Hand Registration Contest - March 2019 - DOT COM only

[BrandCougar]

Let's see who can acquire the best .COM hand registration during the month of March? "Best" will be determined by your peers. You have to create it during the month of March 2019. As long as it says created 03-2019 it could have been a name born before that died and lost its age. Let me be clear, for this March contest the name has to be a new DOT COM hand reg that you own.

Here are the rules of this DOT COM HAND REG MARCH 2019 contest:

1. Hand registration during the month of March 2019.
2. You may submit up to 7 domain names. (Each name submitted must have it's OWN Reply post).
3. So if you want to submit 7 names, submit SEVEN separate Reply posts.
4. I am excluding myself from entering the contest, since I am facilitating the event!
5. The Top 20 Finalist will be selected the following way .---> (10) "Likes" entries with the most "Likes" in the thread and (10) Wildcard entries selected by a team of 5 panelist from the NamePros community. The 5 panelist will be announced after month end to avoid mid-month lobbying. Additionally, the 5 panelist (Wildcard pickers) will be be non-participants in the contest to avoid a conflict of interest and will be respected NPros members that have a wealth of experience in domaining. The panelist members will be a familiar lot.
6. The WINNER will be selected by your peers via a TOP 20 POLL from the Top 20 Finalist mentioned above.
7. The TOP 20 POLL will occur at the end of the month. This will be a 72 hour poll.
8. We welcome EVERYONE to participate in selecting the WINNER from the Top 20 Finalist list.
9. In the event of a TIE during with winner polling, the tie-breaker will go to the WINNER with the earlier submission posted to this thread. (a plan to avoid any misunderstand should a tie occur)


TOP 20 Finalist

• Finalist Pick 10 - those 10 names with the most "likes" make it to the Top 20 (user involvement).
• Finalist Pick 10 - those 10 names that a panel selects make it to the Top 20 (panel involvement).
• Top 20 Poll - this involves everyone, but only for a 72 hour window at month end (ALL involvement).

What do you win?

• Number one, props and recognition here at Namepros.
• I will personally pay $20 JACKPOT (via PayPal) to the WINNER.
• Anyone wishing to contribute an additional $0.30 to the Jackpot - contact me via PM - and I will add your contribution on top of the $20 Jackpot I have committed (let's see how large a Jackpot we can build).

* Sponsors welcome. Send me a PM.



JACKPOT UPDATE:

* We have had (9) NP members generously contribute additional funds to the JACKPOT.
* The JACKPOT is now at $200 Total + 1 Efty Growth subscription

 

[BrandCougar]

>> Just an idea, but you could do a $1 entry fee per domain and allow unlimited entries. That would build quite an exciting jackpot at the end. -Josh R


@Josh R -

Thanks for the suggestion.

I like the idea, so will consider doing a parallel test (2 contest in parallel) next month - one using the current Free entry model and one using the $1 pay-to-play model.

I think it would be interesting to compare the models and share the results with the community.

I agree - I think the pay-to-play model would be a fun contest and derive a potentially nice Jackpot, but for this month I would like to finish the March contest with the current Free entry model. It likely would be confusing changing entry rules mid-contest.

Thanks again for the idea. Definitely interesting and willing to try it in a future contest.

-Cougar

 

[BrandCougar]

Hi Folks,

Please create (1) Reply per Entry.

(5) Entries = (5) Individual Posts

Reason - to properly track the "Likes" voting, we need to have (1) Entry per Post, otherwise, we don't know which Entry a "Like" should be applied to.

Make sense?

I hope the explanation is helpful.

Enjoy!

-Cougar

 

[EmpireNames.com]

,,

 

[EmpireNames.com]

...

 

[EmpireNames.com]

..

 

[Namulator]

BUDSIZE.com

 

[EmpireNames.com]

...

 

[mani0307]

4th entry:
PetPartys (.) com

 

[Dimitris]

Vulned /com

 

[NamePrime]

Eliminated

 

[BrandCougar]

CHEERS!!


A quick update...

In the first 36 hours we have:

• (35) qualified Entries submitted.
• (20) unique Participants. (average Entries/Participant is 1.75 units)
• (33) recognition "Likes" posted by your peers for your Entries
• (1,285) page Views by a growing audience

A solid start. Thank you all.

A friend of mine once said "You manage what you measure".

Okay... so let's set a goal for ourselves and see if we can achieve it as a group.


Goal:

---> Let's double and hit 70+ total qualified Entries by (end-of-day) Friday 8th.

Onward and upward...

-Cougar


ps: Below is a current Summary Chart of Entries and "Likes". SOME OF THESE ENTRIES ARE OUTSTANDING!!! Please glance over the below list and enter 1-2 "Likes" this evening. A great way to provide recognition for those generously sharing their registrations with us as a community. There are several new Entries, so let's show the love!!.

(above are image captures to help Mask the names from indexing)

 

[Joe N]

(dot com)

 

[BRANDERX]

4th entry:

 

[mani0307]

5th n last:
Hemp Sharing (.) com

 

[marcreative]

nice..

 

[Rex73]

my 3rd entry:
p r i o y .com

​

 

[ethereumaddress]

girlslovebitcoin.com

 

[Haroon Basha]

TEENMAZE.COM

 

[Ostrados]

@BrandCougar I think you should add this rule:
The 5 judges will be announced should not participate in the contest.

I will not participate and I nominate my self to be one of the judges.

 

[tldboss]

2nd entry

Zen/Heist dot com

 

[BrandCougar]

@Ostrados -

You are correct.

The 5 "judges" (more like panelist) for the Panel 10 picks will be be non-participants in the contest to avoid a conflict of interest and will be respected NPros members that have a wealth of experience in domaining.

I have sold/exchanged 100's of names wholesale to a wide variety of NPros members, so have a reasonable handle on who knows what they're doing (and also who is "winging it"). Additionally, I have created and participated in dozens of forum threads here on NPros and, by doing so, have acquired a sense of who speaks with authority and who talks out their as$ (we all know who they are). The panelist will be familiar to many of you. Credibility and Integrity is key.

Please keep in mind that... 10 picks of the Top 20 Finalist will come from the "Likes" program and the 5 panelist will be adding an additional 10 picks to the Top 20 Finalist. This approach will provide a nice blend of social picking and panel picking.

Ultimately - the FINAL CHOICE is YOUR CHOICE - the entire NPros community via a Top 20 Poll at month's end.

I hope the above info is helpful.

-Cougar

ps: @Ostrados - shoot me a DM and let's chat off-thread on your background. Glad to initiate a dialogue.

 

[EbookLover]

I like the idea of paying for entry to increase the pot. However, I think that $1/name is a bit much.

 

[marcreative]

cancel

 

[marcreative]

H///i///g///h///D///a///t///a///b///a///s///e (.) com

 

[Rex73]

my 4th entry:
FactoryApplication.com