$6,000 Contest from John Chow and XR.com
Boy! Have I got a contest for you! After I donated the $5,000 that XR.com sent me, Richard Lau asked me if I would like to do the same thing for a reader? With that, I would like to present the $6,000 Christmas Contest!
The winner will received $5,000 for the charity of their choice plus an additional $1,000 so they can buy something nice for the holidays.
That’s right! $6,000 of pure cash! None of this crap about winning something that’s “valued” at $6,000. To enter the contest, you need to sign up for an account at XR.com. Then you need to write a blog post about it. The post should link back to this contest, include the name of the charity you’re playing for, what you’ll do with the extra $1,000, and a review of XR.com. Richard asked that you link to XR.com using the keyword Tiny URL because that’s what they create. However, you are free to use whatever descriptive keyword you think fits them. Here’s an example.
John Chow is holding a new contest to give away $6,000 in CASH! $5,000 would go to the charity of your choice and $1,000 will go to you to spend however you want. If I win, I would give the $5K to [insert charity] and I would put the $1,000 into [a big party! Or whatever].
The contest is being sponsored by XR.com. XR.com is a tiny url service that [insert the rest of the review]. Sign up for an account and check it out!
Once your post is ready, send a trackback to this post. If you link to this post, the trackback should send automatically. If it doesn’t go, then enter the URL to your post in the comments. The deadline for entry is December 24. Winner will be drawn on December 27 at the last Dot Com Pho of 2008.
This is your chance to win big for your favorite charity and win big for yourself. I’m looking forward to reading the entries and discovering all the great charities out there. Good luck and enter now!
- Posted in Blogging, Dot Com Lifestyle, Make Money Online, The Net
- 239 comments what's your take?
That’s so decent of him! Good luck to everyone participating, I think I’ll sit this one out
Reply to this commentHow about $5k for us $1k for the charitites?
Reply to this commentWhy stop there? Why not all for you and nothing for the charities? Please study the concept, “Give and you shall receive” if you don’t understand.
Reply to this commentYeah its a good ratio and well worth entering, just for the charity alone, lets alone the pretty good prize money to the winner in cash
Reply to this commentThat is extremely generous of him! It is so awesome to know their are people like this out there.
Reply to this commentDoesn’t look like I posted a trackback, so I’ll post my contest entry link here: http://webchief.blogspot.com/2008/12/6000-contest.html
Reply to this commentI give, and I am not expecting anything in return.
I’ve emailed you.
my best,
Ritesh
thebestDINNERintheworld.com
Reply to this commentvery well said.. $1k is enough for that… i will participate for good cause…
Reply to this commentIm sorry you took offense to my comment John, but is this the same person that promised the revenue to his “bloging experiment” to go to charities, but as soon as you started making some decent money decided against that?
Please get off your high horse.
Reply to this commentlol i cant believe someone even said that
Reply to this commentI hope he meant it as a joke but still..
Reply to this commentYeaaa…. Yeaaa.. you guys are all saints. right.
Reply to this commentwth, that would be good but this reward is for charity and I support whatever John’s doing. You go John!
Reply to this commentwhy don’t you bend over?
Reply to this commentThats an excellent idea for a contest and a great Holiday idea!! I’ll have to put some thought into this one!!
Reply to this commentwhy sit this one out, its so easy to do. I’m getting started on mine now
Reply to this commentdamn that is what is up john! giving to the holidays to a charity and cash for a fellow reader of yours! this is going to be a viral holiday!
Reply to this commentwhat a deal, good advertising for xr.com as well.
Reply to this commentWho gets the charitable tax write off receipt? XR.com or the winner?
Reply to this commentIt would depend. You can claim the tax receipt but then that $5,000 you donated will have to be claimed as income to you. The end result would be you owe money. If XR.com donate directly to the charity in your honor, they get the receipt but you don’t get the income hit. You will need to claim the $1,000 as income however.
Reply to this commentDoes it really matter. Just as long as the money goes to help a good cause.
Reply to this commentGoing to write my post, now.
Reply to this commentWow one of the coolers contests you’ve ever had John
Reply to this commentWill participate… Awesome philantrophy day after shock
Reply to this commentJust in case the trackback doesn’t happen: http://www.randomn3ss.com/2008/11/24/trying-to-win-5000-for-the-aspca/
Reply to this commentthis is just great John..Just wait for the entry from me !
Reply to this commentGot the post up now John,and I am sure all the homeless animals over at the shelter will thank you if I win.
Reply to this commentPerfect time for a charitible contest! I’m sure Habitat for Humanity will thank me when I win!
Reply to this commentA contest that does something great! $6k for a charity would absolutely be awesome, especially in these economic times. I’ll be participating and good luck to everyone else!
Reply to this commentCount me in as well
will post something later
Reply to this commentNice work, John. #cough# Team Diabetes!! #cough#
http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/11/24/its-better-to-give-than-to-receive/
Reply to this commentJohn you got my attention! I’m just wondering how will you pick the winner. Randomly choose from the candidate list or?
