Today in The Lowdown:
Options in the domain
aftermarket are expanding with the launch of several new sales platforms by
established industry players. BargainDomains.com will focus on undervalued
names, NoktaDomains.com has a portfolio of 200,000 names to choose from and a
third new player will join them soon.
I often hear people say that the really big opportunities in the domain
business are long gone. That if you were not one of
the lucky ones who snapped up the best domain names in the
mid 90s when no one else realized how valuable they could
become, you were too late for the dance. That is a
misconception that talented latecomers to the industry have
repeatedly proven wrong.
Gregg
McNair, the Executive Chairman of Hong Kong based
domain management and monetization firm PPX
International Ltd. is a perfect case in point.
McNair didn't discover the domain business until late
2005 but in less than four years he has seemingly come
out of nowhere to become one of the major players in
the industry.
In fact the
indefatigable Aussie seems to be everywhere these days. He is
at virtually every major domain conference, often as a featured
speaker, but he is just as likely to pop up in some remote corner of
the globe working on behalf of The
Water School, a organization that is helping to
eradicate disease and needless loss of life by providing simple,
safe and sustainable clean water solutions to the developing world.
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The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference
that ran at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott October 26-29 marked
the end of an era for the domain industry. This show came on the 5th
anniversary of a collaboration between co-founders Rick Schwartz
and Howard Neu that began with a historic
event at the Delray Beach, Florida Marriott in
October 2004. Now, after staging 15 shows together and licensing two
others overseas, the pioneering duo is turning the reins over to Rick
Latona
who will be fully responsible for five of the six T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
conferences scheduled for 2010.
Schwartz and Neu will resurface on the show
circuit only once in the upcoming year, having retained the
rights to run a big show in their home state of Florida at
the Loews Hotel on Miami's South Beach in October 2010
(October 17-19, 2010 to be specific). Though not exactly their swan song, this third
consecutive annual show in the Big Apple was a fitting first
class send off for Schwartz and Neu as they begin a 12-month break from the show production grind.
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T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Co-Founders
Howard Neu (at podium)
& Rick Schwartz welcome
attendees to T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York 2009
The 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum was held
at the Waldorf Astoria's Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida
October 7-9. Sedo's annual gathering is a different animal than
mainstream domain conferences that cover a broad range of industry issues and
attract registrants of all kinds - individual domain investors, service
providers and venture capitalists to name just a few. Sedo's
Partner Forum is a special corporate event that is staged primarily to
thank their top clients and business associates for their support.
Less than 100 people are invited to attend the
Forum which alternates between Europe and the U.S. each year. The
Sedo events focus much more on networking during social and recreational events
than than they do on business seminars. With the SedoPro Forum's picturesque
locations the company knows their guests want to spend more time outdoors
than being cooped up in a conference room. Here is how the 2009 edition went
down.
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Scene from the beach
at the Casina Marina Resort in Key West, Florida where the
2009 SedoPro Partner Forum
was held October 7-9.
Six-Figure Sale of Whiskey.com and
more than 40 five-figure sales add up to a good week for the domain
aftermarket. Get all of the details in our new domain sales report.
IDN experts
think a new fast track process to introduce internationalized domain names
will open up some major new investment opportunities. Details in our
latest monthly newsletter.
Our comprehensivereview
of the 2009 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference with previously
unpublished photos and show details.
