Steven Lieberman was kind enough to answer some questions about escrow transactions and his company EscrowDomains.com. Steven explains the need for KYC rules and why having a lawyer backed firm adds significant benefits. I hope you enjoy the interview. Q1) Over the past few years it seems like there have been more and more regulations and requirements for handling financial transactions. How … [Read more...]
Interview with Saw.com founder Jeff Gabriel
Jeff Gabriel is the founder of Saw.com and he was kind enough to take some time to answer some questions about himself, Saw.com and even onchain domains. I hope you enjoy.Q1) Many people in the industry know you Jeff, but for those newer to domaining can you give us a bit about how you got your start in the domain industry? Jeff) I began my sales career in the mortgage industry and later … [Read more...]
Interview with Sam Dennis of DomainEasy
DomainEasy launched their domain sales platform in 2024. Sam Dennis the founder of DomainEasy took some time to answer a few questions in the interview below. Feel free to ask any questions and Sam will be sure to answer them here in the comment section. I hope you enjoy the interview. Q1) Tell our readers a little about your background, what drew you to domain names? I’ve been in the domain … [Read more...]
Interview with GNAME’s Johnson Zhang
Johnson Zhang is the CEO of GNAME, they are based out of Singapore. Johnson took the time to answer some questions about GNAME and where he sees the domain industry going in the future. 1) It looks like 2024 has been a solid year for GNAME, are you happy with how things have gone? Yes, 2024 has indeed been a solid year for GNAME, and we are satisfied with the current development. Not only … [Read more...]
InterNetX publishes their All About Domains 2024 interview roundup
InterNetX published an interview series called "All About Domains 2024" the piece features 10 industry participants. I was most interested in hearing what Ron Jackson had to say. Ron mentions he is not at the widely cited 1 to 2 percent STR but rather at 3 to 4 percent. From the article: What examples of successful domainname investments have you made or seenin the industry? As a … [Read more...]
Interview with Porkbun’s Ray King
Porkbun has been on a nice growth spurt over the last couple years, they have become one of the more popular registrars. Back in July I took a look at Trustpilot and who are the companies with the highest ratings in the registrar space. Porkbun came in first place. Today I am posting an interview with Ray King the founder of Porkbun. Ray has been in the domain industry a long time and has had a … [Read more...]
Interview with GBM Domains co-founder Hugo McDonaugh
Hugo McDonaugh co-founder of GBM Domains took the time to answer some questions about all things GBM and smart contracts. Q1) What made you decide to get into the domain industry? What attracted you to it? Hugo) GBM has been operating since 2018 when we initially invented our Bid-to-Earn auction model. We launched our first auctions on the Cryptograph platform … [Read more...]