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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Less
than 72 hours from now
the
annual Domain
Roundtable conference gets underway in a new
location - the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington,
D.C. This will be the first major domain |
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conference
ever held in the nation's capital. With so many
legislative and regulatory threats currently facing domain
owners, this is the perfect time and place for the domain
community to gather and start mapping out a strategy to
meet the challenges we will be facing in the months
ahead.
Things
get underway with a welcoming cocktail party Sunday
evening then everyone gets down to business with three
seminar sessions and Jonathan
Zuck's keynote address on Monday. Tuesday's
schedule will be highlighted by a pair of seminars, Aftermarket.com's
live domain auction from 4-7pm and a big show closing
party from 9pm-1am hosted by TrafficZ and Parked.com
at Club
Josephine.
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Domain
Roundtable Wants You
(to be in Washington D.C.)!
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You
can review
the entire show agenda here, including details
on the topics and speakers for each of the individual
sessions. There is still time to register
if you want to be a part of it. If you can't go, check
this column for our daily updates from Roundtable starting
on Monday. We will also be publishing a comprehensive show
review article after the conference.
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There is some
interesting news from NameMedia
(parent of the AfternicDLS and BuyDomains.com)
today. I haven't seen an official release yet but
I have it on good authority that Bob
Mountain is coming on board as VP of
Business Development. Bob comes to NameMedia from Hangout
Industries where he was the VP of Sales and
Business Development. In another personnel move, Ted
Olson is being promoted from
Acquisitions Manager to Business Development
Manager.
In a related note,
NameMedia recently rolled out an affiliate
program and it has |
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already paid off for
new affiliate Y3.com of Ireland.
They referred a buyer who purchased A6.com
for $34,000 and that earned Y3 a 5% commision
($1,700) on the sale. |
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The people at dotNYC
LLC, a group that hopes to land the .nyc
extension when ICANN starts rolling out new
gTLDs next year, got some good news today when
former New York City Mayor Ed Koch endorsed
their bid. Koch said "I can’t wait to sign
up for edkoch.nyc, and while I’m at it
I’ll probably sign up for mayorkoch.nyc as
well. I’ve done my homework and the experienced
team behind dotNYC LLC is the right team to run
.NYC.”
dotNYC LLC CEO Antony
Van Couvering, who lives in Manhattan,
said, “Ed Koch is a New York icon |
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and we're thrilled to
be partnering with someone who cares so much about
this city. With his support we have total
confidence that NYC will happen, and happen the
right way for the benefit of all New Yorkers.” |
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(Posted
June
10, 2009) |
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