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.

More Details Here.

Well one of those great Blogs DNXpert has merged the concept of Domain & Blogs and they have come up with the Greatest Ever Domaining Blogging Contest with out a doubt and i must say i am quite impressed by DNXpert and there Evil Contest .

In Total they are giving away $8979.13 worth of Prizes which include CASH , Material Goods, Digital Good like Pro Subscriptions of different domaining sites, software’s , gift cards to fulfill your domain addiction and much more i will be posting the complete list of Prizes at the end of the Post. To Participate in the contest yourself visit this Post and DNXpert for more info and good luck to you all.

• $700 in cash from We Build Pages who offer Link Building Services. ($700 value)
• $200 credit deposited into NameDrive domain parking account courtesy of NameDrive.com. ($200 value)
• $100 Godaddy Gift card from instantdomaintool.com. ($100 value)
• $100 credit in Bidvertiser account. ($100 value)
• $100 cash from WordPressFreelance. ($100 value)
• $50 cash from Ades blog ($50 value)
• $35 Cash from Tim Schroeder of eMonetized.com. ($35 value)
• $35 Cash from Web Hosting Reviews. ($35 value)
• $30 Cash from Life is colourful. ($30 value)
• 1 Market Leverage promo pack consisting of: MarketLeverage iFlip (digital camera), MLRewards card ($50), MarketLeverage USB Pen, MarketLeverage Polo and hat, MarketLeverage/Nike duffelbag. ($350 value)
• 2 x Market Leverage promo pack consisting of MLRewards card ($25), MarketLeverage USB Pen, MarketLeverage Polo and hat, MarketLeverage/Nike duffelbag. (2 x $220 value)
• 3 x Market Leverage USB Pens with $10 ML Rewards card. (3 x $35 value)
• 6 months subscription to MarketMotive.com top internet marketing minds. ($1794 value)
• 1 hour of SEO Consulting from Todd Malicoat from seo consulting. ($500 value)
• 1 year’s PRO Subscriptions membership to FreshDrop.net. ($395.40 value)
• 5 x 1 license of the software product Domain Name Pro (5 x $64.95 value)
• 3 months membership at Aaron Wall’s SeoBook course. ($300 value)
• 3 x 1 copy of the Domain Graduate ebook. (3 x $87 value)
• 5 x 1 exclusive list of 100 expired domains from DNXpert.com (5 x $50 value)
• 6 months premium clustered hosting at iMountain.com (6 x $39.95 value)
• 2 months VIP membership at ClickMojo ($200 value)
• 15 minute one on one phone coaching session with Simon Johnson from Domainer Income ($200 value)
• 2 year subscription to DNSstuff pro tools. ($139 value)
• 1 x 100 domain parking account at WhyPark.com ($99.95 value)
• 1 copy of the Revenue Domains Exposed ebook ($97 value)
• 2 month subscription at Wordze.com ($90 value)
• 3 x 1 copy of the Domaining Manifesto ebook. (3 x $27 value)
• 1 copy of Wordze’s Guide to Keyword Research & Niche Wealth Building! ($80 value)
• 1 copy of a single use license of Brian Gardner’s Revolution blog theme of the winners’ choice ($79.99 value)
• 1 copy of Optin Comments WP plugin. ($77 value)
• 1 DNForum.com Platinum membership. ($59.95 value)
• 1 yearly subscription to Gold Account at iwebtool.com ($59 value)
• 3 x 1 copy of the Killer Domains ebook (3 x $17 value)
• 2 x 50 available domains from WordFuse.com (2 x $24.95 value)
• 1 featured listing on Sedo’s homepage for 1 domain. (worth $39)
• 1 DNForum.com Gold membership ($19.95 value)
• 1 Month DomainNews.com Newsletter Sponsorship – Top Position Advertizing ($500 value)
• 2 months 160×90 ad on ClickFire.com homepage (2 x $200 value)
• 1 Month text link on JustDropped.com search pages ($100 value)
• 1 month text link at DomainNameWire.com ($60 value)
• 1 month of 125×125 banner advertising on Winning the Web ($50 value)
• 1 month 125×125 banner advertising at DNXpert.com ($50 value)
• 1 month 125×125 banner advertising at DotSauce.com ($40 value)
• 1 month text link on blogaboutyourblog.com ($10 value)
• 1 copy of Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger ebook ($16.49 value)

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.

PIR informed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of its plans in a letter (PDF) sent earlier this month. No reason was given in the letter for the rate increase, but it stands to reason that since other domain operators have raised fees (like VeriSign for .com and .net domains), that PIR doesn’t want to be left out when it could make more money.

The increase will go into effect on November 9, giving those who own or want .org domains another six months to take advantage of the current price. Although the 60¢ may not matter much to individual customers, groups that operate multiple domains might feel a little more pain in their wallets—especially nonprofits and small organizations that .org was once limited to.

PIR doesn’t require ICANN’s approval in order to raise rates, but it is limited by ICANN on how much it can raise them per year. According to ICANN’s registry agreement for .org domains, service fees cannot be increased by more than 1.1 times the previous year’s max service fees. The original agreement started out in 2006 at $6 per domain, meaning that 2007’s maximum service fees would have been $6.60, and 2008’s maximum is $7.26. It looks like PIR has a ways to go before hitting the ceiling for this year, unlike its greedier counterpart VeriSign, which has raised the prices for .com and .net the maximum allowable each year under its agreement with ICANN.

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

Israel is being sold off to the highest bidder. The Internet domain name israel.com is expected to fetch at least $5.5 million when it is sold at auction, said Monte Cahn, CEO of Moniker.com, which is running the sale.

Jean-Noel Frydman, 46, registered the domain name in 1994 and never imagined at the time it would be worth millions.

"Mainly, I didn’t want anyone to misuse it. That’s why I registered it," he said, noting he retains final approval on the sale at the May 23 auction.

Frydman chose to part with his domain this year because of the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence, which is today.

Well for years Domaineers have visited Germany.com and wept to see the above cat smiling on them and it looked like this miserable cat was incharge of Germany.com. Domaineers thought that this Great Domain name was going to waste but The owner didn’t talk with any of the domaineers.

Well the Germany World Cup (Football/Soccer) came and went, and where you suspect a fully developed site could have swept up a six figure sum at least from Sponsors, affiliates etcetera, this owner did nothing, and made nothing. Also a lot of disappointed people would have visited the site.

Well, where everyone else failed, Rick Latona has won through. He has come to an agreement with the owner to manage the domain Germany.com for him.

Here’s what Rick says on his site:

The owner refused to talk to domaineers. Anyway, I’ve secured a management agreement with the owner so it is now my responsibility. The site you see live on www.germany.com now is a site that my team built.

I’m looking for a sales person in Germany to help me sign on hotels and tour operators. If you think you might be that person, fill out my contact form.

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.

Source DNJournal

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.