Regards
Reply to this commentRight now, it’s a random draw but that’s not written in stone yet.
Reply to this commentOk thanks for the answer. I’m just interesting if i have some chances.
Reply to this commentGreat idea ! I’m in on my blog : http://www.freeman59.fr/?p=3145
$5000 for les “Restos du coeur” great charity that give some food for all that live in the street (especially in this period)
$1000 for me for giving a contest on my blog ($250 reward) and $750 to buy a new camera and make some ads
i’m linking here because the backlink don’t show automatically !
Julien
Reply to this commentGoing to post about it in couple days count me in on this
Reply to this commentI am blogging this….will send you the url
Reply to this commentI’m all about this contest. It’s too bad the contest doesn’t end sooner to make for an even better Christmas for some. It’s okay, I plan to review and post about XR.com in the coming days and will have a trackback link for you ready to go soon!
Regards.
Reply to this commentIn case my Trackback didn’t work here is the link.
http://affiliateshowdown.com/john-chows-and-xrcom-generous-giveaway/
Thank you very much and you guys are a god send. Have a wonderful and Happy Holiday!
Reply to this commentVery nice to see you donating to charity again. I’ve seen many bloggers getting into the habit of donating there extra earnings. This is a great habit and I love to see it.
Your a very big inspiration chow, keep it up.
Reply to this commentwow, $6,000 is absolutely a cool prize!
Reply to this commentNice, I’ll take some of that $1,000 and buy my wife an iPod for Christmas and give the $6,000 to uh…I’ll have to think about that, there’s lots of great things to give that kind of cash to in our area.
Reply to this comment$1,000 for an iPod? What’s it made of? Gold?
Reply to this commentIn some countries in eastern Europe you can find an Ipod at even 1000$…. Stores around there are just ripping off people.
Reply to this commentHey John,
Reply to this commentThanks for the opportunity to do this. I claim this idea because I wrote this idea in the post where you said you received $5,000. I said you should make it a competition and give the readers a chance to win it. So I hope I win the competition.
Here is a link to my post http://www.smarterwealth.net/2008/11/win-6000-on-john-chow/ which will go live in about 14 hours.
I did everything you said…signed up for xr.com and posted about the competition so I really hope I win (I don’t often win competitions). Good luck to all (especially me)
Talk about a high roller!
-Mike
Reply to this commentWow What a wonderful gift for the holiday.
Reply to this commentgreat news and gift in year end of 2008
Reply to this commentI think i’m going to give this one a try John, its for a good cause.
Reply to this commentAnother $5k for charity is nice. Best of Luck for all them
Reply to this commentI just might take part in this excellent contest. Thanks again John!
Reply to this commentI hope I win for the sake of the kids! Here is my post:
http://thelittleleaguecoach.com/i-am-going-to-win-6000-for-yssg/
And here is an article about the charity:
http://thelittleleaguecoach.com/my-life-just-changed-forever/
Reply to this commentI really wish I had $5k just lying around so I can give it to charity rather than trying to win. Even if I don’t win this contest I will donate as much as I can.
http://www.rowelldionicio.com/contests/john-chow-contest-wins-you-6k/
Reply to this commentThank John and Xr.com , here is the link where I did my contest entry linking back to both your sites .
Good luck everyone
http://freewebsitecash.com/blog/post/2008/11/24/john-chow-contest.aspx
Reply to this commentGreat idea! And will participate.
Thank you.
Reply to this commentwow…..great challenge with ……great prize…..!!!!
Reply to this commentWow, it is just getting better all the time. Keep up the good work guys!
Reply to this commentOi, John! I’m from New Zealand. Just letting you know that the NZD/USD exchange rate is looking pretty good at the moment. If you give the money to me and my charity, we could make it stretch a loooooooooooong way!
For those who want to know who my charity is: http://www.thoughtsfromdownunder.com/archive/2008/081125.shtml
Reply to this commentHey Moto - John!
Been following you on Twitter, and this caught my attention. This is indeed a worthy contest, and I’ll definitely enter it straight away. $5,000 to our favorite charity is very generous, and I’m sure whoever wins, their chosen charity will appreciate the extra cash.
On a side note, are you going be at Interop in Vegas this coming May? I’m gonna try to be there, and could use another dose of Moto Party Madness.
Ross (Tolemac on Twitter and at TTZ)
Reply to this commentbut the XR.com seems so simple..
Reply to this commentShould a little german boy like me try that too? Hmmmm…
Reply to this commentwow, this is a big amount. i’ll post about the contest after this. keep up the with the big prizes!
Reply to this commentwow, $1000 dollars is enough for me to have a big party if I won
Reply to this commentHave you written blog post yet?
Reply to this commentGreat contest..I love these types…everyone wins.
If you are looking for a great charity try:
http://autismspeaks.org
Reply to this commentAm into the contest!
