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AFL and or Rugby are huge attractants for bids. You can email the clubs and hope for the best, but .... inside info ..... my nephew plays AFL. I got him to get a jumper signed for my hubby a while back. He got it done straight away for me, but he said there's a pile of them in the rooms (sent in from people just like you) that they all just have to sign when they got past. 1, 2, 5 or 20 - however many they feel like signing at that time, so it can take a long time before the item is returned to you, and of course, the pile keeps growing daily. But once again, try emailing clubs. You just never know. And it's currently off season so you might get lucky while they have time

Hi, Annaar. I don't recall specifically though, like most, I'm inundated with emails of varying degrees of importance, shall we say...aka SPAM!. This website has recently commenced mass email-outs for its promoted competitions, some of which are being cross-promoted by other entities. It's a 'marketing thing'. Point and click. Point and click! As far as PureProfile goes, it's a survey site, and rewards quite well. By admission, I do have an account with PureProfile, though somewhat of a lapsed member. Surveys were the death of me. Too many surveys from too many (voluntarily signed-up-to) accounts with various sponsors. I'll get back to them one day. They are helpful for the occasional grocery shopping gift card (Woolworths, Coles) or movie tickets and the like. Small potatoes but it all helps, and as long as you're having fun.....why not? Best of luck with it all. Cheers...and apologies for the GIF... ;)

HI Toxicgherkin, thank you for the reply and explanation... I agree, it all helps! Too many surveys and when they become a chore, it's time to let it lapse.

I did a survey years ago, for years Pet insurance people wouldn't take a no and kept on calling. Today I told them that in the place that we live pets aren't allowed, it's true. Not even goldfish...

I've noticed a lot of gifs around these days... haven't seen them since I went online way back in the mid 90's.

Yes I got an email a couple of days ago for PureProfile. I haven't looked into it. It looks like it was from competitions.com.au. Generally I ignore emails for "competitions" where I didn't initiate contact first as I lot are spam.

@Toxicgherkin Thanks I might check it out. I started doing surveys a few months back till they got too much to bother with.
Have you put in your entry on freestuff? I think I joined up a couple of months ago on a referral link of yours. :) The $500 Cash Grand Prize draw still has entries left.

Love the GIF, it says it all @toxicgherkin @toxicgherkin

End Date: 8 January 2016

Is that a referral link @MammaPigga84 ? I must of previously entered it doesn't quite look like my link to share.

My Referral link : http://social.absoluteedgemedia.com.au/x2b4nh/gnb3ls

I find it handy to post in one in post as then I know what current competitions I got running. Especially for daily gleam comps for extra entries. Even with bookmarking and organising them into folders I forget to enter daily and when they expire. I found I couple I had forgotten about when I posted some comps just after New Year.

The only note if it's a referral link I find it the etiquette to label as such so people are aware. :) I'm suprised we don't all utilise referral chains for comps more often. Good case for another category in the forum or an easier way to see if there are comments for a comp on competitions.com.au.

Good Luck

What are daily gleam?

@Annaar

I was referring to Gleam run competitions. See https://gleam.io/

They manage a lot of competitions for promoters for a fee, using an applet. Usually the competitions are for random draws. It saves promoters the effort of managing mass emails and the running of the competition. There are a few other sites that do a similar service eg Robocopter.

They usually require registration and entry using various social media. Eg email, facebook,twitter, instragram etc. Extra entries may be obtained completing daily tasks for more entries, and referring the competition for extra entries. They use this option to encourage the competition to be promoted.

If you scroll down the forum under General Chatter a few days most of the competitions I listed are Gleam run with a referral link.
Eg.
Prize: Sara Paxton Artworks Giveaway Limited edition print
End Date: 20/1/2016
Referral LInk: https://wn.nr/w3GB4

Note: Entering the competition via my personal referral link gives me extra entries. It's why I label it as a "Referral Link". If I label it as "Link" it's a direct link to the competition . The referral links for Gleam look similar the one I just posted above.

I'm not sure if competitions.com.au have listed this example. I found it doing a search thou have since found it on a couple of sites.

The problem with entering a lot of Gleam run competitions at the same time is remembering to log in daily to each competition for the extra entries. One of the reasons I posted a few in a post. Easier then setting up a spreadsheet as a reminder. :)

Note:
Not all Gleam run competitions have daily tasks for extra daily entries, however most do.
Example of a daily tasks:
Sending a twitter message to promote the competition.
Viewing a youtube video.

Thank you! I thought Gleem might have been a code word for something on here...

I recall you mentioning trying to keep tabs on the comps... Spreadsheet is easy as you can just click on the link and it will open in a browser...

I'm trying to tidy up my bookmarks, but for now it's two steps forward and one step back.. started gardening and bookmarking too many hints and tips

End Date: Jan 19 2016

End Date: G.M.T. on 12 February 2016

Lol, and a whopping 3 points for me this morning too.. :(

@toxicgherkin lol. Yeh you can keep those "lucky" dice. I got 4 today. Makes 13 points for last 3 days. Almost matches your first 3 days. Going to be another tough month just to get near the Top 20. We should lobby admin for a Top 40. :) .

