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Radix
Steps Up Promotion of Their New gTLDs with Web
Design Contest Offering $30,000 in Prize
Money
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New
gTLD registry operator
Radix
continues to come up with new ways
to promote the nine new domain
extensions they operate. Already
known for their innovative Startup
League program (that
I've previously written about - most
recently in June)
Radix has just rolled out another
initiative - a global web design
contest called F3.space
- with $30,000 in prize money up
for grabs.
Web
designers, developers and existing
customers are invited to submit
their website built on any of the
gTLDs operated by Radix: .ONLINE,
.TECH, .SPACE, .STORE,
.PRESS, .SITE, .WEBSITE,
.HOST and .FUN. The
contest will have weekly and
monthly winners, chosen based on
public votes as well as evaluation
by a panel of judges. Radix
expects the contest to engage
existing new TLD users while also
promoting usage of new TLDs in the
web design community.
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Sandeep
Ramchandani
Radix VP and Business Head |
Sandeep
Ramchandani, Radix VP
and Business Head,
said, “We are
already actively working
with the global startup
community through the
Startup League and with tech
programmers through numerous
hackathons and now -
with F3.space - we are
focusing specifically on the
web design community. To
make this initiative even
bigger, Radix will also work
with Registrars and invite
their customers to
participate in the contest."
The
judges selected for
the F3.space Contest are Chad
Borlase (Group Creative
Director,
SapientRazorfish,
Toronto), Laura Müller
(UX Lead, MetaDesign,
Berlin) and Hakarl Bee
(Group Creative Director
at RAPP,
New York City).
The
submissions will be
evaluated on three criteria
– Form, Function
and Flair (the
inspiration for the
contest's F3 name).
The competition is
open to anyone who has an
existing website on any of
Radix’s TLDs, as well as
those who have an interest
in web |
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design, including small and
medium sized agencies and
freelancers. The contest
will be ongoing through
March 31, 2018 so there
is ample time for designers
to build and enter a new
site.
Radix
said the winning designs
will be showcased to an
international community of
designers, developers and
creative thinkers, and users
can vote for the designs
they like the best. |
Last
year Radix launched the Startup
League, a startup-centric program to
encourage the use of new TLDs among
new businesses. Today, the League
has 100+ startups on board
and 50+ partners from the
global startup ecosystem. Radix has
also been an active supporter of hackathons
around the world since 2012. As a
result, more than 5,000
hackathon projects have been
developed on Radix domains so far.
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