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DomainFest Heads To Bulgaria

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DomainFest is joining forces with Bulgarian Internet Week to organise a series of events across Bulgaria during the first week of June. DomainFest was acquired by NamesCon last year and will be running several events over the course of 2015 in a number of locations across the globe, according to show organiser Jothan Frakes. The Bulgaria events will take place in Ruse and … [Read more...] about DomainFest Heads To Bulgaria

Oversee.net Lays Off Staff

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Doom and gloom stories are never pleasant, but especially so when you know people involved.Oversee.net, which runs DomainFest among other things, laid off a further 39% of their staff earlier this week. Whether this round of layoffs will have an impact on the upcoming DomainFest event in downtown Hollywood is hard to tell, though email updates regarding the event have been very … [Read more...] about Oversee.net Lays Off Staff

DomainFest Global 2009

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DomainFest Global, which I've attended for the last two years, will be opening registration for its 2009 edition in a few days.While the organisers, Oversee.net, haven't made available any information on next year's lineup and schedule, I will be booking my ticket as soon as I can.Why?Put very simply DomainFest is a wonderful event.The cost of attending isn't that high, if … [Read more...] about DomainFest Global 2009

DomainFest Live Auction – Day 1

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DomainFest's first live auction was held today from 4pm onwards in the ballroom.I picked up my paddles after signing the buyer contracts etc., earlier during the day. While I'd listened to several domain auctions online or followed them using the various tools available, today was the first time that I'd actually attended an auction of this kind in person.Domainfest with … [Read more...] about DomainFest Live Auction – Day 1

DomainFest Countdown – More Auction Changes

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SnapNames have made available the final list of domains for the DomainFest auction.There are a few changes from the initial lists that came as a surprise.To start with all the co.uk and .de domains have vanished from the list.Considering some of the domains that were on that list and the prices that cctld domains have been fetching over the last year, it seems like a very odd … [Read more...] about DomainFest Countdown – More Auction Changes

Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

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John Battelle is one of the keynote speakers at DomainFest this year.In the most recent post to his blog he's been asking a few interesting questions about the domain industry. They're probably the most obvious questions someone could ask, but that doesn't make it any easier to actually answer them accurately:A few things I'd love to know with some authority:- Overall size of … [Read more...] about Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

DomainFest Domain Auction Preview

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Adam Strong has provided an interesting insight into the live auction that will be conducted by SnapNames during DomainFest. He features an interview with Mr Domain Industry Insider himself, Jothan Frakes, who currently works with Oversee and is heavily involved in organising DomainFest.I'd predict that the auction will be a much bigger success than the DomainTools auction held … [Read more...] about DomainFest Domain Auction Preview

DomainFest 2008 Auction List

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DomainFest 2008 takes place in Hollywood from January 21st to January 23rd.This year's event will include a live auction organised by SnapNames, which was acquired in recent months by Oversee.net, the company behind DomainFest.The preliminary list of names is now available for download from the SnapNames site and includes a broad selection of names covering … [Read more...] about DomainFest 2008 Auction List