PITCHfest Contest Winners Shine at DOMAINfest Global 2010.

The recent DOMAINfest Global[R] 2010 conference, hosted by DomainSponsor[R], the domain monetization division of Oversee.net[R], featured two PITCHfest™ contest sessions in which a total of eight finalists introduced attendees to new, innovative products and services designed to help domain owners enhance the value of their domain name assets. The DOMAINfest Global audience was comprised of nearly 650 domain investors and online marketing professionals, representing 24 countries.

Three winners were selected based on the creativity, viability, originality, and revenue potential of their beta stage or recently launched products. Two winners collected their PITCHfest Service Innovator trophies based on votes from expert judges, and the third winner was chosen based on audience voting.

The winner of the first PITCHfest session was adMarketplace, which was recognized for Ad Cloud 2.0, a proprietary and innovative new display ad unit that increases revenue for web publishers by offering users a menu of relevant text-based offers. Other contest finalists giving presentations were Verisign, Elephant Traffic, and Tempesta Media. Judges for this first PITCHfest session included Frank Schilling (Name Administration Inc.), Adam Rioux (Octane 360), Eric Liaw (Technology Crossover Ventures), and Ron Sheridan (RSS.com).

The second PITCHfest session winner was Chad Folkening of eCorp. Chad introduced the new RapidDomainBuilder.com platform which provides owners of undeveloped domains a customizable, scalable, easy to use, domain building tool with fully integrated features and frameworks. Other contest finalists giving presentations included RootOrange.com, Skinected.com and DevRich.com. PITCHfest session two judges were David Liu (Jefferies & Company, Inc.), Douglas McPherson (Idealab), Richard Morganstern (Tech Coast Angels) and Ron Sheridan.

Attendees at the conference voted for RootOrange as their favorite. Co-founders Frank Langston and Camilo Acosta received their trophy for a new service that gives small businesses an affordable way to lease high value, generic domains exclusively for their local market and offers owners of those domains increased revenues.

"We received a large number of high quality submissions for our first-ever PITCHfest contest at the DOMAINfest Global conference," said Peter Celeste, SVP of Oversee.net and GM of DomainSponsor Monetization Services. "This contest added a new dimension to our agenda and, once again, reinforced our goal of presenting the most innovative ideas, talent and technology to professionals in the domain industry. As new products and services improve performance and enhance revenue for domain owners, the value of Internet Real Estate will continue to grow."

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This article was prepared by Marketing Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2010, Marketing Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.