Freename Aftermarket 101 – A Game-Changer for Web3 & Web2 Domains

The digital real estate landscape is evolving at lightning speed, and the NEW Freename Aftermarket is leading the charge by creating the first true bridge between Web2 and Web3 domain ecosystems. This groundbreaking marketplace brings traditional DNS domains and blockchain-based domains together under one roof, allowing investors, brands, and builders to discover, list, and trade assets across both worlds with unprecedented ease.

What makes this platform revolutionary is its thoughtful design that respects both ecosystems' needs. Traditional domainers can list their .com, .xyz, and other DNS domains without even needing a crypto wallet—simply add a TXT record to verify ownership. Meanwhile, Web3 enthusiasts can connect their wallets to instantly import and list domains from Freename, ENS, Unstoppable Domains, and Base Name Service across multiple blockchains.

The marketplace serves as the exclusive secondary market for premium Freename TLDs, giving these powerful digital assets the visibility and tools they deserve. With beautiful landing pages that showcase each domain properly, Freename has created an environment where Web3 domains don't get lost in the noise as they often do on general NFT platforms. This represents a massive opportunity for TLD owners to attract serious investors and brands looking to own part of their namespace.

Looking ahead, the platform's roadmap is packed with game-changing features. Domain fractionalization will soon allow owners to split their assets into shares and sell portions—creating new fundraising opportunities and investment vehicles. Traditional features like domain parking, traffic metrics, lease-to-own options, and offer capabilities are also on the horizon, bringing the full suite of domain investment tools to the Web3 space.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and Tech Talk Introduction
• 3:29 MetaMask Snap Integration News
• 6:13 Web3 Domain Workshop Series Overview
• 8:20 Free Name Aftermarket Introduction
• 14:38 How the Aftermarket Works for Web2 Domains
• 18:10 Web3 Domain Listing Process
• 21:40 Benefits for TLD Owners and Investors
• 27:19 Future Features and Fractionalization
• 32:57 Why This Matters for the Entire Industry
• 37:30 Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Events

Transcript

Speaker 2: 2:09

Thank you. Thank you ©. Transcript. Emily Beynon, gm, gm and happy Friday.

Speaker 2: 2:12

Welcome to our Tech Talk podcast. This is the live discussion we record weekly here on X, where we highlight news, innovation, education and alpha in the Web3 domain, technology and digital identity space. I'm your host, marcus aka WinADrop, founder of iHeartDomains and community manager at Freename, and we are your number one resource for unbiased Web3 domain educational content, with over 100 Tech Talk episodes and YouTube videos produced and archived over the past two and a half years. You can search our entire archive for prior recordings and an easy read blog overview of each episode at parkdomainscom. Our episodes are also embedded on the website as well, so you can actually listen to any one of our spaces or podcast episodes right there on the website. It's pretty convenient. Or, if you prefer to listen to it in podcast format, you can search our entire archive on any of your that you can listen to on any major podcast player and that's easyreachable at techtalkhost and again, that's for you guys that want to listen on Apple Podcasts, spotify, iheartradio or any of those things. So, yeah, welcome, and let's get right into it.

Speaker 2: 3:25

I typically like to open up with some opening news. I'm going to keep it brief and then dive into the topic at hand. This one is a pretty exciting one. But yeah, last week, well, we had our AMA on the Free Name channel with MetaMask. We got to talk with their team. We spoke with I believe he's a business development for Snap integrations with Miami Slice, got a chance to talk to him about not only the MetaMask ecosystem, got a chance to talk about Snap, where their Snap technology is heading, which is actually a lot more impressive than I think a lot of people realize at first glance. And then, of course, you know let's talk about the integration and you know the Snap for free name that is now integrated in live. So we've been talking about this for quite some time.

Speaker 2: 4:19

MetaMask Snap or free names. Metamask Snap now enables you to send and receive cryptocurrency to any free name domain name.

Speaker 2: 4:28

Right. So it opened up our entire ecosystem to resolution on MetaMask. That Snap extension also includes resolution for other name services. So you know any name services that isn't natively integrated into MetaMask? Well, there's only one, which is ENS. The other big one, which is Unstoppable we also resolved that as well. So, yeah, it was a great conversation Again, extremely bullish, a lot of alpha dropped.

