BigRock, one of India’s leading domain registrars and web hosting companies, announced its nationwide campaign to launch a brand new domain extension – ‘.desi’. As a part of this contest, BigRock has invited entries from participants in the form of creative image submissions that helps decode what being DESI [Indian] implies to them.
How to register for the event
- In order to register for the contest, interested participants will need to register themselves on this link.
- Participants will then be asked to post their entry & share it within their network of friends on popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
- The entries with most number of Facebook likes and shares on Twitter will be short-listed to win.
Prizes to be won
To be conducted between April 8-15, 2015, the contest will choose one lucky winner for the grand prize of– Hyundai Eon Magna Plus car while the next two winners will stand a chance to win an iPad Mini3 tablet and a Motorola Moto G [2ndGen] smartphone respectively.
BigRock has tied up with Miss Malini, who is widely regarded as India’s first and most famous celebrity blogger, to choose the prize winning entry. She will announce the lucky winner on April 17, 2015.
Targetting the DESI audience
By virtue of its unique name, the .DESI domain lends an air of credibility to local entities and is thus a powerful targeting platform to connect Indian individuals, businesses and charities from around the world with more than 1.7 billion global Indians.
BigRock aims to encourage wide scale adoption of the .DESI domain extension for entities who wish to associate with the diaspora of Indians spread across the globe.
The Indian community is considered to be amongst the largest in the world and represents a unified culture and a cohesive, shared identity. As such the .DESI extension enables entities to reach out to a group of highly passionate and active online group without restriction by geography.
BigRock plans to offer the .DESI domain extension to businesses who may be interested in effectively exploring this vast and often under-served market, at competitive prices starting from INR. 499/year.
About BigRock
BigRock, an ICANN accredited registrar and hosting company, is a leading provider of web-presence solutions to small-businesses, professionals and individuals. We provide our customers a complete suite of products that help them establish & grow their online presence. Our product portfolio includes – domain registration, web-hosting services, Personal email services & Business Email services, website builder products, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) & digital certificates.