorities on the horizon for the ICA. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is web designer turned domain investor Leanne McMahon.  Today Leanne and I discuss: Finding a place under the sun and how she's making a name for herself in the domain industry sifting through domain sales data. Next, Leanne and I chat about how web design, search marketing, and customer service roles intersected with her first attempt to flip domain names via Flippa. We then peek into Leanne's outbound toolbox to discuss MailShake, and how she's used it to dial in and perfect her sales through rate outbounding hand-registration domains. Leanne also reveals and discusses a list of 4,000+ available one-word, dictionary .com domains with GoDaddy estimated value in tow. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Stephen Campbell — a domain investor now turned domain developer and serial entrepreneur.  Today Stephen and I: Contrast and compare the worlds of domain investing and domain development. And based on this, we then discuss why Stephen shifted his domain investing strategy to be “less is more”, focusing on quality and less on volume and quantity. Stephen then recaps his latest news in regards to his no-code domain development subscription business model and strategy. Lastly, we discuss Stephen's latest venture TinyAcquisitions.com — a platform aimed at helping creators and developers profitably divest their websites and online apps. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Steven Tey — a developer and founder of Elegance.ai, formerly known as OneWord.Domains.  Today Steven and I discuss: How pursuing education in Malaysia landed him in the United States, having recently graduated a double major in branding and data science from Minerva. We then discuss how a simple prototype to take the top 10,000 most commonly used English words and pair them with popular non .com domain extensions led to the birth of OneWord.Domains. And if that wasn't enough, Steven shares his lighting-in-a-bottle moment of OneWord.Domains going viral via ProductHunt and Hacker News. Steven also shares how he used OneWord.Domains to discover and launch his next business ideas, Elegance.ai and Recurrence.app. Last but not least, Steven gives us a glimpse of what is on the horizon for him personally and professionally. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Krista Gable — a domain investor and founder of DomainDomme.com and partner of NameShoppers.com, a platform aiming to provide domain name investors, developers and businesses access to domain names from private portfolios that have never been offered on the open market before.  Today Krista and I discuss: Her winding and wild path as a creative marketing professional, a club owner, a professional dominatrix, and now the domain domme of the domain industry. We talk about her unique gifting to anticipate the future and how she's used it to gain an advantage since entering into the domain industry in May 2018. Then we discuss how Clubhouse is helping the domain industry, and specifically, Krista, to evolve, innovate, and grow their personal and professional network — like Krista's partnering with Steven Sacks to launch NameShoppers.com. Lastly, Krista not only unveils a few sales, but she also gets personal and shares how the domain industry has helped her to control and overcome social anxiety. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Joshua Schoen — a domain investor and partner of DNWE.com, a ZERO commission trading platform aimed at making the domain buying and selling experience seamless.  Today Josh and I discuss: How early careers in tennis and marketing introduced him to domain investing. Josh then shares how netted $15K from a .io sale, but not before losing money hand registering new gTLDs in .vip, .rentals, and .realestate extensions. Next, Josh and I talk tools, strategies, and types of domains he invests in and uses, including how became a partner of DNWE.com. I also get Josh to open up about his best and worst domain investing moments that help to shape and mold him as an astute domain investor. Lastly, Josh shares a few sales, like how he sold Ruby.io for $88K, and what's on the horizon in the near future for him. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Bill McClure — a long-time entrepreneur and a 20-plus year domain veteran.  Today Bill and I discuss: His entrepreneurial roots and 35 years of experience in owning and operating the family's funeral and insurance businesses We also discuss how exiting multiple family businesses positioned Bill to invest in a Florida-based stainless steel manufacturer, a flower import operation, and a tele-flower company later known as eFlowers.com that was sold to FTD in the early 2000s. Bill then highlights the invaluable relationships as well as the good, the bad, and ugly pertaining to his domain investing journey that dates back to the mid-1990s. Bill shares why and how he arrived at his sweet spot of buying domains in the $5k to $20k range, having made purchases at or well above the $100K mark — like the Coffee.org purchase story. And last but not least, as if Bill needed one more thing to do, Bill unveils how he and partners are conquering the world of portable restrooms with high-end products and services branded as Royal Thrones. In closing, don't forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is the only and only Braden Pollock — angel investor, founder of Legal Brand Marketing, and long-time domain investor and contributor to the domain industry. Today Braden and I: Discuss the method to his madness pertaining to his latest one-word .com buying spree. We talk 2021 and 2022 domaining trends and insights that investors should consider. Braden gets me hip on the evolution of Clubhouse and how it’s growing the domain industry, opening the door to new monetization strategies. Lastly, I also uncover Braden dabbling in the land of cctlds and we talk brandable and geo service domain buying and selling strategies. