The following people (Member Search) applied for the one year free domain name and one year hosting service offered by kazey's company here:

kazey:
As an appreciation to Seun's work on nairaland. Nairahost would like to offer a free 10MB space, 1GB transfer, 4 Email accounts, 5 Subdomains, 2 Ftp account, and 24/7 support featured linux web hosting account plus one .com,.net,.org, domain name of your choice for a year.

What does this mean?
You get your own website hosted for free, for a year.
You get your own domain name, that is yourname.com or whatever.com for free for a year.


How do I get one?

All you have to do is, write one paragraph, stating what you would like to do with the domain name and website, and if we like your reasons, you would receive an email with you web hosting acccount username and password, with your registered domain.

Please send also with the domain name you wished registered,

Rules.
1. there are no restrictions to what you use the package for, you can use it for your personal interest, or for your business. As long as it is legitimate, you might qualify.
2. Decision made by me and Seun is final.
3. Applications must be received by Aug 5th.
4. Send your applications to kayode.muyibi (at) gmail.com or seun.osewa (at) gmail.com

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diakim Jul 25, 2005 4:19 PM

Dear Sir,

With reference to your postings on the nairaland forum of July 23, 2005, I hereby apply for the free domain
registration, hosting, etc of the domain ==.===.==

I want to use the domain and website as my personal blogs where I can write and posts on issues relating
to communications and mobile technologies and related issues.

I am currently doing same on my blog http://diakim2..com, but there are some limitations as to how I can make the site appears.

Besides, there is always the fear that one day, someone may pull the plugs from the site and then all
my works and efforts will be lost.

Therefore, a free personal domain and website will help me to pursue my internet interests with full
freedom as to the contents and formats, and also eliminates the risk of losing everything I have done.

I will greatly appreciate it, if my application is given a favourable considerations.

Faithfully Yours,

Felix Adebayo
(aka diakim)

http://diakim2..com

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c0dec Jul 29, 2005 4:53 PM

Interested in your offer.

I'm going to use the space and the domain name (==.===.==) to host
what i already have at http://c0dec.150m.com.

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joftech Jul 29, 2005 1:27 AM
Dear sir,

I have longed to have my own domain name and website running for sometime now but for the fact that I don't have a credit card with which to make payment. Also I don't really trust all those adverts for web hosting in the newspapers.

When I joined this forum I was impressed about what I saw and it really make me happy (Seun keep up the good work), at least there is a place where I can rub mind with people that have like and diverse mindset with me.

Presently I have what I can't call a website (since am squatting), www.joftech.8m.net . Am never too proud to show it off to people because it does not make me look serious, and that's one of the main reason why it's in a state of disrepair.

I hope to redesign it and make it look snazzier, although am not good with Flash yet, I hope I can get some nice templates though.

Preferred domain name is http://==.===.== , I hope to start an ISP (my ultimate goal) in the future.

I hope I get to clinch this free stuff.

Thanks.
Joseph O. Fasoyinu.

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tcherokee Jul 30, 2005 1:35 PM

hi,

well right now I'm trying to get my business off the ground, i'm into web design and i'ld really like the free domain name and hosting space to be able to do a personal portfolio site, where i can keep works i've done, ongoing personal projects and ongoing business projects. I hope i'll be considered for this "Promo".
The domain name i'll like to register is "==.===.==".

thanx a mill

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pkrix Jul 30, 2005 5:33 PM

I'd like get a .com domain.

The site name should be "==="

I'd like to tell my friends and the rest of world the world about me.

Thanks
Pkrix

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sirbuddy Aug 1, 2005 3:31 PM

Dear Seun,

I thank you so much for your offer of a Linux website account hosted in my name free for one year.

Infact, I truly appreciate that nice gesture from you on behalf of Nairaland and it will help me to unviel my dreams of adventures.

So coming to the reason why I need a domain in my name and its intended usage, I will be stating it below:

1. I would like to open a website with this name: ==.===.==

2. This is because I am art inclined and would like to get the voice of the man in the grassroot to be heard all over the world and let the people know the pains,sorrows,discriminations,rejections faced by the man in the street(Poor Man).

3.The site if approved, will be home for solutions to the numerous agitations,dreams,aspirations and everyday life expriences of every human being here on planet Earth .

4. I will also eandeavour to relay to the growing world population some of our arts in pictures,writings and positive creativity, through which I believe that the world will see beyond the cloud that they thought is covering Nigeria, there are many silver linings with our own positive contribution to reforming Nigeria.

