Chadrack
[UPDATE: This giveaway has ended. Please read the details about the winners here.]
In December of 2011, I gave out a special Christmas gift appreciating our esteemed readers! It was indeed something unusual as I gave away a free link to all who posted a comment on this blog for the whole year!
Since then many, mostly those who are new readers, have been asking if I would do the same thing this year.
Well, as much as I truly want to appreciate all my blog readers in the spirit of the Christmas celebration, I also know that I should do something different this year.
And so, as the Christmas season drew near, I had to put on my thinking cap! Of course, many ideas came to mind but I wasn't really satisfied with them. However, when a few weeks ago I got an email from Mr. Khuram, the Marketing Director of Zyma Technologies (www.zyma.com) a hosting company based in the UK , asking if I would be interested in hosting a webhosting giveaway, I immediately checked out the site and after a few questions about the features, I was satisfied that this is simply good enough as a “Thank-You-Gift” for our esteemed readers!
But Why a WebHosting When You're Going To Pay For It After 1yr?
Now, you may be womdering why a webhost when after the one year you are going to pay for it? Or what another webhost when you are already hosting somewhere else?
Frankly, I believe that one thing you must get right about your online business is your webhosting company. This blog is running on a VPS hosting account and I know how much that takes away from my pocket every month. And so, offering you a one year free web hosting account to me is really something great.
Here are few things you could do with the free account:
1. Get a new domain and host it on the account – If you are thinking of expanding your business, maybe with a few niche sites (like I'm thinking of doing in the coming year!)
2. Host your existing domain – As much as I don't want to suggest you move your money site right now, but if you have been having problems with your present host, then this is an opportunity to move house!
NOTE: You are getting a whole 1yr free which to me is really enough to evaluate this company. If after the 1year you are not satisfied with their services, you can always move to another host but if you found them to be good, you would have made enough money for the year to pay for another year ahead!
So, What Are You Getting In This Webhosting Giveaway!
I’m sure you want to know what you will be receiving from this free giveaway, right?
Alright, here’s what you get:
Unlimited Web space
Unlimited Traffic
Unlimited Email Accounts
Unlimited SQL Databases
Unlimited Sub-domains
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
Free Transfer & Setup
Free Tech Support
cPanel Web Hosting
Fantastico De Luxe
Softaculous Premium
Attracta SEO tools via cPanel
CloudFlare CDN Support
Plus These Ecommerce Features:
FREE Shopping cart software
Paypal integration
Accept credit cards on your site
And much more!
Please read more of the features here.
How to Enter For the Giveaway
As an appreciation contest, I want to make this as simple as possible and so I’m using Rafflecopter. To enter you simply need to sign into the widget below.
Once you are signed in, you will be presented with a few options which you can actually do in a few minutes, like posting a comment, tweeting and sharing on your favorite social media. Of course, to increase your chances of winning you definitely want to do all of the options available.
Coming around once a day to do more of the options will also be a plus to your garnering more points necessary to make you one of the winners!
Declaration of Winners
We expect that you have the whole of 2013 for your free webhosting and so this contest will be ending on the 31st of December, 2012 while the winners will be announced on 2nd of January, 2013.
Please ensure that you enter the contest using a working email address because that is the only way winners will be contacted.
Winners will be by simple majority of points as reported by Rafflecopter at the end of the contest. Please note that some of the actions require validation so where this is required in the Rafflecopter giveaway widget, please ensure you input the required action.
The Prizes
There are 3 slots which will go to the first 3 lucky winners. Like I have said above, these are the people with the highest points at the end of the contest. The 3 slots get one (1) full year of free hosting with all features included.
And so, let the fun begin!
Good luck to everyone!
Hi
This is very kind of you, it really shows that you love and appreciate your readers much which is commendable.
I just entered the entry, hope i will be the winner.
Thanks for the giveaway.
@Theodore Nwangene,
Thanks for the good words. I have always considered the readers as the reason for the success of the blog and saying thank you in my own way is not really too much! All the same I’m glad you in. Really hope you win a slot.
Hi. It’s really nice to see bloggers like you who are not just wanting their readers to read and comment through their blogs but also keeping them entertained and appreciated. Actually, this is my first time to read your blog but I found so many interesting articles which is quite informative to noobs like me.
Anyway.. . I just joined your web hosting giveaway!! Hope to get 1 for me.
@Rusty,
It’s really a pleasure to see you around and I’m glad that you resonate with what you have seen here. I look forward to seeing you as one of the winners.
Hi Chadrack, heartly thanks to you and a real salute to your way of considering your readers. I’m really impressed by you and your work.
I have participated in this contest and will (must) be one of the 3 winners.
