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Contest Details
**About**
We are looking for a new company name for our [current website](http://www.languagexp.com). The company is an online service that provides a platform for individuals referred to as homestay (home owners) to rent unoccupied living space and other lodging to guests (international students seeking to learn a new language).
Our international company will feature homestay profiles to provide transparency for international students & agencies seeking language learning opportunities. We will partner with homestays and language learning schools to build a large database in multiple languages. We will feature [airbnb](http://www.airbnb.com) like functionality of homestay photos, location, availability calendar, anemities, rental rates, etc.
**Criteria for Domains:**
1. easy to pronounce in english
2. hard to misspell
3. short as possible
4. domain must be dot com (either available, or parked)
5. domain must use 1-2 vowels **(Update #4)**
6. domain must use 1 short & brandable word **(Update #5)**
**Update #1 (2013-06-04 11:30am PST)** Contest launched. Feel free to generate company names.
**Update #2 (2013-06-04 10:30pm PST)** Added additional keywords: family, lingua*
**Update #3 (2013-06-05 7:45am PST)** Added additional keywords: student, dom*, famil*
**Update #4 (2013-06-06 7:30am PST)** Added a new criteria for domains
**Update #5 (2013-06-07 9:00am PST)** Added a new criteria for domains
Total entries: 259 names posted
Contributors: 17 contributors
Winner: DomaStay.com
Runners up:
How do contests work?
Simply fill out a brief form, and your contest will be live within minutes
Our community of creative experts will submit names and engage in discussions if any clarifications are needed. You can cast votes on entries. Contests have multiple stages and voting rounds to refine selections. Typically, you can anticipate receiving over 150 entries. First names are posted within minutes.
No monetary rewards are needed
The contributors are compensated with credits for upvoted submissions.
Step-by-step contest process
- Define Your Needs: Describe your business or project, specifying any particular attributes you wish to highlight. This detailed briefing ensures that you'll receive relevant and available name suggestions tailored to your needs .
- Launch and Notify: Publish your contest, and we'll instantly alert our network of vetted contributors. You can expect the first entries to start arriving within minutes, and we'll notify you via email once you have at least 10 submissions to review.
- Engage and Evaluate: Rate the submissions and provide feedback to guide contributors and ensure the contest stays aligned with your vision. This collaborative process helps refine the suggestions to better suit your needs.
- Shortlist Favorites: As entries keep coming in, create a shortlist of your top name candidates to help focus your decision-making.
- Select and Register: Once you've registered your preferred domain name, close the contest and choose your winner. This ensures your chosen name is secured before officially ending the contest.
- Privacy and Rewards: Entries remain private, visible only to you, until the contest concludes. You don't have to offer any awards - contestants earn monetary rewards for upvoted entries and for winning the contest.
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