Free Domain and Hosting Giveaway

kashif · 11-29-2008, 08:17 PM

Just got an email from NameCheap about DOmain & Hosting Giveaway...

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The Great NameCheap Twitter Trivia Contest
Free Domain and Hosting Giveaway

NameCheap has always relied on word-of-mouth for marketing, so it's no wonder we love social media tools like Twitter that allow people to easily spread the word.

First of all, what is Twitter?
Twitter is a service for people to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? This can sound pretty mundane, but you can learn more about how it can be useful by watching this youtube video called, "Twitter in Plain English". Or, you can try an explanation by Zappos.com CEO at http://twitter.zappos.com/start
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/free-resources/538014-free-domain-and-hosting-giveaway.html

We've decided we can use Twitter to better keep up with our clients. To kick off our presence on Twitter , we are giving away $17,000 worth of domain and domain transfers in our "The Great NameCheap Twitter Trivia Contest ". We will be posting a holiday trivia question every hour on the hour starting 1st Dec 08 till 25th Dec on Twitter. The first three to reply to @namecheap with the correct answer will get a $9.69 credit to their NameCheap account. This can be used for domains, domain transfers, or could even be accumulated for web hosting or SSL renewals.

Here's an example:
1) NameCheap will send out a message that says, "What jolly man gives toys to boys and girls for Christmas?"
2) You can then send a message that says "@namecheap Santa Claus".

The @ symbol puts it to our attention. If you are one of the first three to answer correctly, we will send $9.69 credit for a new domain or renewal directly into your NameCheap account.

Here's how to participate:
• First, login to your NameCheap account .
• After you login, go to "My Account" > "Manage Profile" and then choose "Twitter Integration" link on the left (https://www.namecheap.com/myaccount/...le-twitter.asp)
• Enter your Twitter username and click "Start Verification". If you don't have a twitter account, just signup.
• A short code will be sent from NameCheap to your Twitter account using a direct message (a message that no one else other than you could see). Note: Unless you first follow NameCheap on Twitter, we will not be able to send you that code.
• Enter the code on the NameCheap confirmation page and you are all set with linking the accounts.
• Once linked, you will see a credit on your NameCheap account within few hours on you winning.

What is the only rule?
To avoid having only a few people participate who game the contest, each contestant can win only one domain per day. (But, there is an incentive to keep participating, read more

)

Keep playing for the iPod nano!
You can't wrap up a domain name and give it to someone else for the holidays. That's why NameCheap is offering 3 iPods to the people who answer the most questions correctly. This does not require you to be one of the first to answer and you can answer as many questions every day in order to add to your tally of correct answers. We will post these winners in our blog after the contest is over. Be sure to keep playing until the 25 days are over and answering as much as you can for your chance to get your hand on an iPod nano.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=538014

Happy Holidays from everyone at NameCheap! and Follow us on Twitter!

lpstong · 11-29-2008, 09:48 PM

What does a free domain, twitter and namecheap have in common? A contest.........http://www.namecheap.com/contest/

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The Great NameCheap Twitter Trivia Contest – Free Domain and Hosting Giveaway
December 1 to 25, every hour on the hour!
NameCheap has always relied on word-of-mouth for marketing, so it's no wonder we love social media tools like Twitter that allow people to easily spread the word.

First of all, what is Twitter?
Twitter is a service for people to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? This can sound pretty mundane, but you can learn more about how it can be useful by watching this video called, "Twitter in Plain English" or read a post by Zappos.com here.

So, What's the offer?
We've decided we can use Twitter to better keep up with our clients. To kick off our presence on Twitter, we are giving away $17,000 worth of domain and domain transfers in our "The Great NameCheap Twitter Trivia Contest".

How to participate?
Participation is very simple.

Signup on twitter (https://twitter.com/signup) and follow us. We will be posting a trivia question every hour on the hour starting 1st Dec 08 till 25th Dec on twitter. First three to reply to the twit with the correct answer will get a $9.69 credit to their NameCheap account. Simple, isn't it

Here's an example:
1) NameCheap will send out a message in twitter that says, "What jolly man gives toys to boys and girls for Christmas?"
2) You can then send a message back that says "@namecheap Santa Claus".

The @ symbol puts it to our attention. If you are one of the first three to answer correctly, we will send $9.69 for a new domain or renewal directly into your NameCheap account.

How to redeem?
The first three to reply to the twit with the correct answer will receive $9.69 credit to their NameCheap account. Winners will be announced on twitter as well. To claim the credit, you should link your NameCheap account to your twitter account and it is simple.

Login to your NameCheap Account (if you don't have a NameCheap account, you can simply create one at https://www.namecheap.com/signup.aspx -- no credit card necessary)
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=538014
After you login, go to 'My Account' > 'Manage Profile' and then choose 'Twitter Integeration' link on the left (https://www.namecheap.com/myaccount/...le-twitter.asp)
Enter your twitter username and click 'Verify'
A short code will be sent from NameCheap to your twitter account using a direct message (a message that no one else other than you could see). Note: Unless you follow us we will not be able to send you that code.
Enter the code on the confirmation page and you are all set with linking the accounts.
Once linked, you will see a credit on your NameCheap account within few hours after your winning. Enjoy!

