Domain Conferences

Monte Cahn confirmed on Twitter that the Namescon 2019 domain name auction will use Namejet for its backend after all. Last week I wrote that the Namescon auction was going to be running on GoDaddy …

The NamesCon 2019 domain name auction is switching to GoDaddy as its auction platform. It makes sense that the GoDaddy auction platform is replacing Namejet as GoDaddy is the owner of NamesCon. Auction submissions are …

NamesCon shared today some announcements and updates as we gear up towards the NamesCon Global 2019 show. .GLOBAL is confirmed as a title show sponsor, and NamesCon will be announcing a new event site for …

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the locations for the 2020 ICANN Public Meetings. Cancun, Mexico, has been selected as the location in the Latin America and Caribbean region to host ICANN’s …

A few days back the 10th anniversary of Domaining Europe ended. Founder Dietmar Stefitz handed over the reins to NamesCon. The host city for NamesCon Europe 2019 will be Lisbon, Portugal. The conference will be …

Colin Campbell, CEO of .CLUB, talked at the 2018 Global Digital Summit (GDS). He discussed what the 4 key components are on how to start, scale, exit and repeat a company. GDS 2018 was held …

NamesCon 2019 will be the last show to be hosted in Las Vegas. The upcoming NamesCon Global flagship event will mark 6 years at the Tropicana, and NamesCon understands it is time for a change. …

Merge! has announced the preliminary conference agenda for the upcoming show in Orlando. Not many details were shared but you can get a sense on how the agenda will be like and this way you …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the ICANN61 By the Numbers report, which includes technical, demographic, and attendance statistics. Why did ICANN wasted so many hours to create this 54-page report …

Edward Snowden and Max Schrems were announced today as CloudFest keynote address speakers. Schrems and Snowden were two of the people that convinced the European Parliament that the rules and regulations surrounding data privacy needed to be …

The ICANN 61 Public Meeting takes place from 10-15 March 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This six-day meeting will be focused on outreach, capacity building, and showcasing ICANN’s work to a broader global audience. …

Domaining Europe will transition into NamesCon Europe beginning with the upcoming June 7-9th event in Valencia, Spain. Dietmar Stefitz, who founded Domaining Europe in 2008, will directly manage the 2018 event with the assistance of …

This is the final list of the NamesCon 2018 live domain name auction. The list has 135 lots. These domain were chosen out of about 500 names that were on the Namejet/Namescon online auction. NamesCon …

NamesCon 2018 is starting today in Las Vegas. The domain name conference runs from January 28 until January 31 at the Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas. I arrived in Las Vegas late last night and …