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DNXPert Mega Domaining Contest

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I have been away from the domaining scene for quite a while but this contest attracted me once again like there last contest. Once again they have got a great Prizes lineup for this contest and the total prize money is worth more than $4800 which includes cash and prizes.

The Contest is divided in different parts and the great thing is everyone participating gets a surprise prize, So everyone is a winner. To be able to participate in the random draw you have to be a DNXpert Forum Member, To become a member you can signup here.

They have got some great prizes but i would really like to win the $200 cash prize , after all Cash is King ! but there are other prizes too that i wont mind like Wordpress Theme Licenses and $200 Credit in your Bidvertiser Account. So get off your lazy couch and go participate in the contest.

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10% Rise in .org Pricing

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Organizations that own .org domains may soon find themselves paying a bit more to renew, transfer, and register new domains. The company that operates the .org domain, Public Interest Registry (PIR), has decided to raise wholesale rates from $6.15 to $6.75 per domain this year—a 10 percent fee increase, following last year’s 2.5 percent increase. Of course, smaller registrars that buy wholesale domains won’t want to eat that fee themselves, meaning that they will likely pass on the increase to customers.

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NamePros.com Sucks , We Hate Jeff

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jeff_namepros Two threads deleted over at NP today – one about how annoying Jeff is, the second was discussing why the first got deleted.

Description of Jeff: Jeff is a Crazy GIT over at NamePros.com and its his day job to speak up agaisnt the .mobi extension and to Flame People and to make them angry an when people start talking about Jeff and how annoying he is the Thread Gets Deleted and when you make another thread about why the older thread got deleted it gets deleted too.

Well for myself a MOD named Mark Banned me for not supporting the US Govt :) while we were in the Chatroom over at NP. Click the Picture for Full View

Campaign for a dot .eng Domain Extension

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A Man from Maidenhead has launched a campaign to ensure a corner of the Internet remains "forever English", John Sewell is hoping to raise support for a new domain name that will allow the English to show off their Englishness.He is asking people to sign a petition for a new domain extension dot eng or .eng

John Sewell has setup a website www.doteng.org to collect signatures for the .eng petition and afterwards will deliver the signatures to ICANN.This is not the only campaign , the Scots have there own movement for .sco (www.dotsco.org) and Welsh have there .cym (www.dotcym.org) .

Sewell says .eng is about

"remembering what’s great about England – tea, the Beatles, London, the Queen, beer, cricket."

While a spokesman for ICANN said Sewell probably won’t even be able to start the application process until next year.

770.com Sells for $343,000

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7 was a lucky number this week as Sedo.com brokered a big £175,000 ($343,208) sale of 770.com to easily take the top spot on our weekly chart. The domain was purchased by European online gaming operator Casino770. The price for that domain was almost five times larger than #2 SmartTrade.com, a name that tallied $72,000 at the AfternicDLS.

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Hello ! from Domain Bloke

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Hi there my name is Ehsan Ahmad Rehan , I am from Pakistan and i am a Web Designer / Developer & a Student , but one of my favorite Hobby is Domains which is a pretty serious Hobby , instead of Collecting Coins and Stamps i Collect Domains , although i do collect Coins and Stamps too :) .

Well i Started with completley NO knowledge of Domains and Domaining + i have gradually progressed and know pretty much everything there is to know about Domains and Domaining or the Domain Industry as it is called. This Blog will be Host my opinions and Views about Domains and i will post everything that is happening in the Domain Industry including Latest News , Domain Sales and Events that happen all round the Year.