When NamesCon was announced for the late January timeframe they took the time slot that DomainFest had used for the past few years. DomainSponsor had not announced anything for 2014, after changing the name of their conference to "WebFest Global" in 2013. DomainFest returns to Hollywood March 31st - April 2nd this year, and the... Continue Reading →
Development to be Showcased at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
I'm getting tired of just writing more about how parking income is flat and development is too difficult to do on a large scale. I'm still bullish on WhyPark, Epik, and SmartName as companies who offer scalable development options that are almost as simple as parking. If you are attending T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Miami Beach... Continue Reading →
DOMAINfest Global Registration Opens
DomainSponsor's parent company Oversee.net continues to offer versions of DOMAINfest in different cities. From October 1-3 the event will be in Prague. Meanwhile registration has opened for DOMAINfest Global February 1-4 2011 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows on the Pacific Ocean at of Santa Monica, California. Register this month to save $200-$400 off later... Continue Reading →
Sedo announces World Tour
SedoPro announced this week some new get-togethers for their SedoPro members, In the past SedoPro held annual "Partner Forums" in resort locations. Their new strategy seems to include multiple shorter events, the first coming up in late August at Sedo's U.S. headquarter's in Boston. Boston - August 31 - September 1 Seoul, Korea - September 10... Continue Reading →
Epik plans a Monster Conference
The Edgewater HotelI could have just as easily said that Monster plans an Epik conference. Venture Capitalist and Internet entrepreneur Rob Monster is working to build a platform that supplants domain parking. His Epik platform primarily uses tools from EvoLanding to create a semantic web of sites that feed traffic into one another. He recently announced the first... Continue Reading →
Domain Conference Overload?
Is there really a need for three domain conferences within 30 days? There is a hard core group of professional domainers and domain journalists who go to almost all of these conferences. Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire had to pay an extra $500 for his TRAFFIC Las Vegas air fare after booking his flight for the... Continue Reading →
Upcoming Events focus on Monetization
The upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas show (January 21-23 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino) is the first produced by Rick Latona. He has ditched Rick Schwartz's "invitation only" policy and opened the show up to all (finally). The new Rick has followed the lead of "fun" conferences like Domainer Mardi Gras and skipped ealry... Continue Reading →