Building a Better NamesCon Online for 2021

As we prepare for the next edition of NamesCon Online, we’ve been sifting through attendee feedback from our first-ever all-digital event in September. Responses were overwhelmingly positive: 93% of attendees gave it 4 or 5 stars, and 96% said they’d attend another NamesCon Online event. (Which is good, because NamesCon Online 2021 runs January 27-29; […]

NamesCon Newcomers: Fresh Perspectives and a Desire to Learn

As we prepare for our first-ever fully online event, we wanted to include as many first-time attendees as we can. Since travel and hotel are not in the equation, the barrier for attendance has never been lower. To make a no-brainer an even less-brainer (Is that a word? It is now), we made a limited […]

NamesCon Europe Charity Auction

Attendees generously donated 21 domain names that were made available for a live auction during NamesCon Europe today, with proceeds going to the Hope Children’s Centre charity. We nearly reached the goal of 6500 EUR with a final auction sales tally of 4150 EUR raised. These funds will help to finish building a new secondary […]

HEXONET Cruise Powered by NamesCon: This August in Vancouver

We can’t wait for August 18th, when NamesCon will be teaming up with HEXONET to host a domainer boat cruise, featuring the Pacific Northwest’s most breathtaking scenery! Panoramic views of the Vancouver city skyline and coastal mountains will set the scene for a brief panel discussion featuring representatives from event sponsors Afilias, Donuts, PIR, Rightside […]

DNSeattle 2016 Recap: Liquidity in the Domain Marketplace

Michael Cyger threw yet another great industry meetup last night in Kirkland, WA (just outside Seattle), with about 90 domainers from all levels gathering at the new GoDaddy expansion space overlooking Lake Washington. Rightside’s DJ STATN, famed for his performances at both the Rightside Opening Reception and Uniregistry’s Hakkasan party during NamesCon 2016, provided music to […]

DC Domainers Meetup Event

Ted OKeefe, managing director for Internet Venture Holdings, organized a meetup last week for DC-area domainers and sent us an update on how the event went: “Despite the Metro closing for repairs causing traffic gridlock around the beltway, approximately fifteen domainers arrived in time to drink cold micro brews at the Port City Brewery in Alexandria, […]