WooHoo! We’re at the halfway point for the first Zazzle contest and it’s been awesome to see some of the great designs that have been submitted thus far. A few of you have asked some good questions and we’ve included the responses below.
Question: Can I submit more than one design? What happens if I submit multiple designs?
- Z: You may submit multiple designs but only the first design you enter is eligible to win the contest. The other designs you enter are not official entries and cannot win the contest regardless of their rating, views, sales, etc. In addition, you may only enter one official entry per user so if you have multiple galleries on Zazzle, only your first entry is eligible to win.
Question: Can I submit different product types, i.e. a t-shirt and a mug?
- Z: Only t-shirts are eligible to win the prize. In addition, please do not submit the same design on multiple products. This will not improve your chances of winning.
Question: Can I submit designs that I published before the contest began? If so, how will the voting/rating/sales/etc. from before the contest impact the winner selection?
- Z: You may submit designs that were published before the contest began, all you need to do is add the tag “EarthDayContest2007″ to the product. However, we will only be counting the rating, views, sales, etc. from from the contest began (April 4th) to determine the top 25 entries and the winner.
Question: Can I win if I’m not in the US?
- Z: We absolutely accept and appreciate all entries from *around the world* in celebration of the Earth. In addition, all submissions will be included in the Earth Day submission pool. However, only entries from US residents will be eligible for winning the contest prize due to legal restrictions on running a contest with a prize. We’re exploring ways to open this up and we’ll keep you posted!
Good luck!
April 12, 2007 at 6:47 pm |
for a global concern like earthday its terribly ironic that the world outside of the usa cannot participate. you guys missed out on some great creativity.
April 13, 2007 at 12:50 am |
I agree with redboy … the competition is a great idea and has got many wonderful designs entered so I wouldn’t stand a chance even if I could enter … but it would of been nice not to of been left out : (
( btw any chance of getting smileys for comments ( now that smiley central has joined zazzle ) because that little sad face up there isn’t looking sad enough for how I feel lol
April 13, 2007 at 6:24 am |
I have to agree here. This wasn’t the holiday to choose. You probably should have picked a more “American” holiday if you wanted to keep entries exclusively from the US. That being said, I’ll get my entry going.
April 13, 2007 at 7:17 pm |
Hi folks, I just wanted to re-iterate that we absolutely accept and appreciate all entries from *around the world* in celebration of the Earth. In addition, all submissions will be included in the Earth Day submission pool. However, only entries from US residents will be eligible for winning the contest prize due to legal restrictions on running a contest with a prize. We’re exploring ways to open this up and we’ll keep you posted!
April 17, 2007 at 4:55 pm |
I enjoy laughing at all the morons who submit art which they did not create. Anyone can download an image off the internet and submit it for their design. It also amazes me when I see multiple entries from the same person. I hope they realize that their FIRST entry is the only one eligible for the actual contest.
April 18, 2007 at 4:49 am |
When people don’t read the instructions or try to gain more notice with extra entries, it not only confuses the voter and ticks me off, but I think it makes for an unfair contest. If there is any way to write the code so people can only enter 1 time that wuold be great, or open it up to unlimited entries…that might be chaos. Some of these designs are really creative.
Thanks for having the contest.
April 18, 2007 at 6:47 pm |
Thanks for the feedback folks. When we launch the next contest, we will be more explicit that each user is only permitted one entry.
Only two days left to enter the Earth Day contest!
October 23, 2007 at 8:52 pm |
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