Speaker 2: 4:56

For anybody who wants to listen back to that, yeah, I suggest that you go to the Freename Twitter page and you should be able to find the recording there. But, yeah, definitely shout out to MetaMask, excited for what they've already built and excited for what's actually still to come. A lot of good stuff in the mix. And then, yeah, also just want to remind everyone listening again, if you like what you hear, if you are bullish on Web3 domains, if you're looking for your first one, don't know where to start. Our registry is open. You can make your first web3 domain on either our dgen dot exchange or dot d5 wallet tlds we do on these tlds on free name. You purchase once, you own forever. You grab a domain for as low as two dollars and fifty cents with the current promotions going on right now. So great way to enter the space If you're already in the space and you're, you know, looking for a great domain that you might be able to flip for premium in the future. Again, we own dgen exchange and defi wallets some great TLDs to get some premium names on, especially at the discounts that are going on. And yeah, registrations are open. You can register directly on freenameio or you can go to iheartdomainscom and right on the front page you'll have links to our different registration pages for each TLD.

Speaker 2: 6:13

All right, and so let's get into the main topic at hand. This tech talk and the last few for the last few months and those in the near future, are part of our Web3 domain workshop series. This is in partnership with Freename. We introduced this series again a few months ago to dive into some of the specific utility integrations that Freename is both building and is introduced to the space, so that we can give our both current and potential investors an outlook on how we're building and developing the space. So that you know, we can give our both current and potential investors an outlook on how we're building and developing in the space. And also, you know, the more you know about what we've built, the easier it is for you to onboard others, the easier it is for you to extract value from the assets that you own. So, yeah, we do this every week. We do this as a live workshop Thursday for our VIPs every morning there. So we did that yesterday on this particular topic, and then we followed up with a public workshop because, as I've demonstrated in previous workshops, most of what we're talking about is really relevant to everyone, and especially in this case as well, which is why I'm extremely excited to talk about this one. This is a tool that is truly valuable, no matter what namespace you're bullish on. So, again, do this every Friday. This is great education for both new and experienced investors in the space and, yeah, we hope everyone gets value from it. So, again, welcome to our Web3 domain workshop, all right.

Speaker 2: 7:41

So, getting into today's episode, as you can see at the top, we are going to be talking about the free name aftermarket. Yeah, and again I'm extremely excited to get into this one because we're covering, you know, a new innovative technology and addition piece of real estate. You know that free name is brought into the space and I believe it's going to be a really good, great game changer for the domain space as a whole, and I believe it's going to be a really good, great game changer for the domain space as a whole. So, again, we're going to be talking about the free name aftermarket, what it is, how it works, and you know why it matters, and there's a great value for everyone that is in both Web2 and Web3 domain. All right, so why is this big for domains? Right?

Speaker 2: 8:22

If you've been around the domain world for a while Web2 or Web3, you know that secondary marketplaces are like, they're a staple, right? They're the lifeblood of anyone that is trying to flip domains. You think of platforms on the Web2 side, like Afrinic or Cito, and on the Web3 side, we think of, you know, Vision and even OpenSea to an extent, even though they're not really niched, but they all let people trade domain names after you know, vision and even OpenSea to an extent, even though they're not really niched, but they all let people trade domain names after you know, the initial registration. So and that's one of the things I want to clarify as well Marketplaces are meant for secondary registration, so these are assets that already exist on the market. This is, you know, oftentimes, if people aren't able to purchase a TLD, your next point of entry or your next. You know, cheapest point of entry might be to buy SLDs, and this is a great place for people to resell these, and this is how the markets worked in the Web2 domain world forever and even in the entry of the Web3 domain world. You know, until now. You know we can deal in TLDs, but, again, the ability to buy and flip domains on secondary it creates a liquid market, especially for premium domains, and that's a very important thing for our ecosystem to make it a healthy and vibrant one. So, again, what FreeName has brought to the table and what they have launched is, again, it's a breath of fresh air, it is a welcome addition and it actually brings a lot of great new technology that, again, is extremely useful to both sides of the space. So, in short, it is a multi-chain and multi-namespace domain marketplace where both Web2 and Web3 domains can live together, be discovered, listed and sold.

Speaker 2: 9:59

It's not just another NFT listing site. This is a fully integrated marketplace that's built for both traditional domain investors and Web3 domain holders, and it aims to bridge the utility gap between our industries. So the product is now live Anybody. It's now public and, as you can see at the top I don't know why I got tongue twisted there. But pinned up at the top are a few announcements Some of them are domains that I've actually listed, as well as Freename's official announcement, the link to reach the marketplace. If you want to explore it, it's currently live. It is at aftermarketfreenameio.

