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EstDomains, a US-based domain registrar, prolongs its special offer and announces that company's domains will remain cheaper than the net cost from original domain zone owners up to August 31, 2008.

(PRWEB) September 6, 2007 -- It is common knowledge that domain registrars selling domains to end buyers have relative marketing freedom in their pricing -- still, their prices remain tied to the prices set up by companies who own this or that domain zone, like VeriSign. EstDomains Inc. started its special offer with domain prices set below the net cost of original domain registries. Originally this special offer was to expire on August 31, 2007, but following the feedback from its customers, the company now extends the duration of the offer to August 31, 2008.

It has to be noted that the prices of EstDomains Inc. remain tied to the original costs from corporations owning the domain zones. However, if the original costs are subject to change, the margin between the net costs and prices for EstDomains Inc. end buyers will still remain. This makes the prolonged offer from EstDomains Inc. a perfect domain deal for every customer.

Currently, EstDomains Inc. customers can get a .com, .net, .org or name domain for as low as $5.99. One-year registration of an .info domain will cost $3, while .biz domains cost $5.39. As for .us and .tv domains, their registration is priced at $5.49 and $24.99, respectively. Learn more about the services and special offers from EstDomains Inc. here: www.estdomains.com.

Press Contact: Konstantin Poltev
Company Name: Estdomains, Inc
Phone: 302-722-4217
Website: www.estdomains.com

# posted by (hris : 1:43 PM  0 Comments Links to this post

The Landrush is about to start. There are only 2 days left to submit all your names for the .ASIA Landrush at the promotional price of 4.-Euro*.

(PRWEB) February 20, 2008 -- The Landrush is about to start. There are only 2 days left to submit all your names for the .ASIA Landrush at the promotional price of 4.-Euro*.

During the Landrush you can try to get any name without restrictions. Landrush starts on the 20th February, and EuroDNS/ AsiaDNS offers for this Landrush a promotional code that allows you to get the .ASIA for only 4 Euros* (*=per domain/per year; 2years minimum).

The Promo Code is: 4ASIA20 (valid from now till only the 20th February midnight UTC). Application for .ASIA domains can only be submitted via the new portal of EuroDNS / AsiaDNS: http://v2.eurodns.com

Not only EuroDNS/AsiaDNS offers the best possible price for the .Asia Domain Registration, but as AsiaDNS is the registry for .asia.com domains, AsiaDNS/EuroDNS offers for every successfully registered .asia domain also the same domain in asia.com for free (1year free registration).

For any questions, please contact support @ eurodns.com

For people who want to submit a high quantity of domains (more than 100), please contact and send your lists to: email protected from spam bots

Further details about the Landrush:

The Landrush period goes from 20th February to 12th March (but the promo price is only valid for all applications submitted from today to the 20th included).

It is NOT a "first come first serve" Landrush. No domain will be assigned by the registry till the end of the Landrush. The registry will accept more than one application per domain.

All domains that have been applied for more than once (where at least two persons applied for the same name) will enter into an auction. The auction starts (after the landrush period) between the persons who applied for the domain (no open auction). All persons whose domain(s) enter in an auction process will be informed and will be able to see who they are bidding against. The auction will last a few days and the bidding will be done through the EuroDNs /AsiaDNS account (v2.eurodns.com).

All domain names that only got one application during the Landrush will be registered to the registrant without any auction at the end of the Landrush period.

About EuroDNS

EuroDNS is a global domain registrar headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in the Netherlands, France, Poland, and Korea. Specializing in geographic domain names, the group focuses on the European market with EuroDNS and the Asian market with AsiaDNS. With its registration portal in 10 languages and more than 25 top-level domains, EuroDNS covers 97% of the market in the enlarged European Union.

Contact:
Melanie Delannoy
DCL Group
2, Rue Leon laval
3372 Leudelange, Luxembourg
Phone: +352 261916312

Press Contact: Melanie Delannoy
Company Name: EURODNS.COM
Phone: +352 261916312
Website: http://v2.eurodns.com

# posted by (hris : 10:52 PM  0 Comments Links to this post

The following spam email message has been going out for a few years. It was a scam in the past and it's a scam now. NEVER do business with anyone that sends SPAM. Always check into something that doesn't seem right. If you have not heard about them before, don't assume it legitimate. And don't waste your money on useless offers that warn about a "Final Notice", but don't use a company email address.

