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Good afternoon all,
I am pleased to announce an experimental YouTube stream from DNForum: the DNForum Domain Café 24/7 LIVE | Chill Lounge Music + Domain Investor Chat.
The idea is simple.
For around 25 years, DNForum has connected domain investors, registrars, registries, developers, brokers, hosting providers and entrepreneurs through our forum. Now we are taking that community experience one step further by creating a permanent virtual lounge where members can relax, work, network and chat throughout the day.
The YouTube live stream will feature:
A little about the live lounge idea
Many people working in technology, hosting, software development, design, marketing and other digital industries spend long hours working from home.
Over the last few years, virtual cafés, workspaces, study rooms and chill lounge videos have become incredibly popular on YouTube. Many people use them as a calm background environment while they work, code, write, design or focus on important tasks.
I am one of them.
When working, I often have one of these streams running in the background. I personally enjoy calm music that does not interrupt my thoughts. Even when I was in Hong-Kong, having a desk at a coworking place - was listening to one such streams. No sudden volume changes, no dramatic drums, no constant interruptions. Just a pleasant atmosphere that helps maintain focus throughout the day.
The goal of the DNForum Live Lounge is to create something similar, though for the domain name industry.
Now = Opportunity. More viewers = more visibility for domains
While the lounge is designed for domain investors, YouTube may also introduce the stream to people outside our industry who simply enjoy this type of content. This is still the 2nd or 3rd most visited resource online globally.
That means entrepreneurs, startup founders, software developers, marketers, designers, agency owners and other professionals may discover DNForum stream and your advertised domains while looking for a relaxing workspace stream.
The more viewers we have, the more likely YouTube is to recommend the stream to new audiences.
More viewers can ultimately mean:
To help keep discussions useful and reduce spam, commenting is enabled only for YouTube subscribers.
Yes, you can help
If you enjoy the concept, please consider:
The more people who watch and comment from our industry, the higher the stream can rank within YouTube's recommendation system. Every additional viewer helps increase the chances of attracting new visitors and potential buyers who may eventually discover domains being advertised by our members.
At the moment, I am using my MacBook and OBS to stream this to YouTube. I will be running this setup for the next 30 days. Additionally, next week I will run some additional experiments and continue improving the setup.
Yes, this is an experiment. No one knows will it work or not - let us see
It may evolve into something much bigger.
As many of you know, the DNForum family also includes AcornDomains.co.uk, ConsultDomain.de, ForumNDD.com, NamesLot.com, 27.be, ibf.lv and the Domain Summit events across Europe, Asia and Africa. We hope this live lounge becomes another place where members of our global community can connect between forum visits and industry events.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support DNForum and the wider domain name community.
.. just keep it clean and professional, ok? Remember rule #1
Happy weekend!!
Helmuts
proud owner, DNForum
p.s. sponsorships? Our shop is always open - the same as yours. Make us your best offer and concept.
p.p.s. I personally love using Brave browser watching YouTube as it kills most ads - thank me later on the live chat
Love internet, forums and helping good people
I am pleased to announce an experimental YouTube stream from DNForum: the DNForum Domain Café 24/7 LIVE | Chill Lounge Music + Domain Investor Chat.
Code:
https://www.youtube.com/live/3KqftRhZPjkThe idea is simple.
For around 25 years, DNForum has connected domain investors, registrars, registries, developers, brokers, hosting providers and entrepreneurs through our forum. Now we are taking that community experience one step further by creating a permanent virtual lounge where members can relax, work, network and chat throughout the day.
The YouTube live stream will feature:
- Calm lounge and café-style background music
- Relaxing video environment suitable for work and study
- Live chat for domain industry discussions
- Free place to showcase domains for sale
- Networking opportunities with domain investors from around the world
- Future sponsor and partner integrations
- Later to be added: additional live information panels, including global industry clocks and other community features
A little about the live lounge idea
Many people working in technology, hosting, software development, design, marketing and other digital industries spend long hours working from home.
Over the last few years, virtual cafés, workspaces, study rooms and chill lounge videos have become incredibly popular on YouTube. Many people use them as a calm background environment while they work, code, write, design or focus on important tasks.
I am one of them.
When working, I often have one of these streams running in the background. I personally enjoy calm music that does not interrupt my thoughts. Even when I was in Hong-Kong, having a desk at a coworking place - was listening to one such streams. No sudden volume changes, no dramatic drums, no constant interruptions. Just a pleasant atmosphere that helps maintain focus throughout the day.
The goal of the DNForum Live Lounge is to create something similar, though for the domain name industry.
Now = Opportunity. More viewers = more visibility for domains
While the lounge is designed for domain investors, YouTube may also introduce the stream to people outside our industry who simply enjoy this type of content. This is still the 2nd or 3rd most visited resource online globally.
That means entrepreneurs, startup founders, software developers, marketers, designers, agency owners and other professionals may discover DNForum stream and your advertised domains while looking for a relaxing workspace stream.
The more viewers we have, the more likely YouTube is to recommend the stream to new audiences.
More viewers can ultimately mean:
- More visibility for DNForum
- More visibility for domain names advertised in the live chat
- More exposure for forum members
- More awareness of the domain industry
- More opportunities for buyers and sellers to connect
To help keep discussions useful and reduce spam, commenting is enabled only for YouTube subscribers.
Yes, you can help
If you enjoy the concept, please consider:
- Subscribing to the DNForum YouTube channel
- Joining the live stream when working
- Sharing the stream with friends and colleagues
- Participating in the live chat
- Providing feedback and suggestions
The more people who watch and comment from our industry, the higher the stream can rank within YouTube's recommendation system. Every additional viewer helps increase the chances of attracting new visitors and potential buyers who may eventually discover domains being advertised by our members.
At the moment, I am using my MacBook and OBS to stream this to YouTube. I will be running this setup for the next 30 days. Additionally, next week I will run some additional experiments and continue improving the setup.
Yes, this is an experiment. No one knows will it work or not - let us see
It may evolve into something much bigger.
As many of you know, the DNForum family also includes AcornDomains.co.uk, ConsultDomain.de, ForumNDD.com, NamesLot.com, 27.be, ibf.lv and the Domain Summit events across Europe, Asia and Africa. We hope this live lounge becomes another place where members of our global community can connect between forum visits and industry events.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support DNForum and the wider domain name community.
.. just keep it clean and professional, ok?
Remember rule #1Happy weekend!!
Helmuts
proud owner, DNForum
p.s. sponsorships? Our shop is always open - the same as yours. Make us your best offer and concept.
p.p.s. I personally love using Brave browser watching YouTube as it kills most ads - thank me later on the live chat
Love internet, forums and helping good people