Speaker 2: 10:38

But yeah, it is now live in its MVP form, which is Minimum Viable Product, and it is the first marketplace that again lets you list, browse and buy both Web2 domains and this is every single TLD that exists in the DNS space. So all 1500 of your dot coms, your dot nets, your dot X, y, z, your dot info, and I'll explain in a little bit kind of how easy it is to list those and add those to your profile. Explain in a little bit kind of how easy it is to list those and add those to your profile. But it also again allows you to list Web3 NFT domain names from platforms like, obviously, freename, but also Unstoppable Domains, ens Domains and Base Name Service. So again, multi-chain and multi-namespaces and there may be many more namespaces to come. You know, as they themselves establish and, you know, integrate with our platform. But in addition to that, it is the only exclusive secondary market where you can buy and sell premium free name TLDs.

Speaker 2: 11:39

So again we've you know, pretty much every spaces we have done in this workshop has highlighted on some form or fashion, you know, the opportunity that exists with TLDs, the exclusive opportunity that's provided, the turnkey opportunity that's provided, you know, via free name to generate revenue, create communities, do a million other things with TLDs, and currently there really isn't a good market for it. Right, opensea doesn't have a separate market for domains, doesn't highlight domains, doesn't have domain friendly tools, you list it just as an NFT and it kind of gets lost in the sauce. But here we will actually have a very good UI tools, all the good stuff to support the marketing and sales of these top level domains. And for a lot of people who may be on the other side, that have been listening about all the bullishness of owning a free name TLD and again, who may have gone to the primary registration site, which is where you would register it for the first time, if they've been hitting not available or been hitting domains not sold or whatever, if they've been hitting that brick wall, they may see some of those names they've been looking at and may get a chance to acquire them on the secondary market. And so, again provides a great opportunity on both sides of the fence, for both, you know, early investors, you know, and people who are wanting to get into space, and again, for everyone. It is still super early, but yeah, so now let's get into kind of how this works.

Speaker 2: 13:02

Let's get into kind of how this works, so for Web2, and it's so again, it being so multi, and this is crazy because in multi namespace, again, we're including DNS names here and there's several different ways that you're gonna be able to interact with your DNS domains. But this first initial way of being able to list them is extremely easy. You don't need a crypto wallet if you're planning on just listing Web2 domains and you don't need to sign any transactions. All you need to do if you're listing Web2 domains is create a free account at aftermarketfreenameio. There are two listing methods One is live now and one is coming soon.

Speaker 2: 13:41

So I'll explain the method to list your domains now and for anybody who is listed on any of the secondary marketplaces, again, if you've listed on AfriNIC, if you've listed on CETO, if you've listed on Atom or any of those, you're familiar with these processes, so this will be super simple for you when you're in the free name UI. So you've set up your account, you're on aftermarketfreename, you go to the list your domains. It'll have a text field where you'll be able to list the domain names that you want to add into your account, and so you manually type in the domains that you want to add. So you'll type in all your coms, your nfts not NFTs your xyzs, your DNS domains. You just pretty much type them all out or copy paste a list, and then, once you do that, free name will or the aftermarket will generate a TXT record for that batch of domains. Now, every batch, or every separate batch of domains, or every separate submission of domains, is going to give you a different TXT record, but again, you'll get that unique TXT record. All you have to do is go back to your registrar where your domain is sitting and put that TST record into the DNS Settings and then, voila, you're done. You don't have to change your name servers or anything like that. It's just that simple. You go right back to free name dot IO or aftermarket free name dot IO. Go back to the domain, you click a simple button so that they can do a verification and then you're able to list. So super duper simple. That is way number one. This way is a a an extremely non-invasive and, I think, very user-friendly and very great for entry-level right. Again, while we're adding people to the space, while people are trying things out, sometimes there's a little bit of a trust factor, a security factor, so we definitely wanted to launch this way to make it easy for anybody to try this out with literally no fees. So there's this way, one of the ways that we're going to be able to do very soon this will open up a door of a whole lot more features is direct import. So this kind of goes full circle.

