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'Twas
the night before NamesCon and
all through the house, not a
creature was stirring, not
even...who I am
kidding! It's pandemonium here!
We're scrambling to get the decks
cleared because NamesCon.Online
2021 starts Wednesday
morning (January 27). That
means we will be glued to our monitors
for the next three days covering
the show and participating in it.
I will be moderating three State
of the Industry panels - one
each morning - starting with Corporate
Leaders Wednesday (at 11:30am
US Eastern time), then leading
Domain
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Brokers Thursday
(at 11:20am EST), followed by top Domain Investors & Developers Friday
(at 11:35am EST). Those sessions continue the theme established in our
17th annual
State of the Industry Cover Story that was released last week.
Registration
for the conference is still open and the $79 price is a true bargain,
especially since you don't have to worry about being able to catch every
session within the 72-hour time frame. All sessions will be made available to you in
online replays shortly after the live event ends (you can see the full
agenda here). I found those replays to be invaluable after the first
NamesCon Online event held this past September. It all starts at
11am US Eastern Time Wednesday morning. I am planning on having daily recaps
in this column each evening Wednesday through Friday.
Over
the past week, while preparing for my NamesCon sessions, putting together
our State of the Industry Story, plus our latest bi-weekly domain
sales report and a new in-depth
interview with Sedo CEO Michael Robrock that just came out
today, I didn't have a chance to get to several other items that I normally
would have done separate posts about. However, here is a capsule view
of each of those, along with a link where you can get more information:
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With the closing of the final quarter of
the previous year, January is a time when a lot of data-driven
reports are released. One our favorites is Guta.com's annual Premium
Domain Sales Observation Report covering activity in China.
While the boom there has subsided, the key Chinese players are still
making major acquisitions and sales. Guta Founder George Hong
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Another one we always check out is GGRG.com's
quarterly Liquid Market Overview (LMX) and the 4Q-2020
report is available now. GGRG
defines liquid domains as short .com domains comprised of 2-4
letters, 2-5 numbers or a combination of 2-3 characters mixing letters
and numbers. This is a category that is in consistently high
demand and is tracked carefully by many professional investors. |
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Also
on the report front, just today Radix
released their latest semi-annual Premium
Domains Report (.pdf file) covering the 2nd half of
2020. The company logged just over $2 million in premium
domain retail revenue, with $1.15 million of that coming from
premium domain renewals. They also reported revenue from new premium
registrations rose 37% from the previous 6-month period. |
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Mike Mann
(left) & Divyank Turakhia |
Before wrapping this up and switching
focus to NamesCon Online for the rest of the week, I also want to
point you to an excellent new
video interview that Mike Mann has posted from his
live streaming series. In this one, Mike sat down with the Co-Founder
of Radix's parent company, Directi, 38-year-old billionaire Divyank
Turakhia. Div is a domain industry pioneer who was a regular
speaker and attendee on the conference circuit for many years while
building his fortune. He and his brother, Bhavin, are a couple
of the good guys who did it all the right way and deserve all
of the success and respect they have achieved. |
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