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Iffy Ibekwe —  speaker and principal attorney of Ibekwe Law, a law firm specializing in wills and trusts to activate people taking agency over their lives and building impactful legacies. Today Iffy and I: Discuss how growing up in the middle east for nearly a decade broadened and shaped her cultural thinking personally and professionally. We also chat about why she and her family moved from one of the fastest-growing cities in the US, Austin, Texas, to Bentonville, Arkansas —  birthplace of the retailer Walmart. In addition, Iffy discusses how her estate planning business uses city and state geo service domains to grow its footprint pre and post COVID. And last but not least, Iffy shares how Texas is opening the door for lawyers to use trade names, likely positively impacting keyword and geo service domain owners and investors. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Mark Ghoriafi, a professional domain broker and the principal of MrPremium.com — a domain name brokerage and acquisition firm that has brokered $Millions in premium name sales, achieving countless industry and registry sales records. Today Mark and I: Talk about how the gift of gab that has proven profitable for him later in life wasn’t always the case during his early school days. We also discuss how he leveraged a career as a wrestling personality to brokering .club and .global domain names. Mark unveils how he positioned companies to realize innovation through the education and use of new domain extensions, ccTLDs and domain hacks to promote their brand. And last but not least, Mark also sheds light on how MrPremium.com uses clubhouse to promote and broker domains as well as other outbound marketing tools used — LinkedIn, MixMax, and much more. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Brooke Hernandez a.k.a. The Broker Brooke — a Domain Consultant and Branding Agent with Saw.com. Today Brooke and I: Connect the dots from commercial real estate to hawking airplane headsets and headphones, and finally, onto brokering domains at DomainAdvisors.com, Uniregistry.com, and  Saw.com. Brooke shares about how she educated herself and refines the valuation of domains for buyers and sellers. We also chat about what domain brokers do in between domain sales and during a sales drought. Last but not least, Brooke also recaps a few domain sales she’s brokered, including Vacation.Rentals, as well as guidelines for branding .com and non .com domains. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Jason Thompson — a long-time, part-time domain investor by night, and a cybersecurity and sales engineering professional by day. Today Jason and I discuss: What led him to domain investing, blogging, and how he and Morgan Linton established a domainer meetup group in downtown LA. Jason talks about why he’s passionate about the .city extension as well as reveals who and where the most money is being made in the domain industry. We also chat about how he navigated and adjusted to code-switching and the lack of diversity in the domain industry. And last but not least, we hear from Jason about what it’s like to supplement his lifestyle with domain investing, yet building generational wealth through portfolio development. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Anita Walker, a long-time domain investor, and the Founder and CEO of SmartWebby.com — a consultancy providing startup consulting, design and development, and marketing services to global clients. Today Anita and I talk about: How a passion for mathematics and coding led her and a partner to start a full-service marketing consultancy. Anita also shares how specializing in naming and branding led her down the path of accidental domain investing in 2013, having first sold .org, .me, and .club domains. She also discusses her rookie pricing mistake leading to a three-year sales drought, and how she’s course corrected since this time by mastering SquadHelp.com contests to sales domains. And last but not least, Anita shares how one unassuming compliment from a domain legend helped her to battle and overcome depression. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Roman Edmond — a six sigma professional, personal development coach, and a decade-long, part-time domain investor. Today Roman and I discuss: How early entrepreneurial roots selling candy at school, flipping sports cards and cabbage patch kids, and newspaper routes eventually led to his buying and selling domains. Roman candidly discusses outbounding domains as a door-to-door salesperson, and how he went from owning 3 domains in 2011 to just over 10,000 domains in 2012 — yes, in less than a year! Roman also shares two secret questions that most domain investors fail to ask, yet these questions led to him bulk selling a portfolio of 1,000 domains. In addition, we contrast and compare strategies, platforms, pricing, appraisals, and varying factors to consider when bidding on and buying domains. Finally, Roman unveils his MUST-DO rules and tenets when entering into the domain industry. And as a bonus, Roman also provides tips and tricks for buying and selling domains via Clubhouse. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Tieshun Roquerre — the CEO of Namebase.io, the premier domain registrar built on top of the new DNS protocol Handshake. Today Tieshun and I dive deep into: How engineering a platform to hawk t-shirts led him to drop out of high school at the age of 16. Tieshun also shares how he and a partner were accepted into the Y Combinator after launching a recruiting startup for software engineering teams to grow via employee referrals. In addition, we discuss the inner workings, and challenges of birthing Namebase.io only weeks before receiving a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship grant, yet a few months after dropping out of MIT. We also chat about the origins of Handshake, and how both decentralized and centralized web ecosystems could possibly coexist. And last but not least, Tieshun drops nothing but nuggets about the Handshake domain auction process, including the pros and cons of becoming a registry versus a Handshake domain owner/developer as well as other use cases. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Michael Garguilo — a long-time domain investor and developer, and serial entrepreneur.  Today Michael and I confront: How domain investors are one frivolous lawsuit or claim away from a domain registrar locking their digital assets We specifically speak about the case of GoDaddy locking Brent Oxley’s multi-million dollar portfolio of ultra-premium domains by a bad actor filing a lawsuit in India Michael shares actionable insight towards reducing and eliminating the risk of litigation lockups of domain portfolios, including which domain registrars are domain-investor friendly Lastly, we talk about the future, the credibility hit, and monetary losses, that both domain owners and their domains of such frivolous lawsuits or claims face. Also, a few days after this recording, per Domain Name Wire, Godaddy will no longer indiscriminately lock domains when they are subject to a legal challenge. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. Today’s episode is not only special because of its guest, but today’s is our 100th episode.  And to celebrate such a milestone episode, our guest today needs no introduction other than Kate. I did my homework, as you’ll soon hear, and pulled out all the stops as Kate and I: Discuss how developing, advertising, and monetizing geo domains led to the founding of Buckley Media Kate also shares why her domain name brokerage and branding boutique is renowned for its customized, strategic approach to consultative corporate domain services and signature relationship-building. We also chat about ladies of the night, dental implants, romance, and yoga pants — who knew!? And last but not least, Kate schools us on how to determine a domain’s use case and evaluation, including her specialty gerund domains. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Tess Diaz, SVP of Business Development at Buckley Media, and the former Executive Producer of DomainSherpa.com. Today Tess and I: Talk about her new role with Buckley Media, the domain name brokerage and branding boutique renowned for its customized, strategic approach to consultative corporate domain services and signature relationship-building. Tess shares why she greatly values community and collaboration in her new role, and how she’s using Lunchclub and Clubhouse to nurture new and existing relationships. We also discuss the various levels of engaging a domain brokerage to buy and sell domains. Tess also smashes my curveball of a question in regards to corporate brands using handshake domains. And last but not least, Tess reveals two areas where she shines and channels creativity as her superpowers. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Blessing Mpofu, the Proprietor and Chief Editor of Churchm.ag — the #1 resource for church technology, creativity, and new thinking. Today Blessing and I discuss: The “trick” that led to his early passions for writing and tech I learn what led a founding technologist and visionary to launch ChurchMag using the .ag extension country code for Antigua and Barbuda. Blessing also shares his journey from a subscriber to becoming Chief Editor of ChurchMag We discuss a highly viewed article Blessing wrote about surviving a pandemic exactly one year before COVID And last but not least, Blessing confides in me with a few domain confessions — one domain purchase inspired by Trevor Noah himself. