Frequently Asked Questions
General- What Is Ceehive?
- Who can join?
- How can I use Ceehive?
- How can I join?
- How can I make suggestions to improve the Ceehive experience?
- What kind of contests are on Ceehive?
- What is the difference between a public and private contest?
- What can I win?
- How are contests decided?
- What is the leader board?
- What is a rating?
- What is the "rating change" stat?
- What is the "# of scored entries" stat?
- What is the "# of score cards" stat?
- What is the "average rating" stat?
- What is a critic score?
- What is the "average score given stat"?
- What are the "1s" through "7s" stats?
General
What Is Ceehive?
Ceehive is a community for running creative and skill based contests.
Who can join?
Currently Ceehive is in private beta which means that you must receive an invitation to participate. If you would like to request an invitation, send an email to beta@ceehive.com.
How can I use Ceehive?
There are lots of things to do on the Ceehive website. You can use Ceehive to...
Enter contests with real prizes.
Find out what people think of your ideas or designs.
Get new ideas from other people.
Present and evaluate ideas with your friends.
Promote anything with a contest.
Mingle with friends and find new ones who share your interests.
How can I join?
To create an account you currently need an invitation. Once you have that invitation, you can sign up. You will need to provide the following information.
A login id or handle to identify you on the site.
Email address to validate you as a real user. We're not going to spam you. See our privacy policy if you have any questions.
Password.
Zip code, so we can show you regional contests.
Address information. You need to provide this information only if you plan on creating or entering a contest. Otherwise, how could someone send you your prize?
You must agree to the site "User Agreement" to create an account.
How can I make suggestions to improve the Ceehive experience?
We would love to hear from you. Please send us an email to feedback@ceehive.com
General Contest Information
What kind of contests are on Ceehive?
Ceehive runs skill based contests around ideas, designs, and creative works. Below are just a few of the types of contests run on Ceehive.
Design a shirt, bumper sticker, logo, etc.
Best Idea for a party or getaway with friends.
All types of recipe contests including drinks, food, and wine pairings.
Writing contests.
Idea contests like 'Best Tag line Idea', 'Best contest idea', and 'Best Outdoor Activity'
Lots of types of Photography contests.
What is the difference between a public and private contest?
Unless otherwise noted, public contests are open to any registered Ceehive member. Once you have created an account you will be able to enter any public contest and critique entries.
Private contests are by invitation only. You must be first be a friend of the contest creator, and then be invited to the contest.
What can I win?
There are all types of prizes on Ceehive. Some prizes include money, goods and services, and opportunities. Below are some examples of prizes given away on Ceehive.
Money (amounts vary by contest)
Gift Cards
A Framed copy of the winning entry
A cocktail shaker and bar set
Custom T shirts
and the list goes on....
How are contests decided?
There are two ways contest judging can be decided: contest creator decided or community decided. The Ceehive community can vote on entries in either type of contest. When the contest is creator decided, however, the creator is not required to use the communities opinion in selecting a winner.
Entering Contests
Who can enter contests?
All you need is an valid email and a Ceehive screen name to enter a contest. Some contests are private contests and are open to registered Ceehive users who are invited to enter the contest by the contest creator.
How do I enter a contest?
Pick your favorite contest from Ceehive and click on "enter the contest" on the contest details page to create an entry. If you are not logged into Ceehive, you will be prompted to enter your login and password.
Ceehive provides a simple and flexible contest entry page where you can enter a title, description and any images you want to add to your entry. Ceehive provides a live preview of your entry on the same page. Click the submit button once you have finalized your entry. You can typically create more than one entry per contest unless the contest rules states otherwise.
Critiquing Entries
When can I critique entries?
When the contest is "open for judging". The judging periods are noted on the contest details page.
Anyone can critique an entry; however, there are a couple of restrictions.
Some contests require an invitation to participate in judging.
You can not critique your own entry.
Can I critique my own entry?
Sorry, no.
How do I critique entries?
Click on the entry from the contest or entry browsing page. If you meet the criteria for judging you will be presented a score card to the right of the entry. To critique an entry, rate each category from 1-7, optionally leave a comment, and click either "Rate and Finish", or "Rate and Continue". The latter will move you to the next unrated entry.
What are rating categories?
Ceehive believes people deserve real feedback for their work. Rating categories provide a way for you to indicate your opinion about an entry based on several criteria. You should score each entry independently, and be fair. Rating fairly and often will improve your critic score.
Creating Contests
Who can create and run a contest?
Anyone can run a contest at Ceehive. You just need to have an active Ceehive account and have entered address information on the sign up page.
Is it free to run a contest?
It depends. Currently, Ceehive is offering private contests for free. Just provide the prize, and you can run a contest with your friends.
If you are interested in running a sponsored public contests please contact our business development department at business@ceehive.com
How do I create a contest?
Get started by clicking here
Community
What is a Hive?
A hive is like a profile. This is your public profile for the world to see. Here you can display your...
trophy case
ratings and critic score
pictures
entries
favorite contests
clog
How can I edit my Hive?
On your home page is a link to edit your hive.
What is a Clog?
A clog is a Creative Log. Similar to a Blog, it is a place to put your creative stuff, or write about anything.
What is a Featured Hive?
When someone does something really cool on the site, Ceehive may feature that person's hive. You can get featured by winning several contests, creating an entry or a clog posting that the admin thinks is really sweet, or by giving a lot of good feedback.
User Stats
What is the leader board?
The leader board is a list of users on the Ceehive site who have the highest ratings. You can increase your rating by entering contests and scoring higher than other contestants with higher ratings. Of course your rating can drop by losing to contestants with a lower score. Note that only your best entry will be used for comparison, so enter lots.
What is a rating?
This rating is similar to the chess ratings. It is called an ELO rating. You improve it by having your best entry rated better than the best entry from other players who are rated better than you. You lose points by losing to players worse than you. In any given contest, you are competing with the other contestants best entries only. Ratings are calculated both overall and by tag when a contest closes.
What is the "rating change" stat?
This is how much the user's rating has changed as a result of the last contest in which you competed. If you are looking at a specific tag's stats, it is the change resulting from the last contest that finished with that tag.
What is the "# of scored entries" stat?
The number of entries the user made that are being considered.
What is the "# of score cards" stat?
The number of score cards the user submitted that are being considered to calculate your critics score
What is the "average rating" stat?
Of the entries submitted, this is the average rating a user received.
What is a critic score?
Critic score is calculated by giving you points every time you rate close to the average rating. It doesn't have to be real close, but the closer you are, the better you do.
This is how we keep people honest. If you rate way off of the average, your score can go down. For example if the average entry rating is a 6 and you give it a 1, your score can go down.
What is the "average score given stat"?
The average weighted score a user gave for all entries.
What are the "1s" through "7s" stats?
This is the number of times a user gave each score over all of the score cards.