An Internet company that doesn't have a web site and expects you to send the order in via postal mail! Can this be anything more than a scam for those too unaware to know better...?
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Subject: Domain Notification: rod delany This is your Final Notice of Domain Listing
From: Domain Srvcs <domsevs9883d@gmail.com>

DOMAIN LISTING CENTER

8171 Yonge St. Suite# 149
Thornhill, ON L3T 2C6
Canada

NOTICE

(Please make necessary changes)
ATT:  rod delany
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT
rod delany
rod@scammedeasily.org
340 louis blvd ste 7756
houston, tx
76234,  us
www.scammedeasily.org

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
Premium Package

ANNUAL WEBSITE SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSION
FROM MARCH 1,2008 THRU MARCH 1,2009
TOTAL

$75.00
$75.00

SUBSCRIPTION INCLUDES:

        . Custom keyword research
        . Optimized title and meta tags
        . Submission to 900 search engines and directories
        . safe follow-up re-submissions every 3 months
        . Helpful professional support

THIS IS NOT A BILL.  This is a solicitation.  You are under no obligation to pay the amount(s) stated unless you accept this offer.

Domain Name

www.scammedeasily.org

Amount

Requested Reply

February 22nd,2008

THIS NOTICE IS A SOLICITATION AND A RECEIPT OF PAYMENT WILL CONFIRM YOUR ANNUAL SUBMISSION
*100% SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK

Please select the number of years you would like to signup for
[ ] 1 Year  ..........  $75
[ ] 2 Years ..........  $85
[ ] 5 Years ..........  $185 (Recommended)
[ ] 10 Years ..........  $295 (Best Value, Most Recommended - and you don't have to worry about renewing for a while!)

If you have other domains you may list them below (please send a separate check for each domain and write your domain name on the memo section of the check)
Other domain(s) __________________ , __________________ , __________________

Total $ _______

________________________________
Signature

________________________________
Date

Payment by Check or Money Order
Print and mail a copy of this order form along with a check or money order to the address listed below:
Domain Listing Center Inc.
8171 Yonge St. Suite# 149
Thornhill, ON L3T 2C6
Canada


By accepting this offer, you agree not to hold DLC liable for any part. Note that THIS IS NOT A BILL. This is a solicitation. You are under no obligation to pay the amounts stated unless you accept this offer. The information in this letter contains confidential and/or legally privileged information from the notification processing department of the Domain Listing Center Inc.

This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above. Email domainlistingcenter@hotmail.com if you do not want to receive further updates from DLC. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents for this letter is strictly prohibited.

* 100% satisfaction guaranteed, you may request a refund within 30 days if your are not satisfied with our services.

# posted by (hris : 9:12 AM  0 Comments Links to this post

I'm doing some testing of one domain over at http://www.WhyPark.com. I thought I should give them a fair test and not just judge them on the basis of the fee they charge. One the one hand, paying $100 to park up to 100 domains is not cheap, especially if your domains are junk and are not getting any traffic. Even if WhyPark is great, it's going to take some time to get some traffic and earn some money. Still, paying for a hosting account that will let you put up 100 sites and all the time it's going to take is not trivial. But that's not what this post is about.

Tonight I got a comment on one of my blogs and it was a spam comment. They found my post about WhyPark and I guess they didn't like it, because they made a somewhat cryptic comment to the effect that Instant Website was better. So, after I deleted the spam and posted a reply, I went over to IW and thought I would give it a try. I opened an account and set up a test using a domain they provided: 

http://wally.nordfish.nowiw.com/

I don't know how long that will stay up, and I decided to not do a screenshot. But I'll tell you that while their site may actually be effective, they look like crap and I would be embarrassed to say one was mine...! At first they don't seem too bad, but they take what looks like magazine articles on good topics, and then put other spam crap in dim faded text in every other paragraph. Do a search for a topic that has nothing to do with the site and then look at the articles. It looks like a site of a a mad person, or some of the really old spam content sites we used to see on GEOCITIES and TRIPOD years ago.

Here's a partial list of sites to look at so you can get a better idea:

appetizer.co.za
arcon.co.za
badcreditloans.net.cn
badcreditservices.co.uk
broadband-high-speed-internet.com
chunky.co.za
commercialloan.net.cn
creditguide.org.uk
dentistry.co.za
guy.co.za
ins.co.za
lifeliberty.co.za
mygoals.co.za
nanoiphone.org.uk
propertyguide.ws
redfly.co.za
sacouple.co.za
simpleloan.eu
stayout.co.za
there.co.za
uncle.co.za
univision.co.za
website-hosting-servers.com

I don't know, I guess it's worth a try if you think it's for you. I guess you have set your DNS to point to their site before you can get a "credit" and setup your site for real. So it doesn't seem to cost anything, they have some ads on the site that are theirs and that is how they expect to make money. They might make more if they just buy a lot of cheap domains and make sites for themselves...

