WHO MAY PARTICIPATE:

• Only entrepreneurs who are service providers in the e-commerce industry and whose services are already available in the German market are eligible to participate in the Contest as Participants.
• Any company may participate in a maximum of 2 categories. There are 12 +1 categories all in all (you will find the description below on the website).

INFORMATION REQUIRED

• The initial application requests only the product or service name, company details, and the submitting person's contact info. The rest of the information is filled out in the next steps.
• To gather votes participants should fill out the profile of their solution or product. The following information will be requested: a succinct description of their product or service, including its problem-solving aspect; insights into the product's benefits, uniqueness, and recent innovations. Additionally, contestants are asked to share case studies with testimonials and/or feedback from their clients. They may also submit a brief video showcasing the product.
• A participant is also asked to provide a public URL address of the company's logo.

STAGES OF THE CONTEST:

• Submissions: Contestants submit their applications at the contest's website. After a while, they receive a link to their profile with a request to fill out the needed information about their product or service.
• Round 1: Public voting of Internet users (LinkedIn account required) to determine TOP 10 submissions in each category. The companies with the highest number of votes in a given category will be qualified for the next round (max 10 companies from each category).
• Round 2: Final voting of the Jury to select one winner in each of the twelve categories
• Winners Announcement: The awards are given to companies with the highest total number of points from the public voting and the Jury voting combined during the E-commerce Germany Awards Ceremony and Networking Party which takes place on 21.02.2024 in Berlin.

FEES:

• Each entrepreneur applying to the Contest consents to pay a participation fee in case it receives enough votes to be selected as one of the Nominees (TOP10 companies) in its category, thereby advancing to Stages III and IV of the Contest.
• The Participant is only obliged to pay the participation fee if selected as the Nominee (one of the TOP 10 companies). Companies that don't proceed to the next stages don't pay.
• The Participant can't refuse to enter the next steps of the Contest and pay a fee after the online voting is over and the Nominees are announced.
• The fee is 400 EUR for the submission in the first category, and (if applicable) 200 EUR in the second category.
• All participants of the second round receive 1 ticket for the E-commerce Germany Awards Ceremony and Networking Party.

EXHIBITORS:

• Exhibitors of the E-commerce Berlin Expo are participating in both rounds for free.
• In order to be present at the E-commerce Germany Awards and Networking party Exhibitors are obliged to order the tickets at their exhibitor's panel.

TERMS:

• Submissions are accepted from November 20th, 2023 till December 15th, 2023 on the contest's website.
• Submissions can only be edited till January 7th, 2024, 11:59 PM CET before the online voting starts.
• Online voting starts on January 08t, 2024 and finishes on January 24th, 2024 (3:59 pm) CET
• TOP 10 companies are announced on January 25th, 2024 at 3pm CET
• Jury voting starts on January 29th, 2024
• The winners are announced on February 21st, 2024 in Berlin during the E-commerce Germany Awards Ceremony and Networking Party.

The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any submission in the Contest or entitlement to a prize, if, in the sole discretion of the Organiser, it determines or suspects that the entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other fraudulent, deceptive, or unfair playing practices.

More info regarding the Data processing of participants' data can be found here.

The full text of Terms & Conditions may be found here.