"The Greatest Domaining Contest Ever"

That's what it is being called, John over at DNXpert.com (http://www.dnxpert.com/2008/05/19/greatest-domaining-blogging-contest-ever/) is holding this contest for domainers.

Feel free to click on the link but check out the list of prizes below! There are some great prizes for little work by the contestants.

• $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. ($1794 value)


• 1 hour of SEO Consulting from Todd Malicoat from stuntdubl.com. ($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)

Domainers - why the attitude?

WTF is it with a lot of these domainers (people who buy and sell web domains) being total arrogant, narcissistic assholes?

Seriously. It seems like no matter where I go, what forum I'm on or at a convention a lot of these people act like they're god's gift to humanity. People, you're not. Get your head out of your ass and smell reality.

I've seen some high-end domainers tell people that they are not worth their time because they didn't know an industry niche acronym. I spent the day being flamed on a forum because I asked of a domain I registered could be considered typo-squatting (registering a domain that is a common typo of a common one, say mocrosoft, and trying to make money off of it) while "private" forums in this forum PROMOTE typo-squatting and tell people how to get around it. Talk about hypocracy.

Also, a friend of mine (who is a very knowledgeable person in his field and well known in it) got .com'ed by someone who is profiting off of my friend's name and also possibly tarnishing his reputation by posting links and ads to sites he wouldn't approve from (plus illegally publishing books with stolen money).

Why the hell do we have ethics and karma? Hell, people who do things illegally or shady make it big and live a life of luxury in their homes in the Caribbean while people who try to do things the right way have a hard life living off of Ramen noodles and macaroni&cheese.