Prizes for Competitions

[Gizmo]

What kind of prizes do you give out for competitions on your forums? I've noticed people that run gaming forums have been giving prizes such as a global announcement topic about the winner's forum/site. Doesn't feel very game like. =/

 

[CyberFreak]

On a gaming site, most members wouldn't have a site. You should give out a general prize (Paypal cash or amazon gift cards) or something directly related to your forums genre. If you have a gaming forum, have a prize like a copy of a game, a Call of Duty T shirt or something along those lines. If you offer something physical like a game then you need to think about postage and where in the world you want to send it to and make it clear from the outset.

 

[Benjay]

Real $$ Prizes tend to work the best. Also VIP Status etc. are also good.

 

[dballerp]

Either money, a video game or a gaming subscription for a month or so

 

[Gizmo]

I agree with the above comments. 🙂 A community forum is kind of fine with a prize like a global topic about a site. But not a forum that has nothing to do with webmasters/administration/promotion etc.

 

[Lee Lawson]

Let them win a prize of the next up-coming big game, or if you have the money, a Wii or something.

 

[David]

Possibly an iTunes card, forum T-Shirt, general gift cards and/or PayPal cash. Although, it does depend on the forum; the above tend to fit most genres.

 

[Darthmaul]

I think the gaming prizes are good...if you have a gaming forum. For a promotion forum you could do some kind of google adwords thing, or something like that. All I can say is make sure you have prizes that sound good, and actually apply to your general audience 🙂