Here is my post: http://www.techzoomin.com/yet-an-another-blog-contest-by-johnchow-of-worth-6k/
If i win the contest i will give $5k to Autismspeaks.org and will host a contest like this with the help of other $1k
That John for giving an opportunity to try my luck
Reply to this commentHere’s my entry:
http://blogwiz.info/index.php/2008/11/25/xrcom-john-chows-contest/
My account name at xr.com is blogga.
Thanks!
Reply to this commentHey John! I’ve blogged this… (I don’t think the trackback worked, so here’s the link: http://netchick.net/2008/11/25/wow-this-is-a-great-contest/)
Thanks! Best of luck to everyone!
Reply to this commentGood luck to everyone participating! That is a lot of money for some Christmas fun, and also a good time to give to charity.
Reply to this commentJohn,
Having just lost a dear friend to heart disease my entry would send the whole $6000 to hear research at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. Here’s my url:
http://www.digitalhit.com/evansabove/archives/2008/11/25/xrcom-and-paying-it-forward or http://xr.com/7if
Reply to this commentnice contest!
Reply to this commentNice contest $1,000 a big amount so here’s my post:
http://rhyan.net/2008/11/25/john-chow-and-xrcom-6000-christmas-contest/
Reply to this commentGreat idea for a contest around the holidays John. My post is showing up in the trackbacks below and is also at http://www.trishalyn.com/2008/11/who-would-you-donate-5000-to/
Reply to this commentAwesome idea, John. I should be in the trackbacks below, but a direct link is also here: http://crystal.earth-byte.com/john-chow-and-xrcom-donating-6000/
Yay for Charity
Reply to this commentI don’t think the pingback went through.. so http://www.k-rad.hk/just-trying-to-win-some-money/
Reply to this commentGreat idea with the awesome charity give but some really decent cash also for the winner. Richard Lau is a great guy and hope XR.com works out for him.
Reply to this commentPost here
Reply to this commenthttp://www.myblogcontest.com/2008/11/6000-contest-from-john-chow-and-xrcom/
Is it possible for me to join?? I created my first very own customized website last may and I am getting visitors lately.. The purpose of the site is for me to practice coding..
Anyway, I really wanted to help the charity this Christmas especially the National Charity here in the Philippines..
I’ll post a comment here once my post is up..
Thanks for the oppurtunity
Reply to this commenti will join this cool contest to help other Filipinos…
Reply to this commentI love such contest! Awesome!
Sent my trackback.
Thanks
Reply to this commentBlogged about the contest count me in John
http://nickthrolson.com/6000-contest-from-john-chow-and-xrcom/
Reply to this commentVery cool contest John. If I have the time, I will enter as well.
Reply to this commentMy Movable Type does not pick up your Trackback URL for some reason. Here’s my post:
Reply to this commenthttp://www.confoozled.com/archives/six_thousand_cash_from_john_chow_and_xrcom.php
Wooow…
Reply to this comment$6000!!
Blogged at:
http://www.indocontest.com/win-6000-john-chow-xrcom/
blogged at http://dhyargacontest.blogspot.com/2008/11/6000-contest-from-john-chow-and-xrcom.html
Reply to this commentxr.com user id musyodik
Reply to this commentHi, I’ve blogged about it.. here’s the link.. http://www.media6.co.cc/blog/10/Christmas-contest-from-John-Chow-and-XR.com.html
Reply to this commentBlogged:http://zoaw.blogspot.com/2008/11/john-chow-gives-away-6000-cash-if-i-win.html
Reply to this commentIm in
http://www.colinklinkert.com/2008/11/charity-contest-shout-out/
Reply to this commentJohn, is it ok if the article is in dutch?
Reply to this commentI hope I win….
Reply to this commentGreat contest ! I’m in on my blog :http://afacereonline.ro/contest/john-chow-holding-contest-give/
Reply to this commentjust joined the noble contest
Reply to this commentposted a review here: http://bradburnie.com/johnchow-gives-away-6000-on-his-blog/
good luck everyone
Reply to this commentPlease check my post, hope you like it http://www.graphicsdesignbynilo.info/donate-graphics/i-will-donate-5000.htm
Reply to this commentPlease check my post, hope you like it http://xr.com/fds
Reply to this commentI used a self-programmed blog.. So it doesn’t do trackbacks.. Here’s the linkhttp://www.media6.co.cc/blog/10/Christmas-contest-from-John-Chow-and-XR.com.html…
Hope I win
Reply to this commentLet me correct it. http://www.media6.co.cc
My user id in XR.com is ertaboy356b
Reply to this commentI mean http://www.media6.co.cc/blog/10/Christmas-contest-from-John-Chow-and-XR.com.html
Reply to this commentThe idea has a great spirituat value. It is vague what to do. What is the average salary now in the USA?
Reply to this commentwow, win 6,000 amazing
Reply to this commentThis is a really nice contest. It’s a good way to help those people who really need the money. Here’s my post: http://such.dazzling-notes.info/2008/11/28/6000-contest-from-john-chow-and-xrcom/
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