Web Services & Application Store Blog

Yesterday Benjamin Rohé visited us at the zanox GAP Campus. Representing beschenkmich.de he took the opportunity to meet the zanox Monetization team and the zanox Web Services team. Good luck to Benjamin for the presentation at the zanox Web Services Contest Finale 2008!

The participant will win the one million Euro zanox Web Services Contest, who provides the most promising business model. The busniness modell must not base on zanox completely – zanox has to be at least part of it. Not necessarily the one with the most commission will win – even the one with the lowest commission during the contest may have the most promising business model.

All participants have to show two things:

1. a business plan, and


2. a running application accessing zanox Web Services.

If you have more questions regarding the contest you are invited to contact Francesco Votta (francesco.votta@zanox.com) in English or Italian or Sebastian Wallroth (sebastian.wallroth@zanox.com) in English or German.

On Thursday, Seprember 4th members of the zanox Web Services und Monetization 2.0 teams met Till Vollmer from mindmeister.com, one of more than 100 attendees of the 1 Mio EUR zanox Web Services Contest. Us zanoxies were stunned by Till’s presentation of his idea for the the 1 Mio EUR zanox Web Services Contest. We were able to provide answers to Till ’s questions on the zanox business model for performance based affiliate marketing. The developers of the zanox Web Services Team were glad to get feedback on and inspirations for the zanox Web Service s that will shotly be launched in the Open Beta phase.

It was an inspiring and interesting meeting for all members on the zanox GAP Campus. The zanox Web Services Team foresees a great contest event and crosses their fingers for Till’s idea . Our Campus is open 24/7 and we are looking forward to seeing you very soon!

There is a german press release pointing out that over 80 teams applied to the 1,000,000 € zanox Web Service Contest already with a wide range of business models.

Tell your friends about this contest. You can use this amazing widget hosted on widgetbox.com. Or apply today yourself. There only some weeks left until September 30th!

On July 12th the zanox GAP Campus was a busy place. More than 80 Web 2.0 insiders, entrepreneurs, developers, and visionaries and 7 zanoxees met to discuss a wide range of topics around the monetization of the Web 2.0. In 17 sessions as different things were discussed as Landing Pages, Connecting Content & Commerce in Web 2.0, zanox Web Services, Inflight & Internet, ePayment, and Business models for Performance Marketing.

The event was organized as a Theme Camp; a derivative of the BarCamps. Monetization 2.0 served as the frame – the content was provided by the participants. The event started off with a keynote by Thomas Hessler, CEO zanox on How to monetize web 2.0 applications and win 1,000,000 EUR Venture Capital. After that the cruical moment came: the Monetization 2.0 Camp organiser Sebastian Wallroth, generously supported by Oliver Berger and Tobias Kaufmann, called for participation. Within 5 minutes all slots were booked – the wonder of BarCamps happened again.

The atmosphere of the Monetization 2.0 Camp was very open, innovative and inspirational. The zanox Open Space with free Wifi and an excellent catering supported this.

We would like to thank several companies from the Web 2.0 szene for the great support: nugg.add – predictive behavioral targeting, Institut für Industrielle Softwaretechniken, Mobizcorp, AdiCash, Spreefactory.de, TowerByte eG, BestSideStory, 1,000,000 EUR zanox Web Services Contest 2008, saftblog.de, puretea.de, deineschokolade.com, betreut.de, and MITTEeins.de.

The media coverage was controverse. In response to the podcast – Interview at the Monetization2.0Camp in Berlin by pixelsebi one denounced the product placement of the 1,000,000 EUR zanox Web Services Contest 2008. The Seonauten Blog on the other hand would have liked more participants and more detailed sessions. Die kleine Miss Waldfee loved the event and had particularly a warm thank you for the organizer. Christian Boris Schmidt was one of the presenters at the Monetization 2.0 Camp and gave a very positive feedback on the ecato blog. On fragr.de Björn Koblow blogged in detail about his experiences from the Monetization 2.0 Camp.

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On July 12th you will have a chance for a face to face conversation with zanox Web Service Developers. Two of them are attending the Monetization 2.0 Camp that is taking place on zanox GAP Campus in Berlin. They are prepared for a Q&A session.

A frequently asked question is how one can participate in the 1,000,000 EUR zanox Web Services Contest 2008 or the zanox Web Services Closed Beta Test.

We merged all in information on one page: Download the PDF “Steps to success with zanox Web Services”.

Q What about my business model? Do you guarantee confidentiality?
A Yes, only the jury will see your business plan and they signed an NDA.

Q Where does the money come from?
A The 1,000,000 EUR venture capital will be issued by Corporate Financial Partners

Q How many shares of my company I have to give for the 1,000,000 EUR?
A This depends on the estimation of value, and is a matter of negotiation.

Q Will one company receive all the money?
A Yes, the winner will get 1,000,000 EUR. But all participants will have the opportunity to be recognized by investment companies and could significantly improve their financing chances this way.

Q What do I have to do to win?
A If you do not have a zanox account already you have to create one and to register for the contest using this link:—- You will be accepted for the zanox Web Services Closed Beta automatically within 24 hours. Then you have to develop i.e. an application, widget/ gadget or mashup that connects to external systems and generates a considerable volume of well converting traffic into leads or sales or achieve an top Zanox Publisher AdRank.

Q Can you show me examples?
A Yes, we have a few in our Web Service Blog

Q Is it allowed to use the widgets on iGoogle, Facebook etc.?
A Yes, you can use any existing platform. Just make money!

Q How to access your Web Services?
A Register for the contest using this link:—- You will be accepted for the zanox Web Services Closed Beta automatically within 24 hours. See the zanox Wiki now for the zanox Web Services documentation: http://wiki.zanox.com

Q Do I need to pay to use the Web Services?
A No, as far as expenses and profit remain meaningful

Q Is it mandatory to earn money with my application or is it enough to develop it?
A You have to make money.

Q I miss a function or data to realize my ideas, what can I do?
A Please contact us over webservices@zanox.com, we will try to provide the function or data.

Participate in the zanox Web Services Contest 2008: One Million Euros Venture Capital from the zanox Campus Sponsors under the leadership of the M&A Consulting Firm “Corporate Finance Partners”.

Goal: the best business model, based on the zanox webservices will be eligible to be awarded the investment capital.

Enterprises, startups or developer can prove that they have developed an monetizing business model based on the zanox webservices. For example: develope an application, widget/ gadget or mashup, connect external systems like other api’s, networks or platforms to zanox webservices, generate a considerable volume of well converting traffic into leads or sales or achieve an top zanox Publisher AdRank.

Procedure

• interested candidates apply by setting up an corresponding account and accepting the terms of conditions.


• zanox makes a pre-selection by analysing the zanox publisher statistics of the candidates during the entire contest.


• the best 20 candidates will be asked on September 30, 2008, to turn in their business plans until October 5, 2008.


• the ultimate top 10 candidates will receive invitations to the closing event in Berlin (probably October 24, 2008).


• within a business plan-conference/-competition) the top 10 candidates will get the opportunity to convince the jury by giving a short presentation of their business model and team.


• the jury will officially announce the top five candidates in the following recall party.


• all participants will be promoted with their brand and Ranking to the campus sponsors and the zanox investors network.

The Jury’s decisions are subject to its sole discretion. See full terms and conditions.

Good luck and keep on monetising!