According to an email we received the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARD Nominations for 2014 are now open

Nominations will remain open until Friday, August 22nd at 6 P.M. EDT.

“Only those persons or companies that receive 3 nominations from 3 different individuals will be included on the ballot.”

“The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARDS have become the most sought-after and prestigious Domain Industry awards presented annually. This year marks the 10th Annual Awards. The Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. EAST 2014, to be held at the Fabulous Fontainebleau Hotel and Resort on Saturday, November 1st.”

The AWARDS are:

DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR Previous winners = Kevin Ham, Shawn Pilfold, Rob Grant, Alan Dunne, Michael Cyger

DOMAIN BROKER OF THE YEAR Previous winners, Dave Evanson, Negar Hajikhani

DOMAINER OF THE YEAR Previous Winners = Kevin Ham, Michael Berkens, Frank Schilling

BEST DOMAIN BLOG Previous Winners = Ron Jackson: DNJournal, Michael Berkens: TheDomains.com, Elliot Silver: ElliotsBlog.com, Michael Cyger: DomainSherpa.com

MOST PROMISING NEW gTLD

BEST MARKETING BY A NEW gTLD

SPONSOR OF THE YEAR Previous Winners = TrafficZ, Parked.com, InternetTraffic.com, Escrow.com, GoDaddy

BEST OVERALL DOMAIN SOLUTION (this includes Revenues, Sales, Development, etc.) Previous Winners = Google.com, Moniker.com, Fabulous.com, Sedo.com

BANDIT BERKENS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR Previous Winners – Michael and Judi Berkens, Gregg McNair

DOMAIN HALL OF FAME (two people are inducted each year, but only nominate one)

The following have already been inducted to the DOMAIN HALL OF FAME: MONTE CAHN, RICK SCHWARTZ, RON JACKSON, MIKE BERKENS, DAVID CASTILLO, MICHAEL CASTILLO, FRANK SCHILLING, YUN YI, SCOTT DAY, RICK LATONA, SAHAR SARID, HOWARD NEU, ADAM DICKER, MIKE MANN, CHAD FOLKENING, JEFF GABRIEL, IGAL LICHTMAN (Dec’d)