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| logo            = Domainfestlogo.JPG‎

| logo            = DomainFest.png

| type            = Private

| type            = Private

| industry        = Internet

| industry        = Internet

| founded        = 2006

| founded        = 2004

| founders        = [[DomainSponsor]]

| founders        = [[Richard Lau]]<br>[[Jothan Frakes]]<br>[[Donna Mahoney]]<br>[[Ron Sheridan]]<br>[[Phil McKegney]]<br>[[Joe Smith]]<br>[[Adil Shakur]]<br>[[Richard Kirkendall]]<br>[[DomainSponsor]]

| ownership      =  

| ownership      = [[NamesCon]]

| headquarters    = 515 S. Flower Street <br>

| headquarters    =  

| country        =  

| country        = USA

| businesses      = Domain Conference

| businesses      =  

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| products        =  

| employees      =   

| employees      =  [[Jothan Frakes]],[[Richard Lau]]

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| website        = [http://www.domainfest.com www.domainfest.com]

| website        = [http://www.domainfest.com www.domainfest.com]

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| twitter        = [https://twitter.com/domainfest]

| keypeople      = [[Peter Celeste]],Senior VP & General Manager, DomainSponsor <br>[[Ron Sheridan]], Director of Business Development for DomainSponsor

| keypeople      = [[Richard Lau]],<br>[[Jothan Frakes]],<br>[[Terri Potratz]]

'''Domainfest''' is a global conference open for individuals or entities in the domain industry.  Its primary objective is to provide an avenue for high quality learning and networking for those interested or engaged in domain business.

DOMAINfests are a global conference open for individuals or entities in the domain industry.  Its primary objective is to provide an avenue for high quality learning and networking for those interested or engaged in domain business. Domainfest conferences are primarily focused on domain industry trends, advertising and marketing strategy, and domain investment opportunities.<ref>[http://www.domainfest.com/domain-basics Domain Industry Basics]</ref> Domain auctions are also conducted during the conference.

Domainfest conferences are primary focused on domain industry trends, advertising and marketing strategy, domain investment opportunities.<ref>[http://www.domainfest.com/domain-basics Domain Industry Basics]</ref> Domain auctions are also conducted during the conference.

    

    

Domainfest was created by [[DomainSponsor]] in 2006. DomainSponsor is primarily engaged in domain monetization and it is a subsidiary of [[Oversee.net]]. <ref>[http://www.domainfest.com/about Domainfest.com]</ref>

Domainfest was created by [[Richard Lau]], [[Jothan Frakes]] and [[Joe Smith]] in 2005 as a loosely organized series of daytime events to gather people and companies in the Domain Name industry.  In 2006 [[Ron Sheridan]] and [[DomainSponsor]] hired [[Jothan Frakes]] away from [[NameIntelligence]] after two successful [[Domain Roundtable]] conferences, to start the first DOMAINfest in Barcelona.

 

From 2006 until 2014, DOMAINfest were operated by [[Oversee.net]] and [[DomainSponsor]], with well attended events in Barcelona, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris (DomainerMeeting), New York, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, with larger 'Global' events in Santa Monica and Hollywood California as 'DOMAINfest Global' and 'WebFest Global'.

==Speakers==

==Speakers==

Some of the experts who serve as speakers to the Domainfest conferences include:<ref>[http://domainfest.com/archive/DOMAINFESTGlobal2011/experts Experts]</ref>

Some of the noteworthy guests who have served as speakers at the DOMAINfest Global conferences include:

* [[Steve Wozniak]], Co-founder [[Apple]]

* [[Steve Wozniak]], Co-founder [[Apple]]

* [[Tina Dam]], Director of ICANN IDN Program

* [[Frank Schilling]], CEO

* [[Pinky Brand]], Director [[.mobi]] Registry for New Market Development

* [[Roger Collins]], President [[Afternic.com]]

* [[Michael Arrington]], Founder, TechCrunch

* [[Tony Hsieh]], Founder, Zappos

 

