We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on domain conferences. What is not allowed: Personal attacks on individuals at the chosen companyPromoting a competitorPosting domains for sale … [Read more...]
9 Alternative Hotel Options for NamesCon 2020
With less than 6 months away from NamesCon arriving in Austin, Texas, many hopeful attendees are making early travel and lodging plans. Elliott Silver, publisher of DomainInvesting.com, wrote about his experience in researching flights and hotels for NamesCon. … [Read more...]
Final Thoughts: 1st Asheville Domain Investor Meetup
It’s been an exciting few days here in Asheville as an eclectic group of domain investors traveled from near and far to share visions, dreams, and ideas to help one another and the domain industry in general. The farewell breakfast Saturday morning and the Brewery Tour that same afternoon were just the activities to put a nice bow on all the good accomplished over the last few days. … [Read more...]
NamesCon auction looks to be staying with NameJet
It looks like the NamesCon auction will continue to use NameJet as it's auction platform. Previously it looked like the platform was switching to GoDaddy, the TOS had stated that the seller must transfer names to GoDaddy in the event the name sells. The TOS has changed and , once a Domain is paid you are required to transfer the Domain to your account at NameJet, whereby you are responsible … [Read more...]
Chad Bennett CEO & Founder of Cybersecurity HEROIC.COM To Be A Keynote Speaker At MERGE! 2018
Cybersecurity is on everyone’s mind. From the President of the United States to Congress to each and every person using the Internet, the primary concern is to keep from getting hacked by sinister forces. HEROIC.COM is a leader in cybersecurity and its Founder and CEO, Chad Bennett, will be a Keynote Speaker at MERGE! 2018 to be held at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista in Orlando, Florida from … [Read more...]
NamesCon Day Three Explores Crypto and Domaining Intersection
Day’s One and Two are down in the books, and NamesCon Day Three is up to bat. Full steam ahead did the third day lead off with a Domain Name Industry Drivers keynote given by Verisign’s Scott Schnell. Scott discussed and expressed thoughts around a number of items, one being the likely resurgence of .net values amongst a sea of new gTLDS. However, it was the Fireside Chat (moderated by … [Read more...]
Monte Cahn “Great.com is a done deal”
Great.com was the big sale at NamesCon's live auction last night. Some expressed doubts if the domain sale would close. We did a poll on Twitter with not many votes but the majority voted no it would not go through. https://twitter.com/thedomains/status/958560746539048961 Monte Cahn left a comment that it's a done deal monte cahn says January 31, 2018 at 2:00 pm (Edit) LOL … [Read more...]
