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Win a golden ticket to WooConf

Jun 2, 2023

This year's theme is open eCommerce, and in the spirit of WooConf, we're holding our golden ticket contest for the third time. One lucky winner is going to win a excursion to WooConf to attend two full days of presentations as well as workshops and other learning.

In 2014, Sinisa from OVER Clothing won the golden ticket and was at San Francisco. In the previous year Steven Sashen of Xero Shoes and Chris from Advantage Learn were joint winners and were able to travel all the way to Austin.

Perhaps this time it'll be you who we see in Seattle? Read on to find out the best ways to get in.

What we're looking for

For a chance to get the golden ticket in this year's raffle it is necessary to present the work you've developed using our community-driven, open source software.

There will be plenty of examples that allow you to surpass the norm, push the limits and develop a unique eCommerce service for your client. This might mean a unique use of an extension as well as a creative modification to a theme, or just an interesting idea for a web site.

Advantage Learn, one of last year's ticket winners can be a great illustration of a website that pushes the limits of . Similar to Xero Shoes -particularly because they were able to get on Shark Tank!

Build a site like this using ? Let us know about it, and you could win.

How much you can win How to participate (plus some small print)

 If you're selected by the judges, you'll receive:

  • Roundtrip flights to and from Seattle, Washington,
  • Hotel accommodation,
  • A full access to the conference, as well as
  • A flash talk slot to speak about your winning entry to an audience of a lot of devoted listeners!

Exciting, isn't it? You might already are thinking of a potential client? Then keep studying.

 To enter for your chance to take home:

  • Share the URL of the store you created, and
  • Please share details of the idea to us. Let us know what makes the project distinctive, the way it tests the limits as well as how you adapted it.

It is possible to share your entry either through the hashtag @WooConf Twitter or an email to [email protected].

If you'd like to join on Twitter Sharing the information is likely to take longer than 140 characters. Hence, it is suggested to write the blog post, and posting the link.

 Conditions and terms of this competition:

  1. It is both the URL for the site and detail on the build are required to enter.
  2. Submissions will be accepted through Twitter or via email. Tweets must be addressed to @WooConf. Emails must be sent at [email protected]. Entries made via other methods are discarded.
  3. Winners will be invited to speak during WooConf 2017, so please be aware of this prior to submitting an entry.
  4. The entries can be made by an individual or an agency. However the prize will be awarded to only one winner which comprises one ticket, a hotel room that will last for three nights as well as a conference pass as well as one time slot to speak.
  5. Multiple entries are going tobe accepted (so there's no need to worry if cannot decide on a store you like! ).
  6. Entries close EOD (11:59:59 PM PST) on June 8, 2017.

What you'll experience if you make it to Seattle

WooConf 2017 will take place on October 19 and 20 in the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Washington.

Six amazing keynotes have been scheduled so far:

  • Rand Fishkin and the Wizard of Moz
  • Beka Rice, Lead Product in SkyVerge. SkyVerge
  • John Maeda, Director of Global Computational Design and Inclusion for Automattic
  • Zach Stepek, the founder of Mindsize. Mindsize
  • Kandace Brigleb, Partner at Needmore Designs
  • Last but certainly not least the very best of us, Todd Wilkens Director of

... and plenty more speakers and workshop leaders to be announced in the coming weeks.

Take a look at the possibilities:

If you're not keen to participate in the contest Early bird tickets are available until June. We'd appreciate to have you join us in Seattle.

Well, what do you have to be waiting for?

We enjoy hearing from the developers we're building with , and can't be excited to hear your work. Please send us your submission on or before the 8th of June and we wish you the best! Woo force be for you!

If you're participating or not, keep an eye out for our announcement of this year's winner. We'll let you know who takes the prize this time around!

Do you have any concerns concerning the contest or WooConf generally? Tell us about it in the comments.