NamesCon, one of many main in-person occasions for the area title business, returned to the Omni Resort in Austin, Texas, on Could 31, 2023. The bumper crowd of greater than 1,250 folks had loads of networking and studying alternatives over the course of 4 days of expertly crafted classes and social capabilities.

Whereas DN Journal’s Ron Jackson has expertly crafted a deep dive into NamesCon’s agenda, I’m sharing my highlights from my first time attending NamesCon as a part of the GoDaddy workforce. Use the hyperlinks under to leap between sections.

Meet the GoDaddy workforce

GoDaddy was effectively represented at NamesCon 2023, with a devoted workforce obtainable to interact with the area title neighborhood. Above, you will notice a photograph of a few of our workforce members on the GoDaddy sales space. A spotlight was the bustling hour from 2-3 pm on Thursday, June 1, once we hosted a preferred pre-auction sales space get together!

Speaker highlights

NamesCon’s speaker calendar supplied three days crammed with classes designed to offer perception and knowledge for each new and skilled area title traders alike.

Mastering inbound inquiries

Alan Shiflett, Senior Director of Domains at GoDaddy was among the many notable audio system on the occasion.  Throughout his presentation, Alan shared helpful insights gained from analyzing tens of millions of area title leads, specializing in strategies to enhance your inbound sell-through fee.

As a result of recognition of the “Mastering Inbound Inquiries” session inside the neighborhood, we’ll share Alan’s insights by way of a sequence of weblog posts.

The way forward for domaining and navigating innovation

Moreover, Bob Mountain, GoDaddy’s VP of Enterprise Growth, gave an insightful presentation on the longer term challenges confronted by the area title business. Regardless of potential challenges arising within the type of world occasions and technological advances, Bob’s presentation cast an optimistic outlook, declaring the area business’s resilience and development because the Nineteen Nineties.

Hearth chat with Jimmy Wales

Whereas most of my time was spent on the GoDaddy sales space connecting with area traders and business individuals, I did catch Area Identify Wire’s Andrew Allemann’s hearth chat with Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

The wide-ranging hour-long dialogue touched on many topics, from domains to Wikipedia’s exams of implementing AI into its platform.

Girls of the Internet

One of many true successes of NamesCon 2023 was the Girls of the Internet luncheon, a extensively attended occasion offering a networking alternative whereas celebrating and selling the various contributions that every attendee has made to the business.

GoDaddy’s director of enterprise improvement, Carissa Haydon, introduced a $250 Airbnb voucher to at least one fortunate winner in the course of the occasion’s raffle.

Official pictures

Attendees of NamesCon might have seen the official photographer busily snapping away all through the occasion. It’s one thing that the organizers have supplied for the previous few years, offering a recorded reminiscence of the occasion for people who attended and people who want they did.

The ultimate set of pictures is now obtainable for everybody to view by way of NamesCon’s Flickr account, protecting three days of classes and networking occasions, in addition to the enjoyable day at Bangers, a BBQ venue only a stone’s throw from the Omni, which supplied the proper setting for one ultimate get collectively.

We gave away an iPad Professional

Visiting GoDaddy’s sales space this 12 months supplied the prospect to stroll away with greater than only a pair of fortunate GoDaddy socks. Over the course of the primary three days of NamesCon, occasion attendees might enter our contest to win an iPad Professional.

The giveaway occurred by way of a prize draw throughout Friday’s completely satisfied hour occasion, with over 100 folks standing by keen to listen to whether or not they had received.

In the end, the iPad Professional, together with a pair of fortunate GoDaddy socks, was received by William Liani, pictured above.

Thanks to everybody who took half in our giveaway. For people who didn’t win, we hope you helped your self to a few of the free GoDaddy swag.

NamesCon 2024

Throughout NamesCon 2023, it was introduced that the occasion would return to Austin between June 5 and June 8, 2024. Whereas no different particulars have been launched as of publishing, GoDaddy seems to be ahead to attending NamesCon 2024 to attach with new and current clients alike.

After all, we’ll be bringing a brand new vary of fortunate socks with us as soon as extra.