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SHOPULARITY was born of one too many reality tv shows where people who didn't deserve something won. Where a "panel of judges" decides who will win based on vague and subjective criteria. Where too many contests with "random drawings" for the winner just seemed a slight shady. Now, the playing field is even and YOU decide who gets what. There's no panel of judges, no random drawings, no vague criteria. Just raw competition for your love votes. Every vote is public, every repeal or switch-vote out there for the world to see. Free stuff is awesome. Are you?
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Hi! It's your first time here and you're probably going to vote for , right? After all... you got here, through some of 's wiley social networking and self-promotional skills.
SHOPULARITY is a popularity contest!
(There are no random drawings or panel of judges.)
You get one vote and
the only way will win
is with your help.
(But, nothing is stopping you from going for the prize for yourself.)
SHOPULARITY is totally, 100% free. No catch. Seriously.
SHOPULARITY is not an auction, and we don't need any crazy personal information from you. (Though you do have to sign in via Facebook or Twitter.) It's really free.
So, go ahead and vote for by clicking the "VOTE" button under their picture, or click the blue "I WANT IT" banner on the contest image and try to win for yourself.
Free stuff is awesome. Are you?
SHOPULARITY will *NEVER* auto-tweet or robo-post on your behalf. PERIOD.
We understand connecting a website to your personal social network can be intimidating. Learn more about social sign-in and privacy.
Account Mismatch!
You've attempted to log in with a account that is already associated with SHOPULARITY. We have logged you out of that account so you can make a decision: Merge the account to the currently signed in account on SHOPULARITY or keep your accounts separate.
Having multiple accounts on SHOPULARITY is against the rules and if we determine two accounts are the same person, we may merge those accounts at our discretion.
This is the only chance you get for this contest to put your points towards your ranking. You can use all or none.
Since points are applied in multiples of 100, any points leftover will remain in your account. 100 Points = 1 Vote
Points can not be applied to yourself during the 4th Quarter.
We need your e-mail address so we can contact you in the event you win (at which point, we'll figure out all the shipping details, if applicable.) You'll be able to change your e-mail address at any time via your settings. You can also opt-out (or back in!) of SHOPULARITY communications at any time.
We need your email address so we can send you a secure account deletion e-mail. Your email address will only be used for this purpose and immediately removed from the system upon deletion confirmation.
SHOPULARITY has no account system of its own. Instead, we use the social networks of Facebook and Twitter to validate your identity and keep the site fraud free.
There are few better indicators that contestants and voters are real people, with real identities than the social connections that exist via these services.
We understand allowing a site to connect to your social data may be something you're not used to, however, the only information we pull is already public. When you choose to connect SHOPULARITY to Facebook or Twitter, a dialog box will open explaining exactly what data will be available to SHOPULARITY.
SHOPULARITY WILL NEVER AUTO-TWEET OR ROBO-POST ON YOUR WALL.
You can share your actions via Twitter and Facebook through SHOPULARITY, but this is on a per-action basis, and only when you request to do so.
SHOPULARITY WILL NEVER MINE AND SPAM YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PETS.
What's yours is yours. We will never sell, market, give away, barter or write in the sky ANY personal information you give us without explicit permission. When you sign in to compete or vote, we store your full name, nickname (your @ name on Twitter, for instance), a link to your social network profile, your location as provided to the social network and your picture from the social network. We do reserve the right, though, to use your likeness, videos you post, warcries you write and comments you post on the site for the promotion of SHOPULARITY. That's it. No loopholes. No shady data mining.
You can read the detailed lawyerly version of all this here.
A War Cry is a declaration of why you want something; why you deserve to win more than anyone else.
Think of it as a personal slogan. Other people will see your War Cry as they browse the contest.
Explain to everyone (in 140 characters or less) why you deserve to win.
What makes the prize so special to you? Why should anyone care if you win? Prove you're awesome. Make your War Cry memorable. OWN IT!
Videos must be uploaded to YouTube and meet the following criteria:
Paste the link to your YouTube video in the box below:
Once you delete a video, you can NOT add it again. Choose wisely.
Are you sure you want to delete this video from SHOPULARITY?
Use the links below to link directly to for this Shopularity contest and help them win!
Got questions? Have an idea? Found a bug? Lonely? Let us know!
