We have had another successful competition for our customers. To take part, all you had to do was buy a new hosting service or renew your existing one and answer the contest question. Alternatively, take out an insurance policy over CZK 100 with our partner pojisteni.cz.
We organized this competition together with the Hluboká Zoo, where WEDOS is the general partner. We are also pleased to announce that we have extended our partnership for 2021. We are already planning joint events similar to the one on the 13th. September last year, when we celebrated our birthday and our customers and fans had free entry to the Hluboká Zoo 🙂
How we chose the grand prize
But let’s go back to the current competition. Again, we chose a shorter duration of 3 months. In past contests, we’ve played for iPhones. This time we wanted to try something different, so we took a few polls and came up with the answer that you would like to compete for a Sony PlayStation 5.
Other prizes
So for this competition it was clear. We’re playing for the Sony PlayStation 5. As other prizes we have chosen the Original signed jersey of FC Zbrojovka Brno and Dynamo České Budějovice, where WEDOS is a sponsor. Colleagues from Pojištení.cz donated 3000 CZK for petrol/diesel. This time we decided to put our services into the competition. 20x WEDOS CD Family (cloud storage for 1 year, each worth 2900 CZK). And of course we couldn’t miss our favourite WEDOS apple energy juices.
Competition question
This time we chose a question with the theme of animals from the Hluboká Zoo.
What will be the total weight of the 15 green turtles in the Hluboká nad Vltavou Zoo at the official weighing, which will take place on 12. 5. 2021?
The tip must have been in grams.
The answers were entered into a special form, which was linked to from an email sent after the order was paid. The form was active from 01.02.2021 00:00 to 01.05.2021 23:59.
For each purchase/renewal of a hosting service, an additional email was sent so that customers with multiple services could guess multiple times.
Official weigh-in and correct answer
The official weighing of the turtles took place as planned on Wednesday 12. 05. 2021 in Hluboká nad Vltavou. This time it was easier than in the previous competition where tigers were weighed🙂
The official weight of the weighed turtles and the answer to the competition question is 13865 grams. Below you can find the minutes from the weighing and the official confirmation from ZOO Hluboká.
Results of the competition
The competition officially ran for 3 months (from 01.02.2021 to 30.04.2021). A total of 3375 tips were received from customers. Only a relatively small number of customers took the opportunity to participate in the competition, so it was not only the experienced herpetologist who had the chance to win 🐢
The majority of the tips came from customers who purchased or renewed our NoLimit web hosting, WEDOS WebSite online web development service and the super powerful Web Hosting Managed Server (WMS). It’s no surprise, these are our most popular and sought after services.
A lot of tips also came from customers with VPS, VPS SSD, new VPS ON and surprisingly also WEDOS Cloud, which we still have in test operation, but is growing very fast in popularity. The interest is mainly from companies that want to keep their data in the Czech Republic and are looking for a service that meets high security requirements. It’s because of them that this year we added ISO 27017 (Security controls for cloud services) and ISO 27018 (Protection of personal information in public clouds) to our certifications.
The correct answer was 13865 grams.
None of the contestants hit the target accurately. The closest was Mr. Milan Duháček with his ticket 13852g (-13g). He became the winner of our turtle competition. Congratulations!
The complete list of winners, including their picks, can be found in the table below. We will contact everyone by e-mail.
