Domainfest Roundup
I ended up heading down to the domainfest conference in the Hollywood hills this week, mostly because there are a few aspects to our new startup's business model that tie into the domain monetization market, but also because I knew it would be an opportunity to see all of the great people I've had the pleasure to get to know over my many years in the domain industry now that I’ve headed off on my own into a somewhat different vertical.
There were quite a few interesting sessions over the two days I was in L.A., but the one I found most intriguing was a keynote by Michael Arrington of Techcrunch fame where he touched on a synergistic convergence between what a ton of people are calling the web 2.0 phenomenon and the domain monetization space. Specifically, he cited the examples of what Demand Media is doing with a few of their micro portals, and how the learning from those efforts are fueling the hinted launch of a new Enom parking service that integrates social networking and user generated content sometime this year. Although Enom will more than likely require you use them for monetization in order to leverage this new platform, imagine if a new startup came out that offered something along the same lines which was also able to plug into any monetization provider you wanted? Well, enough hints for one day…
All in all the decision to head down was a big success. I received a ton of positive feedback on the little that could be divulged about our plans as well as lined up potential new partners and future customers for after we launch.
