• Prizes are not transferable and non convertible in cash.
• Winners can’t distribute/giveaway or sell it further, if we find anything fishy we will permanently suspend the account.
• You have to accept and do agree with  our terms and policies published at eXpressin.net and GotryWeb.com.
• The declared results are final , everyone need to accept it.
• The .in domain will be given to the one who is not having a domain, if all participants have domain then no one will receive the .in domain…Read more at contest FAQ Page here

This time our aim was budding bloggers so we have imposed lots of terms on eligibility, so participation was less. Participating blogs those have received less than 7 participation are not giving first prize.  If there is any duplicate entries with winners than he/she can claim it only once.

We are thankful to All participating blogs, for their great work and effort towards this contest.

Our Hearty Congratulations to all Winners. We have started contacting winners on their given email address, First prize winner need to claim the .in domain before 30th April 2010 as explained in Faq’s page. If you are listed here as winner and you didn’t received any email from us please write us immediately at contest [at] expressin.net with complete details.

Here are the winners

Participating Blog : Programmingkid.com

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Participating Blog :Cravingtech.com

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Participating Blog : Techfreakstuff.com

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Participating Blog : Tricksdaddy.com

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Participating Blog : Bytechip.com

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Participating Blog : Netchunks.com

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Participating Blog : Techcats.net

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Waiting for results from techbusy.org

Soon We are coming with big .com giveaway without any major terms .. so stay tuned and follow us on twitter.. if you are a blogger and want to work as participating blog..send us your profile at contest [at] expressin.net

Here is some of FAQ ( Frequently Asked Question) about contest, if you have more please leave a comment

How many winners will be there ?

There will be a total of 11 First Prize + 11 Second Prize + 11 Third Prize winners =33  ( three from each participating blog).

How to take part in this contest?

You can only take part in this contest through our participating blogs, they have their contest format.

What is the eligibility to take part in this contest?

This contest is open for everyone, but he/she must be a authenticated resident of planet earth( where not prohibited by law), and should have at-least three months old running blog [ If it is on any of the free blogging platform ( blogspot, Wordpress, Typepad etc)  or any free hosting provider(50webs.com,000webhost,100webspace etc.) even self hosted is also allowed]. You can have a blog on any topic….. except  Adult Content, Hate Speech, Crude Content, Violence, Copyright Infringement, Illegal activities, Spam and Malware.

Employees and relatives of eXpressin.net and participating blogs are not eligible to take part.

How you will decide winner?

Participating blogs will declare the winner according to their contest format…one more thing you need to see here… this contest is to appreciate budding bloggers and we want to help who really deserve.. so following exception will occur during choosing the winner…

bloggers who has 3 months old self hosted blog/website can also take part in this contest, but if he/she owns registered domain name(even if sponsored one) and gets the first prize then we will consider the second or third prize winner to get the domain… if they don’t have …

Detailed Explanation
For example Participant blog A gets a total of 10 valid (3 months old ) participants… consisting of 8X(P) freely hosted bloggers (don’t have any registered domain), 1(Q) freely hosted blogger with registered domain and 1(R) self or sponsored hosted blogger with registered domain .  While chossing the winners (participating blog will choose as per their contest format ) the result came as follows

First Prize (.in domain + Wordpress hosting) goes to (R) self or sponsored hosted blogger with registered domain [ effort and luck matters]
Second Prize ( Free Wordpress hosting ) goes to (Q) freely hosted blogger with registered domain
Third Prize ( $25 a first year Wordpress Hosting ) (P) goes to freely hosted blogger without any registered domain [Bad luck ... don't worry we have twist here ]

Then the matrix will be changed as follows ( We will not combine other participating blogs result )

(R) gets Free Wordpress hosting … [ Sorry no domain ]
(Q) gets Free Wordpress hosting [Luckiest ]
(P) gets .in domain + $25 Wordpress hosting  [We are fair.. he also needs to be fair] …. he need to claim full prize … it doesn’t mean that he pick only .in domain ..

There are lots of other combinations but exception will occur only with .in domain.. and we will give it to right person according to our understanding.  And that would be final.

When will you declare the result and Where?

