The third official WHW Winner is: James F.

His initial reaction to winning the draw:

Wonderful, I really didn’t expect this at all. But i figured, it’s definitely worth a shot!

James is a family man currently living in Portland, OR. He works a full time job in sales, has a wife and 2 kids. On the weekends, James likes to spend a few hours “messing” with his new Canon PowerShot G7 digital camera.

In the last 6 weeks, James has accumulated over 4000 photos. Originally, he considered using his existing desktop software (that came with his camera) to manage and backup all those photos, but after a while he became frustrated with the way it slowed down his laptop.

James is planning on using his 2GB of disk space and 32GB of bandwidth to store and backup the majority of his photos. This way, his computer will run a little faster, because he’ll only keep the most recent photo sets. Everything is backed up into his folder, in case of disaster. The folder is password protected for privacy.

Get in on this week’s draw for 1-Year of Web Hosting.

As you can see, there are many ways you can use this account. Also, each winner will be receiving a profile page, that they can edit / customize or otherwise use to keep us up-to-date on their lives. Stay tuned for all that jazz (now all i need to do is code these profile pages and we’re good to go).

The second official WHW Winner is: Michael Nadler.

His initial reaction to winning the draw:

“Oh man, this is great news.
Thanks a bunch!

And to think, I was going to buy a hosting package tomorrow!”

Michael is from the area around Boston, MA. He is currently living the life of a student. His interests include: “all things Russian, Kurt Vonnegut, and listening to happy music.”

Michael is also a digital artist with a focus on: vector art of people. He describes this interest as just a hobbie, but you can check out his work for yourselves at: http://mnadler.deviantart.com

The only other thing i can say about Michael at this time is that he is in the market for a domain name and will likely link that domain to his new 1-Year Web Hosting account. He could go with the domain names deals i spoke about earlier in the week, but i’m sure there are plenty of other deals out there too.

Check back soon for those profile pages i’ve been talking about. Past WHW Winners will be able to edit these page, so Michael will have a way to let us all know what domain name he ends up getting.

The first ever WHW Winner is: Nicholas T.

His initial reaction to winning the draw:

“Hell yeah! What an awesome email, this was a pretty big whim for me to do this but I’m seein’ spades now! Thanks a lot.”

Nicholas is from Wisconsin and was nice enough (and brave enough) to include a polaroid of himself that a friend took at the Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha, WI. He also goes to school at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

In addition to 1-Year of Web Hosting, every WHW Winner also receives a permanent, customizable Personal Profile Page right here on webhostingwednesday.com.

On this page, the winner can add things like a photo, a screen name, a description about themselves, hobbies, etc. They can also use this Profile Page to link directly to any websites, blogs, other profile pages (like myspace), or anything you want – and further promote themselves online.

Nicholas has said that he is going to try and create a “personal web presence” with his winnings. So, look out for him in the coming weeks because there’s no stopping him now !!!

Be the Next Nicholas.
Is it Wednesday Yet?

Other than that, i thought i would just remind people that there are still 12 entries that were “carried-over” from last week’s draw and are in fact eligible for a 2nd chance to win 1-Year of Web Hosting – this coming week. So, if you’re one of them (you know who you are) then rest assured that the “Entries Count” on the front page is set to reflect this. Also, keep in mind that you can add more submissions at any time – thereby increasing your odds in this coming week’s draw.

keep well and play nice.
WHW Week 2 is ON!

The first ever WHW draw has come and gone. Seems like only yesterday that i stayed up until 6am developing this website. Ahh, but it was all worth it in the end. I got to give away 1-Year of Web Hosting to a lucky participant and that’s all that really matters, isn’t it?

An email has just gone out to the winner of WHW Week 1 (i already know who it is – but everyone else is going to have to wait until the official annoucement which should hopefully happen sometime in the next day or two).

So, thanks to all of you who submitted entries this week and don’t forget that all of you have a chance at winning next weeks draw as well. Also, if you don’t happen to like your odds, you can always submit more entries.

The Best thing you could do is subscribe to the WHW feed to stay informed of any newly published blog posts, or other site related news. Otherwise, be sure to check back some time next week to see what happen on WHW Week 2.

There is less than twenty minutes until the close of this week’s draw. 13 entries in, at last count. If you were waiting until the last minute to see your odds – i’d say they’re pretty darn good.

So take advantage of the fact that all the remaining entrants (other than this week’s winner) will be carried over to next week’s draw. Once again, in case you just joined us, that’s 2 chances to win 1-Year of Web Hosting for only a buck.

Don’t miss out, but at this point it’s like beat the clock.
By the way, in case anyone was wondering, i am going to use the confimation time on the Paypal receipt to check whether or not your entry made it in on time or not. If it’s confirmed before 11:59pm EST Tonight, you’re in for both this draw, and next week’s draw (if you don’t win this week).

Anyways, good luck to all who are in and thanks again.

I should hopefully be able to announce the winner sometime tomorrow. Depending, in part, on how hard it is to get in touch (via email) with the winner.

We’ll see what happens..

I just wanted to give a quick update for those who are still watching.

I finished automating the “Entries” count on the front page so that new submissions show up in real-time (though you might need to refresh your browser). I’m going to go ahead and update the FAQ page to reflect this new feature – the first chance I get.

Thanks to our newest entrant for taking the leap, and keep those submissions coming!!

Also, more comments and suggestions are always welcome.

And to top things off, i just read on Techcrunch, that Media Temple is crushing web hosting. Just my luck i guess. But, at $20/month, you’d still be making a considerable investment in hosting. If you’re just starting out, short on cash, have a hobbie website, or want an online profile (no ads) – WHW might still be right for you.

Just 9 entries have been submitted into this week’s draw for 1-Year of Web Hosting, which is only about 0.02% of the total unique visitors that have passed through these doors to date.

To me, this can mean several things:

• I haven’t built up enough trust (ie: “street cred”) with my visitors yet, so they are reluctant to enter into the draw.
• I simply haven’t had enough traffic to the site yet
• I am somehow directing this offer to the wrong crowd

I will be exploring these 3 issues in more detail as the week goes on and we enter into Week 2.

For now, let me just say that i understand if you don’t want to be one of the first to try and thus possibly the first to get burned.

But let me say this:

Without these early adopters, the internet as we know it, would probably not exist. You are valued members of this vast online community and we salute you! [insert ringtone drumroll please]

Anyway, i wanted to somehow reward those early adopters.

So get your entry in before this week’s draw (11:59pm EST, Tonight) and if you don’t win your entry will be carried over to the following week for a 2nd chance to win!

That’s 2 Chances to Win 1-Year of Hosting for just 1 dollar.

But only if you manage to get in before the deadline mentioned above. You also have a better chance of winning this week with only 9 entries (and counting) than next week (when this week’s entries get added to the draw).

There will also be more surprises in store for those early adopted who help spread the word about Web Hosting Wednesday.

that’s all for now..

Give away 1 Web Hosting package every Wednesday starting right now.

It only costs a dollar to enter in the weekly draw, and you can enter as many times as you like.

Each week, the lucky WHW winner will receive a 1-year web hosting package that includes: 2GB of disk space and 32GB of Bandwidth.

For complete details visit: webhostingwednesday.com