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The
current global pandemic
has prompted millions
of consumers around the world to
start shopping more online.
At the same time, entrepreneurs
have created a boom in the
domain market in a scramble to
build online stores to meet
the surging demand. Many of those
would be store owners are people
who lost or left their jobs in the
brick and mortar world due to
Covid concerns. They are ready to
be their own boss and have
a good idea in mind, but
aren't sure how to go about making
their dream come true.
That
makes a new contest from
Radix's .store
domain registry, sponsored by Shopify,
an especially timely one. Dubbed #Idea
to .Store, the contest
is offering a $30,000 cash
prize pool, plus mentoring
from judges who are leading
experts in ecommerce, including Seth
Godin, Entrepreneur,
Best-selling Author, &
Speaker; Natalie Ellis, CEO
& Co-founder, BossBabe;
Danielle Canty, President
& Co-founder, BossBabe; John
Lee Dumas (JLD),
Founder & Host, Entrepreneurs
on Fire podcast; and Neha
Naik, Sr Director of
Channel Partnerships at Radix...and
that's not all. The $20,000
Grand Prize winner will have a
chance to chance
to be on David Meltzer’s 2
Minute Drill aired on Bloomberg
TV and Amazon Prime.
Seth
Godin said, “The #IdeaToStore
Contest gives folks who have
been dreaming of getting online
a push to actually turn their
dreams into reality. The move to
online commerce has created a
wide-open space for people to
do work that matters for people
who care.”
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Suman
Das, Sr Brand Director, .Store Domains, added "Through this
contest, .Store Domains is furthering its commitment to making it
easier for to-be entrepreneurs to take the first step towards turning their
idea into an online store. We created the #IdeaToStore Contest
because we realized that there are so many incredible ideas that never come
to fore because of lack of validation, mentorship, seed money, and even
motivation. We have included all of those components into this
contest in a way that’s exciting and fun.”
To
submit an entry, participants just need to sign up on the #IdeaToStore
contest website and subsequently post their ideas on
Instagram. The entries will be judged on the basis of their creativity
and engagement on the Instagram post before moving to the next round where
select finalists will present their ideas live to the judges.
The
contest will accept entries until November 14, 2021 and winners will
be announced on November 23rd on .Store Domains’ Instagram handle, @getdotstore.
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