Results will be declared on 27th April 2010 Midnight, We will publish the full list (all 33 winners ) from participating blogs here at eXpressin.net and Participating blogs will also publish their respective winners on their blog.

I am in need of money, if I win can you convert my prize in cash?

No not at all, Prizes are non transferable and non convertible to cash.

If I win then What is the time period  to claim prizes?

First Prize winner need to claim .in domain before 30th April 2010 12:00 HRS (IST), ( We want you to react actively ) .  So be prepared with your domain name.

Wordpress hosting you need to claim on or before 15th May 2010. ( For all category Winners).

How to claim prizes?

.in domain Claim procedure [ Before 30th April 2010 12:00 HRS (IST)]

You need to create an account at GotryWeb.com (it’s free and anyone can create), register with your email, name and address.  The same which you have used at participating blogs. We will credit your GotryWeb a/c with  $3.79…amount required to register .in domain, and you can book desired .in .

Wordpress hosting Claim
First and Second Prize winner can claim Wordpress hosting by sending an email at contest [at] expressin.net before 15th may 2010. We will setup your Wordpress environment in 24 hours.

Third Prize Winners need to deposit $25 (By Bank or Paypal) and after successful payment receipt we will setup Wordpress.

What if I fail to register .in before 30th April 2010 12:00 HRS (IST) ?

When you claim the prize, we will credit your GotryWeb a/c with $3.79 which is current .in registration price, but by any means if you fail to register it before the estimated time, the price will be revised to $15.99. But you will have $3.79 till 15th may 2010 12:00 AM IST .  So you can pay the remaining amount and book a domain, you can utilize this amount to book other TLD’s too.

You are giving .in  domain but I want other domain TLD (.com, .org,.net)?

No We are not able to give anyother TLD, but as we Credit your GotryWeb a/c with $3.79. If you want you can utilize this amount to book other TLD’s, remaining amount you need to pay from your pocket.

What if I win from different participating blogs

We will consider only one entry.

This Contest has been closed and the results are available here

This contest will be operated through 11 Top tech blogs, We have confirmed some of the participating blogs and adding more in coming days. Please check at end of the post . [Updated]

Contest Guidelines

We have published some FAQ’s about this contest here, have a look it should resolve all your queries

The main focus of this contest is to appreciate budding bloggers, So here are few points on how it works. It will last from 17th April 2010 to 27th April 2010 Midnight (IST). [Updated]

Prizes:

= 11 Free Wordpress hosting accounts with Free .in Domain ( 1st year only)
+ 11 Free Wordpress hosting accounts ( 1st year only)
+ 11 $30 discount on Wordpress hosting accounts.. means just pay $25 for first year

What it means?

= 11 First Prize Winners ( 1 from each participating blog)
+ 11 Second Prize Winners ( 1 from each participating blog)
+ 11 Third Prize Winners ( 1 from each participating blog)
[11 days of Winning ]

Eligibility:

This contest is open for everyone, but he/she must be a authenticated resident of planet earth( where not prohibited by law), and should have at-least three months old  running blog [ If it is on any of the free blogging platform ( blogspot, Wordpress, Typepad etc)  or any free hosting provider(50webs.com,000webhost,100webspace etc.)]. You can have a blog on any topic….. except  Adult Content, Hate Speech, Crude Content, Violence, Copyright Infringement, Illegal activities, Spam and Malware.

If you win you need to provide convincing document that your blog is three months old ( Google analytic report, Alexa stats or anything auth). Three months old doesn’t mean that you can have a blank blog…… at least 10 Google crawled  pages are also required. Why this ? We want it to give  right person.. as told earlier this contest is to appreciate budding bloggers.

Employees and relatives of eXpressin.net and participating blogs are not eligible to take part.

How to Enter

There will be a total of 11 Participating blogs, those will nominate individuals for prizes. They may announce and run different contest format. Everyblog will nominate three different individuals. Please check respective blogs for more details on it.

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Confirmed Participating blogs so far

Rcanblog.com
Programmingkid.com
Bytechip.com
Techbusy.org
Netchunks.com
Techfreakstuff.com
Techcats.net
Cravingtech.com
Tricksdaddy.com

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