Updated app includes notifications of domains for sale.

DomainSponsor today announced the release of its updated apps on both Apple and Android.

The app has a number of features, as explained by Oversee.net VP & GM Internet Monetization Dwayne Walker this morning.

Some of the features are exactly what you’d expect on a domain parking app:

Account summaries
Domain level statistics
Portfolio level statistics
Quick view of top 100 domains
Data by country

But one feature is low-tech but may make it worth downloading the app: domains for sale notifications.

Oversee.net is one of the largest domain portfolio holders in the world. It occasionally puts portfolios of domains up for sale, and it will announce these portfolios solely through the app.

The updated app is available on iTunes, Android Play, and the Amazon App Store.

A space shuttle and the Magic Castle come to Webfest.

DomainSponsor’s Webfest (formerly known as DomainFest) is known for its glitzy parties.

It looks like February’s event will keep the reputation going.

The event is holding two big parties.

The first is (forgive me) “out of this world”. It will take place at the Space Shuttle Endeavour Pavilion, where you’ll drink cocktails and eat dinner underneath the shuttle. Astronaut Garrett Reisman will make a special appearance.

Second is a closing night party at the Magic Castle. I’ve been to this private magic club before, and it’s a real treat. I assume they’ll have a few magic shows going on during the party.

Webfest takes place Tuesday Feb 5 – Thursday Feb 7, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. Early bird ticket prices are available through the end of the month.

DOMAINfest gets a new name as it branches out from domains.

It was only a matter of time.

Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest has new name beginning with next year’s show: Webfest Global.

This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Although the conference is run by Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor division, the subject matter has shifted in recent years. It’s not all about domains any more; it’s about lead gen, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, mobile and web development.

The name change may help attract a wider audience of web professionals. Still, I expect the conference to retain its domain name roots. It will continue to be a conference built upon domainers, at least in the near future.

In fact, this year’s agenda seems to break down between a day of domains, a day of search/optimization, and a day of mobile. This is an interesting approach and may lead to some people coming for the day that most interests them.

As I reported earlier, there will be a domain auction in conjunction with Moniker.

This year’s conference takes place February 5-7, 2013 in Santa Monica. Registration is now open for $1,095.

Mike Song, an early Oversee.net employee, has returned to the company as an account manager.

Song was hired by the company in 2003 after it launched the DomainSponsor domain parking service. He was the fifth employee of the company. He later held positions in operations and portfolio acquisitions with DomainSponsor.

Song left Oversee.net in 2008 to join MediaTrust, according to his LinkedIn profile. At MediaTrust he was a manager of business development.

He will report to Sam Tseng, Director of Sales at DomainSponsor. Tseng is another long time Oversee.net employee who also joined the company in 2003.

Legacy nameservers no longer generating revenue for parking customers.

Oversee.net shut down Moniker’s traffic monetization solution TrafficClub shortly after buying the company. TrafficClub accounts were transitioned to DomainSponsor and the trafficclub.com nameservers continued to work.

But that changed back in March, apparently without notice as far as I can tell. Although the trafficclub.com nameservers continue to function and resolve to DomainSponsor parked pages, you no longer are receiving credit for any of that traffic.

Perhaps I’m the only one who didn’t bother to change my nameservers after the changeover. And clearly I don’t make much money from the domains I had there since I didn’t notice earlier. But if you were a TrafficClub user who never switched DNS, I recommend doing it immediately.