Domain Masters Radio Show
Longest running podcast about domain names with shows starting in 2004
About Domain Masters Radio Show
This is all about learning how to be the master of your domain. Learn your legal rights, and understand how to get the most out of your domains and learn how to navigate the various services and products available to you by listening to the industry experts on Domain Masters. Your weekly host is Victor Pitts. We discuss domain name monetization, explore the differences between TLDs. We discuss how to determine if your domain has hidden value. “Domain Masters” airs every Wednesday at 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific on www.WebmasterRadio.FM. Show archives can be heard exclusively on WebmasterRadio.FM, the world’s largest online B2B Radio Network, as well as on premier podcast portals such as iTunes.
Episodes:
11/02/11
Tim Schumacher – CEO at Sedo Holding AG – shares his insight to the value of domains,using SEDO’s visibility into an inventory of 15 million domain names and their global perspective.
11/09/11
Adam Dicker – CEO of DNForum
11/16/11
Richard Schreier – CEO of Pool.com
Past Episodes:
10/26/11
Converting Domain Assets Into Effective Online Businesse. Jodi Chamberlain, President of DualEagle.com joins Victor in a discussion about converting domain assets into effective online businesses by outsourcing development to experienced resources.
10/19/11
Victor is on location at the Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale Beach for the TRAFFIC Conference. This 7 year old event is organized by domainers for domainers. Attendees from around the globe congregate to share notes about successes and failures in domaining, meet the venders face to face, and to build partnerships with others in the industry. All TRAFFIC conferences have a LIVE Auction for domains, as did this conference. Listen as Victor interviews attendees and shares the experience with you.
10/12/11
Paul Goldstone is a low profile domain industry pioneer who continues to contribute to the domain industry at large. From his volunteerism to ICANN, to the volume of hours spent managing and up-keeping the iGoldrush.com industry portal. Now partnering with one of the domain industry’s shining stars – Morgan Linton as they produce professionally made educational videos to the domain industry through the iGoldrush website. Learn more about this FREE service and get to know these two incredible industry resources on this episode of Domain Masters.
10/05/11
Meet Joe Domainer, aka Mr. Typical. Joe will share his story and view about the future of domaining. Listen to Webmasterradio.fm this Wednesday at 5pm ET/2pm PT. Also get an overview of news effecting domainers and listen as Victor makes some points about why branded domains are a better choice for brand owners than going “all in” on social media.
09/28/11
What domainers need to know about Google and Yahoo PPC changes. Michael Gilmour cofounder of ParkLogic, joins Victor Pitts in conversation about changes at Yahoo and Google which have ramifications throughout the PPC industry. What can domainers do to maximize earnings. Listen to Webmasterradio.fm this Wednesday at 5pm ET/2pm PT on Sep 28, 2011. Full library of past shows available at http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/domain-masters.
09/14/11
Flashback Show featuring all four of the regular host of Domain Masters over the years. Retrospect look at the accomplishments of the program and the contributions made to the industry. Host share their story and reveal their favorite episodes. Blooper segment is hilarious. Go to Webmasterradio.fm at 5pm ET/2pm PT on Sep 14, 2011.
09/07/11
Antony Van Couvering – CEO of Minds + Machines joins us as we look closer at the new gTLD process and set some realistic expectations regarding the road ahead for these new gTLD applicants. Opportunities are plentiful for new gTLD Registries, but challenges will be difficult without expert assistance. What are some of the challenges ahead? What kind of budget should you need for a new gTLD launch? What are the critical success factors? Tune into this episode to hear the answers to these questions and more. Go to Webmasterradio.fm at 5pm ET/2pm PT on Sep 7, 2011.
08/31/11
Guest is Howard Neu, co-founder of Targeted TRAFFIC. Howard says that TRAFFIC is a place where business happens. This year’s show in Fort Lauderdale will be a quality show in a great venue. There has been an evolution within the industry as business continue to adjust to changes. This is evidenced by some fantastic new sponsors for this year’s show. Howard explained that TRAFFIC has been the leading edge to critical changes affecting domain investors. In the closing minutes of the interview Howard commented on the effect that new gTLDs will have on the value of dotCom domains. Listen to Domain Masters to hear what he says.
08/24/11
Victor reviews the .NXT conference, discusses the .COM dominance over all other domains, talks about the continuing woes of PPC business, and mentions the Sunrise of .XXX
08/17/11
Guest is Dr Liz Williams – CEO of SEDARI. ICANN’s new gTLD process will be open for business in January. New breeds of organizations are being created to usher these new TLDs to market. Dr. Williams explains the challenges the new TLD registries will face and why there will be great demand for new highly specialized services to bridge concepts with reality. Read Dr. Williams bio at http://www.sedari.com/team/dr-liz-williams-chief-executive-officer/ or http://www.icann.org/en/biog/williams.htm.
08/03/11
Guest is Stuart Lawley – Chairman and CEO of ICM Registry. ICM Registry is the newest company amongst the ranks of domain registries. ICM Registry is leading the charge on new domain TLDs with the new .XXX Top Level Domain scheduled for launch commencing with their Sunrise program for trademark holders on September 7, 2011. While we think of .XXX as being an adult only product, there is some surprising benefit to non-adult oriented brand owners as well. This show will reveal all. I encourage you to listen in.
07/27/11
Guest is Jason Boshoff, CEO of Domain Holdings Group, Inc. Domain Holdings is a new age domain development, marketing, and technology company that was founded by domainers for domainers. Their services represent the advances in technology and thinking triggered by the decline in PPC performance. There are a growing number of alternatives to the status quo, and this interview will shed some light on one of the best.
07/20/11
This episode is about new top level domain extensions process approved by ICANN, with Domain Names Industry Consultant and ICANN Expert Jothan Frakes. Within the conversation I asked Jothan WHY new ICANN felt that new TLDs were needed. We discussed the impact of new TLDs on search engines, browsers, existing domains and online brands, as well as the impact on the existing domain name infrastructure and the blurred roles of Registrars and Registries. If you miss the live broadcast, catch-up on episodes by listening to archives podcast of every show on WebmasterRadio.FM or on iTunes and other premier podcast portals.