Domain Name Wire Podcast

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Oct 2026

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The Domain Name Wire Podcast brings you the latest news and happenings in the domain name industry every week.

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October 26, 202635 min

7,500 hand registrations, one year later

Josh Reason shares an update on his hand registration experiment. The numbers don’t lie: people are hand registering more domains now than ever before. In the third quarter, people registered 13.1 million new .com and .net domains. That was a record for Verisign, beating the previous record set just three months earlier. Sure, some were […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/10/26/7500-hand-registrations-one-year-later/">7,500 hand registrations, one year later</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

October 19, 202631 min

Behind the scenes at the .si registry – DNW Podcast #608

How Donald Trump’s proclamation led to an overnight transformation for Slovenia’s .si country code domain. For Barbara Povše and her team at Slovenia’s .si domain registry, things have always moved at a deliberate pace. That changed last month when Donald Trump triggered a frenzy of domain registrations. During a speech to the United Nations, Trump […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/10/19/behind-the-scenes-at-the-si-registry-dnw-podcast-608/">Behind the scenes at the .si registry – DNW Podcast #608</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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 Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission.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.

October 12, 202632 min

Rick and the Beanstalk- DNW Podcast #607

How Rick Schwartz is getting his valuable domains into the hands of builders. For three decades, Rick Schwartz has been building a portfolio of super-valuable domain names, and he sells them from time to time at eye-watering prices. This year, something changed. Rick decided to put domains like property.com, tryouts.com, and stud.com into the hands […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/10/12/rick-and-the-beanstalk-dnw-podcast-607/">Rick and the Beanstalk- DNW Podcast #607</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

October 5, 202638 min

Democratization, compression, and delegation – DNW Podcast #606

How AI is changing all businesses. AI changes everything, and that includes domain names and the web presence business. As Wall Street tries to figure out the winners and losers, many incumbent large tech companies, including GoDaddy, have seen their share prices fall. This week, I chat with Vinod Suresh, VP of Product Management at […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/10/05/democratization-compression-and-delegation-dnw-podcast-606/">Democratization, compression, and delegation – DNW Podcast #606</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

September 28, 202634 min

Web3 and new top level domains – DNW Podcast #605

A discussion about integrating existing web3 namespaces with new top level domains. Many top level domains applied for this year have a connection to web3: think .crypto and .nft. But for many years, web3 companies have offered alt-root “domains” matching these top level domains on blockchain-based systems. What happens if one of those alt-root systems […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/09/28/web3-and-new-top-level-domains-dnw-podcast-605/">Web3 and new top level domains – DNW Podcast #605</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

September 21, 202633 min

It’s a long story: from .web to .epic – DNW Podcast #604

Chris Ambler won’t end up running .web, but perhaps .epic. Verisign is introducing .web this year, but the idea for the domain dates back more than three decades. Today’s guest was there at the beginning. Chris Ambler, Director of Domains for Registered Agents, Inc., discusses the long and winding history of .web and his role […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/09/21/its-a-long-story-from-web-to-epic-dnw-podcast-604/">It’s a long story: from .web to .epic – DNW Podcast #604</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

September 14, 202633 min

Australian domain alert – DNW Podcast #603

New registration rules for .com.au domains could cause chaos. The board of auDA, the group that oversees the .au namespace, just voted to make a sweeping change to registration rules for .com.au domains. It could mean a million or more domains lose their eligibility in a namespace of 3.3 million. On today’s show, Erhan Karabardak, […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/09/14/australian-domain-alert-dnw-podcast-603/">Australian domain alert – DNW Podcast #603</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

August 31, 202632 min

My domain investing year so far – DNW Podcast #602

The numbers behind my record year. Two-thirds of the year is in the books, and what a year it has been. Technology is changing quickly, and this is impacting the domain business. On today’s show, I discuss my domain results so far this year and dig into some of the changes I’m making to my […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/08/31/my-domain-investing-year-so-far-dnw-podcast-602/">My domain investing year so far – DNW Podcast #602</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

August 24, 202632 min

.Ai end user domain stories – DNW Podcast #601

These two entrepreneurs moved their websites to .AI domains. .AI is hot, but what do business owners think about them? On this show, I speak with two business owners who switched their businesses to .ai domains. One started with a .so and quickly realized the extension’s limitations. The other started on a .com domain that […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/08/24/ai-dnw-podcast-601/">.Ai end user domain stories – DNW Podcast #601</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.

August 17, 202641 min

Inside LFG’s big bet on top level domains – DNW Podcast #600

ICANN received 1,600 TLD applications, and one company was behind a lot of them. Welcome to episode #600! The deadline to apply for a top level domain with ICANN was last Wednesday, and one company went big. Really big. Link Freedom Group (LFG), a company associated with the team behind .link, followed through on its […] Post link: <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2026/08/17/inside-lfgs-big-bet-on-top-level-domains-dnw-podcast-600/">Inside LFG’s big bet on top level domains – DNW Podcast #600</a> © DomainNameWire.com 2026. 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.