Speaker 2: 15:44

As to the why question a lot of people have asked, is free name and I can't accredit a registrar. So, just in case you didn't know, now you do. Freename is actually the first Web3 domain platform of our time, I think. In general, I think we are the first period to have become a Web2 ICANN accredited registrar, which means that we can fully sell coms, xyzs. We actually have a partnership with ShortDot that owns a few ICANN TLDs and you know we're going to be, you know, introducing mirroring and things like that via that partnership and joint venture soon. But we are very much integrated into the Web2 domain space and as a registrar, we can literally allow you to import and we can store domains for you and so eventually direct import will come soon.

Speaker 2: 16:35

What type of things? Oh yeah, that was what I had forgotten to mention. With the TXT record thing, with that simple ability to list your domains that way, you know, kind of comes a very manual process of selling the domain. So once someone is able, or someone puts in an offer or accepts your offer and wants to purchase a domain, you will have to go through the traditional escrow process because, again, we don't have custody at domain and it's not enrolled in any fast transfer. But going back now to the direct import feature, that will be coming soon, if you do import it directly into our registry or a registrar and then you list it, you would be able to enable immediate transfer because it is sitting exactly where the marketplace sits as well. So, yeah, that is going to be coming as well, very much coming soon. And then kind of a little bit later, I'll talk about some of the things that utility-wise that may come with being able to direct import your domains and some of the features we're coming soon. But now moving forward to Web3 domains. So again, two different ecosystems living under one roof, two different processes for listing.

Speaker 2: 17:43

The beauty of blockchain and the value of blockchain for many is security and the fact that it's not that easy to just list something so that other people can't frivolously have access to it. The web3 process for listing domains is actually smoother when it comes to the actual uh you know import of your domains, but then it integrates again that blockchain security where you need to sign when you want to list any of these things. So kind of going through it. Um, if you do want to list any of the web3 domains, especially your free name, sls and TLDs, all you need to do is connect the wallet that contains those domain names to now that aftermarketfreenameio profile. For those of us who have existing accounts already on freenameio for TLDs and SLDs, you can actually use that same login right now to log into the aftermarket, but what it will do is it will automatically populate any of your minted SLDs and TLDs, so instead of having to manually enter them in in the case of the Web2 ones, this will automatically pull them up. Now, it won't automatically list them for sale, it'll just be visible in the UI, so it makes it extremely easy for you to go by one by one and pick the ones that you want to list or not.

Speaker 2: 19:00

Current process for listing is that each individual domain listing does require a separate signature in order to authorize access to that domain name and put it onto the marketplace to that domain name and put it onto the marketplace. We are planning on optimizing that soon so you can do a universal signature, so that one signature and you'll be able to list the entire collection, delist, do all that good stuff. But for right now again, blockchain security is added. In this case, got to sign each transaction. Everything right now is listed in fiat.

Speaker 2: 19:30

I do believe other payment methods are coming soon, but yeah, again, this automatically pulls in all your free name TLDs, slds that are minted. These will pull them in from any chain that you have them listed on. So you just need to confirm the transaction in your wallet from whatever chain any of these are listed on. But right now we have abstract base polygon and quite a few others. We have, I think, eight or nine blockchains so far, so you'll be able to list from any of those chains, I believe. I don't know if we have Solana available on there yet, but I haven't listed in Solana domains yet. So I'll check on that.

Speaker 2: 20:08

But again, process is very similar. Once they're imported and once you've connected your wallet to Web2 listing, you won't have to do any of the TXT records. You don't have to edit anything at this point. You'll just simply see a list button. You'll be able to click again the signature to authorize access to that particular domain. You'll be able to set your price and then you are good to go. Great thing about both ways that you list is they both end up on the same landing page, and the landing page the example of what one of these landing pages looks like is actually pinned up at the top. So if you look at the pinned tweet for DeFibuild, this is a screenshot of the top part of the landing page. Very nice.

Speaker 2: 20:50

This is going to be continuously optimized over time to include relevant tools and information and, of course, you know, optimize the experience that is currently, you know, being experienced by both Web2 and Web3 domainers on. You know, all those marketplaces I just mentioned before. So, yeah, already looks amazing. A lot of things are going to be optimized to make this the, you know, the best of all worlds, but you get this amazing shareable landing page whether you list a web to or web through domain Prominently up here at the top, it will notify you whether it is a DNS, icann domain or a free name domain. It will give you a price nice and bold.

