Thrifty deepens Emirates Airline alliance

September 5, 2008 – 4:55 pm

Thrifty Car Rental deepened its relationship with Emirates Airline offering an additional 1,000 bonus airmiles on car rentals of any make or type rented for 3 days or longer. The new frequent flyer campaign, that runs through Dec. 31, 2008, is on top of the regular award structure between Emirates and Thrifty.

The preexisting awards program is as follows: 500 airmiles per Thrifty car rental outside of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). For car rentals inside the UAE, Thrifty will award 500 airmiles for car rentals of 1-2 days; 750 airmiles for rentals 3-4 days; and 1,000 airmiles for car rentals 5 days or longer. For those of whom this does not or could not affect, though are interested in car rental discounts through Thrifty, check out these additional Thrifty discounts.


dotMobi compliance program

September 3, 2008 – 1:03 pm

.Mobi (dotMobi) will begin enforcing their Premium Name Compliance Program in September. Previously, when a .Mobi domain name was won at auction through Sedo or GoDaddy, winners had six months to build a mobile website. The truth was that most dotMobi owners did not build a website within the 6 month timeframe, let a lone have a .mobi parking page.

.Mobi will now enforce their compliance program and if owners do not comply, they risk their domain being taken from them, without a refund. The program should force development of .mobi websites, therefore, increasing the value of all .mobi domains when they are active. If you think you might be interested in the .mobi domain craze, we suggest you use our domain coupons for 10% off .mobi domains.


Budget enters Vietnam

September 3, 2008 – 12:19 pm

Rental car company Budget has entered Vietnam’s market. The strategic move was a result of the record number of international visitors the country has encountered so far this year - roughly 2.6 million. Google says the keywords “car rental Vietnam” are searched for over 250 times per day.

Budget Rent A Car’s vehicles all come complete with chauffeurs, mobile phones, water, reading material, and 24 hour customer support. Prices range from $69 to $249/day.  Most luxury hotels charge an hourly rate of $40. In addition, the chauffeurs of whom all are Vietnamese, are well trained in English and have strong knowledge of the region.


Snapfish Partners with Indiaplaza

August 28, 2008 – 5:40 pm

Snapfish, a leading online photo service has announced a partnership with Indiaplaza.in, an online shopping firm based in India. Indiaplaza.in will launch a co-branded photo center on their home page, enabling customers to enjoy the services being offered by Snapfish including sharing, storing, and printing of photographs.

This is a great strategic move by Snapfish, as Indiaplaza has access to over one million customers who use the website for online transactions, with over 85% residing in India. In addition to the above services which will be provided by Snapfish, Indiaplaza customers will have access to Snapfish’s various other packages which include ordering for personalized photobooks, photo cards, t-shirts, mugs, etc.


China bans GoDaddy

August 28, 2008 – 3:40 pm

GoDaddy, the leading domain registrar and hosting solution, has been blocked by the Chinese government in the country. The speculation is that it is related to the Beijing Olympics. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) stated that the government has banned the issuing of domain names with the “.cn” suffix based on China’s gold medal-winning athletes to anyone but the athletes themselves. It “strongly advised” for anyone who had an athletes domain name, to turn over the domain to the athlete as “a gift”.

Getting back on track, the speculation for why GoDaddy is involved, is that the Chinese government cannot force anyone, nor retrieve the domain with its own efforts, if the domain has been registered with an outside domain registrar such as GoDaddy. Therefore until the olympic games are over, we will assume that internet users in China will not be able to access the site.

Let us know by leaving a comment when/if you hear anything further on the issue or when you know the ban is lifted.


Northwest Airlines WorldPerks adds Budget Rent A Car

August 27, 2008 – 3:14 pm

Northwest Airlines announced that it will now be offering members of its WorldPerks program the chance to earn airmiles on rental cars from Budget Rent A Car. WorldPerks members can earn up to 1,500 Bonus Miles from Budget with car rentals of three consecutive days or more, up through Sept. 30. Additionally, members who book their rental cars at Budget airport locations can receive a discount of 20%. Following Sept. 30, WorldPerks members can earn 50 airmiles per day on rental cars for 1-4 days, and 500 airmiles for car rentals over 5 days.

Budget Rent A Car joins over 70 service-industry businesses in Northwest Airlines’ WorldPerks program. For more Budget discounts see our Budget coupons for great savings.


Discount Horse Medicine and Supplies

August 25, 2008 – 1:01 pm

Discount Horse Medicine and Supplies

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1800 petmeds also has a great price match program that will knock your horse shoes off. If you find the same product at a lower price anywhere else, 1800 PetMeds will match that price and still allows for you to add the 10% discount coupon for any and all of your horse medince and supply. Check out Mevio Offers for your discount horse medicine and supplies coupon code.


Free Dunkin’ Donuts coffee from Budget Rent A Car

August 25, 2008 – 12:45 pm

Rental car customers of Budget Rent A Car will be rewarded two pounds of free Dunkin’ Donuts coffee after the completion of two car rentals. The promotional offer is good through December 15, 2008 at participating Budget locations across the U.S. The car rental company’s senior vice president expressed Budget’s promotional purpose: “rewarding them with free Dunkin’ Donuts coffee will save them money and enable them to enjoy outstanding coffee as they start their day.”

Customers must register for the promotional offer and upon completion of two car rentals, Budget will ship the free 2 pounds of coffee. You can find out more information about the free Dunkin’ Donuts coffee promotion on Budget’s website.


GoDaddy Unlimited Email

August 22, 2008 – 12:55 pm

GoDaddy, the largest domain registrar and web hosting provider launched GoDaddy Unlimited Email as a result to the ongoing growth of email boxes. Web analysts estimate the number of email boxes will reach two billion worldwide in 2010, representing an increase of more than 297% percent in ten years. To accommodate this increasing need for storage space, GoDaddy is offering its Unlimited Email plan to provide customers unlimited storage for mailboxes.

Prior to the announcement Go Daddy’s hosting plans include free email accounts, though only 100MB of storage space. Customers who were looking for additional storage were forced to purchase one of the company’s paid email plans; though the Deluxe plan only offered up to 2GB of storage space and 5 mailboxes. The new GoDaddy Unlimited Email plan, at $29.99/year, provides customers with a greater value offering unlimited storage and up to 10 mailboxes, the domain registrar firmly believes.

The Unlimited Email plan is accompanied by additional tools such as access to Online File Folder for files and pictures, and Calendar, with the option to keep private or shared with others. GoDaddy’s CEO Bob Parsons believes this will keep Go Daddy competitive in email storage space, having just a week ago celebrated the announcement of GoDaddy’s SSL market share.


Data Robotics Sponsors Photography Workshops

August 22, 2008 – 12:19 pm

Drobo storage robot manufacturer Data Robotics, announced that it will sponsor the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop Series. The series pairs professional and amateur photographers together to take photos of America’s most beautiful and renown locations. The purpose of the workshop is for photographers to learn Apple’s Aperture photo editing and management software, in addition to providing an opportunity for professional photographers to share techniques and best practices.   Photographers will receive a Drobo storage robot unit provided by Data Robotics.

“Our support of the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop is an example of our commitment to make simple, safe, and expandable storage technology available to photography enthusiasts,” said Geoff Barrall, CEO and co-founder of Data Robotics, stating their commitment to “… educate photographers on the ‘ins and outs’ of using Drobo in their Aperture workflows to protect irreplaceable image files.”  Data Robotic’s Drobo storage robot has made a name for itself over the past few years within the Mac community as an easy-to-use, reliable storage unit, and the upcoming photography workshops highlight that integration.