Spreadshirt’s first API Contest came to an end on 31 May. Since the beginning of April, we’ve had some creative developers working with our API to create new apps. We were happy to see 14 submissions for the contest – each going for the prizes of €3,000, €2,000 and €1,000 for first, second and third place. But, before we reveal the winners, we want to introduce all of the submissions.
The projects center around the following topics, which incidentally fit very well with our API strategy (see our CEO Phil’s interview with Exciting Commerce):
- How do I bring existing content from various sources onto clothing, e.g. images from a smartphone, images from social networks, texts from an SMS?
- How do you create interactive content for clothing, e.g. QR codes, drawn images?
- How do I integrate content from Spreadshirt into websites, e.g. WordPress or Facebook?
- How do I create my own shop front-end, e.g. custom layouts, more SEO optimization?
- How do I create generic shop software for other Spreadshirt shops, e.g. as a shop hoster or reseller?
Many were most likely inspired by the Simplomat examples on the Developer Blog, where we showed how easy it is to use HTML, a little Javascript and the Spreadshirt API to bring images and text on clothing. The Simplomat code was also available for developers to use in the contest.
We will take a closer look at the 14 submissions in two parts over the next two days. Stay tuned!
@italy – no. these are just examples. we will present ALL submissions, and then announce the winner.
Hi Trevor,
did you read the last sentence? We will present all submissions today and tomorrow.
Cheers,
Martin
Is it just me or is the “14 Submissions for Spreadshirt’s 1st API Contest”not realy that important because on the page I’m looking at for to respond to I can only see 3 and I find the yarnchick (Beth)for twitter more inspiring. Sorry
So does it mean that these are the snapshots of the 3 winners?