New comper here!

Lil_Miss_K

Hey everyone, I'm new to comping and plan to start asap! I have a few questions to ask you experienced compers

How many competitions do you enter a week? And how often have you won?

How do you find competitions? I know that I can find competitions on this forum, but are there other places you look for competitions? Are there any sort of Twitter or Facebook apps for finding competitions?

Thanks, and good luck to everyone.

Barnabysue

Welcome to the boards

Somebody started a poll for your first question here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4209159

Practically every comp going will probably end up on here eventually and if you start looking for them elsewhere you run the risk of duplicating your entries (unless you have a photographic memory )

Lil_Miss_K

Thanks, I'm going to start tomorrow and see how I get on. I see lots of you enter around 150 comps a day... wow! I'll see if I can keep up with that.

Lil_Miss_K

Forgot to ask, do you keep track of the competitions you enter? Do you do anything once you have entered, other than hit the 'thanks' button on the thread of the competition you have entered?

Barnabysue

I just click 'Thanks' and 'Entered' so that I can see that I've done it, but I don't keep actual records of those I've entered. Some people do, but I can't see the point really.

A_Couple_In_Love

I do about 400 on a good week and about 200 on a bad week there my averages anyhow.

I tend to keep track of my comps by marking them as enterd on here and made a tally chart to mark off everytime i enter one, then at the end of the day i add them up and put the total on a spreadsheet i made up to see how many i do a month.

Most people dont tend to keep records though as it can take up abit of time from comping.

As someone else stated i would stick to one comping site rather then multi sites.

Good luck comping

myabeth22

I aim to do 100 a day, but I only enter for things I really want! I do a mixture of FB, Twitter and normal comps. I rarely enter at weekends, mostly my comping is my lunch hour at work and then 30 mins or so before bed!

Good luck

nicolarae

Hi!
I'm a newbie comper too- hoping to win something for my gorgeous boy for xmas x

Meow7

I enter about 200 per day, 100 minimum. I try to have a 400 day at least once a week, but my work is all at night and I have a lot of time in the day.

I only enter through here because I don't want to duplicate my entries, and I don't have facebook.

Good luck! It's a great hobby, try not to expect anything and don't be disappointed if you aren't rolling in wins after a month, eventually it will come to you!

weeowens

Hi,the general view on here is find a comping portal that you prefer & stick to that.
I think you've landed on the best one :-)
As Barnabysue states most comps will get posted on here in the end.

Other sites that you may wish to look over to see if you prefer their style & variety include:

hotukdeals, loquax,
competition hunter, my uk competitions,
competitorscompanion.com,
.competitions-time.co.uk

Re keeping track of entries the usual practice on here is the clicking of the thanks & entered (green tick),although another view is thanking is down to each of us,hence some do thank & some do not.
The green tick really is vital though as without you'll not be able to see,in page view,what you have entered.It just speeds the process up.



I do not count my entries any more although I did in 2010,or at least I think it was that year.
I entered over 22,000,excluding TAB,ITV etc.
I think I won about thirty or so prizes

Another idea is to use Roboform or Lastpass to fill the forms in & remember log in details :-)

I would also point you towards the Comping Guide.Loads of tips in there.

Purple_Skull

Welcome to comping, I hope you have lots of luck

I've entered 100-200 a day for 7-8 months and I've won 100 prizes. Most are small things but I've won prizes worth up to £300 too.