Before you can start up a business - any business - customers need to be able to find you. On the Internet, your address is your domain name; the part of an Internet address that comes after the www. With the unparalleled growth of the Internet, dot com domain names continue to sell like hotcakes. Currently, there are more than 20 million dot com domains, and over 34 million total domains registered worldwide. Industry experts forecast that more than 500 million domains will be registered in the next ten years. In fact, reliable sources from companies like Intel are predicting that every personal computer in the future will have its own domain name.

In 1998, the dot com craze was beginning to ramp up to unbelievable proportions. So many Internet companies sprouted up in Silicon Valley, and elsewhere, that companies not swept up in the hysteria were thought to be missing out. But, while most people were focused on things like Content, Banner Ads and Bandwidth, Michael Reed and Alan Ezeir, the CEO and President respectively of Global Domains International, Inc. (GDI), recognized another opportunity that was largely ignored; they wondered, "Besides dot com, are there other extensions that businesses could use as a domain name?"

Mike and Alan were aware that in the mid 1990’s, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned each nation a country code. These codes were designed to give each country an address to use for their own Internet needs. For instance, the United States was assigned .us, Australia .au, Ireland .ie. "We knew that a good, easy-to-remember country code could be marketable globally as a viable alternative to .com," said Alan. "And so," Mike added, "we ordered some pizza, locked ourselves in a room, and went through the entire list of countries to pinpoint the best possible code.”

The island nation of Samoa is part of a group of islands and islets in the south-central Pacific Ocean about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand. It is completely separate and independent of its U.S. cousin, American Samoa. Its form of government consists of a Prime Minister, parliament and, as head-of-state, a King. The country’s primary exports range from coconut cream and beer, to automotive wiring-harnesses and cigarettes. All business professionals know that having an idea is one thing, but executing the idea is quite another. Mike and Alan knew that the idea of marketing an alternative to dot com had tremendous promise. Yet, they both recognized that they’d need more perseverance and a little luck to pull it off. “Remember, we were paddling against the current," Mike said. "Back then, most people were still branding businesses with dot com. Quite frankly, nearly everyone thought we were wasting our time.” After a series of overseas phone calls and e-mails to Samoan officials, a date was set for Mike and Alan to meet with the leading figures of Samoa, including the King and his Prime Minister. In less than a week, Mike and Alan put together a presentation detailing their plans for their appropriation of the technical and marketing operations of Samoa’s top-level domain extension, “.WS.”   So as not to take any chances, Mike and Alan devoured reams of information about the nation of Samoa, familiarizing themselves with as many of its customs and traditions as possible. While Alan busily acquainted himself with appropriate etiquette when meeting with Samoan government officials, Mike worked on ensuring that the proposal they would present to the Samoans was as interesting and worthwhile as possible. “I had to make certain the Samoans understood that we looked at the opportunity as a joint relationship that would ultimately benefit their entire nation,” said Mike. One major risk gnawed at Alan and Mike: they really didn’t have anything significant to immediately offer the country, except for their business ingenuity and know-how. Although Mike and Alan were successful marketing experts in the U.S., convincing an entire nation to trust them on what appeared to be a hunch would be difficult, at best.

“There was mounting pressure by some of our consultants to offer the Samoan government cash up-front. Otherwise, they felt we’d lose the deal and someone else could come in and take over,” Alan said. “However, we knew the culture of Samoa was much different than here in the States, and that ‘buying off’ anyone is not the way we do business! As a result,” Alan continued, “we came up with an alternative proposal we thought better accommodated the cultural demands of the country.”   The day finally arrived to travel directly to Samoa . . . well, almost directly! To get to Samoa via the U.S., one has to first fly from the mainland to Honolulu. Easy enough. “We hopped on the flight to Honolulu, still pinching ourselves to make sure this was really happening,” Mike said. “It all happened so fast; one moment we were selling long distance air time, the next minute our idea of ‘air-time’ was how long it would take to fly to Samoa.” The plane landed in Honolulu without any problems. They boarded their connecting flight to Samoa, finally beginning to relax. Three hours into the flight the pilot announced the plane had encountered some mechanical problems. The plane’s landing lights were inoperable, and there were no repair facilities open in Samoa. As a result, the pilot turned the flight around and headed back to Hawaii. “We were completely dejected,” Mike said. “All of our preparation came to a screeching halt . . . all because some light bulbs weren’t working!” After the plane landed safely in Honolulu, the glum business partners entered a deserted Hawaiian terminal. But, as had happened all along, luck was once more on their side. An Air New Zealand flight that travels to Samoa only once a week “just so happened” to be at the terminal, scheduled to leave in less than 45 minutes. “We were shocked and thrilled. I’ve never run so fast in my life!” Alan said. They both hopped onto the flight hoping this plane's landing lights worked! After landing in Samoa with a whopping two hours to spare, “Mike was looking a bit ragged but I looked good,” Alan laughed. “We went over our presentation one last time, trying to get into the mind-set as to how a true Samoan would give the presentation.”