Well, I hope that I have made my point and I also believe that I will be granted this singular/great honour of having this website.

I look forward to your positive response.

Yours Faithfully,

Anthony Chuks Ifeoseme.

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bala Aug 4, 2005 9:44 AM

hi,seun`
hope you are doing fine, if so thanks God. I am very happy to see this message "An appreciation to
seun`s work on Nairaland" very intresting. As a matter of fact, This is a chance.I once attain an ICT
training sponsored by ETF (schoolnet) then we where ask to have our web hosting ,I found it very difficult
to do it.i would be very happy if you can help. this is my domain proporsal ===.==

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bolu Aug 4, 2005 5:42 PM

I intend in ==.===.== to extend the cause I am passionate about on the world wide web. The passion
is to raise a generation of people with commitment to the will of God, and to see His plans greatly fulfilled in the present generation. This shall be done through publishing of communique, generating discussions on issues of particular interest, and announcements of christian programs with inclination towards this cause e.t.c. I am particularly pleased with this development, and hope to mak the best of the opportunity.

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anonymous Aug 4, 2005 5:48 PM

I intend in ==.===.== to extend the cause I am passionate about on the world wide web. The passion is to raise a generation of people with commitment to the will of God, and to see His plans greatly fulfilled in the present generation. This shall be done through publishing of communique, generating discussions on issues of particular interest, and announcements of christian programs with inclination towards this cause e.t.c. I am particularly pleased with this development, and hope to mak the best of the opportunity.

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legry Aug 4, 2005 6:18 PM

You can point online contacts to your personal website when they're asking you annoying questions like:
- What's your name?
- Where do you live?
- Where do you work?
- Are you a web designer?
- Do you have a blog?

If you interact with bloggers, it's helpful to include a link to your website/blog in comments so they can check you up a bit before e-mailing you if there's something you can help them with in exchange for $$$!

Seun these are my reasons Thank you

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Out of all the people that applied, we have shortlisted two possible winners, who would be proud owners of the new domain name and website. Those two people are not in the above list, so if your name is in the above list it means you did not win. The winner(s) will be announced very soon after I confer further with kayode.

If you applied for the package and your email has not been published above, then you're probably going to win, so feel free to start celebrating!

WHoaaa...this is cool. Sorry to all those that didn't win. I didn't apply so i'll celebrate..or what should i do. Anyways congrats to those who won/win.

Below is the application sent in by the first winner of our Domain Name & Website Competition, Nkechi Ikegwuoha (emphases mine)

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Compliments of the Day,

My name is Nkechi Ikegwuoha and I am a member of the Nairaland (Job) forum. I would like to be considered or given the oppurtunity to have a domain/website with the name "Intentional Beauty" because since I started job hunting, I decided to empower myself by making ladies beads, Jewelry. I've just moved to PH and have no friends, so I feel with this, I can still continue my passion of making women's necks look beautiful by reaching out to a wider market.

I am sure I could post pictures of them and connect with potential buyers. I am also a lover of Poetry so i can express my self and give people too a chance to post their poems with also a chance for people to comment on what they see. Intentional Beauty not only means the jewelry I make but it also talks of the things within us that gives that Intentional Beauty (which is something God has intently put in all of us).

Thank you.

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Some of the reasons why she's a clear winner in this competition:
She has a clear and worthy vision for the website, is a rare species (female entrepreneur), can obviously express herself well, actually needs the domain and seems likely to succeed.

Congratulations, Nkechi, but you don't seem to log on to Nairaland as often as before.

The second winner (runner-up) of this website competition is rufaai (Ahmad I. Mukoshy). Here is his application.

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Dear Sir,

I would like to create an educational website with My Personal Researches, School Assignments, Resumes, Certified Documentations, Educational Qualifications and Personal Datas.

I would like to register: www.clueboy.com (Its Available)

Thank You.
Ahmad I. Mukoshy

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Why he is a winner?
- The domain name he has chosen, clueboy.com, is a really good one!
- He took the time to check for availability, so we feel he's technically proficient.
- His site embodies our original focus - personal domain names and websites.

Congratulations, Ahmad.

Whoaaa.. good for both of you.

wish i could have gotten one) too. Anyway I'm really happy for you guys that won. If u need any help with designing a site, I'll be happy to help out, For FREE (frontend only). PM me and i could give you a list of websites I've designed in the past to help you make your decision if the free aspect isn't good enough . Congratulations once again.

I have a partner company that does my backend for me and I'm not sure i could convince them to do it for free, that is why I'm saying front end only.