[[Aaron Kornblum]], [[Adam Epstein]], [[Adam Rioux]], [[Adam Smadja]], [[Adam Strong]], [[Adam Weiss]], [[Adrian Kinderis]], [[Alan Hack]], [[Alex Gardner]], [[Andrew Miller]], [[Andries de Villiers]], [[Andy Atkins-Krueger]], [[Antony VanCouvering]], [[Aparna Bijlani]], [[Ari Goldberger]], [[Art Shaw]], [[Arthur Lathrop]], [[Bas van den Beld]], [[Bill Sweetman]], [[Bob Mountain]], [[Brent Bishop]], [[Bret Fausett]], [[Brian Benko]], [[Brian Gilbert]], [[Bruce Clay]], [[Bruce Marler]], [[Charles D.A. Ruffolo]], [[Chris Sivertsen]], [[Christian Kerschbaum]], [[Christine Johanson]], [[Christoph Grueneberg]], [[Craig Snyder]], [[Dan Ho]], [[Dan Pulcrano]], [[Dan Schindler]], [[Dan Warner]], [[Daniel Dryzek]], [[Danny Sullivan]], [[David Asplund]], [[David Castello]], [[David Hauser]], [[David Liu]], [[David Mason]], [[David Sams]], [[Don Watters]], [[Dorian Quispe]], [[Douglas McPherson]], [[Edmon Chung]], [[Elliot Silver]], [[Emiliano Pasqualetti]], [[Eric Liaw]], [[Eric Litman]], [[Evan Horowitz]], [[Eytan Elbaz]], [[Florian Stelzner]], [[Frank Langston]], [[Frank Michlick]], [[Frank Schilling]], [[Frederick Schiwek]], [[Gregg McNair]], [[Hennie Groot Lipman]], [[Hiro Hotta]], [[Howard Wyner]], [[Howard Yeh]], [[Hui Tam]], [[Jan Bednar]], [[Jay Berkowitz]], [[Jeff Kupietzky]], [[Jeremy Copp]], [[Jessica Besseling]], [[Joel Magolnick]], [[Joerg Schnermann]], [[John Battelle]], [[John Berryhill]], [[John Carcutt]], [[John Suh]], [[John Tompkins]], [[Jon Nevett]], [[Josh Armstrong]], [[Jothan Frakes]], [[Juan Calle]], [[Kathy Nielson]], [[Ken Hansen]], [[Klemens Pidner]], [[Krista Papac]], [[Kurt Pritz]], [[Larry Fischer]], [[Lawrence Ng]], [[Leona Chen]], [[Liz Williams]], [[Lori Anne Wardi]], [[Lori Harmon]], [[Louis Doctor]], [[Markus Schnermann]], [[Mason Cole]], [[Matej Novak]], [[Matt Bentley]], [[Matt Serlin]], [[Melodie Tao]], [[Michael Arrington]], [[Michael Berkens]], [[Michael Castello]], [[Michael Collins]], [[Michael Gilmour]], [[Michele Jourdan]], [[Michele Neylon]], [[Mike "Zappy" Zapolin]], [[Monte Cahn]], [[Naresh Rekhi]], [[Nick Jordan]], [[Nico Zeifang]], [[Nora Cotter]], [[Pablo Conde]], [[Paul Keating]], [[Paul Sloan]], [[Peter Celeste]], [[Peter Hillary]], [[Phil Corwin]], [[Philip S. Corwin]], [[Pinkard Alan Brand]], [[Pinky Brand]], [[Ralf Hein]], [[Ray Vasquez]], [[Reed Shelly]], [[Richard Jalichandra]], [[Richard Lau]], [[Richard Martin]], [[Richard Morganstern]], [[Richard Wein]], [[Rick Waters]], [[Rita Young]], [[Rob Hall]], [[Roderick Moon]], [[Roger Collins]], [[Roland Chemtob]], [[Ron Jackson]], [[Ron Sheridan]], [[Rory Holland]], [[Russ Goodwin]], [[Ryan Berryman]], [[S. Brian Mukherjee]], [[Samantha Frida]], [[Sandra K. Brooks]], [[Scott Beber]], [[Scott Higgason]], [[Sean Moriarty]], [[Sean Stafford]], [[Selwyn Gerber]], [[Sergey Gorbunov]], [[Sheena Malek]], [[Steve Atlee]], [[Sudhir Bhagwan]], [[Sujan Patel]], [[Susan Kawaguchi]], [[Thomas Bindl]], [[Tim Cole]], [[Tim Schumacher]], [[Tina Dam]], [[Todd Greene]], [[Tom Murphy]], [[Tom Rusling]], [[Tony Hsieh]], [[Victor H. Pitts]], [[W. David Snead]], [[William A. Delgado]], [[Xavier Buck]], and [[Zak Muscovitch]].

 

 

Sofia, Bulgaria was home to more than 400 people for Bulgarian Internet Week in June of 2015, with country-wide events across a whole week with [[DomainForum]] in Ruse and Varna, and then DOMAINfest Sofia and [[EuroDig]] in Sofia.

 

Was held on the first day of the [[NamesCon]] 2015 in Las Vegas.

 

Located in Hollywood, California, this event featured a concert by The Stone Temple Pilots.  This was the last of the DOMAINfest series hosted by Oversee.net before [[Richard Lau]] and [[Jothan Frakes]] as [[NamesCon]] acquired DOMAINfest from them in December 2014.

==Domainfest Global 2012==

==DOMAINfest Global 2012==

The next conference will be held at Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California on January 31 to February 2, 2012. [[Twitter]] co-founder [[Biz Stone]] will be the keynote speaker. Based on the line-up of speakers, the event will focus on search engine optimization ([[seo]]).<ref>[http://domainincite.com/twitter-co-founder-to-headline-domainfest/ Twitter co-founder to headline DOMAINfest]</ref> The complete list of speakers can be found here-[http://www.domainfest.com/DOMAINfestGlobal2012/experts Meet the Experts]

Hosted at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California on January 31 to February 2, 2012. Twitter co-founder [[Biz Stone]] was be the keynote speaker. Based on the line-up of speakers, the event will focus on [[SEO|search engine optimization]] (SEO).<ref>[http://domainincite.com/twitter-co-founder-to-headline-domainfest/ Twitter co-founder to headline DOMAINfest]</ref> You can find the complete list of speakers [http://www.domainfest.com/DOMAINfestGlobal2012/experts here]. It was noted by [[Mike Berkens]], himself a famous [[domainer]], that DOMAINfest 2012 did not have any actual domainers on its lineup of speakers and experts.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/01/30/the-only-thing-missing-from-domainfest-speakers-experts-are-domainers/ The Only Thing Missing From DomainFest Speakers Experts Are Domainers, TheDomains.com]</ref> The attendance for DOMAINfest 2012 was around 600 people, about 100 less than the year before. It was noted that this seemed to include more newcomers than in years past as well.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/02/09/domainfest-attendance/ DOMAINfest Attendance, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>

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