PITCHfest Contest Winners Shine at DOMAINfest Global 2010

--adMarketplace, RapidDomainBuilder.com (eCorp.com) and RootOrange.com Recognized for Innovation in Domain Monetization and Scalable Web Site Development--

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The recent DOMAINfest Global® 2010 conference, hosted by DomainSponsor®, the domain monetization division of Oversee.net®, 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."

About DOMAINfest®

Founded and hosted by DomainSponsor®, the domain monetization division of Oversee.net, the DOMAINfest® conference brings domain industry and Internet professionals together to learn, network, and do business. Attendees include online advertising experts, domain publishers, domain monetization experts, SEO and SEM specialists, website developers, online marketers, ad or affiliate network suppliers, search advertising providers, venture capitalists, bankers and trademark/legal advisors. For more information, visit http://www.domainfest.com.

About Oversee.net®

Oversee.net® is the leader in Internet real estate, specializing in monetizing, registering, selling and developing domain names. The company provides an array of managed services to domain investors, corporations, and individuals across more than ten million web sites. Oversee owns one of the largest portfolios of domain names in the world. The company's unique optimized technology connects consumers and advertisers with highly relevant advertisements. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company's core brands include DomainSponsor®, SnapNames®, Moniker® and LowFares.com™. To learn more, please visit www.oversee.net.

SOURCE Oversee.net