Free Domain Names and Hosting Giveaway - The Great NameCheap Twitter Trivia Contest

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 twitter.zappos.com

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.com - Cheap domain name registration, renewal and transfers - Free SSL Certificates - Web Hosting - Free URL Forwarding, e-mail forwarding and DNS services are included with our cheap domain names registration service 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.

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