NamesCon 2017 is less than a week away! I bought my conference ticket many months ago and I booked my travel plans a couple of months ago. I will be arriving Saturday and headed out on a redeye on Tuesday night. There has always been a great turnout at NamesCon, and I understand a record setting attendance is expected this year.

Are you attending the conference? What are you most looking forward to during the conference?

NamesCon 2017 is just over a week away! 1,400+ attendees are expected at this year’s conference. If you haven’t booked your trip, now is the time to do it! NamesCon will be held January 22-25 at the Tropicana in Las Vegas, Nevada.

We are running a series of interviews with NamesCon sponsors. Today’s interview is with Darren Cornwell from our Diamond level sponsor, Uniregistry.

What is your company’s mandate, what sets you apart?

Transparency, honesty and a real love of what we do. We like to take things which are traditionally considered complex (bulk registrations, the ability to sell a name onto an interested party, transferring domains to name but a few) and make it intuitive. If your instinct is to tap or click to perform some action we want to ensure that’s something you can actually do. Software shouldn’t be complicated but it often is and needlessly so.

As the great Paul Rand said:

“Design is simple. That’s why it’s so complicated”

We find that echoes in everything we do, the pursuit of the small, the imperceptible, the experiences that give you that ‘wow’ moment. It can be a real challenge.

Who benefits from your product or service?

NamesCon 2017 promises to be the biggest one yet! In less than two weeks, people from all parts of the domain community will converge on Las Vegas for NamesCon. The conference is being held at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from January 22-25. Conference tickets are still available to purchase.

We are running this interview series to introduce attendees to NamesCon sponsors. Today’s Spotlight interview is with Tom Bartel, CEO and Co-Founder of ThreatWave.

What is your company’s mandate; what sets you apart?

ThreatWave pioneered MX parking and monetization. We capture the email traffic sent to parked and unused domains and package that data to support the needs of data researchers working within the security, marketing and reputation industries. Through our data marketplace, we compensate domain owners for the valuable traffic that can be used to better the internet.

Who benefits from your product or service?

In just two weeks, hundreds of people from around the world will be converging on the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for NamesCon 2017! Over 1,400 attendees are expected, eclipsing the attendance record set last year. If you haven’t booked your trip yet, conference passes and hotel rooms are still available.

Today’s Sponsor Spotlight interview is with Alexander Siffrin, CEO of Key-Systems GmbH. We are running this series of interviews with representatives of companies that are sponsoring NamesCon.

What is your company’s mandate; what sets you apart?

Key-Systems is an international IT company that currently manages more than 4.2 million domains for more than 100,000 retail/corporate customers and 2,300 resellers worldwide. We provide a varied structure of supply; five different business areas are targeted to the specific needs of our clients. All of our products combine attractive prices with extensive customer service. Key-Systems provides its clients with user-friendly, secure and fast domain, internet, and IT services.

Who benefits from your product or service?