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Above:
In one of the well-attended morning
sessions Michael Gilmour from
ParkLogic.com covered Domain
Monetization by Registries and
Registrars.
Below:
An hour later in the next round of
sessions at the multi-track
conference, Efty.com's Doron
Vermaat detailed How
to Buy, Market, Manage and Sell
Brandable Domains. (Both of
these photos courtesy of Name Ninja's
Bill Sweetman).
Above:
In another Wednesday morning highlight
renowned Chinese domaining analyst Kassey
Lee (on screen in this photo)
delivered an hour-long presentation on
Chinese Domains via a
Skype connection. DotAsia Registry’s
project manager Aaron SP
(seated) and Cyberport IT
manager Frank Ho are seen
setting up Kassey's appearance. After
his talk began Kassey was assisted by
Allegravita’s Raymond Li and
Simon Cousins in a Q&A segment
with the audience. (Photo courtesy of
Simon Cousins).
Below:
There was also a round of early
afternoon sessions before the third
live domain auction of the week got
underway at 2pm. In one on those
moderator and Domainfest Co-Founder
Jothan Frakes (left) talked with TK
Tan (center) of the Qinetics Group
and Chan Kee Slak (Exabytes
Group CEO) about Hosting and
Domains - Serving Asia. (Photo
courtesy of Bill Sweetman).
Above:
Members of the 190.com team get
things ready for the company's live
domain auction that was held this
afternoon, generating over CNY 17
million ($255,000) in sales.
(Photo courtesy of Simon Cousins).
Below:
A photo from 190.com's live domain
auction (courtesy of Bill Sweetman).
Above:
This shot was taken after the
successful 190.com live domain
auction today, Left to right are:
190.com’s CMO and auctioneer
Cheng Nijuan, Allegravita’s
Channel Manager Elaine Yang,
Allegravita CEO Simon Cousins,
.Asia’s VP Leona Chen,
Domainfest Co-Founder Jothan Frakes,
Allegravita’s China head Raymond
Li and Nijuan.
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As I noted above, today's auction was
the third of three at Domainfest
Asia 2016. Allegravita's Simon
Cousins told us, "Some people in
American domaining told me I would
never be able to get three auction
houses to this show. My team's so
proud to have nailed it!"
The first auction was staged on
Monday by Jianpai. Simon
provided this photo, taken
today, of (left to
right) GMO Registry VP Yoshi Tamura,
Jinpai Chairman Shen Xiaohang,
Jinpai Auctioneer and Co-Founder
Qiao Yuanyuan and GMO Registry
Registrar Manager Zhu Kai.
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Above:
The second domain auction, held on
Tuesday, was presented by 22.cn.
Simon snapped this shot of 22.cn's
Cat Feng (far right) being
interviewed between sessions today by
Allegravita’s Raymond Li.
Below:
After today's 190.com auction business
sessions resumed including this discussion
of What is Working Well with the
New Domain Names featuring
(left to right): Jeff Sass
(.CLUB CMO), Edmon Chung (DotAsia
CEO), Christa Taylor (DotTBA
CEO) and moderator Braden Pollock.
(Photo courtesy of Simon Cousins).
Domainfest
Asia 2016 will close with another full
business day tomorrow (Thursday, Sept.
22). You can check out the complete
schedule here.
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