NEW GUIDELINES: Major Changes to Comp Posting- Read Before Posting

Glad

to take effect from APRIL 1st

For everyone asking to keep things simple

Simple guideline

Regs board

Daily and weekly drawn comps that have no overall promotion end date
Once only entry into a draw when registering for a site or signing up for a newsletter

Main board

Anything else

Glad

Regs Board

Daily drawn and/or entry comps with no overall promotion end date in an ongoing thread updated with change of prize/question etc

Eg
Gu chocolate
Dorset Cereals
Aria
Watches2you

Weekly drawn and/or entry comps with no overall promotion end date in an ongoing thread updated with change of prize/question etc

Eg
Pure highway DAB
Crunchie
Sony Ericsson
TieRack

Sign up to newsletter or register with site and be entered into the next draw. I’m not calling these monthlies as they can’t be ‘entered’ monthly (strictly they are not regs either but if they were in the regs board with a sticky listing them people can check if they have thanked the OP to see if they have previously signed up, if they were posted each month on the main board there is no easy way to check if you have signed up previously)

Eg
Ryvita
MadDogSki
CatTree
EvanCycles

Dailies sticky with links to ongoing dailies on regs and dailies on main board with an overall promotion end date

Weeklies sticky with links to ongoing weeklies on regs and weeklies on main board with an overall promotion end date

3rd sticky with links to all the sign up/register sites
Current monthly sticky would not be needed as true monthly comps will be on main board with an end date, although it will be useful as a reference for a few months so people can check all the reg monthlies are now getting posted individually each month (maybe the thread can be used for that time for people to post and volunteer to take on certain comps)

Main Board

All single entry comps with an end date

Daily comps with an overall promotion end date as an ongoing thread with end date being the promotion end date. Linked in regs daily sticky

Eg
Castoff
JustMilk
Nestle
BeautyGuild

Weekly comps with an overall promotion end date as an ongoing thread with end date being the promotion end date. Linked in regs weekly sticky

Eg
ClioVaVaVoom
Kinect for Xbox
Nintendo 3DS

Monthly drawn comps, regardless of length of promotion, posted in new thread each month (the key word is drawn so if a comp is drawn monthly it can be posted on the main board with an end date even if it can be entered daily/weekly. (If it is a daily/weekly entry though it would be good if people can add a link in the daily or weekly sticky and daily/weekly entry posted in the title)

Eg
StHelier
LoveHearts
Strada
FieldsOfBlue

Any comp with an irregular entry method or end date (this will probably include most of the ITV and other TV comps as they tend to only run for the life of the TV series)

Eg
SciFi
WhatsOnTv

Mags threads - to stay on mains as currently posted and if enough people think we need to then we’ll have a separate discussion on them

I know some people want the weeklies on the main board too but reading all the comments it looks like this is going to be a massive change and it would be good if we try it with monthlies first and then everyone can see the impact and make a decision on weeklies later

I also know some people want a new thread for each change of prize/question etc but whilst the weeklies stay in the regs board it makes more sense to me to keep the simple option of ongoing threads with updated changes, along the lines of these 2 comps.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...2762098&page=6

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...2380065&page=2

Glad

please note

Main board users
every monthly comp will now be posted on the main board as a separate thread each month, that will mean maybe 100 extra comps ending on the last day of each month
weekly entry/drawn comps will now be posted in ongoing threads, if the promotion has an overall end date these threads will be on the main board, if they are ongoing they will now be posted on the regs board, so if you have previously only used the main board you will need to check the weekly sticky to find them

regs board users
all monthly comps will now be posted on the main board as a separate thread each month and will not have a link in the monthly sticky (one off register for a site and be entered into a draw promotions will still be on the regs board and there will be a sticky listing them)

Glad

a few other points which will be included in an updated Comping Guide by velvetglove :T

Expiry Date Format - Post all comps using the expiry date format, e.g. E: 01/01 Win.... If unsure of end date, then use your best estimate and put guessedenddate anywhere in the thread. This is only to be used where a Promotion has a definite (but uncertain) End Date and not for Ongoing Competitions as these are to be posted in the regulars Forum.
Ongoing Competitions in regulars should be posted as E: DAILY or E: WEEKLY. Promotions with a one time only entry should be posted E: ONCEONLY followed by register, newsletter, sign up as appropriate.

Title Tags – These are very useful in thread titles (see below) so are often used when posting a new competition, to help members decide which competitions to enter and assist with searching the Competitions Forum
We all want to be able to enter competitions easily and quickly, however we do need to co-operate and help each other to be able to do this. These are a selection of Title Tags that members have found useful in the past. You will not need to use every tag in every title, just which ever ones work best for your competition.

a) Please mention Kids, photos/purchase required, effort, email, newsletter sign up, etc in title if entry requires these. Occasionally a competition may have specific entry requirements ie 10-14 year olds, teens, 21+, etc, please ensure that these are mentioned if necessary.

b) Please mention FB, Twitter, Blog in the title, when a competition depends on these sites for entry.

c) Please remember to add Daily/Weekly in the title when posting a competition with multiple prizes or entries
If you post a competition with a daily or weekly entry please post a link on the dailies sticky or the weeklies sticky and add to your post that you have done so. If you enter a comp where it hasn't been mentioned that a link has been posted in the relevant sticky please could you add the link and post to say you have done so