FAQ Entry #397

This is a respond to a previously asked question about the A' Design Award and Competition. The full list of frequently asked questions can be accessed here.

#397: Can we submit our products free and decide on nomination after the preliminary score?

Creating an account and uploading a design is free and does not create any obligations for you to nominate an entry, the smartest way to use our service is to upload a design and nominate it after preliminary checking only if the results are good, such as a preliminary score of 6 or above.

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The following questions could be related:

• #19: How much do I have to pay if I submit a piece of work?
• #60: Do I need to have a patented, labelled, trademarked or registered product, design or idea to participate in the competition?
• #61: Can I join with my patented, registered, trademarked or labelled products, designs or ideas?
• #87: I am a very talented designer or arts student, currently enrolled in a university or higher education, in a design faculty or arts department, but I do not possess the very required funds for joining in the competition, is there any discounts or opportunities for students?
• #92: Can I send you my designs so that you can check it if they are good enough for the competition?
• #94: I am not so sure about which competition category to join for, can you help me?
• #104: If I want to add different designs in different categories, do I need to register multiple times?
• #119: Could you please summarize all the steps from registration to winning?
• #149: How can I learn if my design is applicable, or if my entry be counted or if my design is eligible for winning the award?
• #157: I have my brand or logo patented in my country only. If I were to show this logo in publications, would this be detrimental to the continued existence of my brand, since it will be exposed at an international level where I have no protection. Would an additional copyright covering 164 countries help ?
• #163: How can I change or correct my personal information such as birth date, name etc?
• #178: Our company would like to take part in this years competition. In order to catch the early registration deadline, may I know if we need to complete the entire submission process before the early registration deadline, or we just need to pay before that date and can still edit the submission afterwards?
• #232: I am unable to view the registration page to the competition after being logged-in
• #242: I see that my vote went down (or up) after I updated the presentation very slightly, could you explain why this happens?
• #256: How can I know if my design project is good enough to win the contest?
• #257: If I fix the client / studio section and input my brand info, would it raise my preliminary score?
• #264: My preliminary score decreased after making improvements in design, how is this possible? Which award status will my design have?
• #271: I have uploaded my entry several days ago, but I did not see or receive any updates so far for this entry, its status still seems to be new, I wanted to ask that if there is any absent info for preliminary check?
• #273: Can we start registration today and continue next week? Does the registration process need to be done at once? Can we start now and finish later? Could we pause the registration process? Could we continue registration later?
• #274: I have put a substantial amount of effort into all of our submissions to boost my submission analysis scores and each submission has now gained a 99/100 score. Yet I received a low preliminary score. Could you advise what is required to get a better score then I have received.
• #277: We did not submit anything this year. We hope to next year but we still got the participation confirmation email at the competition deadline, what is it?
• #299: Why was my preliminary score decreased from 7 to 6 after I improved and modified all suggestions from preliminary jury?
• #300: My project got X points from the preliminary tests. Is there any chance to raise my design points to the 9-10 range if I consider and apply your recommendations?
• #316: I have uploaded the new images. Could I expect a new voting for preliminary score?
• #317: I uploaded my project in order to have a preliminary judging service, but I haven't been able to get it. How can I get it?
• #318: Do we have to nominate each project that we upload to the system. I mean that can we decide to nominate our projects according to the preliminary checks?
• #320: We have just updated all the text fields with better descriptions. However, after we've done that, the preliminary score we received earlier, seems to have disappeared. Is there a particular reason for that? Moreover, is it possible to get a new preliminary score (besides the professional preliminary evaluation) ?
• #330: The preliminary check was not as accurate as I expected, I am an important designer and I deserve to know more about my work.
• #331: Honestly I can't settle with the preliminary score that was given already by the jury member.
• #335: At the end of the competition, I would like to ask you about preliminary score, it decreased the last day, can you please increase it?
• #359: If I register but change my mind about submitting my work, am I still liable to pay fees?
• #360: If we choose to get a preliminary evaluation for our design by uploading or work, is it obligatory to nominate the projects later or can we decide and pay the nomination after known the score?
• #363: I have uploaded my design, how should I apply for Free Preliminary Check?
• #375: After awards announcement, I notice my presentation score changed, it went to 98 from 100, how come!
• #378: Which is the next stop if our design has passed the preliminary test? Do I have to nominate my design, how can i do it? which is the deadline?
• #381: I have already registered my entry but I need to know that do I have to pay any money for the first judgment or not? How many times our entry would be judged?
• #383: I got different preliminary scores on different dates with different account types, there was one point difference. Has the account type any effect on our score?
• #384: We will not nominate our design due to the negative feedback of the preliminary test but are we obliged to nominate our design or can we participate with another project?
• #391: I would like to ask about registration fees since it is not very clear to me. If I understand it correctly, we can submit our products for free and pay after preliminary checking if the results are good, right?
• #398: After nominating my work and paying for the nomination, it possible for me to win the prize？
• #414: My friend has not gotten any preliminary score, there is a question mark in her page, how she can get preliminary score?
• #415: I have updated the details of the entry as well as images, but my preliminary score remained the same. Is that because there are no more evaluations before the deadline? I am too late for a preliminary score?
• #441: I had nominated my design and got a Preliminary Evaluation and score. As your suggestion, I am working on editing my design and updates, can I still get a Preliminary Evaluation again with free of charge?
• #462: I have uploaded my designs in my hidden cabinet, and I would like to use Preliminary check before nomination. How could i activate this service?
• #466: I didn't get a confirmation email after registration and couldn't further proceed what should be done?
• #470: I have submitted my designs but did not get scores, did I forgot anything?
• #476: My better design got a worse preliminary score than my other design, why is that and how does it happen?
• #482: May I purchase the entry now, but submit my work later? Do I need to firstly do the Preliminary Score Test ? When can I use the ticket last?
• #492: I did not get a preliminary score and my entry was rejected! WHY!
• #496: Our preliminary score is low can you increase it? We think if you increase our preliminary score, the grand design award jury might give us a higher evaluation?
• #504: For the very same design, with the very same images, and within the very same competition category, I got totally two different preliminary scores when I submitted from different accounts. How and why this happen?

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