I Will Be Attending DOMAINfest 2010 Plus PITCHfest And LAUNCHfest Contests Debut

Posted on 21 November 2009

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I’m excited to announce that I will be attending the DOMAINfest Global 2010 conference towards the end of January in Los Angeles, California. It should be a great conference. I look forward to meeting more of the people in the domain community that I’ve made connections with. Of course, the fact that the final sponsored party of the conference is going to be at the Playboy mansion has given me much motivation to attend as well.

If you’d like to view a recap of DOMAINfest 2009, Ron Jackson of DNJournal.com has a great recap article with pictures. Pictured below is the DomainSponsor tent for the Playboy mansion party, taken by Ron Jackson during DOMAINfest 2009.
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Also, it was announced yesterday that DomainFest is going to run two very interesting contests. If you are an entrepreneur, as many of us domainers are, or if you think you are a creative individual, then keep reading. There are going to be two different contests. One is called PITCHfesT and the other is called LAUNCHfesT.

For the PITCHfesT contest, five lucky applicants will be given the opportunity to give a five minute presentation to the DOMAINfest audience and a panel of judges, about their ideas on how to increase website traffic and revenue through the use of creative new products or services. Those interested in submitting an entry in to the contest can go here to read more. The deadline is January 15, 2010 to get your entry submitted. The winner will receive a trophy and get a “prominent” mention in the post-show press release.

The LAUNCHfesT will also involve five contestants. All you have to do is pick one of the undeveloped domain names from the list of ten made available by Oversee.net. Create a business model that includes what your plans would be for website development and monetization. Fill out a submission form with the key points of your business model. If you’re one of the five chosen, then you’ll also have the opportunity to give a presentation lasting five minutes in front of the DOMAINfest audience and, again, a panel of judges during the LAUNCHfesT session. The deadline for application submissions is also January 15, 2010.

For this part of the contest, the person will be judged on creativity, viability, originality and revenue potential. The audience will get to choose who their favorite contestant was, but the only decision that matters is the one made by the judges, because they will actually be scoring the contestants. The winner will be given the chance to lease their chosen domain for five years with the first year of the lease fee being waived. At any point over the five year lease, the winner can decide to purchase the domain. To learn more about the contest and submit an application, go here. Here’s a list of the ten domain names available for the contest: