The-ZONES.com

About

The-Zones.com is a unique social networking website comprising of one of the largest multiple domain, multiple sites on the Web today.

As a free-access site, users can become part of a wealth of co-branded “zone” websites with a single login and have access to the full range (over 100) ‘Zones’ sites which include: mp3-zone.com, student-zone.com, job-zone.com, games-zone.com, movies-zone.com, entertainment-zone.com, comedy-zone.com, fashion-zone etc.

In addition to mainstream ‘zones’, we have chosen some special interest and ‘out there’ concepts from: Ibiza-zone (for the club scene), weird-zone, conspiracy-zone (for the increased interest in world events), horror-zone (for horror fans), ufo-zone, to developer-zone for computer developers and internet designers.

Subscribed users can view news, articles, videos, blogs, forums and rate content sorted by the category of that zone. This will promote the content organized by ‘top’ rated content which is voted on by users and The Zones is committed to giving every piece of content on the web an equal shot at being the next ‘big thing’.

The Zones is also designed to be a premier destination to watch and rate videos via websites, mobiles, blogs and e-mail. The Zones is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. User can stay informed of new content submissions by content type, make friends, join discussion groups, send messages and maintain their own personal profile and contribute content in the future.

Users can join networks organized by Zone interest to connect and interact with other people of similary interests and a subscription based system allows relevant areas to have their own newsletter and groups announcements. With guest writers and bloggers The-Zones.com is an online neighborhood of helpful experts, who share their wealth of knowledge with the visitors.

Business Overview

The-ZONES.com is a unique internet portal and social networking branding activity being developed by producer and web entrepreneur Tim Jones. The project is a vast collection of multiple "zone" branded internet domain names, all working together as a single homogenous business site.

With a massive collection of easy to remember, highly valuable domain names already registered and secured, each top-level domain name forms part of a collective "portal" and interact with each other thru content relevancy and branding. A full list of domains already secured can be supplied confidentially on demand.

The ZONES has been designed to bridge the gap in the market by providing the consumer with a one-stop-shop web navigation tool that differentiates itself from large scale ‘vanilla’ portals and search engines. The Zones will deliver:

QUALITY NOT QUANTITY

Content provides quality, vetted and rated sites that the Zones Brand has determined being worthwhile in its given category.

MASS PARTICIPATION & USER INTERACTION

Whilst the Zones team will deliver a significant amount of guidance and content input, the concept is designed to harness the experience of all Zones users with listings and recommendations being driven by the users own experiences and rated on.

NON-COMMERCIAL BRAND ETHICS

Our philosophy of ‘By the People, For the People’ is key to the zones credibility and non-commercial approach to site content listings and promotion. No links will be paid for and each site will be on merit having met an established quality threshold. Commercial revenue streams, affiliate advertising and click-thru revenues will still remain in place via careful placement.

SPECIALIST AND YOUTH FOCUSED

Whilst appealing to a broad spectrum of web consumers, The Zones have been fine-tuned to appeal to a youth focused market – i.e. mp3, chat, computing, internet, shopping, comedy, students and graduates etc. Such focus targeting supports the brand identity of The Zones and helps facilitate the generation of a trendy and credibly brand equity.

In addition, The Zones will break away from traditional mainstream interest (a saturated market) and specialize on more ‘out there’ and alternative interests emerging, for example: UFO, aliens, psychic, retro style, mysteries and the 'unknown'.

The concept is to blend some of these with a more mainstream crossover - for example: entertainment, movies, sports, travel, lifestyle, business, finance, investment, jobs, careers, hobbies and ‘his’ and ‘her’ interests. Since each Zone site can be marketed and promoted independently, the potential for high volume cross-linked traffic can be immense. The Zones is not just another social networking portal, it is a collection of over 100 highly desirable and commercially valuable Zone domain name ‘personalities’ all linked and working together on the internet to form a unique business case.

Think of it as Facebook meets YouTube meets Google meets Digg meets CNN – all on steroids!

For further information on this exciting business, please see:

Tim Jones - www.TimJones.ca