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Stuart Maloff — a long-time educator and 20-plus year domain veteran. Today Stu and I dive deep into: How starting a kids basketball camp led to Stu selling a geo service domain and discovering the colossal world of domaining Stu also shares how he identifies and assesses undervalued 3-4 character alphanumeric domains He then talks about how traveling around the globe to 30+ countries has shaped his domain pricing and investing strategy Stu also shares his thoughts about Clubhouse, and predictions in regards to what’s next on the horizon for the domain industry Last but not least, Stu reveals his domain portfolio's top 10 domain names. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Mark Smith — a newly minted Handshake domain investor and advocate, and the founder of Namesake.Domains — a consultancy aimed at helping brands adopt and develop their Handshake domains. Today Mark and I discuss: How launching fitness and SaaS companies led him to discover domain investing and then handshake domains. Mark and I discuss the ins and outs of handshake domain investing and development as well as common handshake domain use cases, including how Mark became the handshake domain registry of .gin. Mark also shares insight in regards to the feasibility and interoperability of handshake and legacy domain ecosystems re-imagining the future of web 3.0 And finally, we discuss the nitty-gritty details in getting started with the buying, selling, and auctioning of handshake auctions. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest, Mike Sallese, is a long-time, part-time domain investor and the CEO of FinTechNames.com. Today Mike and I discuss: How a marketing and finance background during the early days of the internet led Mike to discover the domain industry Mike shares how he uses marketplace data when buying and selling domains in the FinTech niche — blockchain, token, crypto, and more How and why journaling daily auction results helps Mike refine his strategy to identify under-valued domains And last but not least, we chat about GoDaddy’s substantial price adjustment to closeout domains, and its impact on domaining In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest, Nikul Sanghvi, is a highly-esteemed, professional domain investor of ccTLDs, and the founder and principal of hypernames.co — a digital asset boutique connecting startups and subject matter experts with high impact, memorable domains. Today Nikul and I dive deep into: Insightful perspectives and lessons learned about his ccTLD investing experiences thus far Including detailed analysis of his best year in domaining yet, detailing purchases, renewals, registrations, commissions, and fees, and more The pros and cons of ccTLD investing, and everything in between Predictions for what’s next on the horizon for ccTLDs In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Mark Levine — a serial entrepreneur and astute domain investor, once owning category-killer domains such as Published.com, BookPrinting.com and many more valuable one and two word .com domains. Today Mark and I discuss: How a lucrative career in a book publishing and technology company introduced him to domain investing He also shares how and why domain investing has sharpened his business acumen We also talk a bit ccTLDs, and which extensions he actively invests in And last but not least, Mark reveals his overall 2020 domain results as a part-time domain investor — including average acquisition and sales data, portfolio sale-through rate, and much more. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, Spotify, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Chad Burmeister— a long-time sales professional, podcaster, and founder of Scalex.ai — a pipeline as a service that solves the sales pipeline problem by combining data, digital, and dialing through artificial intelligence. Today Chad and I discuss: How mentors assisted in identifying Chad’s “fire-in-the-belly” gifting for sales early in life He also shares how previous sales experience across varying industries — supply chain management, social recruiting, talent management — paved the way for founding Scalex.ai And last but not least, Chad reveals how virtual and remote selling early in his career served him well during COVID, having recently launched SalesClass.ai — the first interactive community for empowering sales professional In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, Spotify, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Deepak Daftari — a long-time domain investor, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor based in India. Today Deepak and I discuss: How developing online portals for headhunting and education paved the path to full-time domain investing How cornering the .co.in market led to the birthing and refining of bulk portfolio buying and selling of premium domains Also, hear how Deepak drives sales by limiting renewal length and aiming for quality rather than quantity Deepak also reveals his 50/50 approach to bulk domain portfolio investing as well as angel investing and domain brokering Last but not least Deepak insightfully shares a handful of his latest domain sales, and his strategy when pricing domains to sale In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, Spotify, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Stephen Campbell — domain investor turned domain developer of FlipWebDomains.com, NoCodeMakers.com, having recently launched an Open-AI virtual ghostwriter earning $400+ recurring monthly revenue (and growing) in less than 7 days. Today Stephen and I discuss: The economic challenges of buying and selling domains while residing in Jamaica How he got his start in the domain industry, and what it was like working at Epik as a Territory Manager Stephen also shares why and how he choose to pivot from domain investing to domain development, for now Last but not least, Stephens reveals how recently launching a monthly recurring subscription business for ghostwriting services — all while having not written one line of code. