Tag Archives: domain conferences

Wed 11th November 2015
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NamesCon offers 24-hour discount, THE Domain Conference announces dates - A couple domain name conference discounts, one of which ends soon. If you’re interested in attending a domain name conference in 2016, take note. NamesCon just announced a special 24-hour price of $399 for tickets to January’s show. Even better, $200 from each ticket sold will be donated to a Las Vegas veterans charity. I’ve already booked my transportation and airfare for NamesCon, and look forward to seeing you there. Looking further into the future, THE Domain Conference has announced its ... read more ...
Mon 22nd June 2015
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DOMAINfest.Asia to be hold in Macau in September - Domain name conference heads to China in a few months. I’ve been a bit confused by NamesCon’s strategy with DOMAINfest after acquiring the brand. The one day add-ons to existing domain name conferences haven’t made much sense to me. But now DOMAINfest is hosting a complete conference, this time in Macau, China. DOMAINfest.Asia is being staged by the NamesCon, Simon Cousins’ Allegravita and .Asia. Allegravita has been staging events in Macau for over ten years, and Cousins tells me he hopes ... read more ...
Mon 23rd February 2015
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NamesCon sets dates and early bird special for 2016 show - NamesCon sets dates for 2016 and offer $199 tickets. It seems like just last month that the domain name industry converged on Las Vegas for NamesCon 2015. Oh yeah, it was last month. Yet NamesCon has already announced dates for its 2016 show, which will take place January 10-13 in Las Vegas. Tickets are 80% off through the end of this month, and will cost only $199 until then. The event will again take place at The Tropicana hotel. Co-producer Richard Lau tells Domain Name Wire that it will re-evaluate ... read more ...
Mon 1st July 2013
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Google and Lego among speakers during new TLD conference - Initial list of speakers for new TLD conference in London is released. Representatives of Google and Lego will be among the speakers at the Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress in London this September. Hal Bailey, Strategic Partnerships Director at Google, which has applied for about 100 new top level domains, will be speaking. Mette Andersen, Corporate Counsel for Lego, will also present. Lego is one of the most prolific UDRP filers, so it will be interesting ... read more ...
Tue 4th June 2013
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If you’re going to TRAFFIC in October, we should buy a sheet now - Discounted tickets available through tomorrow. The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is expensive, and everyone has their opinion about whether it’s worth it or not. But there’s one thing that’s not debatable: if you know you’re going to go, buy your ticket early. Until tomorrow afternoon you can get a ticket to the October show in Fort Lauderdale for $995. The price will go up fairly rapidly, with a full conference pass costing you nearly $2,000 if you wait until ... read more ...
Mon 23rd July 2012
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Poll: Are we going to TRAFFIC or ICANN? - Two domain conferences in back-to-back weeks this fall. After a long absence of North America domain name conferences, two are on tap for October: TRAFFIC in Fort Lauderdale October 7-10 and ICANN in Toronto October 14-19. While both shows are sure to attract different crowds, there will surely be domain investors at both. Which do you plan to attend? Answer the poll question and feel free to comment below. [poll id=”17″] ... read more ...
Wed 18th July 2012
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Are there fewer domain conferences or only opposite domain conferences? - There are only two big domainer conferences this year, but domainers still find opportunities to get together. Two years ago you could have gone to a domain name conference every other month. This year there are just two big domain conferences: DOMAINfest (which already took place) and the upcoming TRAFFIC conference in Fort Lauderdale. Here at HostingCon I’ve had conversations with several people about this sudden lack of opportunities to get together. But is ... read more ...
Fri 14th October 2011
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5 Questions To Be Answered during Next Week’s TRAFFIC Conference - The only TRAFFIC of the year is upon us. This year TRAFFIC will host just one conference, which kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale. Last year there was a TRAFFIC conference just about every other month. Combined with other domain conferences it was simply too much. Having just one TRAFFIC this year means a greater concentration of domainers and a bigger focus on business. Here are five questions to be answered next week in Fort Lauderdale. 1. How will the auction ... read more ...
