{"id":305,"date":"2008-11-30T14:34:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logichub.net\/blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2015-02-05T22:50:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:50:16","slug":"the-great-namecheap-twitter-holiday-trivia-contest-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logichub.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/the-great-namecheap-twitter-holiday-trivia-contest-december-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great NameCheap Twitter Holiday Trivia Contest December 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am sure you know about Twitter and NameCheap. If you are unaware what they are, here is their brief intro.<\/p>\n

What is Twitter? \"Twitter<\/a><\/h3>\n

Twitter FAQ define itself as:<\/p>\n

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co\u2013workers to\u00a0communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You have to write in 140 characters about what you are doing at the moment. Its also termed as tweet<\/strong>. You can say anything, whether you are taking breakfast, planning your vacations or just going to leave your office. This video<\/a> also presents a good overview of Twitter usage.<\/p>\n

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And what is NameCheap? \"$9.69<\/a><\/h3>\n

NameCheap is an approved ICANN Domain Registrar and webhosting company. It provides cheap domain name registration, renewal and transfer with lots of features like Free URL Forwarding, Free Email Forwarding, FREE WhoisGuard<\/a> subscription with new domain registration and transfer. If you already have an account with them that is good. For the people who want to participate in this contest and does not have an account with NameCheap, please signup for free account at http:\/\/www.namecheap.com\/signup.aspx<\/a> -no purchase or credit card necessary. You can not participate in this contest without NameCheap account.<\/p>\n

Contest!<\/h3>\n

Now You should have an idea about what they both are and what can you get from them. So heading towards the NameCheap contest and their offer. NameCheap is providing us a chance to win $17,000 worth<\/strong> of domain and domain transfers in their The Great NameCheap Twitter Trivia Contest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

How to participate in this contest?<\/h3>\n

Participation in this contest is simply straightforward. If you are already using Twitter then just follow NameCheap<\/a>. If you are not using Twitter then join and follow them. They will be posting a holiday trivia question every hour starting 1st December 2008 till 25th December 2008 on twitter. First three<\/strong> persons to reply to the twit with the correct answer will get a $9.69<\/strong> credit to their NameCheap account. Here is an example from their contest announcement page:<\/p>\n

1) NameCheap will send out a message in twitter that says, “What jolly man gives toys to boys and girls for Christmas?”
\n2) You can then send a message back that says “@namecheap Santa Claus”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The @namecheap<\/strong> command send your answer to NameCheap.<\/p>\n

To claim the credit, you should integrate your NameCheap account to your twitter account by following these steps.<\/p>\n