# posted by (hris : 10:13 PM  0 Comments Links to this post

I was just granted a free trial account at WhyPark.com for one domain. There has been some discussion on Namepros.com about this service that you pay about $100 dollars for and that allows you to set up as many as 100 domains. As an alternative to domain parking there system allows you to enter in some information including some ad network code like AdSense, and quickly set up something like a web site that pulls in articles that are on the topics for keywords that you choose.

For my test, I selected the domain http://www.music-download-universe.com that has been parked for several months and earned perhaps a dollar. I choose this domain name because it does get a lot of traffic, so I won't have to wait, but also because it gets few clicks and those clicks pay very little.

The setup is about the same as a parking page where they provide you with options to customize your parking pages. Unlike parking, there did not seem to be any defaults, so if you have a lot of domains you are going to be spending time getting each domain name set up. The good news is that each site should not take you long one you get started. They include a tool to help you find keyword for you domain and it looks like the data may be coming from WordTracker, but I could not tell. The search terms have numbers so you can see what it popular. I added "free music downloads" and a few other related phrases.

Then there are two areas where you can enter in your ad network code. I added normal AdSense at first and then after thinking about it I pulled that out and replaced it with the AdSense for referrals. This works much the same, but I think there are more interesting ads and many of them can pay you a LOT more than normal AdSense. I picked some categories for music/entertainment and consumer electronics.

I may experiment with this and see just what I can get away with in the manner of creative coding such as links and iframes... Since you just pay for the service once, I don't think WP will care unless you create sites that look trashy or broken, or cause problems for their servers.

You can choose a number of domain templates and customize one as well. You can also add new pages. I will see how the basic setup goes and then consider doing more work on my site. You will find they sites look much like what we are used to from Made For AdSense (MFA) sites, so adding a contact, about, and other pages could "round out" the site so it really looks like a site. One of my suggestions will be to WP that they offer pre-configured pages like an about and contact page for users to make this easier. I would like to create one page of content for an about page and then have that as a default that I can edit on a site by site basis.

Winding up for now, there was on feature that was something I just suggested on the forums the other day. When domainers buy and sell domains, there doesn't seem to be any way to easily transfer the domain within a parking service. You must contact support and have them verify you are now the owner of the domain and then you can set it up under your account. It would be a big plus to be able to transfer the domain parking page set up to the new owner so they can easily maintain the current earnings. WhyPark has this option now for site owners. Yes, you do have to open an account with WhyPark, but at least you don't have to re-create all the settings and start from scratch. I would like to see WP charge the new domain owner $1 for the transfer of the domain name to their account. That way they would not be forced to pay the full fee for something they may not really want, but there would be some incentive for them to leave the domain with WP which may not provide much income, does provide continued advertising for their system.

# posted by (hris : 4:24 PM  0 Comments Links to this post

CitizenHawk, Inc. is sending out emails to domainers that they feel are infringing on the trademarks of some companies. Domainers that get emails from them are upset in part because they come on so strong and are demanding that the domainer turn over the domain to Citizen Hawk. Many domainers think this is a scam since they are being asked to turn over their domains.

While not exactly a scam, it seems to be a service that may or may not be legal. Unless the Squawker has been authorized to act in the behalf of the trademark holder, they may not have any right to do what they are doing.

On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with  providing a service that goes after those that may be abusing a trademark.

My concern is that there are some cases where a trademark may be involved but no abuse is taking place, such as a domain like Xboxforums.org. If a site is not doing things that should be considered abuse, will they still be targeted? My advice to companies is to go easy on those that may be loyal and good customers at first. You can always get tough later on if you find real signs of abuse and infringement.

Frankly, I could see this area ripe for a different kind of service that provided not only a policing service, but also one that offers education as well. Many new domainers start buying domains and do not realize that they may be potentially infringing on a trademark. After all, if you find some valuable land that no one owns, but that they could have staked a claim in and didn't, it doesn't seem likely that they are interested in it.

Ebay had the right approach last year when they sent out thousands of emails to people that registered different variations of the word "ebay". Rather than pay a lawyer to get all nasty, they simply notified people that they were being put on notice and that they should not use, sell, or renew any domain with their trademark. The implication was that if the advice was not followed, they would come after you and you were not going to like the encounter...

www,citizenhawk.com

# posted by (hris : 9:48 PM  0 Comments Links to this post