Here is a final reminder that nominations for the 2014 Domainers Choice Awards close tomorrow night (Saturday night, March 22) at 12 Midnight U.S. Eastern Time (9pm Pacific time). The top three nominees in each of 16 industry categories will move on to the final round of balloting that will run May 8-30.

It is also important to remember, as I told you when nominations opened two weeks ago, that if you do not at least register your email address at the DCA site during this nomination phase, you will not be able to vote in the final round of balloting. So, do it now so you will have a say in who takes home the hardware!  

Here's another important date, March 29, 2014, especially for those who will be in the Los Angeles area that night. That's when the Southern California Domainers Group will hold their next meetup. The event will get underway at 7pm at the Loews Hollywood Hotel (located at 1755 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood) where attendees will be treated to a talk from DNForum.com owner Adam Dicker.  

The Loews Hollywood Hotel will also host the 2014 Domainfest Conference that opens the following Monday (March 31). If you happen to be arriving in town for that show a couple of days early, and act quickly, you might be able to reserve a spot at the Southern California Domainers meetup. There is room for 65 guests and as of this writing 57 spots were filled (you can see who has already registered to attend in the right hand column of tne sign up page). 

One other note today - congratulations are in order to  veteran domain investor/developer/broker Larry Fischer, of GetYourDomain.com who just co-brokered a massive sale of Chat.com (Michael Berkens has more background on the sale of this already well established website in a post at TheDomains.com). 

Fischer worked with co-broker DigitalDNA to sell the domain on behalf of CBS Interactive. Unfortunately, the sales price was subject to a non disclosure agreement but there is little doubt the price was measured in millions of dollars.  Over the years Fischer has been involved in many other mega deals that you probably haven't heard about because transactions at these nose bleed levels are almost always subject to NDAs. Even so, make no mistake, Larry is one of the best in the business at what he does. He is also one of the nicest guys in the industry, living proof that the old adage, "nice guys finish last" is a lie. 

Larry Fischer
GetYourDomain.com