Hello!

We have decided to begin a contest for the design of our newest project -- SmartDialUp.com. You can probably guess what we will be providing from this site -- National DialUp ISP services.

Products:

Internet Access:

BASIC $14.95 per month
BASIC WITH 2 EMAIL ACCT $15.95 per month
STANDARD (2 email, 5 meg web) $18.95 per month
PREMIUM (5 Email, 10 meg web) $19.95 per month
ISDN (2 channels, 5 email, 10 meg web) $28.95 per month

$10 one time setup on each plan.

Pay annually and save $22 per year ($1 per month plus waived setup fee).


Domain Registration

$20.00 per year for .com, .org, and .net


Web Hosting

Link to smartwebservice.com


In addition, there should be links for POP search, web based mail, AUP, ticket system, FAQ, About Us (text can be taken from smartwebservice.com and we will adjust slightly), and Affiliate system.

Affiliate system:

0-4 Accounts $0
5-49 Accounts $1 per account per month
50+ Accounts $2 per account per month

For example, 100 accounts would earn you $200 per month in commissions.

PRIZE FOR WINNING THE DESIGN COMPETITION:

$150 CASH PLUS one year's free advanced hosting package OR one year's free nation wide dial up account.

The design MUST be UNIQUE and never again or before to be used on any other site unless it is at SmartWeb, LLC's discretion. SmartWeb, LLC will assume ownership of the winning design.

The winner will be chosen solely at SmartWeb, LLC's discretion. We do not guarantee to use any entry's work. Nothing will we be paid for entries that are not winners. However, if we do use your work, we will pay you as stated above.

Deadline for entries: May 1, 2002.

Any questions may be asked here in the forum, via AIM (kwimberl), or via phone (888.563.1542).

does the 'national dial up' service applies for all countries? (i know this is not exactly what this thread is about) but i'm just interested in ur service.

Sorry, this operation is U.S. based and only good in the U.S.

ok:(

My entry:
http://www.vereor.com/entry.gif

gotcha, I'll enter!

NickMahon

never ever ever ever post a website...just post a snap shot of the website..take that down before ya get ripped

just a suggestion and one you may want to take..

nice fast work by the way

If anyone reads this, I will press charges on anyone who rips off any of the images on the above posted site.

Just a fair warning...

Can anything else be given in exchanbe for one year hosting?

As stated above, the prize is $150 USD PLUS your choice of one year's advanced hosting OR one year's nationwide DialUp (U.S.).

Placing a watermark over your screenshot is a good idea too (if you think people will rip your designs...) :)

Originally posted by platinum
Placing a watermark over your screenshot is a good idea too (if you think people will rip your designs...) :) AGREED!

NickMahon: It is a good idea to just put up a screenshot of your site with a watermark. You should think about actually protecting your work before threatening to press charges on someone that steals it. Much easier in the long run because you don't have to deal with lawyers.

Thanks for the tip -- I edited my above post.

Perfect :).

I worked pretty hard on this. This is a unique design, never been used before, never to be used again, if purchased, please inform me if you like it.

Or this one: http://www.mostuff.com/dialupsmart.gif
Thanks.

I have just emerged from 3 hours of webdesign. Whee....

Just clarification to answer everyone's questions...

We will not be deciding until May 1st. :)

Had some spare time last night - here are the results:

http://www.glickcreative.com/wht/sd.jpg

Just to clarify, the HTML file would extend all the way to the right and all the way to the bottom of the page with 0 margins. If you have any questions, please PM me or email dave@glickcreative.com.

Dave

Here's my entry: http://www.reproglobal.com/templates/sds/template.jpg

It was a bit rushed but doesn't look too bad. Should give you a basic idea of the site.

Of course, if you like the format of the site, I can make it more detailed and such.

here's mine:

http://mskds.onestop.net/smartdialup3.gif
http://mskds.onestop.net/smartdialup3small.gif

Illustrator for the logo, Photoshop for most of the design.

We have chosen our top two! They are the designs by NickMahon and fuzogen.

A couple of questions real quick to them both before we make a final decision:

1) Is there anything on the site that is not 100% made by you? In other words, did you use a stock image or anything? If you did, is the licensing taken care of?

2) Are you willing to work with us to finalize the design to a production ready product?

3) If you are not chosen for first place, would you be interested in a second place prize of either 1 year's web hosting as described or one year's national dial-up? Accepting such would be transferring all rights of the design to us. We will use the first place design initially, but would keep the second place design and possibly use it in the future.

Once we have your responses to these questions, we will choose our final winner.

Thank you to everyone for participating. Most of you did top quality work!

fuzogen -

I've got to say, that was some very nice work! I especially like the logo you designed, but the whole package is very slick. Well done.

Dave

Yea, it's sweet man. :)

-Kyle

NickMahon's design won the prize. Congratulations, Nick !