| Winner | Tip | The Difference | ||
| 1. | Milan Duháček | Trutnov | 13852 | 13 |
| 2. | Lukáš Matoušek | Bžany – Lbín | 13897 | 32 |
| 3. | David Velebil | Odolena Voda | 13820 | 45 |
| 4. | Jiří Janeček | Štětí | 13785 | 80 |
| 5. | Jiří Paštika | Jindřichův Hradec | 13785 | 80 |
| 6. | Ondřej Fiala | Zruč nad Sázavou | 13785 | 80 |
| 7. | Michal Březina | Docks | 13958 | 93 |
| 8. | Ladislav Prokop | Jihlava | 13754 | 111 |
| 9. | Marek Smolka | Prague 6 | 13982 | 117 |
| 10. | Viktor Tucek | Prague 4 | 13745 | 120 |
| 11. | Zdeněk Aster | Semily | 13987 | 122 |
| 12. | Alena Ohnhäuserová | Radkov | 13734 | 131 |
| 13. | Zdeněk Rychtar | Mukarov | 14000 | 135 |
| 14. | Martin Kocourek | České Budějovice | 14000 | 135 |
| 15. | Milada Jurková | Vrbno pod Pradědem | 14000 | 135 |
| 16. | Radek Saradin | Přerov – Bochor | 14000 | 135 |
| 17. | Olga Berdnikova | Prague 3 – Zizkov | 13730 | 135 |
| 18. | Jiří Otruba | Brno | 14000 | 135 |
| 19. | František Ettler | Treetops | 13722 | 143 |
| 20. | Martin Fejt | Prague 1 | 14025 | 160 |
| 21. | Vojtěch Kovář | Babice nad Svitavou | 13700 | 165 |
| 22. | Miroslava Mitrenga | Ostrava Petřkovice | 13650 | 215 |
| 23. | Petra Musilová | Karlovy Vary | 13650 | 215 |
| 24. | Miroslav Stradal | Brno | 13627 | 238 |
| 25. | Daniel Klimek | České Budějovice | 13600 | 265 |
| 26. | Přrmysl Kuh | Karviná | 13589 | 276 |
| 27. | Petr Tomanek | Jizbice – Zavadilka | 13587 | 278 |
| 28. | MIKE LORD | Tuchomerice | 13585 | 280 |
| 29. | Radim Sklenar | Uherské Hradiště | 13581 | 284 |
| 30. | Iveta Hochmanová | Olesna | 13572 | 293 |
| 31. | Tereza Pavlíková | Brno | 13572 | 293 |
| 32. | Jana Tkáčiková | Post Office Bystřička | 13565 | 300 |
| 33. | Anna Marie Zrůst | White Podolia | 13562 | 303 |
| 34. | Richard Spacek | Pardubice | 13555 | 310 |
| 35. | Jan Novotný | Ústí nad Labem | 13546 | 319 |
| 36. | Roman Klimeš Klimeš | Prague 5 | 13546 | 319 |
| 37. | Václav Němeček | Prague | 13544 | 321 |
| 38. | Michal Firyt | Prague | 14200 | 335 |
| 39. | Veronika Víchová | Prague | 14201 | 336 |
| 40. | Radek Hřebeček | Prague 7 – Holešovice | 13500 | 365 |
| 41. | Lumír Kus | Rumburk | 13500 | 365 |
| 42. | Filip Kulka | Baska | 13500 | 365 |
| 43. | Jindrich Buk | Prague 5 Zbraslav | 14234 | 369 |
| 44. | Markéta Houngbedji | Nový Bor | 14250 | 385 |
| 45. | Pavol Jurko | Arms | 14250 | 385 |
| 46. | Radek Novotný | Rudna | 13477 | 388 |
| 47. | Stefan Mikulasek | Hlučín | 13475 | 390 |
| 48. | Pavlína Balíčková | Red Kostelec | 14258 | 393 |
| 49. | Andrea Buresova | Nová Ves | 13472 | 393 |
| 50. | Dominik David | Olomouc, Řepčín | 13457 | 408 |
| 51. | Peter Rybovič | Frýdlant nad Ostravicí | 13456 | 409 |
ℹ️ Everyone could win only once in the competition
ℹ️ The official page of the competition and the evaluation is: https://www.wedos.cz/soutez-ps5
Another big summer competition with .eu domain
After guessing the weight of apples for the animals and tigers, we decided to go back to IT for a while. Read more Competition, this time for an Apple iPhone 12 Pro and 100 more prizesstarted in May. This time EURid is a partner, so the competition applies not only to our hosting services, but also to .eu domains. So you can participate in the contest not only by renewing but also by registering a .eu domain.
And what is the competition question? “How many .EU domains will be registered with WEDOS as of 13 September 2021 at 23:59?” You know our numbers, so just guess our growth correctly and you’re guaranteed one of the 101 prices 😉