DOMAINfest could see record attendance.
[Update: Indeed, attendance has broken a record] I’m going to make a prediction for this week’s DOMAINfest conference in Santa Monica: it will break the paid attendance record for DOMAINfest.
I’m hearing whispers that 650 plus people have already registered, and that is bound to grow today and tomorrow. The original hotel sold out very quickly, and even the overflow hotel has sold out. That means guests are now being asked to make reservations at a second overflow hotel. Even people who made hotel reservations at the first overflow hotel last week were limited to smoking rooms only.
The speaker list is part of the reason for the big draw. It includes Frank Schilling, Kurt Pritz (ICANN), and Danny Sullivan. The event will include two investment pitch sessions (PITCHfest), and the parties are certainly a draw, too. The opening night party will be sponsored by .co, which made a splash at last week’s TRAFFIC conference. Wednesday’s party will be at The Getty and the conference returns to the Playboy Mansion for a second year on Thursday.
Combine these factors together with a very long sponsor list, and I’m willing to make this prediction.
larry fischer says
I have been predicting 1000 people will attend.
EM @ KING.NET says
The price, select speakers and entertainment are programmed to commit 1000 attendance. I should attend this one next year.
Sal says
Prediction:
Nobody at domainfest will be talking about how Oversee really makes their money. Hint they don’t make it at Moniker and they don’t make it at Snap and they don’t make it parking generics at DS.
The biggest cybersquatter in the world is running the biggest domain trade show. LOL
What next? An ad for DomainSponsor on Hollywood Blvd. featuring Senator Olympia Snowe ?