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The crown jewel of the Zermatt Travel Network (ZTN),
Zermatt.com
has the defining name for the resort and is backed by some of the
best domain names that produce travel to Zermatt from all over the
world.
Zermatt.com
has been in existence since 1978. Then it was to be found in print
as part of Euro Ski Magazine. Later the domain was founded and it
went on line as Zermatt.com. At that time (1996) the website and the
online domain cooperated and still produced a paper version
dedicated to the resort. Later,
at the urging of advertisers
Zermatt.com
went strictly online. Since then it has dominated the online
industry, earned high placement and page ranking in many leading
search engines, and was, within the last years, the subject of a
takeover bid by the Tourist Office and the city fathers.
They failed of course at absolutely no cost to the
defendant. This was in spite
of the fact that the plaintiffs’ paid substantial monies to Swiss
lawyers. These unknown but assumedly large payments to acquire the
domain for nothing were also lost. This in spite of the fact that
the lawyers, based in Bern were specialists in the field and that
the office they went after the domain to was based in Geneva. Bern
is the capitol of Switzerland and Geneva is its second largest city.
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Since then
Zermatt.com
has gone from strength to strength. It has prospered on many
financial fronts with a minimum of work by the current owner. As we
have earlier mentioned, the domain
www.zermatt.com
is at the forefront of a targeted network. The others in the domain
are not as successful though and would benefit hugely from local
help.
ZermattSwitzerland.com
is currently in the Russian language. This domain is high on the
list of the domains that make up ZTN and Russian was selected when
people from that country were visiting Zermatt in droves and
spending in large sums. ATN is open to suggestions for future
development.
Zermatttravel.com
is another domain that if it were in the right hands and with the
right ideas, it could rival for a spot at the top. There is much to
say and much to add to this domain. Currently it does nothing to
fill its potential.
Golfzermatt.com, golfingzermatt.com and
zermattgolfing.com
all are perfectly descriptive and all lead to the same domain. All
Zermatt domains are perfectly targeted but few are more targeted to
golf.
Bestpricezermatt.com
is another domain that could use more work and creativity. It was
originally designed to feature advertiser’s specials commission free
and non-advertisers at a 15% commission. It needs a Zermatt local to
keep constant touch with advertisers and those not so inclined.
The apartment network consists of domains relating to available
apartments in Zermatt. The idea is to portray these domains exactly
like the best price network Once again it needs a local Zermatt
person to spend time on the domains.
The apartment sub network to ZTN is zermattapartmentregister.com and
matterhornapartments.com.
The same can be said for the accommodation sub
network. This consists of
Zermattaccommodation.com and
availableaccommodationzermatt.com.
The domains need full time, local attention.
There is a short-name sub-network as well. These too bring in little
revenue because of slight care. They are
ztski.com, skizt.com, yskizt.com and visitzt.com.
All are looking for an interesting and talented Zermatt internet
entrepreneur.
To cover every base, ZTN has, naturally enough, a TV network. As
with all of the others in ZTN they are perfectly targeted. They are
ZermattTV.com and MatterhornTV.com.
There are 18 domains in the Zermatt Travel Network, a
sub network of the Activelifestyle Travel Network. These domains and
any of the others you may be interested in are to be found at
www.atnlinks.com.
To apply to work for any of these domains or indeed to buy any
outright, please send an email to
bill@activelifestyle.com.
Earlier
information about ZTN
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