CCBill Announces End to Phoenix Forum (YNOT)

Read the full article by Mallory Hall at YNOT.com 

The organizers behind The Phoenix Forum have issued the following announcement. You may also read it here.

As with any healthy industry, the needs of the community evolve.

CCBill started producing The Phoenix Forum in 2001, not as a money maker for our business but as a way to connect with our merchants and future merchants in the industry.

Even though CCBill is not a tradeshow production company, we produced the Forum as our commitment to the diverse members of the business community – merchants, consumers, affiliates, paysites, camsites, whitelabels, programs, talent, creative, service providers — whether they were straight, gay, trans, newbie, icon or up-and-comer. We hope you also saw that in the Gay Phoenix Forum our commitment to providing a safe, inclusive environment for the various segments in our business.

We designed and evolved The Phoenix Forum over the years as a way to connect with those people that we love and care about in this crazy business we all support – those people that we call our “family.” Our focus has always remained on one goal: to promote business and connections for our family — our business community.

So, it is with mixed emotions that CCBill announces that we will not be producing The Phoenix Forum for 2020. The needs of the industry have changed and, with that, so must change the trade conferences which support the business..."

Mallory Hall is from Central Texas. She has worked in journalism since her university years and enjoys exploring unexpected occurrences in ordinary places.