Namecheap.com a top 10 domain name registrar, has just launched the “Namecheap for Education Program” through which it is giving away a free .Me domain name registration, 1 year of free email a premium About.me page, a 1 click Github page as well as scholarships to college students Bike for them to use on Campus and for the Schools with the most signups will “takeover” the Namecheap home page for a week where additional money will be raised for the school.
Namecheap is also now the proud owner of the domain name NC.Me which it got from the .Me registry.
College students get a free .Me domain, (One free domain per college student, 1 year of registration fees) a free email account for one year based off of the free domain the student registered, a free premium About.Me page and a free GitHub 1 click product page.
Not only can students get a free Me .domain but they also can get a deeply discounted .Com, .io, .Rocks, or .Link domain name.
Under this program a one year registration in .Com will cost $5, .io $45, .Link $3 and .Rocks $5
Richard Kirkendall, CEO and founder of Namecheap.com told TheDomains.com exclusively:
“””Namecheap strongly believes that building a personal brand with a domain name and website greatly helps students in their professional endeavors.
The Goal of the program is to help every postsecondary student in US/Canada/UK to build their personal brand. Our goal is to provide this opportunity to students of all backgrounds, which is why we’re offering this bundle for free.
We are also giving 75 students on 11 campuses a Namecheap-branded bicycle through the FreeBike project.
They will act as our ambassadors and help students build their personal brand.
After the school year, the bike is donated to children in developing countries.
We are going to have a Leaderboard and the winning school, the one with the most number of signups will “own” the front page of Namecheap for a week.
We will also be giving a scholarship to the top three schools with the most registrations
During the week, we will run a fundraiser to start a scholarship for that school.
We are also attending and sponsoring about 40+ student hackathons worldwide, including MHacks, billed as “The Most Epic Hackathon Ever”, which is taking place at the University of Michigan this weekend in Ann Arbor, September 5-7
We also have a Student Developer Evangelist / Student ambassador program, where we sponsor students’ trips to college Hackathons””
Sounds like a great overall program to help college student get going with an online presence all for free.
You can get all the information on the “Namecheap for Education Program” program on NC.me
Big congrats to the Namecheap.com team that continues to think out of the box and continue to expand the domain internet space
Namecheap at the University of Michigan this weekend for Hackathon
