Thinking about a giveaway..

[XcapeX]

Thinking about doing a giveaway for my recently launched site (in signature). It's for a brand new game that was just announced, Gigantic, which is being developed by Motiga with $20 million backing it up. My fansite is one of a few that are starting up and I need something to get me some more users.

I was thinking about a giveaway for this: http://steelseries.com/us/products/surf ... s-qck-mini since it deals with computers/gaming and I can't get my hands on any Gigantic/Motiga gear right now (not available).

Thoughts?

I'm just a little worried people will goto the Steelseries site and be like "oh wow a $15 giveaway..boo hoo.." ($15 if you add in shipping).

 

[lludawg]

Definitely a great idea to give away something related to gaming. If I had to choose between a forum not holding a giveaway and your forum giving this away, I would definitely choose your forum right away without thinking twice.

 

[Yoda]

Giveaways are a great short-term solution and should see a spike in your numbers, however once the giveaway is over, the same problem remains, how to attract more people?

 

[wh@t]

I have not created forums yet but I think that a giveaway would be a good idea. I have seen forums drive a lot of traffic with promoting a giveaway the right way. You might have to giveaway something every month for the first few months when starting off in order to make the traffic consistent.

Instead of just having one give away you could have two giveaways or even have several options for the give away such as a gift card or direct Paypal.