“As a domain investor, should I invest in attending NamesCon Global?”

For a large percentage of domain investors, especially hobbyist and part- time domain investors, attending NamesCon can be quite the investment in time and money.

After all, NamesCon is truly a 7-day investment in terms of time, including travel, conference, and recoup days, and travel expenses — air travel or driving cost, hotel lodging, meals, and outings.

While NamesCon can be an expensive endeavor, it can also pay for itself and some, seeing you meet the right people while there, like meeting Morgan Linton — long-time Domain Investor, Angel Investor and Co-founder of Bold Metrics, a SaaS solution that is changing the way the world’s most innovative brands make clothes..

I recently sat down with Morgan Linton while at NamesCon Global 2020 in Austin, Texas to discuss the following:

Day one of NamesCon was all about settling into the conference and venue layout, meeting new people, and finding your lane of expertise and interest amongst the many information-packed sessions.

With Day one jitters behind us, Day two of NamesCon was about going deeper in old and newly found relationships, empowering everyone to do what it is they do well as presentd by Aman Bhutani — CEO of GoDaddy, and of course, awards and the much anticipated live domain auction.

As for Day three of NamesCon, it too would move the bar of excellence higher, especially pertaining to generational domain investing and prudent estate planning for domain portfolios.

But more on that in a moment.

First things first, Day three of NamesCon kicked off with a packed Keynote Hall eagerly waiting to hear from James Booth about his winding domain investing journey as a domain broker — “Phenomenal Keynote: Fireside Discussion with James Booth of Phenom.com”.

The Chinese Domain Market is likely to be daunting or mysterious to understand, to say the least, especially if the only information consumed is Western-based domain investing.

Since entering into domain investing in late 2012, I’ve stumbled upon sites — 4.cn and ename.com — dedicated to domain buying and selling in China.

Personally, I’ve never quite understood the ins and outs of domain buying and selling in the Chinese Domain Market in great clarity, if any at all, even after making 2 4-figure sales during the 4L .com craze, as known as the Chinese domain bubble.

No need to fear though if you too are in the dark about understanding the Chinese domain market.

Day one of NamesCon is in the books while day two has brought a full crowd in attendance for one of the most anticipated keynote addresses to be presented at this year’s NamesCon.

But more on that in a moment.

Day two also brings with it awards, the long-standing charity auction and one of the most exhilarating domain auctions on the planet.

1000+ attendees, sponsors, exhibitors and everyone in between descended upon the domain industry’s largest conference — NamesCon Global: The Domain Economic Forum — debuting a change of venue  at the Omni Downtown Hotel in Austin, Texas.

From the newest of new to the oldest of old, anticipation and excitement built as the Keynote Hall filled to standing room only awaiting the commencement of 7th Annual Welcome Keynote.

Excitement and anticipation greatly build, and could be felt on this beautiful 70 degree day here in Austin, Texas, home of NamesCon 2020.

I ventured downtown after a late lunch meeting to take full advantage of pre-registration — securing my conference badge and additional details, and getting acclimated with conference layout.

Last week and into the weekend I dove into researching and setting up a couple hundred domains from my domain portfolio using Dan.com, formerly Undeveloped.com.

Most of my domain portfolio is listed via Afternic.com, and generates a minimum 2-3 sales per month, roughly $2,700 average sale price.

While Afternic.com provides a rather large footprint and exposure to potential domain buyers, it commands 20 percent commissions for each domain sale transaction.

Enter Dan.com with 9 percent commissions for each domain sale transaction.