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The
event, purposely limited to 50 attendees to deliver
a uniquely intimate experience, began with a special
Foodie Tour of some of New York's top
restaurants Tuesday evening (May 19). That was
followed Wednesday with a full day of business
sessions and networking, hosted by Squarespace
at their NYC office. Squarespace SVP and General
Manager Kevin Doerr (below) recently joined
the ICA's Board of Directors and he was delighted to
welcome ICA leaders and many of their most dedicated
members to the landmark event.
Above:
One of the many highlights Wednesday was the
appearance of Larry Fischer and his son and
business partner Jeff on stage to talk about
how they closed the biggest domain sale in
history last year (publicly revealed this year),
AI.com at $70 million. Larry & Jeff
represented the seller while John Mauriello
served as the buyer's broker.
Photo credits: All photos in this article are
courtesy of the ICA unless noted otherwise.
Above:
Another informative discussion centered on how to Monetize
Domains Without Selling. It featured, left
to right, Richard Lau (Logo.com), Braden
Pollock (Legal Brand Markeing.com), Inderpreet
Singh (D3) and Nena Hajakhani (Sedo). Below:
Attendees were also treated to an encore from
Larry Fischer who joined his friend and fellow Super
Broker Andrew Miller (ATMHoldings.com), at
left, to talk about closing High Value
Sales - a topic this duo knows intimately
well after closing many of the biggest transaction
on record. In sales reported so
far this year, Andrew has already been
credited with the $10 million sale of Club.com
and the $7.5 million sale of Green.com.
Above:
There was also a bittersweet moment in New
York that was of extraordinary significance for the
ICA. Since the founding day of the organization back
in 2006, Sedo General Counsel Jeremiah
Johnston (seen here with ICA Executive Director
Kamila Sekiewicz) has represented the company on
the ICA's Board of Directors. Jeremiah deserves enormous
credit for helping develop the ICA into the indispensable
industry advocate that it is today. He will be
leaving Sedo at the end of this month and will step
down from the ICA Board at the same time. Appreciative
members in New York let Jeremiah know how much they
appreciated his tireless efforts on behalf of the
organization. On LinkedIn
today, Jeremiah wrote, "A wonderful 20th anniversary celebration from the Internet Commerce Association last week in NYC — big thanks to
Kamila Sekiewicz, Zak Muscovitch, Tiffany
Mark, Jeanette Lalande, and the team at Squarespace for putting together such a memorable event. It was a great time surrounded by some of the domain industry's brightest minds, and I'm truly grateful for the thoughtful gift marking the close of my time on the board.
The domain industry is in great hands! Indeed
it is, as attendees at the ICA NYC gathering
(seen in this "class photo" from Board
Member Ryan McKegney) will surely attest!
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