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Asia sessions over the weekend so
I can give you a recap of the
great content that was provided on
that track.
(If
you missed our reports on the Keynote,
Breakout and Americas
Tracks, you can review
day 1 highlights here, day 2 highlights here
and the day 3 highlights here).
Above:
The South Asia Track opened
with Moderator Divya Shukla (Community
Manager, Urban Skill), at left,
interviewing veteran Indian domain
investor Deepak Daftari.
Deepak, who has
closed multiple 6-figure domains
sales, is known worldwide for his
domain industry expertise and
insight. That is why I also called
on Deepak to be a member of the
panel of experts featured in DNJournal.com's
17th annual State
of the Industry Cover Story
as well as have him join Morgan
Linton and Jochen Kieler
for my State of the Industry:
Domain Investors panel discussion
on the Keynote Track at NamesCon
Online Friday (if you registered for
the show, a replay can be viewed on
the NamesCon.Online website). Below:
The next session tackled the topic -
What Makes a Great Brandable
Domain? It featured
DomainKhan.com Founder and NamesCon
Moderator Jay Paudyal (at
left) speaking with Darpan Marjal,
the Founder & CEO at SquadHelp.com.
After completing over 30,000 naming
projects with early-stage startups
as well as world-renowned
corporations like Nestle, Dell,
and Philips, the Squadhelp
team has acquired a great deal of
insight into what end users are
looking for in a great brand name -
making Darpan the man to go to on
this subject.
Above:
South Asia is one of the
domain industry's fastest growing
regions and for those who didn't
know what has been fueling the
ongoing boom, the members of
this panel had the answers. They
are (clockwise from top left) Khan
Mohammad Nakib (founder
of the domain and hosting community
named Domain Bangladesh - DAB, Khan
is also Head of Operations for one
of the country's best known ITeS
service providers), Moderator Divya
Shukla, Manish Lunja (CEO
& Founder, BrandPros.com, Inc.
and Angel Investor) and Riz Memon
(CEO, EmpireNames.com). Below:
The growth in South Asia is
attracting a steady flow of
newcomers to the industry so
NamesCon presented this timely panel
discussion - Newcomers Story:
The Beginning - in
which the speakers detailed how they
were able to establish a successful
foothold in the business. Clockwise
from top left are Moderator Hitesh
Wadwha (Co-Founder, DN School),
Internet entrepreneur Bibek
Adhikari, Utsav Suri (Manager,
Naukri.com), Sunil Kapoor
(Founder, DomainKapoor.com) and new
domainer Ankur Singh.
Above:
With respect to top level domains,
two that have caught people's
attention with their steady rate of
growth and adoption are .io
and .org, so this panel,
titled The Curious Case of .io
and .org examined
some of the factors behind the
surge. Clockwise from top left are Aran
Bansul (CEO, ServerGuy.com), Aishwin
Vikhona (Founder, I
LoveDomains.com) and Mark Ghoriafi
(Founder, Mr. Premium.com), who has
posted a string of record breaking .io
sales in recent months, including Domain.io
at $50,000. Below:
As day one of the South Asia track
wound down, this panel provided some
great advice on how to avoid
Five Deadly Domaining Traps
(what not
to do for beginners or intermediate
level domainers). The panel
featured, clockwise from top left), Ritesh
Singh (Owner, Fivty), Moderator
Divya Shukla and Vinod
Reghunathan (veteran Internet
entrepreneur
and founder of DomainCompany.io). 
Below:
Day one ended on an entertaining
musical note with Domaining
Rap in which Abhishek
Talwar (CEO, Delvelogic) and Jay
Paudyal (Founder,
DomainKhan.com) laid down one rap
after another with clever domain
related lyrics. If you want to have
some fun, definitely put this one on
your replay list!
Above:
The second day on NamesCon Online's South
Asia Track started with
welcoming comments from Moderator Hitesh
Wadwha (Founder, Domainofy.com). Below:
The business sessions then began
with a Fireside Chat with
Michael Gilmour. Jay
Paudyal interviewed Michael (at
right), the Founder of ParkLogic.com
who is a globally renowned domain
monetization expert as well as a
domain developer, pilot, and
novelist! With his extraordinary experience
in the industry Michael has been
called on to speak at almost every
major conference held around the
world for the past two decades!
Above:
Day two continued with a session
on Outbound Marketing for
Domains that featured
20-year domain industry veteran
Vipin Khetarpal (Founder/CEO,
Datameter Technologies Pvt Ltd),
at left, with Moderator Hitesh
Wadwha.
Below:
Next up, day one speaker Deepak
Daftari (at left) returned for
a session with Moderator Jay
Paudyal titled Domaining:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
Deepak and Jay took a deep dive
into the history of domaining,
what is happening in the region
and globally and what the future
may hold as we move forward and
look for new opportunities along
the way.
In
the next session Riz Memon
(Founder, Empire Names) gave an
excellent presentation on
Targeting Prospects Using Social
Media Ads. In it, Riz detailed
how you can run social media ads to
sell domains using LinkedIn,
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Below:
In the final business session of the
NamesCon Online South Asia Track,
four experts returned to appraise
names submitted by attendees who
wanted to know What's My
Domain Worth? In a fun and
informative session the experts
debated the merits of the names
being considered and explained what
they based their opinions on. The
panelists were (clockwise from top
left), Manish Lunja, Deepak
Daftari, Aishwin Vikohna
and Jay Paudyal. It
was a perfect way to close out two
days on the South Asia Track and
send viewers home with a lot
of new information to incorporate
into their own domaining
enterprises.
Above:
Top notch Moderators Jay Paudyal
(left) and Hitesh Wadwha officially
brought the curtain down on the South
Asia Track with their closing
comments and thank yous to
everyone who help make the 2021
event a reality. Of course, the year
is still young and we will be seeing
much more of the South Asia experts
as 2021 continues to unfold.
Hopefully, with new Covid-19
vaccines being distributed, that
will happen in person before
this year is out!
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