Email address

bevmcomp

Hi everyone, i'm new to writing on this fab board, but i need some help please with creating an email address, i've had my first and middle name initials in gmail with my last name, then i have my first and middle name on aol, and then i've used my house name, but since comping for years i've not won one email competition, is there something i am doing wrong with the address? I'm hoping some one can help me please as i'm losing the will to comp anymore. thank you all for your response in advance lol 

mjm3346

e-mail address generally make no difference - I change mine when they start to get too much spam and have won with various free providers (gmail, outlook, yahoo) and with random letter combinations and letters and numbers mixed 

JamboDP

bevmcomp said:

Hi everyone, i'm new to writing on this fab board, but i need some help please with creating an email address, i've had my first and middle name initials in gmail with my last name, then i have my first and middle name on aol, and then i've used my house name, but since comping for years i've not won one email competition, is there something i am doing wrong with the address? I'm hoping some one can help me please as i'm losing the will to comp anymore. thank you all for your response in advance lol 

there are less and less email comps these days and more and more people entering them making it harder to win, not won one for a couple of years myself, just enter them and forget about them and you might get a nice surprise one day.

bevmcomp

mjm3346 said:

e-mail address generally make no difference - I change mine when they start to get too much spam and have won with various free providers (gmail, outlook, yahoo) and with random letter combinations and letters and numbers mixed 

Hi, oh that's interesting, i know this sounds stupid and cheeky of me lol, but are you living in england as i find most wins go england way than wales. 
Do you think it's too informal to use your first middle and last name on a email address, should i use something like bev etc., the only thing i don't like is you have to have loads of number with it. 

bevmcomp

JamboDP said:

bevmcomp said:

Hi everyone, i'm new to writing on this fab board, but i need some help please with creating an email address, i've had my first and middle name initials in gmail with my last name, then i have my first and middle name on aol, and then i've used my house name, but since comping for years i've not won one email competition, is there something i am doing wrong with the address? I'm hoping some one can help me please as i'm losing the will to comp anymore. thank you all for your response in advance lol 

there are less and less email comps these days and more and more people entering them making it harder to win, not won one for a couple of years myself, just enter them and forget about them and you might get a nice surprise one day.

can i ask you please, do you use your full name in your email, or a made up name?

mjm3346

bevmcomp said:

mjm3346 said:

e-mail address generally make no difference - I change mine when they start to get too much spam and have won with various free providers (gmail, outlook, yahoo) and with random letter combinations and letters and numbers mixed 

Hi, oh that's interesting, i know this sounds stupid and cheeky of me lol, but are you living in england as i find most wins go england way than wales. 
Do you think it's too informal to use your first middle and last name on a email address, should i use something like bev etc., the only thing i don't like is you have to have loads of number with it. 

I don't use my name in e-mail addresses, that also make spam easier to spot when they use say "DFKILW" as if it's a name in the spam e-mails (I don't enter actual e-mail competitions but many entry forms require an e-mail address (England where I would expect, just based on population, most entries to come from)

When I first had an e-mail address, when the internet started, I used my name and an email address from BT or whoever the provider was but switched to free ones (gmail, outlook etc) quite quickly so I wasn't stuck with my provider to keep my e-mails and ditched my name as part of the address as well

Ms_Dee

They only thing I would say is don't add 'comp' in your email address. As if it does get selected someone may think it is a fake or that you have multiple accounts for comping trying to win, but they shouldn't be allowed to disqualify you without proof. In saying that I have an email address that looks fake (I'm slowly switching over to a better one. But it hasn't stopped me from winning.)

You may be seeing more winners from England as England is a much bigger population and it may have more people who enter.
55.98 million (2018) and only 3.127 million (2018)

Winners on most competitions unless it is effort based is usually selected at random, so it shouldn't matter.
Some people will win 80% of the competitions they enter, others won't win any or just 1%
It also makes a difference of what and how many competitions you enter. If you are entering for a massive prize like a house or car, there is usually going to be loads more entries, than for some pet food etc.

mjm3346

I would just add to the post above that a fair number of "effort" competitions are picked at random, it will say so in the T&Cs if that is the case, as it is far simpler for the promoter to run a random draw than a judged effort one.

JamboDP

bevmcomp said:

JamboDP said:

bevmcomp said:

Hi everyone, i'm new to writing on this fab board, but i need some help please with creating an email address, i've had my first and middle name initials in gmail with my last name, then i have my first and middle name on aol, and then i've used my house name, but since comping for years i've not won one email competition, is there something i am doing wrong with the address? I'm hoping some one can help me please as i'm losing the will to comp anymore. thank you all for your response in advance lol 

there are less and less email comps these days and more and more people entering them making it harder to win, not won one for a couple of years myself, just enter them and forget about them and you might get a nice surprise one day.

can i ask you please, do you use your full name in your email, or a made up name?

yes I do use my full name