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 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 mu

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 de

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

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 t

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, i

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

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 iT

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 subs

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 t

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, 

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 howev

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, Spotif

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.