NOTE
This is only for the winners of the competition (My own little 2cents to helping their dream).

This is a nice offer, tcherokee. Funny enough neither of them visits the forum regularly enough for my liking.

How I wish I was one of them. I still congratulate them all.

I think they're lucky. Particularly clueboy. Nkechi sure deserves one, putting her cause into consideration.

And to you tcherokee, how much of a front-end design can you deploy? I think I'm going curious here but I would want to see your portfolio...any weblinks?

between my company and it's sister company, anything Web can be done. PM for links

Thanks Everyone ,

I rejoice all together .

Back to you seun, i dont think you can judge us at a moment. Nairaland.com is my home page, so i see no reason why you said i dont attend Nairaland.com regularly .

It seems, its because i have not posted anything since i won the competion, The reason was that, my internet connection broke down for two days now. Since yesterday i had no connection . It was just today's Night that the connection was back...

So, Pls. you should try to confirm things before you say it out... Am sorry for posting it to the forum, its because i have to. I just want to erase out that thinking of yours.

Am sorry... All together, I am happy... SHOUT OUT

i still dey wait una

Nkechi hasn't even responded to my email announcing that she's a winner in this competition. Too bad her domain name has already been registered for her.

Too bad. Maybe she thought she'd never get it.

nk_4eva (1:10:28 PM): hello. i'm Nkechi
nairaland (1:11:26 PM): Hello. This is Seun.
nairaland (1:11:30 PM): Congratulations.
nk_4eva (1:11:43 PM): thanx much thanx
nairaland (1:12:39 PM): so how are you going to create the site...
nairaland (1:12:50 PM): do you have the skills? do you know how to
manage a domain?
nk_4eva (1:13:20 PM): do u want me to honest
nairaland (1:13:34 PM): yes
nk_4eva (1:14:18 PM): I HAVENT GOT A CLUE
nk_4eva (1:14:30 PM): but i'll ax it shdn't b hard
nairaland (1:16:39 PM): we can help you.
nairaland (1:16:58 PM): we really liked with your application ...
nairaland (1:17:07 PM): ... especially that part about self-empowerment.
nk_4eva (1:18:14 PM): Thank u its difficult to b self empowered u know
if u aint wit d rt crowd or pple bking u. thanx 4 believing
nk_4eva (1:18:38 PM): so wen do the classes start n wat av i got to bring?
nairaland (1:19:21 PM): bring your content
nairaland (1:19:30 PM): your pictures, your articles, etc.
nairaland (1:19:42 PM): and we'll help you construct the actual website.
nairaland (1:20:44 PM): I could transfer the domain to you right now,
but you wouldn't know what to do with it. the other winner
(www.clueboy.com) is more on the technically savvy side, so we
transferred the domain to him immediately.
<nkechi logs out at this point, after abt 5 minutes of inactivity>
nairaland (1:35:05 PM): ok. now I'm pissed.
nk_4eva (1:40:10 PM): xcuse me! Language
nairaland (1:42:44 PM): logging out on me is not acceptable.
nairaland (1:42:52 PM): especially not when I'm trying to help you.
nairaland (1:43:01 PM): we will continue this convercation by email
nairaland (1:43:07 PM): thank you and bye.
nk_4eva (1:43:50 PM): hello i dont own d cyber cafe nor d server ok!
nk_4eva (1:44:16 PM): ax bfor fuming
nairaland (1:45:26 PM): I will send you the details to the domain name
nairaland (1:45:37 PM): and then I'll direct you to Kayode Muyibi, of
Nairahost.com
nairaland (1:45:44 PM): who will give you info about web hosting.
nairaland (1:45:55 PM): I am no longer interested in helping you build the site.
nairaland (1:45:59 PM): bye
nk_4eva (1:46:39 PM): ok thank u but em..... i seem to b not reading
an apology so... do i get 1 4 d language n fuming
nairaland (1:47:09 PM): is what you get for talking rubbish to
someone who is trying to help you
nairaland (1:47:23 PM): bye
nk_4eva (1:47:29 PM): how old r u?
nairaland (1:50:07 PM): how old are you?
nk_4eva (1:51:09 PM): av u got age phobia? i'm goin 2 b 26 @ d end of
d month. so ... u r...yrs
nairaland (1:51:37 PM): I'm 23.
nairaland (1:51:43 PM):
nk_4eva (1:51:56 PM): oh! i see.
nk_4eva (1:52:53 PM): ok thanx for d website n assistance. i look
forward to your mail.
nairaland (1:53:17 PM): and how old did you think I was?
nk_4eva (1:54:51 PM): it doesnt matter
nairaland (1:55:29 PM): i don't like your chat personality at all
nairaland (1:55:44 PM): i can understand why managers often don't
employ the most qualified ppl
nairaland (1:56:06 PM): thats a long jump, comparing the two
nairaland (1:56:11 PM): but I know what I'm saying.
nairaland (1:56:25 PM): anyway, your gmail address is not the one on
file on nairaland
nk_4eva (1:56:31 PM): HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nk_4eva (1:56:45 PM): just checked ur profile
nairaland (1:57:14 PM): oops. that's a mistake.
nk_4eva (1:57:23 PM): send it to which eva
nairaland (1:57:37 PM): i was testing the birthday function
nairaland (1:58:25 PM): ok, here's your host
nairaland (1:58:29 PM): abdul_cyber2002
nk_4eva (1:58:35 PM): u r preety rude n quick to words. U shd slow ur
tongue n b choosy wit words. av a nice day
nairaland (1:58:38 PM): discuss the hosting with him.

