Domainer Mardi Gras
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| Headquarters: | New Orleans, LA |
| Country: | USA |
| Email: | info[at]domainermardigras.com |
| Website: | Domainer Mardi Gras |
| Facebook: | Domainer Mardi Gras |
Domainer Mardi Gras is a domain conference held every year for discussion of hot issues in the domain name industry. Professional domainers and companies from all over the world participate in this meeting. Basically these companies are registrars, registries, advertisement feed providers, domain name parking companies, ICANN and investors. However, there is opportunity for individual participation too.[1] The name 'Domainer Mardi Gras' is given to the event because it is held in Mardi Gras week every year after the famous carnival on Shrove Tuesday celebrated in some countries, most famously in New Orleans.[2]
2010 Conference
Domainer Mardi Gras 2010 was held from 11 to 13 February, 2010 in Marriott Hotel of New Orleans. The meeting was directed by Michael Ward.[3]
Speakers
Major speakers of DMG 2010 include:
- Andrew Allemann from Domain Name Wire.
- Michael Berkens from Worldwide Media, Inc.
- Michael Castello and David Castello from Castello Cities Internet Network, Inc.
- Seth Coman from Modern Domainer.
- Jeffrey Eckhaus from Demand Media.
- Donny Simonton from Parked.com, LTD.
- Ken Hansen from Neustar, Inc.
- Gregg McNair from PPX International LTD.
- Ron Jackson from DNJournal.
2009 Conference
Domainer Mardi Gras 2009 was held during Mardi Gras week from 19 to 21 February at Westin Canal Place in New Orleans. The show was a huge success and was followed by another conference in 2010. Main topics covered in conference include risk management, diversification, running a business offshore, and tax risks. There was also held a domain auction on February 21, from 2:45-4:15pm CST.[5]
Events
On first day their were general discussions about the present situation of domain name industry. On the next day, a session about ccTLD investments was held. It included domain income talk and tips and tricks about it. Third day was dedicated for the discussion on the future of domaining which was chaired by representatives from ICANN, Sedo, WhyPark.com, Parked.com, NeuStar and DirectNIC. Fourth and the last day was for auction of domain names. This auction was arranged with the help of Thought Convergence's Aftermarket.com.[6]
Speakers
The main speakers in DMG 2009 were:
- Matthew Berman from Deloitte & Touche.
- Sandra Brooks from DomainTaxGuide.com.
- Andrew Allemann from Domain Name Wire.
- Ron Jackson from DNJournal.
- Michael Collins from the Internet Commerce Association.
- Rick Latona from RickLatona.com.
- Patrick Carleton from Associated Cities.
- Tim Cole from ICANN.
- Craig Rowe from WhyPark.com
- Sam Nunez from Sedo.