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My thoughts on NamesCon 2018. I arrived home in Austin yesterday after NamesCon and I’m officially in rest-your-voice mode. My fingers can still type, though, so here are my thoughts: I gave a recap after a couple days and said China was dead. Of course, that was a bit of an overstatement...

I’m going to talk about the mood…how people are thinking about domain names going forward. There are a couple of recurring themes. First, China is dead. That boom from a couple years ago has worked its way out of the system. When you think about it, many of the Chinese domain name investors...

The long anticipated NamesCon event begins tomorrow with its 11:00 am – 11:45 am “Welcome to NamesCon” photo and session. Domain enthusiasts from around the world have begun rolling in since this morning, myself included. The event is taking place at the Tropicana, which is one of the first...

With the NamesCon 2018 conference a few months away, the domain name auction is starting to take shape. Monte Cahn from Right of the Dot is helping to organize the auction event, and he shared some details about the auction as well as some information about submitting domain names to be sold via...

In an email sent to newsletter subscribers, NamesCon organizers announced that NamesCon will be holding an event in China in October. The one-day conference will be held in Shanghai, China on October 12, 2017. The Andaz Shanghai Xintiandi hotel (part of the Hyatt chain) will play host to...

The past year has been marked by many new developments for the NamesCon organization, and we have just a few more tricks up our sleeve for you! You may have noticed some visual and structural changes to the NamesCon website in recent days. While this is very much a work in progress, we wanted to...

Here is a link to the Namescon 2017 Indian Domain Masterclass: http://namescon.com/news/india-masterclass-namescon-2017# It was a true honor being a part of this session and hope to have provided some value.

It’s rumored but not confirmed that Richard Lau sold a five letter, dictionary word domain name that has hundreds of thousands of exact match searches per month, and thousands of companies use this word in their name…but nobody’s been able to confirm the sale or the price. The domain...

NamesCon says it has booked the venue for three more years of domain name conferences, following its acquisition this week. The conference organizers said today that it has been acquired by 13-year-old German events outfit WorldHostingDays, which usually focuses on the hosting market, for an...

WorldHostingDays announced that it has acquired the NamesCon conference as part of its strategy to expand in the North American market. WorldHostingDays is a series of technology events dedicated to the hosting and cloud industry. “US-based NamesCon has become a leader in providing business...

An account of the events in Namescon 2016 has been shared by Angela St. Julien in this article Here are some of the domain names from the auction by Right of the Dot: Lawn.com- $240,000 Tuscany.com- $157,500 Penis.com- $110,000 Erotica.com- $80,000 88.xyz- $70,000 Web.hosting- $52,500(Bought...

Pat Kane, Senior Vice President of Naming and Directory Services at Verisign, is responsible for the policy and operational management of all TLDs operated by Verisign, including .com and .net, as well as the development of additional tools and services created to support Verisign’s channel...

Fun game asks you to guess if a domain is registered or not. GoDaddy released a fun (and rather eye-opening) app at NamesCon today called Bought Or Not. Bought or Not is similar to hot or not, except players guess if a domain name has been registered or not. It’s available online at...

Featured Attendee Profile: Aishwin Vikhona, GlobalWebsoft.com Describe your company and how long you have been there? I run my own software startup in India called Global Websoft, where we focus on building products and services related to my niche domains. Over time we developed products...

Above.com has launched a new web site, just on time for NamesCon 2016. So what exactly is Above.com? Let’s get that out of the way first! NOT a domain parking service Above.com assists domainers get higher RPMs by making parking services and premium direct advertisers compete for domain...

From Australia to Brazil and from China to Spain, domain industry professionals worldwide will be flying to Las Vegas for NamesCon 2016. We can’t wait to welcome both new and returning attendees, speakers, and sponsors to the conference! The heatmap above was generated from the responses of the...