Everyone at the meeting studied the 20-page proposal that Mike and Alan finalized on their midnight flight from Honolulu. “The Samoans do things with a great deal of trust and understanding of the people involved,” Mike stated. “Because of our due diligence, we knew that providing a detailed legal agreement might have actually worked against us. So, the clincher was more about the fact that we came across as sincere and honest.” “We needed to give them reasons to trust us,” Mike continued. “I believe we did just that.” A visit to the King’s home helped cement a relationship they hoped would become long-term. “He was a kind, gentle person, concerned that what we wanted to do was in the best interest of his people,” Alan said. The meetings ended on a congenial note with Mike and Alan satisfied that they had successfully completed the task they had set out to accomplish. Since their flight was not leaving the island for a few days, they went into vacation mode, spending time exploring Samoa’s beautiful, pristine beaches and lush tropical forests. Convinced that negotiations had been concluded, Mike and Alan flew back to the States confident that the deal was completed. Unfortunately, they waited another few months to discover that their proposal had, in fact, been rejected. It seems that after making their presentation, no less than a half dozen companies from the United States and other countries were also granted an opportunity to offer presentations to the Samoan government. So much time had passed since Mike and Alan’s initial visit, that it seemed inevitable the Samoans might have been deluged with other information, including various claims of potential profits by other groups wanting to do a similar deal. “I wanted to give up,” Alan said. “I felt we had given it our best shot, but it just wasn’t meant to be,” Mike, however, had another idea. He tracked down the local Samoan government’s majority-owned technology company that was ultimately granted the domain contract, and placed a call to its General Manager. “The company was local on the island, so I had a hunch that their ability to market the domains globally would be limited,” said Mike. “I had to change my way of thinking. So, I pitched him on the idea that we should partner together, and he accepted.”

The meeting started with all the appropriate government members present. Mike and Alan pitched the Prime Minister on the fact that the domain extension they presently owned, .WS, would be perfectly suited to market worldwide. With the correct marketing idea behind it, there was no reason why the .WS extension could not be recognized as the major alternative to dot com      In November 2000, less than nine months after launching .WS to the global Internet community, GDI announced it had sold over 100,000 .WS registrations to customers such as Yahoo!, Intel, Cisco, Dell Computers, and other companies and individuals in more than 180 countries. And the Samoans? "They originally wanted to wait to see just how well we performed," Mike said. "They proposed that, as a test, our Company had to produce 15,000 registrations in just three years. We did that in the first month,” Alan proudly stated. "The Nation of Samoa now receives a percentage of all .WS domain sales that GDI generates, and is delighted with our success. Our company is proud of a freshly minted, unprecedented, 12-year exclusive international agreement to distribute .WS worldwide." As proud and exciting as the beginning of .WS was for Mike and Alan, the future is what excites them most. Just before .WS recorded its first registration, Mike and Alan knew the time had arrived to begin building their business to reflect its quickly changing personality -- from a forty-person shop to that of a multi-national corporate conglomerate. To accomplish this, Mike and Alan focused on surrounding themselves with intelligent people who were filled with enthusiasm, and had the capacity to help launch their business on an international scale. In addition, the .WS founders beefed up their marketing outreach with ad placements in Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Additional ads appeared in Major League Baseball’s 2000 World Series program, and thousands of radio spots aired in large urban markets. Mike and Alan also invested heavily in the company’s infrastructure, ensuring that the anticipated volume of registrations would be handled with relative ease and no downtime.

