Launching my own competitions

pompeyblue65 · 23 October 2016 at 4:48PM

Hi, I'm an occasional comper (with a little success), but have been spending much of the last month setting up my own website (don't know if I can post the link here) selling pre-framed art prints & some sports memorabilia, having traded on eBay for around 7 years as a side line.

I'm thinking of running a small number of competitions to get traffic and followers to the site - hopefully leading to a few customers as well

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what they think will work - I'm thinking of going down the Gleam / Rafflecopter route on one of their free plans as it will help with facebook, pinterest and twitter followers at the same time.

It will probably be for unframed prints rather than the framed ones at this stage (cost and cashflow with a new sideline development!).

Thanks for reading - any comments greatly appreciated ! I did post the website link so people could see the sorts of product I'm selling, but didn't want it to seem like advertising.

DynasticDux · 23 October 2016 at 5:27PM

but have been spending much of the last month setting up my own website (don't know if I can post the link here)

Sorry, no you can't - it is seen as advertising and will be removed by the forum team - as well as it risking your account

Wouldn't bother with the Gleam / Rafflecopter - most members on here loath them and you probably won't get many entries.
You can not also post any of your own competitions on MSE for the same reason

Just go for the simple name/email entry form

DisneyLisa · 23 October 2016 at 5:39PM

i run my own blog and have found I get most entries with a simple entry form. I have tried both gleam and rafflecopter but find the form better.

pompeyblue65 · 24 October 2016 at 6:38AM

Thanks for the responses both of you, so I'm not the only one who doesn't particularly enjoy Gleam or Rafflecopter competitions then!

Misslayed · 24 October 2016 at 8:47AM

I don't mind gleam or rafflecopter if they're simple and straightforward, it's the ones that want me to visit/like about 20 different pages on numerous social media platforms that really wind me up.

serenity2012 · 24 October 2016 at 9:11AM

I agree with others in that you can't use this forum to promote your own website. Nor can you post your own competitions here once its set up. Also agree re Raff and gleam etc. I won't enter those comps and avoid them all the time. If you're going to do it use a fair and simple form.