new gtld investment

Today, we're delighted to introduce a new Domain Sherpa, Steve Webb, the baby-faced Computer Science PhD with tech experience that could fit into several lifetimes! Joining us for a casual, geeky conversation is Shane Cultra, the local business owner and domain name expert. We chat about SEO & marketing, and particularly about Gateway.io, the new EPP based registrar built to serve handshake TLDs.

Mike Carson, the savvy programmer and founder of Park.io, explains the launch of Gateway.io and what that means as an opportunity both for new types of domain name investing as well as decentralization of domain names and/or DNS.

Meet the team of SEO experts behind last year's record-breaking new gTLD acquisition of Online.Casino. Hear how gTLDs are performing in SEO, how they make brands stand out, and how these serial entrepreneurs think outside the box.

If you're an entrepreneur who plans to disrupt an industry- or you want to learn to become one- spend some time listening to the out-of-the-box thinking of resort industry veteran Mike Kugler. Mike's company, Vacarent, LLC recently acquired the Vacation.Rentals premium gTLD, purposely paying the most ever for a public gTLD acquisition. Entrepreneurs like this who surprise and confuse us are often visionary thinkers. We don't need to do the exact same thing, but we can definitely benefit from learning about Mike's perspective and seeing where to apply that in both our domain name search and entrepreneurial endeavors. Brooke Hernandez also joins us to share about the UniRegistry brokerage process for premium domains and this particular sale.

What is the investment market for new gTLDs, and how can individual or institutional investors take advantage of it?