Love was in the air, and so was the news that DNForum had been sold as reported Feb. 14th (Valentine’s Day) by DomainGang.com. ❤  Breaking news to all, DNForum terms of agreement and buyer’s identity were protected by a non-disclosure.

But as it stands today, you’ve likely heard proverbial “shots fired” pertaining to DNForum’s resurfacing due to industry blogs sharing the identity of the new DNForum management team.

And based on my reading comments from various folks across industry blogs, the love that was in the air has some singing that the thrill has come and gone, never to return again. 💔

There are no shortage on thoughts and feelings at it pertains to the resurfacing of DNForum and involved parties. It’s truly the good, the bad, and ugly, and it’s more talk than just domains going on.

There appears to be smoke in the city over at Network Solutions. 🔥 And if not smoke, then a blazing fire that dwarfs any wildfire likely ever encountered. 🔥 It’s been a rough week for Network Solutions aka Web.com.

Traversing the domain industry to find your place under the sun can be quite challenging, especially when your a newcomer.

There are many casualties and carcasses along the domaining journey to learn from or join. YIKES! 😳

One doesn’t have to blindly throw money down the drain purchasing ill-advised domains.

In fact, you’re likely better off attending a few conferences and touching base with experienced domainers BEFORE  spending a dime on domains.

And speaking of conferences, I recently attended NamesCon 2018. I met with a number of domain investors and industry professionals throughout the conference.

Based on emoji domain activity last month and the final few months of 2017, things are shaping up to be an interesting year in 2018 for emoji domains, especially expiring auctions.

Based on current activity, it appears someone or many person(s) are cutting bait and exiting the emoji domain stage based on my most recent expiring emoji domain findings.

Rarely do I ever have a chance to venture over to NamePros.com and peruse the site for additional content ideas or the latest breaking news.

Between recording, writing content, handling business affairs for my other 2 businesses, and always prioritizing my family and church into the mix, I’m simply busy and productive from sun up to sun down.

This day was no different than any other day until receiving an email tip referencing a NamePros’ post about the liquidation of 3,000+ brandable domains.

Now that the NamesCon dust has settled, I’m eagerly looking forward to attending a few additional conferences in 2018.

Having already registered and made arrangements to attend NameSummit in New York at The Westin, Times Square August 6th through the 7th, I received a Google calendar reminder to make sure I registered for MERGE! 2018.

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing Ethan Berl (CTO) and Dave Thompson (CRO) about Las Vegas-based company Flye and how it’s pioneering emoji marketing services.

🤔 If you’re thinking the name Flye sounds familiar, then you’re thinking right.  Flye has been featured in recent interviews:

• Connecting Brands and Emoji Domain Owners With Emoji Domain Leasing
• Rising From the Ashes With the Fire Emoji 🔥

Attending NamesCon 2018 afforded me the opportunity to have a in-person conversation to dive deeper into detail with two of the four founding members of Flye: Ethan and Dave.