namescon 2015

In last year’s Namescon auction, 87 of the 134 names sold, and you can check out all the results at this post from TheDomains. The auction brought in just shy of $1 million in total sales — $990,851, to be precise. Here is how some of those domains resolve: HomeCare.com for $350,000 – This one...

In last year’s Namescon auction, 87 of the 134 names sold, and you can check out all the results at this post from TheDomains. The auction brought in just shy of $1 million in total sales — $990,851, to be precise. Here is how some of those domains resolve: HomeCare.com for $350,000 – This one...

In the first part of the interview with @Eric_Lyon, the administrator of NamePros, we were able to learn some basic business fundamentals. In the final segment, we hear more, including his back story. Previously, Eric discussed how he was a lurker on NamePros before becoming an administrator...

In the first part of the interview with @Eric_Lyon, the administrator of NamePros, we were able to learn some basic business fundamentals. In the final segment, we hear more, including his back story. Previously, Eric discussed how he was a lurker on NamePros before becoming an administrator...

NamesCon 2015 was a conference for domain name speculators, such as Shane Cultra, to get out there and meet with people in the industry. It was also a great opportunity for one of Seattle’s domain investors, and member of NamePros, Chris Wright. @Chris Wright seized the moment and asked...

NamesCon 2015 was a conference for domain name speculators, such as Shane Cultra, to get out there and meet with people in the industry. It was also a great opportunity for one of Seattle’s domain investors, and member of NamePros, Chris Wright. @Chris Wright seized the moment and asked...

Not to be confused with Jonathan Frakes (although there is a slight resemblance), @Jothan Frakes co-founded NamesCon with Richard Lau and is a renown TLD expert. With over 28 years of tech and domain industry experience in pivotal roles across 25 organizations, it's no wonder he was included in...

Not to be confused with Jonathan Frakes (although there is a slight resemblance), @Jothan Frakes co-founded NamesCon with Richard Lau and is a renown TLD expert. With over 28 years of tech and domain industry experience in pivotal roles across 25 organizations, it's no wonder he was included in...

Alan Sullivan is a Big Data Specialist with DomainDiction. On the company’s website, his biography reads that Alan is an “innovator, technologist and businessman who has been directly involved in the technology of the Internet since 1997, right at the inception of the domain name system. He...

Alan Sullivan is a Big Data Specialist with DomainDiction. On the company’s website, his biography reads that Alan is an “innovator, technologist and businessman who has been directly involved in the technology of the Internet since 1997, right at the inception of the domain name system. He...

Frederick Schiwek is the co-founder and CEO of DomainInvest with over 15 years of experience in internet marketing, international business development, and of course, domain names. In fact, he has over 50,000 domain names in his portfolio. According to his biography on DomainInvest, “He is...

Frederick Schiwek is the co-founder and CEO of DomainInvest with over 15 years of experience in internet marketing, international business development, and of course, domain names. In fact, he has over 50,000 domain names in his portfolio. According to his biography on DomainInvest, “He is...

If you have had the pleasure of seeing any of Frank Schilling’s keynote speeches in the past, then you know that he doesn’t disappoint. Frank captivated a crowded hall filled with hundreds of people at NamesCon 2015 with this speech. I’ll let Frank do the talking from here on out...

If you have had the pleasure of seeing any of Frank Schilling’s keynote speeches in the past, then you know that he doesn’t disappoint. Frank captivated a crowded hall filled with hundreds of people at NamesCon 2015 with this speech. I’ll let Frank do the talking from here on out...

If you happened to catch the live NamesCon 2015 auction, by live streaming video, reading the end results or at the Tropicana Hotel during the event itself, you know that there was quite a lot of excitement when new gTLD’s hit the auction block. Some of these noteworthy sales included Wine.Club...

If you happened to catch the live NamesCon 2015 auction, by live streaming video, reading the end results or at the Tropicana Hotel during the event itself, you know that there was quite a lot of excitement when new gTLD’s hit the auction block. Some of these noteworthy sales included Wine.Club...

"We're all here at a really interesting moment in time because this is probably the best domain show I've been to in five years," said Frank Schilling during his keynote speech at NamesCon 2015. But don't take it from Frank alone, many other industry moguls have the same opinion as reports show...

"We're all here at a really interesting moment in time because this is probably the best domain show I've been to in five years," said Frank Schilling during his keynote speech at NamesCon 2015. But don't take it from Frank alone, many other industry moguls have the same opinion as reports show...

Below: Meanwhile fans of popular domain forum NamePros.com made a bee line to their table to see Eric Lyon and Edward Zeiden (right).Above: At 5pm NamesCon's grand finale - The Executive Roundtable: Outlook for 2015 was held in Verisign Hall with attendees hearing from (left to right) Michele...

Below: Meanwhile fans of popular domain forum NamePros.com made a bee line to their table to see Eric Lyon and Edward Zeiden (right).Above: At 5pm NamesCon's grand finale - The Executive Roundtable: Outlook for 2015 was held in Verisign Hall with attendees hearing from (left to right) Michele...