Speaker 2: 21:27

Currently, the option for purchasing domains is limited to buy it now, but there are other things that are going to be added and I'm going to talk about that in the future as well. And then again, listing is currently in fiat. Other things may come or should come. Other payment methods should come. Basically, anything that we've been talking about over the past. You know few months to a year, that you know blockchain or anybody else can bring to the space to optimize. Year that blockchain or anybody else can bring to the space to optimize, this will be our vehicle to do so. So, yeah, let's talk about why this is a win, first for TLD owners and investors. So, again, this is the only exclusive place where you will be able to have this type of UI, this type of landing page and a continuously optimized environment that is aimed at helping you sell and gain investment for your TLDs.

Speaker 2: 22:23

Owning a TLD in Freename is already powerful by itself. It's a great turnkey ecosystem. Again, this is a place where you can create and control your own namespace for your communities. You earn royalties every single time somebody registers an SLD from your TLD, similar to how it works when somebody registers a com all that money goes to somebody else. When somebody registers a xyz, all that money goes to somebody else, and in Web3, if someone likes your name and they register, that's somebody else's you. So that's the opportunity that you have here and the ability, of course, to build your brand. But now, with the ability to, you know, use secondary market to enhance the availability of, to enhance the visibility of your TLDs and enhance the market for it, there's quite a few things that you can kind of do with it. So, again, the obvious one is you can sell the TLD itself.

Speaker 2: 23:14

Again, I anticipate that, you know, more metrics being introduced, and this is another thing that I kind of want to emphasize as well. You know we we've rolled this out, you know, early on purpose to a very exclusive and elite group of you know, people that add value to our community, first off our VIP community, and then also, you know, to some veteran domainers to get feedback. There are a lot of cool ideas out there for things that I think will again, you know, make you know these TLDs easily marketable and attractive to outside investors, including. You know different metrics, like you know the number of SLDs that are already minted on it. You know different things like comparables, or you know the number of SLDs that are already minted on it. You know different things like comparables, or you know, to other TLDs and what they've minted projected revenues, all that kind of good stuff, traffic, all kinds of good stuff can be added into. You know different metric pages to be able to make informed decisions about your investments.

Speaker 2: 24:09

But, in addition to that, you know being able to create a market or secondary market for both your TLD and the most premium SODs for your TLD. So you know you want to protect your most valuable real estate. You want to be able to, you know, manage the pricing of your most valuable real estate or, with one of the features that we have coming in, there may be other ways you can extract, you know, revenue or funds from your most valuable real estate. So, um, you know, having this secondary marketing, being able to not only place your tld but separate, you know, the most premium slds that can still have, you know, separate brands or even, uh, third level domain registries built on top of them is a great value and, again, this is a great visible place to attract investors, brands and builders who want to own a part of your namespace or want to buy it entirely. So we anticipate that this will unlock real liquidity and visibility for TLD owners. That hasn't necessarily existed before and that's why the marketplace is a big idea. It's a big deal for us that hasn't necessarily existed before and that's why the marketplace is a big idea. It's a big deal for us, again being built for us, by us, in order to attract the rest of the space to us.

Speaker 2: 25:21

So yeah, now coming into some of the things in the future that I'm super bullish on that bring. You know that that you know a lot of the things that this marketplace and again, that will kind of explain the value, even in the future, of importing your domains Again. So let me just get in that part, all right. So one of the big things if you go to the free name or the aftermarketfreenameio homepage, the secondary marketplace homepage, one of the first things that you'll see underneath the search bar, in addition to the ability to look at the entire marketplace, is you'll see a button that says fractionalization and coming soon. So this is one of the first big bullish features that I'm excited about.

Speaker 2: 25:59

This obviously will require, you know, for you to send your domain into the registry, but the ability to split the ownership of the domain name you know pretty much into shares like a stock, and then sell those shares on an open market. There's a lot of ways that that has value. First of all, for fundraising, for creating liquidity, not only in the traditional Web2 space. You give an easier entry for, you know, investment groups or individual investors to pool and to perhaps for investment groups or individual investors to pool and to perhaps purchase part or all of a TLD or a premium domain name, but also when we're talking about potentially tokenized assets. Depending on how creative you are, which a lot of people who have their extremely creative there's a huge defy element that you can add into this with tokenization and with actually splitting that into shares and creating liquidity pools behind you know, tlds, slds, both Web2, web3, all of that good stuff. So again, I say often and time and time again, it's being proven. You know technology is going to continue to innovate, you know, no matter whether people are bullish on it or not, and I believe, you know, technology is definitely, you know, working towards making it a lot easier to create liquid markets for digital assets and so being able to fractionalize and, again, you know, create, you know, more of an affordable opportunity or, you know, entry level opportunity for people who want to enter the space, I think it's going to age very well. And, to give you some examples, like on the Web2 side, obviously, you know again, there's a platform now called Rally Road.

