November 13, 2026
NamesCon Global 2026 concluded in Miami with industry awards, discussions about artificial intelligence and the next generation of internet entrepreneurs, and the highly anticipated Beanstalk Challenge finale. The second day featured Escrow.com's Master of Domains awards, recognizing some of the industry's most successful domain brokers, along with presentations exploring how AI is changing the way online businesses are built. Domain industry veteran Rick Schwartz's Beanstalk Challenge crowned KPV.com as its winner, while a white 2010 Bentley Continental GTC convertible with just 3,500 miles sold at auction for a surprisingly low $44,000. Here's a firsthand look at the closing day of NamesCon 2026, including the people, presentations, and events that made it memorable.
November 11, 2026
A firsthand look inside NamesCon Global 2026 at Ice Palace Studios in Miami, where domain name investors, brokers, registrars, and technology executives have gathered to discuss the future of the domain industry. Wednesday’s sessions explored emerging domain investment trends, the evolution of digital ownership, and strategies for selling premium domain names. Industry panelists also offered ambitious predictions for 2027, suggesting that future domain transactions could dwarf the recently reported $99 million sale of Shop.com. The two-day event also features a major domain name auction, networking opportunities, and the Beanstalk Challenge, an entrepreneurial competition with a white Bentley convertible among its grand prizes.
October 10, 2026
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has revealed 1,615 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), potentially introducing hundreds of additional Internet address
September 29, 2026
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – This evening I was reading DN Journal’s recent profile of veteran domain investor Yoni Belousov when I found myself asking a fairly simple question: What
August 20, 2026
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – More than a decade ago, the Internet was supposedly about to change forever. ICANN opened the floodgates to hundreds of new generic top-level domains, or
June 2, 2026
VILNIUS, LT – A dispute involving the former Smartproxy brand is drawing attention to a lesson that extends far beyond the proxy industry: companies that rebrand may never truly leave
February 10, 2026
PALM BEACH, FL – The scale of domain name abuse targeting the world’s most recognizable brands has reached a new threshold, according to a January 2026 analysis examining typo and
June 2, 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For over two decades, I’ve been deeply entrenched in the domain name industry—an ecosystem where names aren’t just words, but digital real estate with the
May 31, 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name industry is experiencing significant growth, with projections indicating a continued upward trajectory. According to the recently released Domain Names – Global Strategic
April 3, 2025
PALM BEACH, FL – The growth of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is reshaping the domain name industry, introducing a wave of innovation and diversification that challenges the long-standing dominance of traditional gTLDs like .COM and .NET.
