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Join me at NamesCon today

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I’m taking part in two sessions today.

NamesCon.online starts today, and I’m taking part in two sessions this morning.

First, at 7:55 am PDT, I’ll join Soeren von Varchmin for the opening session, where I’ll talk a bit about the current domain name market.

Then at 10:05 am PDT, I’m leading a discussion with Logan Flatt and Mark Levine. This is your opportunity to hear from two domain investors who will divulge their full profit and loss statements. Not just tweets about making big money from individual domain sales — you’ll learn how much they’ve invested, their full costs, and how it nets out. We’ll also discuss which types of domains they are making money from (not just .com!), how they are pricing them and more.

Tickets are still available for $99.

NamesCon to host its next virtual event in September

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NamesCon Online returns under new ownership group.

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The next virtual NamesCon Online will take place in September, organizers announced today. The third NamesCon Online will take place September 22-24.

An email announcing the event suggests that the event will cover NFTs, emerging social platforms, fractional ownership, increasing domain values and new use cases.

NamesCon is offering up to 150 first-time attendees a ticket for $19. (It previously offered these for free.) Returning attendees can get early bird tickets for $79.

The main sessions take place daily from 3 pm – 7 pm UTC, making it accessible for people worldwide to tune in.

This is the first NamesCon since GoDaddy sold the event earlier this year. You can learn more about the new ownership group in this podcast.

I suspect that organizers hope to return to in-person events in 2022, which will be predicated on widespread vaccination.

NamesCon opens registration for January virtual event

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Early bird tickets are now available for online event.

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Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021.

The virtual event will take place January 27-29, 2021. This is about the same time that the in-person event was scheduled. Like many events, the raging pandemic has pushed the event online.

NamesCon held a virtual event in September that received generally high marks. Some of the benefits of virtual events vs. in-person events are that they are cheaper to attend, it’s easier to visit the sessions, and networking can be more fruitful.

Early bird registration through November 30 is $59, at which point the price will increase to $79.

NamesCon is also accepting session pitches for the event.

Paris domain name event NDDCamp returns for third year

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Event is free for the domain name industry.

NDDCamp, a one-day domain name event, will return to Paris on June 26, 2017. It will take place at Campus Cluster Paris Innovation, 59 Rue Nationale, 75013 in Paris.

Now in its third year, the event targets domain name investors and other people involved in the domain name industry.

Traditionally a French-language event, there will be an English-language panel in the afternoon this year.

NDDCamp is organized by two French domain name investors, David Chelly and Philippe Franck. The third edition is co-organized by the digital team of the Paris School of Business. It is supported by Sedo and the French registry AFNIC.

The event is free and registration is available online.

Two domain(ish) conferences added to 2017 calendar

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One conference is out but two more are in.

The domain name investor community is down to just one annual U.S. conference after THE Domain Conference called it quits this year.

But out of the ashes rise two new conferences about domain names that are also stretching outside of the domain business.

First up is NameSummit in Manhattan August 7th and 8th. The event is being organized by domain investor Steve Kaziyev and domain attorney Jason Schaeffer with the help of 32Events (led by Jodi Chamberlain).

While domain names are a topic, this conference will also cover online branding and naming.

Then, in October, Jothan Frakes (formerly with NamesCon) and Ray Dillman Neu (formerly with TRAFFIC and then THE Domain Conference) present MERGE! in Orlando.

Details are scant, but Ron Jackson at DNJournal reports “With MERGE! the founders aim to combine the best of Domain Roundtable, DomainFest and THE Domain Conference along with Legal panels, Digital Branding professionals, Website Development, End User Experience, Domain Name Investment and Appraisal, New Business Startups, IP Technology, SEO Design, Security, Hosting and more.”

The event takes place October 14-18 at Marriott’s Orlando World Center.

The trick for each of these conferences is to bring in the core domain name audience while simultaneously attracting marketing, internet and branding professionals.

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