Michael Reed oversees, directs, and integrates the creative and marketing departments, as well as the technical division of Global Domains International, Inc. (GDI), which currently maintains the Registry for the Nation of Samoa's Top Level Domain, ".WS" (http://WebSite.WS). His management responsibilities include a broad range of data management and security for GDI and all its services, including online order processing for all domain names worldwide, local and web database management for Domain Name Services (DNS), and all additional features in domain name management for GDI. Reed's focus for managing the Registry from its inception has been focused on redundancy in all systems and personnel, high system performance, and transparent expandability (scalability). No expense has been spared to meet these three core objectives. Reed currently manages a large staff of technical professionals that maintain the Registry around the clock. Additionally, he works with GDI's creative and marketing departments, continually introducing new programs that promote .WS to the international Internet community. Reed co-founded FreedomStarr Communications, Inc., d.b.a. Planet Earth Communications (PEC) in October 1995, which currently maintains licenses in most of the United States for certified telecommunications services, and supports thousands of users in each state. To date, PEC has kept a perfect track record with the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for customer satisfaction, which is a rare accomplishment in the U.S. telecommunications industry. Reed also directs the integration of all affiliated services between PEC and WebSite.ws. He has been involved in entrepreneurial activities for more than 15 years and has extensive knowledge in direct marketing and affiliate marketing distribution, as well as in software systems necessary to track agent sales and activities. Reed majored in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Alan Ezeir has established a track record of success in e-commerce, telecommunications, and in several other fast-paced entrepreneurial/start-up environments. Before founding GDI with Reed, Ezeir was head of USVT, a switchless telecommunications reseller in Northern California. Under his leadership, USVT developed a broad distribution base throughout California, and increased monthly revenues by a record six fold.

In 1991, Ezeir founded Intelligent Communications Management; a business instrumental in helping small to large companies determine the most proficient telecommunications carriers to suit their requirements.

Ezeir is responsible for multiple strategic projects at GDI; setting guidelines for meeting revenue goals, providing crucial leadership in generating new revenues, projecting sales forecasts, and monitoring the company's cash expenditures. Ezeir is also co-founder of FreedomStarr Communications, Inc., and manages the accounting, finance, contractual, and operations of GDI. Additionally, he maintains a cordial, working relationship with the heads of government for the Nation of Samoa.

Ezeir is the current and founding alumni president of the Southern California Entrepreneurial Academy Alumni Association (SCEAA); an organization that works closely with the development of entrepreneurs in Southern California. The organization pairs emerging entrepreneurs with successful entrepreneurs.

With a vision to navigate the course of the company as it enters the new millennium, Ezeir is vigilant in his continued search to develop successful new business horizons. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from UCLA.

Josh Elliott is the former Administrator of IANA (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). During his tenure, he worked directly with Jon Postel, IANA's founder, and together they assigned each country's ccTLD, including the Nation of Samoa's ".WS." Elliott remains intimately involved with the ccTLD industry, and is an unofficial advisor to ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Elliott meets regularly with Reed and Ezeir to discuss effective marketing strategies and the state of the domain name industry

Construir mi Sitio Web!... Ahora voy a enseñarte paso a paso como construir tu web con el sistema automatico para hacer dinero. Te sugiero que leas todos los pasos antes de que tengas una idea de lo que estas haciendo. No te preocupes, esto no lleva demasiado tiempo :) Para empezar, vete a www.website.ws/members y escribe tu nombre de usuario y tu contraseña, y presiona el boton "Main Login". A la izquierda presiona donde pone "Domains". En "My Domains" presiona en "Build My Website". En "Choose theme category" elige una de las seis categorías. Luego elige el tema que tu quieras. Ahora elige la etiqueta "Layout" que quieras en esa categoría. Luego, introduce tu dirección de contacto para tus referidos. Ahora verás la sección "Web Pages". Tendrá una página llamada "Page 1". A su derecha verás un icono que pone "edit" (es un pequeño dibujo de un papel y un boli) Después de presionar el botón "edit", llegarás a una página titulada "Edit content". Al final de esta página verás tres botones: "design", "html code" y "preview". Presiona en "html code". Ahora verás "Please replace this sample content with your own." en la ventana "edit". Simplemente borra ese texto y copia y pega el siguiente texto en esa ventana:

---------------------------- CODIGO A INSERTAR ------------------------------- Me llamo la atencion PON TU NOMBRE AQUI. Un día, como tú, estaba buscando alguna forma de ganar dinero online. Había muchos anuncios haciendo promesas de éxito y satisfacción garantizados. Luego, vi un anuncio,como en el que tú undiste. Él me llevó a un artículo escrito por un hombre que fue víctima de un timo sobre hacerse rico en internet, pero había encontrado una forma para desquitarse y enseñar a la gente como tú o como yo una manera honesta de construir un sueldo para toda la vida! Él me dijo lo que no tenía que hacer para ser una víctima de uno de estos timos. Después me enseñó la manera más increible de ganar dinero online con un sitio web gratis y un dominio personalizado para empezar   Si quieres incrementar tu situación financiera actual, si no tienes el dinero o el tiempo suficiente para comenzar tu propio negocio, y si quieres construir una vida para ti y tu familia, entonces te recomiendo asiduamente que veas el siguiente video que voy a compartir contigo. A partir de ese momento te enseñaré como construir una web similar a esta, como publicitarla, en fin, todo lo que este hombre me enseñó para que ganara dinero y compartiera con los demás sus enseñanzas. Yo lo hice, y ahora voy por mi camino, como muchos otros, para construir unos ingresos para toda la vida!!     Bien, lo primero que tienes que hacer para poder registrar tu dominio .ws como este mio, gratis, es ver una presentación en flash de unos 7 minutos, en ella se explica perfectamente en que consiste este negocio, como funciona, como ganas dinero, etc.