Rules
To avoid having only a few people participate who game the contest, each contestant can win only one domain per day. (But, there is an incentive to keep participating, read more

)
Keep playing for the iPod nano!
You can't wrap up a domain name and give it to someone else for the holidays. That's why NameCheap is offering 3 iPods to the people who answer the most questions correctly. This does not require you to be one of the first to answer and you can answer as many questions every day in order to add to your tally of correct answers. We will post these winners in our blog after the contest is over. Be sure to keep playing until the 25 days are over and answering as much as you can for your chance to get your hand on an iPod nano.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=538014

Happy Holidays from everyone at NameCheap! and Follow us on Twitter!

weblord · 11-29-2008, 11:59 PM

hey thanks for sharing, im both member of the said sites so I'll be participating.
update/status: until now i never received the dm from namecheap via twitter, and there's an error the system insist that I'm weblord on twitter.com but Im not im 1weblord there because someone took weblord first before me.

namecheap never replied to pm and seeing from namecheap twitter profile a lot of them are complaining that the verification code have not been received via dm on twitter.

so if you're thinking of joining in, there's some quite difficulty.

luckymurari · 12-01-2008, 11:03 AM

@weblord actually they had some probs before, but now there is an alternate method and it works.For the contest already 12 q's are finsihed.I answered most but the max I reached was position 7

kashif · 12-02-2008, 12:26 PM

Me too got only 7th position. Questions are not related our custom, therefore need bit searching and people won it before us.

luckymurari · 12-02-2008, 07:26 PM

yay! I won it once yesterday

Got 9.99 credited to my namecheap account

kashif · 12-02-2008, 08:47 PM

Today I am lucky too, won question #44...

weblord · 12-02-2008, 08:51 PM

got my weblord now on twitter.com

Originally Posted by luckymurari

@weblord actually they had some probs before, but now there is an alternate method and it works.For the contest already 12 q's are finsihed.I answered most but the max I reached was position 7

thanh_tan · 12-09-2008, 03:25 AM

i just enter the triviva but i cannot understand how to answer the question?

- send direct message to Namecheap on Twitter?
- why every time i try to send direct message, it fails

weblord · 12-09-2008, 03:43 AM

you can't send direct message to namecheap it's a bot and will not follow you.
just send a public timeline update
for example the answer is "Sta. Claus"
type this on what are you doing? text box
@Namecheap Sta. Claus

Originally Posted by thanh_tan

i just enter the triviva but i cannot understand how to answer the question?

- send direct message to Namecheap on Twitter?
- why every time i try to send direct message, it fails

girlonthemove03 · 12-11-2008, 04:45 PM

I did everything that the 'instructions' said, but I'm a little confused
Where are the questions?

Did I miss that when reading?

Edit- Don't worry, I found out how (Y)

11-29-2008, 11:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
weblord NamePros Legend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philippines - www.Nabaza.com Posts: 19,784	hey thanks for sharing, im both member of the said sites so I'll be participating. update/status: until now i never received the dm from namecheap via twitter, and there's an error the system insist that I'm weblord on twitter.com but Im not im 1weblord there because someone took weblord first before me. namecheap never replied to pm and seeing from namecheap twitter profile a lot of them are complaining that the verification code have not been received via dm on twitter. so if you're thinking of joining in, there's some quite difficulty. __________________ Nabaza.com - Amaia Last edited by weblord; 11-30-2008 at 03:20 PM.

12-02-2008, 12:26 PM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
kashif NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Karachi Posts: 923 Follow @kash78	Me too got only 7th position. Questions are not related our custom, therefore need bit searching and people won it before us. __________________ \|\| Follow me on Twitter \|\| An interesting blog...:) \|\| \| Yummy Articles \|

12-02-2008, 08:47 PM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
kashif NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Karachi Posts: 923 Follow @kash78	Today I am lucky too, won question #44... __________________ \|\| Follow me on Twitter \|\| An interesting blog...:) \|\| \| Yummy Articles \|

12-11-2008, 04:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
girlonthemove03 First Time Poster! Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1	I did everything that the 'instructions' said, but I'm a little confused Where are the questions? Did I miss that when reading? Edit- Don't worry, I found out how (Y) Last edited by girlonthemove03; 12-11-2008 at 05:45 PM.

12-01-2008, 11:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
luckymurari NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: India Posts: 78	@weblord actually they had some probs before, but now there is an alternate method and it works.For the contest already 12 q's are finsihed.I answered most but the max I reached was position 7

12-02-2008, 07:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
luckymurari NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: India Posts: 78	yay! I won it once yesterday Got 9.99 credited to my namecheap account

12-09-2008, 03:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
thanh_tan New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16	i just enter the triviva but i cannot understand how to answer the question? - send direct message to Namecheap on Twitter? - why every time i try to send direct message, it fails

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