Speaker 2: 27:48

One of the most recent domain names that they just put up for fractionalization was MJcom. Domain names that they just put up for fractionalization was MJcom. I believe they raised, like one point something billion dollars. So technically, mjcom sold for over a million dollars, right, but it sold incrementally its shares. And now what happens is that if it either just sits there and flips at a premium because now it's being brokered by the best broker on the planet, which is Angie Rosner If it flips at a premium for two or $3 million in a couple of years, then everybody who owns shares, at whatever price they entered at, will get their dividends or they'll get their payout at the premium that it sells at, or if it gets developed into something and starts generating revenue, then you'll start, you know, getting dividends and revenue share. That's on the Web 2 side.

Speaker 2: 28:37

Think about, on the Web 3 side, with TLDs, specifically Again, a lot of the most premium TLDs that exist out there, your USAs, your, you know, your DJs if I'm going to put it in my own shell, you know that might be. You know, if I ever decide to put something like that on the secondary market, you know, I know its value, right, I know its future value. I know what the right funding, the right team, the right, you know, with the right anything. It's a multimillion dollar TLD. So you know, on the resale side, if someone wants to take on that, you know wants to take on that venture, that price point might be, you know, a lot more than one person can swallow. Take on that venture, that price point might be a lot more than one person can swallow. So, being able to split that up and let people incrementally purchase the whole TLD or maybe you want to keep ownership of 60% of it but you do want to raise that revenue in order to take it to the next level, well, you can offer just 30 or 40 or 25% of your TLD for sale and then, of course, again, profit share. You exit, how you exit all that good stuff. So, again, fractionalization, being able to offer multiple investment opportunities rather than just having to flip a domain in whole. That has an obvious benefit and that is coming soon and that is right there on that page.

Speaker 2: 29:49

The next thing, and again, a lot of these suggestions are already kind of pre-wired into the roadmap of what we're building, and then some of these suggestions are coming from our community members, are being added into the roadmap. So, again, we do encourage everyone to check out aftermarketfreedameio and if you have any feedback, we are always open to it because it helps us optimize and continue to build this to be. You know what it is going to be. So make offers Again, the ability to make offers when we're looking at landing pages, again, like I said, these will be continuously optimized for success and for conversions. So the ability to make offers should be coming soon. The ability for lease to own, or LTOs as most people know them, as should also be coming soon, which will allow people to do flexible payment plans in the event that they do just wanna acquire the domain themselves.

Speaker 2: 30:40

And then also parking you know it was mentioned in our aftermarket call is a feature that will be coming soon as well. So, again, we'll be adding metrics like traffic, et cetera, and then you'll be able to even monetize. You know the traffic that comes from parking and, again, even TLDs can be parked. If somebody is constantly, if there's constantly traffic to a page, you know that your asset is on right. If people are, if your asset is driving traffic, you should be able to monetize it, able to monetize it.

Speaker 2: 31:17

And because of this type of marketplace and the structure, we give TLDs the exact same stage and exposure as most marketplaces give the Web2 domains that share these same features. So, again, putting us on the same level, I think, and giving us a united utility in the secondary space, I think is an extreme benefit to TLD owners. And again, we'll start seeing more of this as we start getting, you know, a lot more traction, a lot more users to the space. And then again, why does this matter? You know, beyond free name, why is this big? You know, for everyone and not just us, for the entire industry, again, as I mentioned, being able to treat Web2 domains and Web3 domains equally on the entire industry. Again, as I mentioned, being able to treat Web 2.0 domains and Web 3.0 domains equally on the same platform.

Speaker 2: 31:58

We've mentioned before, web 2.0 enjoys a very established and a very set. They have a market, they have a culture, they have an environment. There is an ecosystem there. It is a very liquid ecosystem. Being able to share those resources or bridge the two ecosystems obviously will expose us to more liquidity, will expose us to more serious investors, which eventually will expose us to more adoption and, on the Web2 end, bringing our resources, bringing Web2 technology to the table, introducing things like tokenization, fractionalizing, exposing them to all the liquidity that's in cryptocurrency and this degen nature that's here you know ai is seeing a surge in. Not only so and this is crazy Like ai has seen its own surge in popularity amongst Web2 domainers. So obviously you know there's a. There's a huge resale market there, you know, for premiumai's, but on the back end there's a bunch of people buying 999.ai's like some crypto shit, like so at the same time, like they gain a lot from the liquidity that exists on R space, the narratives that we have created in R space. You know that has caused us to buy. You know some of the TLDs that are in the DNS ecosystem, so it is a win-win. You know each of us getting exposure to each of our ecosystems.

Speaker 2: 33:22

Being in one united space, sharing utility, I think, is a great meeting ground and it also provides a universal place or a one-stop shop for other people outside of our space who are looking for names, or a one-stop shop for other people outside of our space who are looking for names. So, again, when we talk about UI, when we talk about making our space more adoptable, making it more user-friendly and accessible to the millions and billions of people and things that will potentially need naming, having one easy place where they can find everything, where everything is universal, where everything is easy and that is feature-packed with a whole bunch of utility, you know, adds a lot of value to the space in general. So, yeah, again, free-to-imap aftermarket is something I'm extremely excited about. I really do believe that, even in this current form and especially, you know, in this form, that's going to keep evolving in it's obvious that it's bringing real value to the table. It's not just another marketplace, you know. Hopefully we intend for it to bring a lot of liquidity to the space, especially for those of us you know that again, are in the TLD ecosystem, which is probably the most promising opportunity, in Web3 domaining again, and we've had many spaces, you know, explaining. You know that opportunity and whether you're a traditional Web2 domainer, a Web3 domain investor or TLD owner looking to build your namespace or a real brand, you know having another marketplace, another option, you know is beneficial to all and, again, it's extremely non-invasive For Web2 domainers, it's just as easy as adding your TXT record.

Speaker 2: 34:59

So if you already have domains listed on AFNIC, or if you already have the domains listed on CEDA, wherever they're at, don't have to move them, don't have to change anything, just add the TXT record and again you'll be able to list them. And then, yeah, and then same thing on the Web3 side. When you're signing the transaction, giving access, and then you're listing them, it does not custody your domain, so you're still able to. I mean, you do need to cancel your listing before you move it or do anything with it, but you still own your domains, nothing gets custody. So, again, easy marketplace to list.

Speaker 2: 35:28

And yeah, there's nothing wrong with having an extra place. And then eventually we're going to become the only place that you'll prefer to list. And yeah, there's nothing wrong with having an extra place, and then eventually we're gonna become the only place that you'll prefer to list your domain names. So again, I know I've said it a hundred times, but I'm going to slow it down for you if you want to check out the free name after market and marketplace, you can reach it freenameio forward slash aftermarket. So either way you want to put it on the front or you want to put it on the back It'll take you to the marketplace and again you'll see an easy UI where you're able to log in or create an account at the top. If you're only planning on listing Web2 domains, you do not have to connect the wallet. If you want to list Web3 or you want to list both Web2 and Web3 domains, then you connect your wallet and you can add them all and manage them all from the same platform. So, yeah, in about 54 minutes we are going to head into our Web3 domains whale talk. We do that every Friday on the Freename account with my co-host, paige Howe, who is a veteran domain investor both in the Web2 and Web3 space.

Speaker 2: 36:40

Always a great spaces. Always love when our VIP show up, pop up on stage and also share with their building. So definitely want to invite you guys there in a little less than an hour. And yeah, hopefully this provided some value.

Speaker 2: 36:53

Again, we've got a lot going on as far as this launch. You're going to see a lot of information going to be on a lot of spaces. So, yeah, if you have any questions, there's going to be a lot of opportunities to both ask questions and you're going to see a whole lot of answers coming extremely soon. So, again, thank you guys for tuning into the spaces. We do this live here on X and then these do get transferred to our podcast and again have a completely different audience that listens to that, and so we always hope that these are, you know, hopeful and helpful in bringing new domainers and new people who are bullish on digital identity into the space. We'll be back on next Friday with another Tech Talk. So yeah, again, thanks for hanging out with me today and please explore that aftermarket and, as always, focus on your mission and not your condition. Happy domaining.