It’s one thing to negotiate and sell a domain name for cash, yet something different altogether negotiate, sell, and transact using bitcoin.

And the most interesting thing about this jackpot-of-a-domain-sale is that it was an .IO domain. Let that sink in.

Global and local tourism has certainly been greatly impacted in ways that will never go back to what it once was.

In fact, it’s been predicted that global passenger traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) will not return to pre-COVID 19 levels until 2024, a year later than previously projected — as cited by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

And if it’s greatly impacted global travel, then one could only imagine the abysmal impact it’ll have on the local touring scene throughout the world.

Some would say they are the “King and Prince of .IO Domains”, while others have not a clue who either gent is if they were to pass them on streets — including me, and I grew up with one of them. 😬

The gents I speak of are none other than Mike Carson — serial entrepreneur, software developer, and founder of Park.io, and the guy I grew up with and reconnected with at NamesCon Global 2020 in Austin, Texas, Steve Webb — partner and researcher, developer, and marketer at Park.io.

Both are down to earth and very unassuming gentleman that blend into an environment about as good as a chameleon. Heck, had either gentleman not wore Park.io gear or had NamesCon lanyards and name badges, I would have not ever known the Park.io founder and partners were ever in the building.

They certainly don’t make much of a splash in person, but online is where they shine and make their presence known in a mighty and fierce way with one of the hottest domain extensions this last and this decade: .io.

Here’s a look at the top 5 podcasts for Kickstart Commerce in August, ranked by number of downloads:

Remember when you were a kid, and you would go and check the refrigerator like every 30 seconds? 👀

The constant checking was as if food were going to magically appear in between the last time you checked some 45 seconds ago? Remember that feeling?

What do you get when you combine backgrounds in linguistics, systems engineering, and a serial entrepreneurial spirit? 🤔

It’s often said that if you want to identify a person’s gifting, then look no further than their childhood experiences and early years of development.

Of course, there are always anomalies, here and there, over the course of time that greatly defy this statement or way of thought.