March 8, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider FatCow (fatcow.com) announced on Tuesday that it had selected the winners of its Drive-Through Hosting contest.
The company celebrated its 7th anniversary with the contest, giving away a new MINI Cooper car, an Apple Mac mini and an iPod mini, as well as 25 of its own "MiniMoo" domain hosting accounts.
FatCow says it showed its appreciation for existing customers by extending contest eligibility, entering upgrades and referrals into the drawing in addition to new signups. The contest ran from September through December of 2005.
"With over 35,000 mail-in entrants alone, the response to the contest through new signups and existing customer upgrades and referrals was amazing and far exceed our expectations," says Peter Ziesmann, FatCow's director of marketing.
The winner of the MINI Cooper, was Maryland's Damian Moody. The musician and composer has hosted his site audiodef.com with FatCow since 2004.
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