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My thoughts on NamesCon 2018. I arrived home in Austin yesterday after NamesCon and I’m officially in rest-your-voice mode. My fingers can still type, though, so here are my thoughts: I gave a recap after a couple days and said China was dead. Of course, that was a bit of an overstatement. George Hong of […]
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February 1, 2018 Andrew Allemann
NamesCon 2018
NamesCon 2018 might be over, but the fun continues in Las Vegas and the Tropicana venue. The successful mega-conference operators announced that a backpack full of aged domain names has been found in one of the meeting rooms. “At first we thought...
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February 1, 2018 DomainGang
aged domains, NamesCon 2018
GoDaddy gave access to its newly released bulk domain appraisal tool, during NamesCon 2018. The tool allows for the mass appraisal of a domain portfolio that can be imported. Free runs of the tool were offered at NamesCon. GoDaddy’s bulk domain a...
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January 29, 2018 DomainGang
Aishwin Vikhona, bulk domain appraisal, godaddy bulk domain appraisal tool, NamesCon 2018
No sooner had NamesCon 2018 started, than the first domainer incident occurred. A self-styled domain investor from Vancouver, Oregon, raised some raucous at the NamesCon coffee kiosk. “I asked for a custom order of a double caramel frappuccino wi...
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January 29, 2018 DomainGang
hipster domainer, NamesCon 2018
Political figures with Instagram accounts can quickly amass tens of thousands of followers. In the case of a country leader, that number can turn into millions. US president, Donald Trump, has more than 8.3 million followers on Instagram, something he ...
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January 26, 2018 DomainGang
@DonaldTrump, donald trump, instagram, Instagram handles, NamesCon 2018, RealDonaldTrump, WaterNight, WaterSchool.com
Escrow.com, a DomainGang sponsor, is laying out the milestones it achieved last year. In an email to members, Escrow.com mentions the following notable achievements in 2017: SAN FRANCISCO: January 2018 – Escrow.com, the world’s largest online esc...
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January 17, 2018 DomainGang
domain escrow, Escrow.com, NamesCon 2018
Domain investors are – mostly – human, and jealousy, envy and hatred quite often manifest via the sharing of unsavory comments on blogs and forums. When domain names are presented for validation by peers, for example, one cannot avoid witne...
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January 15, 2018 DomainGang
Domain Jungle, NamesCon 2018
NamesCon announced that its Water Night gala will feature some major rock bands from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Not content with having David Ellefson, founder of Megadeth, as the opening keynote speaker, NamesCon took it one step further. “We have ...
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January 9, 2018 DomainGang
NamesCon 2018, Parody, rockathon, Soeren Von Varchmin, Water Night
NamesCon has been kind to provide 5 free standard tickets to event “newbies” – and all of them have now been claimed. Pending validation by the NamesCon folks regarding “newbie” status, the following domain investors can e...
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January 5, 2018 DomainGang
NamesCon 2018
NamesCon 2018 is coming up in January, and the Cyber Monday deals are getting bigger. Not only is NamesCon offering 50% off its regular ticket price today only, Tropicana Las Vegas – the conference’s venue – is dropping room prices to...
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November 27, 2017 DomainGang
Las Vegas hotels, NamesCon 2018, Tropicana Las Vegas