Event co-founder Jothan Frakes welcomed everyone to NamesCon 2016 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas on this sunny Monday morning. “We keep setting records as far as people coming,” he said, and wasted no time in introducing the first main-stage panel of the conference: Top Brands and their TLD Strategies. Jennifer Wolfe, CEO of […]
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Featured Attendee Profile: Sandeep Ramchandani, Radix
Sandeep Ramchandani Business Head Radix Twitter | LinkedIn Fast Facts Location: Mumbai How long have you been in the domain industry: 12 years Favorite extension: .online Now listening: Joris Voorn Q&A What kinds of changes to you foresee within the industry in the next year? 5 years? Plenty of consolidation within TLD operators. We always believed that […]
NamesCon Domain Auction By RightOfTheDot and NameJet Heats Up With Online Pre-Bidding
With almost 300 domains holding at least one bid on NameJet.com, the RightOfTheDot / NamesCon Domain Name auction is heating up quickly! Investors, brands, and businesses are vying for some of the hottest new gTLD addresses, from valuable category killers like breakfast.club, night.club, water.ski, and stock.photo to one, two, and three character domains such as […]
Featured Attendee Profile: Alfredo Pinochet, LatinTLD Inc
Alfredo Pinochet President, LatinTLD, Inc. Twitter Fast Facts Location: Santiago, Chile, Latin America How long have you been in the domain industry? 14 years Now Reading: Biographies Now Watching: Comedies Best city for conferences: Cities in Florida, California or Texas Your mentor: Jothan Frakes, Samantha Frida Q&A Describe your company and how long you have […]
Featured Attendee Profile: Marcus Glaad, Dotkeeper
Marcus Glaad Partner, Dotkeeper Twitter | LinkedIn Fast Facts Location: Stockholm, Sweden How long have you been in the domain industry? 13 Years Domain name you wished you owned: Ticket.com Now reading: “The Sell” by Fredrik Eklund Q&A Describe your company and how long you have been there? Dotkeeper offers services to companies wishing help […]
Featured Attendee Profile: Michael Gilmour, ParkLogic
Michael Gilmour Founder, ParkLogic and Whizzbangsblog Fast Facts Location: Melbourne, Australia How long have you been in the domain industry? 14 years Favourite extension: Any extension with traffic Now reading: Battleframe (my own book) Q&A Describe your company and how long you have been there? Established in 2007, ParkLogic provides professional domain owners with an […]
Featured Attendee: Joe Higgins, DomainSponsor
Joe Higgins Business Development, Sales & Marketing DomainSponsor Twitter | Facebook Fast Facts Location: Southern California horse country – yes, it exists 😉 How long have you been in the domain industry? 11 years Favorite extension: .com Domain name you wished you owned: www.com Now reading: “World Order” by Henry Kissinger Now watching: The […]
Top 10 Rules for Promoting Domain Name Awareness
The Domain Name Association hosted a breakfast at ICANN54 in Dublin this morning, and shared a great list of “ten commandments” – which we in turn would like to distribute! The DNA is all about bringing awareness to the new domain name extensions, both for businesses and to consumers. So here’s their top tops for upping […]
Why NamesCon Chose Vegas
If you’re looking for inspirational success stories of luck and fortune, look no further than iconic Las Vegas. The allure of descending upon Lady Luck in the depths of the desert is a narrative that’s been played out in popular media since the 1930s. A huge portion of our loyalty to Vegas, however, has less […]