Mon 27th September 2010
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First Ever IDN Event and Auction on Tap for New York in October - New York City event will educate about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Few topics have received greater attention this year than IDNs. So it’s fitting that the first ever “IDN Event and Auction” will take place October 30, 2010 at the Haru Restaurant in New York City at 7 pm. The event is organized by IDNTools and will be sponsored by Register.com, Moniker and SnapNames. The goal of the event is to educate domain registrants about IDNs, their value ... read more ...
Wed 22nd September 2010
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Energy and People Drove Epik’s First Developers Conference - My thoughts on last week’s conference in Seattle. I’ve re-written this blog post a couple times as I try to get my head around the Epik Developers Conference last week in Seattle. I’m reflecting on what it means for Epik as well as for the domain community. This is no easy task. So I’m going to punt and go with a stream-of-conscious. Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way first. Professionalism – this is something often lacking in the domain name community. ... read more ...
Thu 20th May 2010
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Epik Provides Excuse to Visit Seattle in September - Epik announces developer conference. Rob Monster’s Epik has announced its inaugural Epik Developer Conference to take place in Seattle September 15-17. Although the schedule is very tentative as of now, Monster says the event will include lessons on the entire lifecycle of domain names: acquiring, developing, operating, and selling. He also promises client case studies with specific examples of sites that are profiting from the Epik network. Epik provides a ... read more ...
Mon 15th February 2010
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Weather Doesn’t Spoil Domainer Mardi Gras - Bad weather not enough to ruin Mardi Gras. Despite mother nature’s best attempt, the weather couldn’t spoil the second successful Domainer Mardi Gras conference. The event kicked off last Thursday night in New Orleans, concluding in the wee hours of the morning Sunday. Widespread snow storms made it difficult to fly into New Orleans, but most of the 150-odd registrants made it. For those that didn’t, Domainer Mardi Gras’ technical team did its best to bridge ... read more ...
Wed 20th January 2010
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Conference Overload Afflicts this Domainer - I thought it would never happen. I hate to admit it, but I have succumbed to a common illness called Conference Overload, or CO. I was in denial until this morning, when I logged on to print my boarding pass for the trip to TRAFFIC in Las Vegas tomorrow. The airline web site didn’t recognize my reservation. I called the airline to see what was going on. Then I noticed that I had booked travel for last week, not this week. That’s what happens when you book ... read more ...
Wed 13th January 2010
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TRAFFIC Conference Names Keynote, Updates Agenda - Keynote named for next week’s conference. The agenda for next week’s Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain name conference has been updated and now includes a keynote: Joseph McClendon III. McClendon is founder of Pro-Sequences Research Group, a “Peak Performance coaching organization”. This appears to be a very different keynote than from past conferences. Other changes to the agenda: -Brunch of Friday will include a talk on international tax structure sponsored ... read more ...
Tue 3rd November 2009
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8 Ways to Improve Domain Conference Programming - Here are ways to make next year’s conferences even more valuable. As the 2009 domain conference schedule draws to a close and a record number of conferences are on the schedule for 2010, I thought I’d give some general feedback on how to make conference programming better. This isn’t targeted at any particular show; it’s just some best practices I’ve picked up from attending many diverse conferences in the past ten years (from domains to intellectual property ... read more ...
Tue 20th October 2009
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Are You Going to T.R.A.F.F.I.C.? - Leave a comment about whether you’re going to TRAFFIC next week. One of my readers asked me to post this in advance of next week’s TRAFFIC show in New York City, with a goal of having those people attending the conference get a head start on networking. So if you’re going to the show, leave a comment with your real name and company association (if any). If you’re not going to the show, feel free to leave a comment as well about the next show you’ll be ... read more ...
Wed 7th October 2009
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Domainer Mardi Gras Early Bird Rate Ends Next Week - Best Domainer Mardi Gras discount ends soon. Early bird rates for Domainer Mardi Gras end October 15, so now is the time to register if you plan to make the trip. Early bird registration is $795, but if you also book your hotel room at the conference hotel, you’ll get admission for only $495. The hotel is a good deal, too, so this will probably be your most affordable conference opportunity for 2010. Domainer Mardi Gras (DMG) organizers sent a multi-page brochure ... read more ...
