It was back in November of '11 when the David Walsh deal went down. While at another registrar, Walsh's domain was stolen, and the story exploded on the social-o-sphere like Justin Bieber had gone missing. Anyway, long story short, in lieu of lackluster support elsewhere, our legendary customer service kicked in and retrieved his domain…as well as a whole bunch of new customers. Our promise to these new Namers was that one of them (using the "DAVIDWALSH" transfer promo code) would win $250 dollars in Name.com credit. Well here is that day. The winner is…

Kathy Ciaccarelli! (fireworks)

She owns the gourmet gift shop Sweets N' Smiles and creates high quality gift baskets, party favors and the best chocolate covered pretzels anywhere.

We know this because she's really good at selling her wares. When I emailed her the good news about the contest, she replied in perfect promotional form:

"Sweets-N-Smiles is very excited to have won the name.com credit!  We are extremely happy with the ease of use of the name.com web site, as well as the customer service we received when we have had questions.  Our business, Sweets-N-Smiles, creates high quality gift baskets, party favors and the best chocolate covered pretzels anywhere.  Our web site www.sweetsnsmiles.com has an extensive selection of delicious chocolate gifts for any occasion.  We deliver nationwide.  We are so excited about our win that we would like to offer your customers a 10% discount on any order submitted on our website using coupon code NAMEDOTCOM through the end of February."

Sweet! Now she's offering a promo code in return for our promo code. We could collapse into promo code spiral ending in a melee of free stuff. Until then, thank you Kathy for the virtual fist bump, and for encouraging great customer service. Please give her some love by visiting her site. It is, after all, almost Valentine's Day.

from http://blog.name.com/2012/01/winner-250-david-walsh-promo...