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, Spotify, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Jason Sheppard — a former DJ now turned full-time domain investor and the newest DNAcademy Accelerator Instructor. Today Jason and I discuss: How COVID abruptly transitioned him from spinning records as a DJ to flipping domains as a full-time domain investor. He schools us on how he manages cash flow through liquidation and installment payment plans. Also, Jason shares how he partnered with a local businessman to create a domain partner portfolio, in addition to his personal portfolio of 7500+ domain names. And finally, Jason compares and contrasts domain investing in 2020,  and what’s to come in 2021 and what to watch for, including a sneak peek about the DNAccelator.com. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of the Kickstart Commerce podcast where I share thoughts about search marketing and domain name investing strategies to help grow your business. In today’s episode, I’ll recap 9 domain predictions made for 2020 as it pertained to domain sales, domain extensions, bloggers, conferences, and the overall economics of the domain industry in general. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Alex Verdea, a long time domain investor and the founder of the AudiencePortal.com Domain Marketplace. Today Alex and I discuss: How an early career in sales at Radio Shack paved the way for his entry into domain investing. Alex also reveals the one game-changing thing every domain investor needs sooner rather than later. We also discuss how refining his strategy of “quality, quantity and time” led to laser-focused domain investing across 4 industries. And but not least, Alex shares a few sales as well as a new strategy he’s perfecting to move from single to portfolio domain purchases. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, I interview Peter Birsinger.  Pete’s a former solutions engineer now turned serial entrepreneur,  having founded Podscribe.ai, the world’s biggest podcast database, and Picasso, aka PicassoKnows.ai — a data-driven podcast marketing platform to help podcasters learn where they should be advertising. Today Pete and I discuss: His journey from solutions engineering to bonafide entrepreneur Why he choose to launch two brands using ccTLD domains Last but not least, we discuss the pros and cons of branding using non .com domains In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Kalin Karakehayov — a Bulgarian-based domain investor and serial entrepreneur of Edoms.com, SEO.Domains, and soon to be released Salestrar.com — the 0% commission domain marketplace. Today Kalin and I discuss: His winding path into SEO, and having founded The Bulgarian Search engine What led him and team to birth a startup business-owning nearly 50,000 ccTLD domains Kalin also shares intriguing insight about the ccTLD market, and how domain investors can practically assess the value of SEO and ccTLD domains Last but not least, Kalin discusses the release of an upcoming domain marketplace aiming to empower domain investors to realize 0% commissions In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, Spotify, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we interview Doron Vermaat — domain investor, founder of DNGeek.com, and the co-founder of Efty.com — the world’s largest commission-free domain marketplace. Today Doron and I discuss: How his job-board expertise intersected with domain investing and development How journaling about domains he bought and sold became known as DNGeek.com Doron also reveals an alarming real-life story about why domain ownership is imperative when developing a domain. Finally, Doron shares what led to launching Efty.com, and what it means to go from domain investor to an industry-leading domain innovator and service provider. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, we have a two-for-one special in having none other than Nikul Sanghvi and Morgan Linton join us. Nikul Sanghvi is an analytics extraordinaire by day and a highly-esteemed Domain investor of ccTLDs by night.  