*No olvides cambiar los textos.   Ahora estamos preparados para comprobar tu página. Al final de la sección "Edit content" verás tres solapas, pulsa donde pone "Preview" Leelo y asegurate de que has introducido toda tu información bien. Si algo está mal simplemente pulsa "html code" y corrige el error y luego vuelve a la ventana "preview". Una vez que lo hallas leido todo y estés seguro de que tu información es la correcta, presiona el botón "submit" al final de la página "Edit Content". Verás una imagen de como quedará tu página. En la parte alta de la ventana verás una barra de navegación con distintos contenidos, presiona en la opción "Page editor". En la sección donde pone "Page !" presiona en "properties". En "link name" escribe "Bienvenido/a!!", luego presiona en "submit". De vuelta en la sección "web pages" marca las casillas "Visible" y "Publish". Una vez hecho todo esto puedes dar a "log out" y hemos acabado. Entra en tu página para comprobar que el enlace "Pincha aquí" te lleva al video y que pone tu nick en la barra de www........ Pincha en donde pone "Sign Up For Free Website And Domain Name..." y comprueba que se abre la ventana "http://www.website.ws/TU ALIAS AQUI". Si alguna de estas dos últimas cosas falla ponte en contacto conmigo, esto es MUY IMPORTANTE

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Antes de empezar un negocio, los clientes deben poder encontrarte. En el Internet, tu domicilio es tu nombre de dominio; la porción de una dirección de Internet que viene después de www. Con el crecimiento sin paralelo del Internet, los nombres de dominio punto com se siguen vendiendo como pan caliente. Actualmente hay más de 20 millones de dominios punto com, y más de 34 millones de dominios registrados en todo el mundo. Los expertos de la industria predicen que más de 500 millones de dominios serán registrados en los próximos diez años. De hecho, fuentes confiables de compañías como Intel están pronosticando que todas las computadoras personales tendrán su propio nombre de dominio en el futuro.    En 1998, la locura del punto com comenzó a subir a proporciones increíbles. Pero cuando la mayoría de la gente estaba focalizada en Contenido, Anuncios en Banners y Ancho de Banda, Michael Reed y Alan Ezeir, CEO y Presidente, respectivamente, de Global Domains International, Inc. (GDI), reconocieron otra oportunidad que estaba casi ignorada; se preguntaban, ¿hay otras extensiones que los negocios puedan usar como nombre de dominio?"

Mike y Alan sabían que a mediados de los 1990's, la Autoridad de Asignación de Números de Internet (IANA, por sus siglas en Inglés) le asignó a cada nación un código de país. Los Estados Unidos, por ejemplo, tuvieron .us, Australia .au, Irlanda .ie, México .mx, España .es, Argentina .ar, Perú .pe, etc. "Sabíamos que un código de país fácil de recordar sería mercadeable en todo el globo como alternativa viable al .com," dice Alan. "Y entonces," agrega Mike, "ordenamos unas pizzas, nos encerramos en una habitación, y revisamos la lista entera de países para encontrar el mejor código posible."

Finalmente se fijaron en la extensión de dominios .WS -- que pertenece a la minúscula nación de Samoa, en el Pacífico Sur. "Pensamos que la abreviatura .WS podría ser mercadeada con éxito en todo el mundo como el dominio de alto nivel 'WebSite'," dice Mike. "Había un puñado de otras opciones posibles, pero con determinación y perseverancia, encontramos que algunos países ya estaban usando sus dominios localmente, y no tenían interés en convertirse en registros 'abiertos' o 'globales'. Con una población de menos de 200,000 personas, Samoa aún no utilizaba sus dominios en una forma masiva. Y ninguno de los dominios de otros países se comparaba con el poder de marca potencial de .WS para significar 'WebSite'. "Después de todo," exclama alegremente Mike, "¡todo el mundo libre sabe lo que es un sitio web, o web site!"