Eligibility

The contest is open to legal residents of the United States (excluding Arizona, Maryland, Vermont, and Puerto Rico) who are at least 18 years of age. Employees of Sponsor, their family members, and direct vendors of Sponsor are prohibited from entering. Entrants are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.

Sponsor

The contest is sponsored by Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc. (“Sponsor”), 185 Rideau St., Second Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5X8 Canada.

Agreement to Official Rules

By participating in this contest, entrants agree to abide by the terms and conditions thereof as established by Sponsor in these rules, as well as the Shopify Terms of Service located at http://checkout.shopify.com/legal/terms.html. Sponsor reserves the right to qualify all submissions and to reject any submissions that do not meet the requirements for participation as established by Sponsor.

How to Enter

Subject to the exception for new businesses created in December 2009, as further described in the Entry Period paragraph below, entrants may enter the contest by creating a new account with a new business on http://storecontest.com/ during the Entry Period. At the time the new account is created, all entries must include the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the entrant, as well as all other information required to create a new business pursuant to Shopify procedures. All entrants must also select one of the following categories that best fits the range of goods the business will be selling: (1) services and digital goods, (2) apparel, (3) electronics and (4) miscellaneous, (each a “Category,” and collectively “Categories”) . Sponsor reserves the right at any time to reclassify any business as it deems appropriate. By entering, all entrants consent to the use by Sponsor of all the business identifying information provided in the entries for marketing and/or sales promotional purposes without any attribution, identification, right of review or compensation. Entries submitted without complete identifying information will not be eligible to win. Standard Shopify sign-up fees apply.

Sponsor assumes no responsibility for computer system, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors, failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human or technical in nature, or for damaged, lost, late, illegible or misdirected entries; technical, hardware, software, electronic or telephone failures of any kind; lost or unavailable network connections; fraudulent, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions whether caused by Sponsor, the users, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this contest; or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of entrants’ sales, that may limit, delay or prevent an entrant’s ability to participate in the contest.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this contest and award a prize from entries received up to the time of termination or suspension should virus, bugs or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control, unauthorized human intervention, malfunction, computer problems, phone line or network hardware or software malfunction, which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupt, compromise or materially affect the administration, fairness, security or proper play of the contest or proper submission of entries. Sponsor is not liable for any loss, injury or damage caused, whether directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from downloading data or otherwise participating in this contest.

Entry Period

The contest begins on January 1, 2010 at 12:01 A.M. EST and ends on June 30, 2010 at 11:59 P.M. PST. Entries received before or after this Entry Period are void. Businesses that were already established on Shopify from December 1, 2009 at 12:01 A.M. EST to December 31, 2009 at 11:59 P.M. PST may enter the contest any time on or after January 1, 2010, but only sales made during the Entry Period will be counted toward the entrant’s Gross Sales for the purposes of this contest.

Selection of Winners

The entrant’s business with the highest Gross Sales over the course of his best two selling months during the Entry Period through Shopify will be the First Place Prize Winner. The four Category Prize Winners shall be the entrants excluding the First Place Prize Winner with the highest Gross Sales over the course of his best two selling months during the Entry Period within each of the four Categories. No entrant may win more than one prize.

“Gross Sales” means the sum of all sales invoices, unadjusted for customer discounts or returns, and excluding operating expenses, cost of goods sold, payment of taxes, or any other charge. For the purposes of this contest, a sale will be counted toward an entrant’s Gross Sales total as long as that sale is processed through Shopify before the end of the Entry Period. Sponsor will determine the Prize Winners by these parameters, which will be verified by a third party’s audit of Sponsor’s records of the entrants’ business Gross Sales. All sales made by any entrant participating in the contest during the Entry Period are subject to being audited by Sponsor and/or its authorized representative. By participating in this contest, all entrants consent to the disclosure of all relevant books and records to Sponsor and/or its authorized representative for purposes of verifying Gross Sales. Any failure by an entrant to provide Sponsor or its authorized representative with all books and records necessary to verify the amount of Gross Sales during the Entry Period shall result in disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant based on the results of the audit of Gross Sales contemplated hereunder. All entrants consent to the publication of their business’ Gross Sales by way of number ranges and percentages on the Shopify website during and after the Entry Period. Entrants’ precise Gross Sales figures for their businesses will not be published. Prize Winners will be determined by the levels of skill and effort expended in marketing and selling goods that find acceptance in the marketplace.

Notification of Potential Prize Winners

The Prize Winners will be notified by telephone and/or e-mail within thirty (30) days of the closing of the Entry Period or upon the completion of the audit review, whichever is longer. If any audit-related questions have not been resolved within thirty (30) days of the closing of the contest, Sponsor will advise entrants of the delay and will fix a new date for the notification of the Prize Winners that shall not exceed sixty (60) days after the closing of the contest. If any Prize Winner does not acknowledge acceptance of a Prize within seven (7) days after being notified that he or she is a Prize Winner, another Prize Winner will be chosen using the same procedure specified above (i.e., the second highest Gross Sales within the Entry Period, the third highest, etc.). The Prizes shall be delivered to the Prize Winners at the address listed on his or her Shopify account.

Requirements of Prize Winners

Sponsor may require each Prize Winner to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release, wherever lawful, as a precondition to award of the Prize. If any Prize Winner fails to sign and return the requested documents to Sponsor, that Prize Winner may be disqualified, and the Prize will thereafter be awarded to an alternate Prize Winner from the remaining valid entries using the procedure specified above.

Prizes

The First Place Prize Winner will receive a cash prize of $100,000.00 USD. Each Category Prize Winner will receive a cash prize of $5,000.00 USD. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winners. Any Prize Winner may be required, as a condition of receiving their Prize, to execute any documents required by law confirming their tax obligations, if any. If any Prize Winner fails to sign and return any tax-related documents as directed by Sponsor, that Prize Winner may be disqualified, and the Prize will thereafter be awarded to an alternate Prize Winner from the remaining valid entries using the procedure specified above.

Release and Publicity

By receipt of the Prize and by signing an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release, if requested, each Prize Winner consents to the use of his or her name, business name, and address by Sponsor for advertising and promotional purposes, without any additional compensation, except where prohibited. Each Prize Winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees, affiliated companies, agents, successors and assigns from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the contest.

Contest Results and Official Rules

To obtain the identity of the Prize Winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Dale Whiteside, Office Manager, Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc., 185 Rideau St., Second Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5X8 Canada.