Domain reseller platforms – DNW Podcast #556

A CEO behind a new reseller platform argues the industry needs a new competitor. My guest this week is Robbie Birkner, who has spent the better part of the last 25 years in the domain industry. He is now the CEO of North America of OpusDNS, a new domain reseller platform. Birkner explains why companies [...]

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Missing umlaut: German broadcaster München Live TV tries reverse domain hijacking

Broadcaster’s logo is for a domain name it doesn’t own. A regional broadcaster in Germany has been found (pdf) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. München Live TV Fernsehen GmbH, which uses the domain name muenchen.tv, filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domain münchen.tv (note the umlaut). Christian Reise registered the domain name in 2004, [...]

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Lease-to-own is picking up

About a quarter of my sales this year are lease-to-own transactions. This year has been a bit slow for me for domain sales. As of October 10, I’ve sold 27 domains in 2025 (excluding wholesale/liquidation transactions). However, looking back at last year, I was actually a little behind this rate and finished with 41 sales, [...]

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