NamesCon

Earlier this week, NamesCon founder Richard Lau posted an update on Facebook announcing that NamesCon was closing in on 500 confirmed attendees so far. I understand that conference organizers are  expecting to have close to 800 attendees at the event this year.  This would be a sizeable jump compared to last year’s inaugural event which saw around 600 conference attendees.

I am registered to attend the conference, and I am wondering if you are planning to go as well.

NamesCon will be held next month at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas from January 11-14, 2015. Many of the largest domain industry companies will have representatives in attendance, if not tradeshow booths or other sponsorships. The agenda has not yet been released, but I presume there will be a variety of panels, speakers, and events for people who have differing interests related to domain names and domain investing.

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I want to share some news I just received via press release that might interest NamesCon attendees. TLD Registry, the company that operates the ChineseLandrush.com website that you see advertised here and on other domain industry websites, will be hosting a “Chinese Domaining Masterclass” during NamesCon.

According to Mitch Watkins from TLD Registry, “Four unique Masterclass sessions will be held all throughout the week of NamesCon, and repeat sessions will be given so everyone can have a chance to attend. For those who attend at least three out of the four sessions, will be given their own complete 100-page curriculum binder, which will be the only known guide to help domainers confidently invest in Chinese domain names.”

Although I don’t generally attend many panels at conferences, this is something I will probably attend. I know nothing about the Chinese domain name market (aside from a general interest in numeric and short .com domain names), and it seems like a very good opportunity to learn something new.

TLD Registry is a sponsor of NamesCon, and through this sponsorship, the company  is offering these lectures at no additional cost to registered NamesCon attendees.

For additional  information about the Masterclass and for full details, please see the press release below:

This article is part of a series of interviews with  NamesCon  exhibitors and sponsors. NamesCon 2015 will be held  January 11-14, 2015 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 800 people are expected to attend this conference.

Today’s interview is with Ray King, of Top Level Design.  Ray is the founder of AboutUs, Director of ICANNWiki, Co-founded SnapNames and is the CEO of Top Level Design, LLC. And it all started with 4 Apple II computers in 1984 which Ray used to teach Visicalc and dBase II.

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