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events What Happened at DNHouston's First Networking Event?

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Local domain name networking events and meetups are an excellent way to make new contacts and friends within the industry, whilst enjoying the opportunity to talk about business with like-minded professionals. This week in the calendar of domain name industry events was DNHouston, which took place at the Crush Wine Bar in Woodlands, Texas.

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Attendees of the first ever DNHouston meetup enjoyed food, drinks, and great conversation on arrival before attention turned toward the event's speakers. @Eric Lyon, NamePros' administrator, was one of the speakers. Eric spoke briefly about NamePros and answered questions that some of the attendees had about the industry's largest domain name community.

Topics such as auctions, NamePros chat, and future features of NamePros were discussed by the group, with Eric also revealing interesting statistics about NamePros' user base.

Kevin Kopas from Public Interest Registry, the operator of .org, .ngo, and .ong domain names, then spoke about popular domain investments today, with some focus on the Chinese domain market. A very interesting topic that Kevin talked about was how developed domains can have far more value potential than "just a domain," which has been well documented in the past.

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Swag bags
The attendees took advantage of this meetup to network, make new industry connections, and do some business whilst enjoying the food and drinks available.

The event included a raffle with multiple prizes: three umbrellas, a free NamesCon ticket, and a free ticket to The Domain Conference. Swag bags were also given to all attendees that included a T-shirt, notepads, pens, a 40% off coupon for NamesCon, a free trial to Whoisology, and a 50% off coupon for a logo design at Scorpion Agency.

DNHouston is the latest in a number of successful domaining meetups across the world. Earlier this week, we brought you an interview with XYZ's CEO Daniel Negari, which was conducted at a California domain investors networking event at XYZ's Santa Monica office.

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DNHouston, April 28th, 2016
 
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Looks like a great event. Wish I could have been there.
 
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Another Nice information James.
Thanks
 
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Wish I could have made it! Nice job Angela!
 
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lovely event, wish we have one in Africa, to be precised in Nigeria. Cheers.
 
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Surprised this wasn't cancelled due to the floods
 
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Surprised this wasn't cancelled due to the floods
In Texas, we improvise!

Tornado = 4x4's (to get around it)
Flood = Option A: Flat bottom fishing boats (for shallow & deep water) / Option B: We jack up our trucks another 6 to 12 inches and put some monster super swamper tires on them.
Thunder Storm = Cowboy hat (to keep the water out of our face)
Hail = Big sticks (to see how far we can hit one)
Bee or Mosquito Swarm = BBQ grill and some fresh meat (The smoke keeps them away)
Snow and Ice = Ya right, South Texas doesn't get either one.. lol
 
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