Arif Sengoren: I’m delighted to be in the expert list for DNJournal The State Of The Industry 2026 report. It’s quite hard to gather all these experts together. Actually, not possible without Ron Jackson, DNJournal.com. The report is priceless, go and check it out!
The State of the Industry 2026: After a Year of Dramatic Change 29 Domain Experts Explain What Happened and What’s Ahead of Us Now
Welcome to our 22nd Annual State of the Industry Cover Story.DNJournal was launched on New Year’s Day 2003. In January 2005 we started our annual State of the Industry series with experts from all corners of the industry commenting on what they saw as the most important trends of the past year, as well as what they are expecting to see in the year ahead.
We again called on domain buyers and sellers, developers, brokers and corporate leaders representing registries and registrars, aftermarket sales platforms and service providers. In return we received a wealth of information covering developments in AI, new TLDs, domain monetization, aftermarket sales, branding, security Web3 and more!
To make it easier for readers to zero in on individuals or areas of special interest to them, we sorted our experts into three groups: Domain Investors & Developers, Domain Brokers and Corporate Executives (on this page, below the Panel of Experts Index photos). Many of them would fit in more than one of those categories as they are people with an entrepreneurial drive that leads to creating multiple ventures. For the purposes of this article, we placed them in they were best-known for over the past year.
In the photo gallery below the color coded nameplates indicate the group that person is in. Executives are blue, brokers green and investor/developers black. Within each group, the experts are shown alphabetically by first name. To make it easier for you to immediately access a specific individual, you can just click on their photo and you will be taken directly to their commentary.
Of course, you can also read the entire story (spread over three pages) straight through. However you choose to navigate the course, we are confident you will find your time to be well spent. Thank you for reading and a huge thank you to each of our experts for taking time out of their busy schedules to provide information and advice that everyone on our business can benefit from.
A big thank you to the 29 members of DNJournal’s 2026 State of the Industry Panel of Experts: https://x.com/DNJournal/status/2016701286813450579?s=20
— DN Journal (@DNJournal) January 29, 2026