Now, going to check other stuff on your site and will tell in next comment how much I like your stuff ! (But really I love your appreciation for readers 🙂 )
In next comments I will also tell why I need to be winner of the contest.
By the way, thanks for the nice Give Away 🙂
@Sandeep Chaudhary,
Thanks for stopping by and finding time to comment and also enter for the giveaway. Yes, it’s just my little way of saying thank you to all our esteemed readers. Looking forward to seeing you among the winners.
Hi Chadrack,
It seems every time I come to your website you are having some awesome giveaways! This is so nice of you! It’s a really cool thing when a blogger finds such a great way to show appreciation to readers. Not only that, you have a wealth of knowledge that you share regularly with your readers.
Thank you for this, Chadrack, and happy holidays to you!
Jess Brown
@Jess Brown,
Thanks, it’s really a pleasure to see you again. I truly gives me joy to be of help. It may not be much but knowing that the little you do can ultimately impart somebody’s life is enough for me. Wishing you the best of the season.
Hi Chadrack
This is my first time to your blog but from what I see you really care about your readers and want to give back something to them. This is a great idea with this giveaway, good luck to all that enter.
Have a great week
Pauline
@Pauline,
Oh thanks Pauline, it’s really great to see you around. Yes, giving back to those who have helped one way or the other is really something worth doing. This may not be much but I do hope those who have entered will benefit with the prizes.
Hi Chandrak
This is so nice of you to give something to your readers. I am really impressed with what you are doing.
My Best wishes to everyone.
Thanks
Sapna
@Sapna,
Oh thanks. It’s really a pleasure that most of you appreciate this little gesture. It’s so encouraging.
Hi Chandrak,
This is my first time to your blog but I have to say that I am impressed. I am a new blogger and I am trying to visit other blogs and get and share ideas and I am very glad that I stumbled upon your blog. I like your spirit of giving as it is the essence of the season now. An appreciated and cared about reader will always be coming back. I know I will.
Thanks again for your generosity and may God bless you in folds.
Be Blessed,
Neamat
@Neamat Tawadrous,
Oh thanks Neamat, it’s really a pleasure to have come around. I know the challenges of being new in a field where there are already so many big fishes. But the truth is that all of us are still learning in one way of the other. I sincerely wish you the best of success as you seek to implement what you learn from the blogosphere.
Once again, thanks for visiting.
Hi Chadrack,
You know, for self-hosted bloggers hosting cost is one thing to take care of. 1 year of free hosting means totally cost saving giveaway.
But absolutely you need to know where you gonna host. Need to be secure and reliable 🙂 Seems features are pretty good and for some this would be a best Christmas gift for ’em.
Well, I’m not self-hosted but I’m sure this gonna impress many of my friends on self-hosting platforms or looking for one mate 🙂
Cheers…
@Mayura,
You are definitely right about choosing with care where you are going to host. Before I accepted to run the giveaway, I did some online research on the company. Of course, there a few negative reviews but from the over all reviews I know that it is worth trying out. I also email the company representative to ask some question.
Now, like I mentioned in the post 1 yr is really enough to check out this company. I know they are doing this to expand their clientele which is not bad. If they do not trust what they are doing I don’t think they will want to go all out to offer these free giveaways. So anyone going for it can really try them out and if within that period they are ok, why not, they can continue with them.
You said you are not self hosted? Are you not planning to self host? This could be an opportunity to do that. Besides, you can actually start a new blog and run it on this platform for that 1yr 🙂 All the same, I will appreciate if you will pass this info to your friends whom you believe will be interested in it. They still have a few days to be part of the giveaway!
Thanks for the comment.
This is one of the best giveaways. I wish to win this and it would mean a lot to me 🙂
@Srinivas,
And I truly hope you do! Have you entered for the contest? For that is the first step to winning. And then if you will commit to doing those steps that needs daily action, you will acquire enough points to be among the winners! I’ve just given you a clue on how you can make dream of winning come true, frankly! 🙂
@Chadrack, Yay ! I won. Thanks for the tip
@Srinivas,
It’s really my pleasure!
Thanks for this giveaway, I have done all the steps and I hope that I will get this Giveaway!
@Krishna Parmar,
Oh that’s great. Must say you were fortunate to have entered for the contest just before it ended! Alright, we are just back from the holidays and hoping to announce the winner very soon. Hope you are one of them! Thanks and wishing you a prosperous 2013.
What is the result?
@Ravi @ Technology Blog,
Hi Ravi, thanks for coming around. We are just back from the holidays. We hope to announce the results right away. Thanks and welcome. Wishing you a prosperous 2013!