Thu 10th September 2009
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Business Plan Competitions Come to Domain Conferences - Both DOMAINfest an T.R.A.F.F.I.C. announce twists on business plan competitions. A popular feature of many tech conferences is coming to the domain name industry. Two industry conferences — DOMAINfest and TRAFFIC — have announced variations of business plan competitions for their upcoming conferences. DOMAINfest’s agenda includes two sessions titled PITCHfest, in which conference goers will be able to pitch their business plan and the audience will vote on ... read more ...
Thu 27th August 2009
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Which Domain Conferences You Should Go To in 2010 - A handy guide to choosing a domain conference. Well, I guess the domain name conference wars are on again. We already knew about two conferences in the first two months of the year — DOMAINfest and Domainer MardiGras. But then, despite having only two conferences in the U.S. this year, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. found it necessary to hold a conference in Las Vegas just before DOMAINfest. And so it begins. Since most people don’t want to attend every conference, I’ve ... read more ...
Wed 3rd June 2009
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Domain Roundtable Keynote and Discount Offer - CEO of technology trade association to keynote Domain Roundtable 2009. [Updated: things may seem to happen slowly in government, but change quickly with keynote speakers. The keynote for Domain Roundtable has been changed. We have removed the former speaker and added the new one to this article.] Jonathan Zuck, President of Association for Competitive Technology (CCIA), will be the Keynote Speaker at this month’s Domain Roundtable Conference in Washington, D.C. ... read more ...
Wed 8th April 2009
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Domain Name News Bytes for Apr 8 - Brief notes about what’s going on in the domain world. There are a lot of stories I haven’t gotten to lately. Here they are in brief. Don’t want your WordPress site to get hacked? Richard Douglas, who helped me yesterday when it happened to me, put together a great post of WordPress security tips. Since many of you have asked about my conference schedule for the next few months, my current plans are to attend GeoDomain Expo in San Diego and Domain Roundtable ... read more ...
Sat 14th March 2009
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Survey: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Still Top Domain Conference - Despite competition, TRAFFIC ranks as most popular domain conference. A survey of 400 domain professionals shows that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is still the top domain name industry conference. 56% of respondents voted for TRAFFIC, more than twice the votes of the second place conference. Here are the results: 1. TRAFFIC 56% 2. DOMAINfest 24% 3. Domain Roundtable 11% 4. GeoDomain Expo 10% Survey results were collected in January and part of February. The biggest gainer this ... read more ...
Fri 9th January 2009
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DOMAINfest, Domainer Mardi Gras on Horizon - Two domain conferences on agenda for next 6 weeks. Domain industry professionals have two conferences on the agenda from now until the end of February. In less than two weeks, DOMAINfest kicks off in Hollywood, California. DOMAINfest, organized by DomainSponsor, is the largest industry conference by attendance. DomainSponsor will spend about $1 million organizing the show, including parties at Universal Studios and the Playboy Mansion. The conference starts January ... read more ...
Wed 19th November 2008
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DOMAINfest Global to Party during Universal Studios - Opening night party to include exclusive access to two rides. DOMAINfest Global ’09, a domain conference organized by domain parking company DomainSponsor, has announced that its opening night party will take place at Universal Studios. Even better, conference goers will get exclusive access to two rides without the wait: Jurassic Park and Revenge of the Mummy. DFG attendees will also get a personal, behind-the-scenes tour of the studios. Buses will begin departing ... read more ...
Fri 17th October 2008
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DomainSponsor Gears adult for DOMAINfest Global 2009 - DomainSponsor betting big on DOMAINfest Global conference. DomainSponsor is betting a million dollars on DOMAINfest Global 2009, the domain name parking company’s domain conference. It will take place in Hollywood, California January 28-30. I sat down with Oversee.net (parent company of DomainSponsor) marketing manager Vivian Tran and director of marketing Aaron Kvitek yesterday to discuss what’s in store for next year’s event. After putting on a number of ... read more ...