Namecheap Bored at Work and Back to School Riddle Me This Contest – Free Domains Every Hour

Here here! School is around the corner, and for many of us, summer vacation is over and it’s back to work. But it’s not “all work and no play” thanks to Namecheap. We are pleased to announce our first ever “Bored at Work and Back to School Riddle Me This Contest”, a full week of fun via our Twitter account!

The object of the Bored at Work and Back to School Riddle Me This Contest is simple: Simply follow us on Twitter and participate in our riddle competition. We’ll post a new riddle every hour – but unlike our earlier contests, there’s a catch! The riddle won’t be asked at the top of the hour. We’ll ask the question ANY time during the hour, so you have to pay close attention to @Namecheap on Twitter. We’ll be giving five domain names on the hour.

But it doesn’t stop there. We’re giving away prizes to the individuals who answer the most questions correctly over the course of the competition. Five winners will be eligible for the grand prizes that will consist of three MacBook Pros, a 16GB WiFi iPad, and a WiFi Amazon Kindle. These will be given to the top-scoring winners across the course of the competition.

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a free online service that lets people communicate and connect with one another. Twitter asks you “What’s happening?” and relies on you to answer that question in a 140-character area. Through Twitter, you can connect with long lost friends, your favorite domain name registrar, or find new friends. Twitter can be accessed from a web browser, a mobile phone, or anywhere you are. Learn more about Twitter from this video or this introductory post from Zappos here.

How Do I Play?

Participation in our Bored at Work and Back to School Riddle Me This Contest is simple.

Sign up for a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/signup) and then follow us http://twitter.namecheap.com/ (our username is @namecheap). We will be posting one riddle every hour through September 3rd and September 9th (beginning midnight on September 3rd, Eastern Time, -0400 GMT), but this time, the question can be asked at any time during the hour! Five people who reply to the tweet with the correct answer gets a $10.16 credit to their NameCheap account. It’s really that simple.

Here's an example:
1) Namecheap (@namecheap) will send out a Tweet (that is a Twitter message) saying “I always thirst, yet never hunger. I wear a hat in the summer heat, but when the cold winds blow, my head is bare. What am I?"
2) You must prefix your answer on Twitter with @namecheap, so you'd respond with "@namecheap a tree".

The @ symbol brings the message to our attention. If that's not present, we won't see it! If you're the first person to answer correctly, correctly, we will send $10.16 for a new domain or renewal directly into your Namecheap account. Four other winners chosen at random will win the $10.16 domain name credit as well.

As a note, we have taken great care in covering every possible answer possibility. We are limited to Twitter’s toolset and will award domain credits and points accordingly. Answers that do not follow the outlined conventions may not be collected and points will not be awarded.

How do I win and redeem my domains?

If you are the first person to answer correctly*, we will send $10.16 for a new domain or renewal
directly into your Namecheap account. Four other winners chosen at random will win the $10.16
domain name credit as well, so don’t give up if you’re not the first!

* You are only eligible to win a domain once per day.

We will then announce the winners and answers on Twitter.

To claim the credit, you should link your Namecheap account to your twitter account. That process is simple:

Here's how:

• Log into your NameCheap account (if you don’t have one, you can create one for free at https://www.namecheap.com/signup.aspx - there is no credit card necessary).
• After you log in, go to ‘My Account’ > ‘Manage Profile’ and choose the “Twitter integration” link on the left (https://www.namecheap.com/myaccount/modify-profile-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 but you could see). Note: unless you follow us (@namecheap) on Twitter, we will not be able to send you that code. (There is another option available for validation that will be shown on the integration page as well.)
• Enter the code on the confirmation page. That will complete the integration process.
• Once linked, you’ll see a credit on your NameCheap account within a few hours after your winning. You’ll be able to register domains, purchase WhoisGuard, or save up for hosting or SSL certificates.
  

If you have changed your Twitter name and need to update it in our system, please open a support ticket and someone will be able to help you.

Rules

• To encourage more participants to play, each contestant can win only one domain per day. Remember though -- to be considered for the MacBook Pro, iPad or the Kindle, it is to your advantage to keep playing!
• Your Twitter account must be publicly viewable during the time you participate in this contest. If your tweets are protected, we have no way of tallying your answers.
• Anyone caught using bots to game the contest will be automatically disqualified from this promotion and all subsequent contests, and will relinquish their earnings. This is supposed to be a fun contest for everyone. To report a suspected bot, please email contest AT namecheap.com.
• Only one participant per household can take part in the contest.
• Grand prize winners of previous Namecheap contests are ineligible to win any of the grand prizes in this contest.

Want to See How Well You Did?

If you want to know where you stand in the competition, we have a leader board which will be available during and after the contest. Keep watching that space for updates!

Win a MacBook Pro, Apple iPad, or Amazon Kindle!

Three trivia participants with the most correct answers will win either a MacBook Pro, Apple iPad, or Amazon Kindle*.

The top scoring winner(s) will receive the MacBook Pro**. Up to two random winners in the top 15 will be chosen for the remaining available MacBook Pro computers. Two other winners selected randomly in the top 25 will be chosen for the iPad and Kindle.

You do not have to be the first person to answer the question in order to be eligible for the grand prizes. You can answer as many questions every day in order to add to your tally of correct answers. Answer as much as you can for your chance to score some of the coolest consumer electronics and computers around!

As always, thanks for choosing Namecheap for your domain name registrar and web hosting needs!
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If you have any questions about the competition, please email contest AT namecheap . com.

* An equivalent item may be substituted based on availability.
** MacBook Pro is the 13" version of valued at $1199