Week 5 and Grand Prize of US$10,000 awaits its winner.
DotAsia Organisation announced today that the winning domain for Week 4
of the .Asia Hot or Not Domains Appraisal Contest is “Seo.asia”. The
previous three winning contestants have each already received a check
for US$1,000 as well as a .Asia domain name of their choice. The
deadline for Week 5 ends this Sunday, July 6, and everyone still has
the chance to win the Grand Prize of US$10,000, which deadline is
Sunday July 13.
Xavier Lee from Hong Kong, proud winner of the first week said, “I was
definitely very surprised but at the same time excited when I learnt
that I had won the first prize. I went with ‘resorts.asia’ because I
felt the domain had a good business value and was sure to get a high
auction price. I did look at previous auction prices to get a feel for
what the value would be”. In addition to the prize money, he was also
given a domain name of his choice for 10 years and he opted for
‘lightyear.asia’. Xavier added, “I have always been a huge fan of
space exploration, owning this great .Asia domain name and being able
to develop it is really exciting!”
Dr. Lillian Nejad, a psychologist from Melbourne, Australia won in the
second week, "I was surprised and delighted to win $1000USD in this
competition. There were so many good names to choose from, but
'careers.asia' stood out as a having the most potential given all the
employment opportunities that Asia can offer. Thanks to DotAsia and
everyone involved!" Lillian was also given a domain name of her choice
for 10 years, and her pick was 'mycreditcards.asia'.
George Pongas, Chief Operating Officer of Australian Style Group Pty
Limited (www.bottle.asia) claimed, “The Hot or Not Contest provides a
glimpse of the value of a DotAsia domain names. It is exciting to have
a winner from Australia! This will definitely help raise our profile
in the world stage and drive registrations for .Asia domains.”
According to statistics from DotAsia, out of the hundreds of entries
received, many of the Hot or Not contestants are coming from Hong Kong,
Australia, Germany and USA.
Submissions for the final week of the weekly contest concludes this
Sunday July 6, while deadline for the US$10,000 Grand Prize submission
is on the 13th of July. For more details and to enter, log onto hotornot.domains.asia/EuroDNS/contest_form.html.
About DotAsia Organisation:
DotAsia Organisation (dotasia.org)
is the Sponsoring Organisation and Registry Operator for the .Asia
Sponsored Generic Top Level Domain. DotAsia is a not-for-profit,
community-based organisation incorporated in Hong Kong. Asia has
developed into a global force in the international commercial,
political and cultural network. The .Asia domain aspires to embrace
this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus, intersection and
breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the region. To
learn more about DotAsia, please visit: http://www.registry.asia.
To register your .asia domain name, check out AsiaDNS here.