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I really enjoyed this process overall, and thought many of the submissions were absolutely fantastic. I'm very happy with your service and I'll definitely recommend it to friends that might need it. So everything I say below is more-or-less nitpicky. You did ask for my input though :) Some of the front-end UI was a little bit cumbersome to manage. It's beautiful interface, but I would have liked an option to show a condensed list of all submissions that show just the submitted name, the url, the rating, and the user who submitted it... each entry on a single line. Then clicking the entry would roll out the extra options. This would help when dealing with nearly 500 entries. I would also have liked a way to sort and filter submissions by the user who submitted. This would help when having an ongoing dialog with specific users so I could easily track their refinement profess. Also (and I get why you dont do this), I really wanted all users to be able to see all submissions. There were some excellent names chosen that were like 80% close and going in the exact direction I wanted, but couldn't share that information to all users. I was hoping the process would be more like a round-table discussion. Since other users couldn't see what I rating I was giving to all other submissions, I kept getting names that I immediately dismissed and sort of just cluttered up my inbox. I feel like if there was some more openness and transparency between submitters, a name I would have REALLY liked could have come about. (not to say I don't really like the name selected). Finally - too many emails! I was on this site throughout the day of every day during the contest but I feel like I got nearly hourly updates. All in all (not counting the "the contest is over" and "thanks for signing up" type emails), I got about 35 over the course of the 5 days. One synopsis email per day is about all I need. Thanks again for your awesome service! -Garret

I had many great submissions and, although, I slightly modified the name submitted by the winner, I wouldn't have come up with it without his idea. Many of the designers worked very hard to play with concepts and come up with creative alternatives. I highly recommend putting work into your brief and giving helpful feedback. You may find that what you thought you wanted changes as the ideas come up and you are better able to refine your brand. That's the value of crowdsourcing!