DNW Podcast #102: Hiro Tsukahara

How GMO plans to make its big investment in .shop pay off.

GMO Registry paid $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. How will it make its money back? CEO Hiro Tsukahara discusses why he believes the price was justified and reveals some major sales that have by now occurred. He also explains why the firm chose a fresh global brand (it paid nearly $7 million for Z.com). Also: the latest news counting Ted Cruz, ICANN and a stolen domain name.

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