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Saturday Domain List: Before We Get to Innovation Let's Start with Renovation

Saturday Domain List: Before We Get to Innovation Let's Start with Renovation

Shane Cultra
July 05, 2025

I have to give Unstoppable Domains credit for a smart pivot. They realized there’s no such thing as “Web3 domains.” They’re just domains. And domains are held at a registrar. The real power is in the tools you give owners at your registrar. So they got a registrar and started doing what I think is the future of registrars: using marketing dollars to subsidize registration costs.

I can see a future where even .coms might be free—if you bring them to a registrar and hold them there long enough. Once you reach a critical mass of domains under management, you offer tools to monetize and use them. You also benefit from expired domain revenue.

Over the past six months, my thinking has shifted a lot. We don’t need a better domain system—we need better platforms. Registrars and domain platforms should offer a better user interface, more efficiency, faster service, and better support. Domain APIs can be extremely powerful. Just look at how fast Fast Transfer works. That speed should be available to everyone, not just through one company. We need the freedom to transact in a lightning-fast, stablecoin-based system—with some rails for protection.

I get the appeal of RWAs. Nobody wants to move cars, wine, watches, or high-end sneakers around. Domains were the first digital asset. What we need now is for people to build useful tools that make buying, selling, registering, and lending better.

NameJet has great inventory. Dynadot has a stable, efficient platform. Atom is creating value every day. Namecheap is trying new things. GoDaddy and Afternic move names like no one else. But none of them are good enough yet. Unstoppable is trying to get there, but their pivot cost them trust—and rebuilding that will take time and work beyond just bringing in new investors.

Domains are the world’s greatest asset. The challenge is building the best platforms to unlock their potential. Someone will get there first. I have an idea who it might be—but they still have a long way to go.

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