If you think you've found a bug, or something isn't working for you, please include details! Like, the error message, if any. If you're feeling really motivated, take a screen shot and e-mail it to us. Just saying, "it doesn't work," is not helpful and guarantees we can't help.
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SHOPULARITY doesn't always post new contests in advance... especially the super-special ones. If you give us your e-mail address, you'll know when a new contest begins before everyone else. That can mean a huge advantage for you! We promise not to spam you with unrelated junk and you can opt-out at any time.
When this contest starts, we'll let you know. You'll still need to stop by and become a contestant, though. That rhymes!
Deleting your account will remove all links from all social networks from SHOPULARITY. Your votes for contestants in active contests will be nullified, and all personal information about you removed from the system. All videos will also be removed. For all past contests, your information will be displayed as "DELETED USER," but the actions will remain. You are welcome to create a new SHOPULARITY account at any time, but will not be able to link to your old account. THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE.
Are you sure?
THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE!
Let's get the boring stuff out of the way first:
Here's how it works:
Contestants:
Contestants enter to win a prize. Then, they get people to vote for them. The person with the most votes at the end of the contest wins. Period. No panel of judges, no random drawings.
It's up to you, the contestant to get as many votes as possible, by (almost) any means necessary - social networks, friends, family, random people on the street etc... And sorry, also within the limits of the terms of the site. (lawyers again!)
Shopularity hooks up easily with Facebook and Twitter and provides you with a link to send out to get people to come and vote for you. You can use both the on-site tools (like videos and clever war cries) and your own off-site and possibly off-line ingenuity. Shopularity will NEVER auto-tweet or auto-post to a social network on your behalf without your explicit, per post permission. No link spam here.
Voters:
Voters get one vote per contest, but they also get points for voting that they can redeem for themselves or others (more on this here).
Also:
If there's a tie, a tiebreaker contest will automatically occur for everyone who was in first place.
Contestants cannot vote in a contest, even for themselves.
Contestants don't receive points.
DO NOT use multiple social network accounts to collude for yourself or others. SHOPULARITY reserves the right to ban accounts and users, delete votes, or take whatever corrective action is necessary should fraud be detected.
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If you have any questions or feedback, please click on "Contact Us" in the footer.This is a chance to prove how awesome you are and take what's yours.
SHOPULARITY was born of one too many reality tv shows where people who didn't deserve something won. Where a "panel of judges" decides who will win based on vague and subjective criteria. Where too many contests with "random drawings" for the winner just seemed a slight shady. Now, the playing field is even and YOU decide who gets what. There's no panel of judges, no random drawings, no vague criteria. Just raw competition for your love votes.
Every prize on SHOPULARITY is brand new. We're not reselling or dumping old garbage. New, unused, unopened, in the original packaging and shiny and happy. And free. Don't forget free. We'll also cover shipping & handling.
You need votes to win. You are allowed to use any means necessary, within the confines of the terms of this site, to get votes. For example, you can post your cause on the Internet, on a billboard on the highway, call your mom, whatever. SHOPULARITY offers an easy way to post quick videos to your profile associated with a contest. These can help explain to people who might vote for you why you're worthy of their vote. Click on the "add video" button when you're looking at your own profile on a contest, or you can manage contests globally by accessing the settings menu, in the upper right hand of the site's navigation. SHOPULARITY also has hooks in to Twitter and Facebook to let you quickly post that you need votes. Your War Cry is also a quick way to attract attention.
Don't forget to claim your username by visiting the settings menu. This will make it much easier for your friends to find you and makes your personal URL look way better.
You can also post on other contestants or voter's profile pages, appealing to them for votes. Do what you gotta do.
People who vote for you can only cast their vote once for each contest. Once they do so, though, they are allowed to give you, and only you, more votes by cashing in their accumulated points. They could give you one hundred points, which would translate in to one additional vote for you, or they could give you five thousand points for fifty votes. The voters have an incentive to help you win as the better you do, the better they do: at the end of the contest, the voters that backed the winner (and sometimes the 2nd and 3rd place losers winners) receive more points that could eventually be used towards themselves in a contest. Everyone who votes gets baseline points, but the voters that pick the winner get more. There is, however, a time component to this. You should get your vote in early to be eligible to receive the full amount of points. The longer you wait to vote, the less points you're eligible to receive. Lots more details about this are here.
Still have questions? Send us a message via the "Contact Us" form in the header, or tweet at us @SHOPULARITY.