He’s the founder and principal of hypernames.co — a digital asset boutique connecting startups and subject matter experts with high impact, memorable domains. Morgan Linton is one of the most learned, generous personalities you’ll encounter in the domain industry. A multilingual domain investor, broker, blogger, serial entrepreneur and, if that wasn’t enough, he’s added angel investor in the last few years. He’s also the co-founder of Bold Metrics, a venture-backed SaaS company using contactless Machine Learning to unlock body data. But as for today, Nikul, Morgan, and I discuss “the state of ccTLD investing”, diving deep into: Insightful perspectives and lessons learned about their ccTLD investing experiences The pros and cons of ccTLD investing, and everything in between Predictions for what’s next on the horizon for ccTLDs In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is John D. Saunders, a value-based digital marketing strategist and serial entrepreneur with a great passion for providing actionable tactics to streamline and build profitable brands. Today John and I: Dive deep into the backstory of why and how he founded 5FourDigital.com. We discuss how 5FourDigital.com led to the launching of BlackWallet.org, BlackIllustrations.com, and IllustratorHub.com. John also shares how he qualifies to purchase and developing domain names from an end-user perspective as an entrepreneur and digital marketing strategist. Last but not least, John discusses domain extensions, and his first-hand experience educating and serving customers in naming and building brands that uniquely stand the test of time. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is Australian-based Ed Keay-Smith — a long-time domain investor, digital marketer, co-podcaster of Domainer.com.au, and the founder of OnlineImpact.com — a digital marketing agency aiming to help small to medium-sized businesses grow and dominate their online market share. Today Ed and I discuss quite a bit in this show: Like how attending an Overture demo opened his eyes to the world of buying and selling domain names Why he chose to specialize in the buying and selling of .com.au, .co.uk. and .in domains Ed also breaks down the Australian domain market, how he prices domains, and why he believes .com.au is truly a sleeper market for domain investors In addition, Ed shares a few hand-regged, two-word hyphenated .com.au domains he sold for $5K+ Lastly, Ed reveals why and how “affiliate arbitrage” with 100 domain names earns him high 5-figure revenue annually In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we interview Rob Monster — a serial entrepreneur and angel investor of multiple exits, and founder and CEO of Epik.com — an innovative domain registrar and web hosting company. In today’s episode, Rob and I discuss: His product management and entrepreneurial background, and how both  made a way for his entry into the domain industry Rob shares the details of recent websites and services developed, including DNProtect.com, NameLiqudate.com, DomainGraduate.com, and PrayerMeeting.com to name a few Rob also unveils the next line of innovative Epik services, such as Epik Escrow, and Epik Labs Last but not least, Rob shares how COVID has transformed Epik into a digital empowerment company for a progressively digital world In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or however you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guest is none other than Jay Paudyal — an India-based domain investor and serial entrepreneur, having founded a number of successful tech ventures, his most recent venture being UrbanSkill.com.  UrbanSkill.com is a digital learning platform devoted to excellence in providing skill-based education incorporated with both research and innovation to fulfill the long term career objective of the learning enthusiasts who aspire to make a difference. Today Jay and I discuss: How he stumbled upon domain investing in the late 90’s Jay shares a few domain sales as well as a peek into his investing strategy We also talk a bit of entrepreneurship with Jay as well as the deadly traps to avoid in domaining Jay shares how UrbanSkill.com advocates and empowers the next generation of digital marketers and domain investors In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher or how ever you desire to listen.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we interview Keith DeBoer — part-time domain investor, contributing publisher of DNGeek.com, and the founder and podcaster of one of the fastest-growing domain investing podcasts: BrandableInsider.com. Today Keith and I discuss: His linguistic-inclined journey into domain investing How trial and error attempts led him to settle firmly into domain investing We also touch on a few of Keith’s latest domain sales And last but not least, Keith shares what inspires him to produce content for the domain industry, and how doing so has refined his domain investing prowess. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher or how ever you desire to listen.

Welcome to the Kickstart Commerce podcast where we share search marketing and domain investing strategies to help grow your business. In today's episode, our guests are Jason Eisler and Yogi Solanki. Jason Eisler is a long-time domain investor and broker, and the founder of DNAdvisor.com, a boutique domain brokerage agency aiming to help domain owners maximize domain sales and profits. Yogi Solanki is a newly minted domain investor that has taken to the domain industry much like a fish to water, having dialed in and refined domain outbound marketing strategies leading to consistent weekly domain sales. Today Jason, Yogi, and I discuss: How both have approached and refined their outbound strategies and best practices to sale domains. The best types of media, tools, days/times and more to realize efficient domain outbound marketing sales. The 3 Rules of Engagement: Relationship, Education, and The Close. In closing, don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher or how ever you desire to listen.