What am I doing wrong?

Helpmewin wrote: »

I have never done a daily mag win before. I don!!!8217;t think they appear on the website that I have been entering competitions on. Is the regular competitions forum where I would find a link for that??

Another question I was going to ask is has anyone had any success with the capita/capitalxtra/heart competitions?

yes in the "Regular competitions" good luck

I've been comping for a couple of months and had 2 wins - one on twitter (£20 Next voucher) and one on Facebook (£100 fashion voucher). I wonder if the odds of winning are better on social media. Perhaps you could make competition accounts to increase your chances?

I think I can tell you what you are doing wrong: you are expecting to win.

We all do this crazy 'little' hobby, hoping to win, but it's a mistake to expect it. I started comping years and years ago when someone I knew won a car from a magazine competition. That person wasn't a comper. They just entered this magazine's comps, and got lucky. It inspired me to look into comping, and the rest, for me, is history.

So you can win from just entering one comp. On the other hand, there are lots of compers who go ages and ages without winning. Some, like you, haven't won, even though they've been trying for a very long time.

The truth is that the more you do, the greater are your chances. Up to 200 comps a week isn't actually that many, compared to what some of us do. I've cut down a little, but I used to enter around 200 a day. And yes, I won quite a bit too.

If you are looking for motivation, try entering comps for smaller prizes. Make it things that you actually want, but I've had some very nice small wins, like the occasional bar of chocolate, or a DVD. It still counts and it helps to keep you going. Also try local comps. Your odds are much higher with these if you have to collect a prize, or if it's for a local event.

If you have time, have a go at some of the magazine dailies and/or click to wins. I've had some love wins with those.

As for the radio ones. I've been doing these since I started comping and never won a thing from them - but I'm just about to post something in IWIWIW because I finally have. And it's a very nice win too.

For me, comping isn't exactly about winning, it's more about the hope of winning, and excitement of never knowing what's around the corner. It has to be fun, otherwise, it's not worth it.

I hope you will keep comping, and I hope you win something lovely, very soon. Just don't count on it, or your comping experience will be mainly one of disappointment.

Blu X

I just want to echo what everyone else is saying. It took me five years to win anything - and then it all seemed worth it! (It wasn't via this site, but it was on Facebook).

It really is the luck of the draw. And it's like playing the lottery... someone might (and did) win on their first ticket. Others will play for years and get nothing.

I only enter competitions for a prize that I want to win, or something that a friend or family member would like, but that's still 60-100 comps a day.

Put it this way... you definitely won't win if you don't enter - and all it costs is your time.

jamiewallis2001 wrote: »

I've been comping for a couple of months and had 2 wins - one on twitter (£20 Next voucher) and one on Facebook (£100 fashion voucher). I wonder if the odds of winning are better on social media. Perhaps you could make competition accounts to increase your chances?

I don't think so....I have entered over 27,000 comps on twitter and have won about about 10 things - I keep on because those wins have been nice wins! Same with Facebook.

I think its different for different people - Its just luck!