Nkechi is Sick. She got me laughing my ass off! What is wrong with her?? Someone that meant buisness should have been the one to win that thing. She is so not serious. Is there no way you can give her domain name to someone else. Change the thing and give someone else...Please!!

hum............the thing is i also have not got time to give her the documentation. Besides Seun !! you sef.

From now on I'll stop giving out freebies without conducting a psychological evaluation test!

Please don't give nkechi's web site to anyone retain it for her.
You never can tell what made her not to respond.
She might have a cogent reason why that happened.
I want to believe God it is well with her in Jesus name.
Do not do as Hotangel said above please.

Maybe she thought we gave her the prize because we wanted to go out with her or something, and so she thought she could behave anyhow towards us.

Frankly I regret that I influenced Kazey to make her one of our winners. I'm not a rich man so when I give something out I expect at least some appreciation.

No Seun don't think that way. I'm sure she has a constrict.

You can send to her through her mail address if you know it.

Peter do u have eyes? They already talked to her after she won. She doesn't know wat to do with the site!!!! Hello!

hum even if she doesnt know, i think she deserves it. And I would contact her when i am free.

Of course she deserves it - that's why I recommended her - but she is also an unappreciative &#$%# and I wish she didn't win the domain name and free hosting. I've given out at least 4 prizes before (recharge cards) to people who are older than her and none of them has ever been like this.

Why do good things happen to bad people?

@ codec

pls don't call anybody a bad person, be a little diplomatic, hun

seun, u shld hav at least given her time to talk before sayin u were pissed. even aside that, didnt you see this line:
Nkechi (1:43:50 PM): hello i don't own d cyber cafe nor d server ok! ?
you can say she was a bit rude, but that doesnt mean she didnt hav a reason,  she most likely lost connection.

well, as i read the conversation, i thought u were tryin to get her to boiling point, then crack a joke or something,  but i was surprised at your other posts,  i've been reading nairaland for a while now,  but registered this morning, to let you know my opinion. le'a

<nkechi logs out at this point, after about 5 minutes of inactivity>
nairaland (1:35:05 PM): ok. now I'm pissed.
Nkechi (1:40:10 PM): xcuse me! Language
nairaland (1:42:44 PM): logging out on me is not acceptable.
nairaland (1:42:52 PM): especially not when I'm trying to help you.

nairaland (1:47:09 PM):  is what you get for talking rubbish to
someone who is trying to help you

what exactly did she do wrong? i hate it when someone is trying to do you a favour and acting like god at the same time kmt  so people attitude stink big time

there was no where in the rule that states the applicants must know how to build a website!!

Seun:

Maybe she thought we gave her the prize because we wanted to go out with her or something, and so she thought she could behave anyhow towards us.

Frankly I regret that I influenced Kazey to make her one of our winners. I'm not a rich man so when I give something out I expect at least some appreciation.

maybe she thought. . ? ? ?    see ego

Nkechi (1:11:43 PM): thanx much thanx

Nkechi (1:18:14 PM): Thank u its difficult to b self empowered u know

[color=#990000]thanx 4 believing
Nkechi (1:52:53 PM): ok thanx for d website n assistance. i look
forward to your mail.[/color]

Seun I think you were too hard on her, forget say u do somebody favor that doesn't mean you talk to them anyhow!

I guess it was a case of petrol jam matches------ FIRE!!!!

I don't think Nkechi did anything wrong, and Seun, you have to learn to help people without getting a thank you. Hope that helps.