I hope that in-person conferences can restart later this year or early next year. NamesCon organizers announced today that July's NamesCon Europe event in Budapest is canceled. This comes on the heels of ICANN announcing that the ICANN71 Policy ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Two domain name conferences in China this summer
· ServicesEvents in Hangzhou and Wuzhen in June and July. There will be at least two domain name conferences in China this summer. First up is the 2016 Global Domains Industry Summit, co-organized by Verisign, Bizcn.com and 22.cn, and managed by Jinyuming. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
NamesCon offers 24-hour discount, THE Domain Conference announces dates
· ServicesA couple domain name conference discounts, one of which ends soon. If you're interested in attending a domain name conference in 2016, take note. NamesCon just announced a special 24-hour price of $399 for tickets to January's show. Even better, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DOMAINfest.Asia to be held in Macau in September
· ServicesDomain name conference heads to China in a few months. I've been a bit confused by NamesCon's strategy with DOMAINfest after acquiring the brand. The one day add-ons to existing domain name conferences haven't made much sense to me. But now ... Continue Reading3 Comments
NamesCon sets dates and early bird special for 2016 show
· ServicesNamesCon sets dates for 2016 and offer $199 tickets. It seems like just last month that the domain name industry converged on Las Vegas for NamesCon 2015. Oh yeah, it was last month. Yet NamesCon has already announced dates for its 2016 show, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Google and Lego among speakers at new TLD conference
· ServicesInitial list of speakers for new TLD conference in London is released. Representatives of Google and Lego will be among the speakers at the Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress in London this September. Hal Bailey, Strategic Partnerships ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
If you’re going to TRAFFIC in October, you should buy a ticket now
· ServicesDiscounted tickets available through tomorrow. The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is expensive, and everyone has their opinion about whether it's worth it or not. But there's one thing that's not debatable: if you know you're going to go, buy your ticket ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Poll: Are you going to TRAFFIC or ICANN?
· ServicesTwo domain conferences in back-to-back weeks this fall. After a long absence of North America domain name conferences, two are on tap for October: TRAFFIC in Fort Lauderdale October 7-10 and ICANN in Toronto October 14-19. While both shows are sure ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Are there fewer domain conferences or just different domain conferences?
· ServicesThere are only two big domainer conferences this year, but domainers still find opportunities to get together. Two years ago you could have gone to a domain name conference every other month. This year there are just two big domain conferences: ... Continue Reading5 Comments
5 Questions To Be Answered at Next Week’s TRAFFIC Conference
· ServicesThe only TRAFFIC of the year is upon us. This year TRAFFIC will host just one conference, which kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale. Last year there was a TRAFFIC conference just about every other month. Combined with other domain conferences it ... Continue Reading8 Comments