Indeed! ;)

I woke up to 3 points this morning..... This must be catching

@Annaar, no returns. Pass it on! Lol. It can be frustrating but I'm confident you'll be back to double digits in no time. Hopefully double digits starting with either a 4 or a 5! Best of luck. Cheers.

Thank you!! Not likely as everyone who was in top 20 will be back & getting double guessing game points :-)

As long as I win few comps, for now every comp I've entered has yielded zilch, even movie tix

@toxicgherkin lol. I see you scored a nice 49 as well to partially salvage the week. :) We both need a great 2nd week to recover.

@Annaar Your bound to get a few low ones. You start to worry when you get a run of 3 to 4 low ones in a row. I look at how much above or below the average of 25 I am to gauge. To get in the Top 20 looks like you need about +70 for the month. To win looks like you need about 150-175 ie 975ish for the daily points for a month. If it's your birthday month good 50pt advantage virtually guaranteed Top 20 if log in each day etc.

Sigh I'm -12 first week. :( Could be worse. ^

@Annaar The Top 20 at the end of the month don't get double points towards the daily points for the doing guessing game. They only get an extra guess for the guessing game in the following month. So a better chance at winning the $50 guessing game each week.

The guessing game only gives 50pts for a day.

Lemond, thank you :-) I have a bit to learn. ... How did some get close to 4000 points at the end of the month?

Initially I used to log in now and again, never entered guessing game. Only entered few competitions, following the theory 'if you are meant to win you will'... now I decide to enter more competitions... not working and buying things is becoming rather expensive

@Annaar
See http://www.competitions.com.au/leaderboard/
List of instructions there.

1 Get lots of random daily points (1-50) points
2 Enter the guessing game daily for 50 points
3 Click on all competitions posted for the month before they expire. ie Enter button.
4 Complete any of the additional points for updating profile etc.

Now to get approximately 4000 points.
Yeh a few got great daily points for December just over 1000. The maximum you could get for 31 days would be 1550.
There were about 750 competitions listed for December
Some months have had extra 200 points for entering a featured competition.

EG
Action Points
Competitions Viewed 750
Guessing Game 1,550
Profile Pic 50
Completed Profile 50
Daily Visit 1,000
Happy Birthday 50
Total 3,450

HI Lemond, thank you for that...

@toxicgherkin Argh. Not going to be my month. :( Bring on Feb. Maybe extend the extra guess to the Top 50.

Lemond, have a nice cuppa tea. It's the weekend! Gotta be happy about that..? :) Cheers.

@toxicgherkin Had the coffee. Popping out for a haircut. I'm umpiring way down at Bonbeach this arvo. I have a feeling the trains aren't running again, replaced by buses. Sigh. I took me two hours to get down that way before Xmas. Should of taken an hour. I should put the running shoes on now.

At least it's not hot or pouring rain. :)

Done #10

thanks guys

Congratulations, Mellyxo. :)

Congratulations !!

@Annaar @toxicgherkin Thanks Guys :)

Well done!

Congratulations Mellyxo!

Congrats - well done - I've been close with guessing the right number about 4 times but still hoping I'll be the winner one week, enjoy your prize.

Congratulations, Mellyxo. :). Have you chosen which bank/pokie to invest your winnings in?

Congratulations, Mellyxo. :). Have you chosen which bank/pokie to invest your winnings in?

@Lemond @bops18 @fourleaf @Winner1 Thanks everyone :)
I have currently invested it in my bank but I have my eyes on a new perfume so ill probably buy that with the money :)

YES ALWAYS READ TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DONT ENTER COMPS THAT SHARE YOU INFO WITH OTHER COMPANIES FROM OTHER COUNTRY'S , HAVE A GOOD ANTIVIRUS WHICH WILL PICK UP COMPANIES THAT ARE UNSAFE OR HAVE VIRSES

Be nice to have a short list of competitions/companies that will result in spam. I avoid "competitions" emailed to me unless I've entered them beforehand or subscribed to them. I get plenty of email "Congratulations You're a Potential Winner" type emails.

I suspect the source of those type of emails are from Cohort competitions or similar. Ie asking a a few dozen yes/no questions to receive spam.

Thank you!! Think I entered a US based competition here last week ...

Cannot find it on here, strange as I do not recall entering any other comp but the ones I see here, or by liking something or rather on fb.

I've seen a few Cohort competitions. Will take it all on board and will take extra care...

found the comp and misread Austria for Australia. Hopefully it's OK and my entry was just disregarded

Hate being a newbie :-)

I've never had any trouble, but I get spammed with emails and a fair amount of unwanted phone calls. The catch is, some wins are notified by phone so you can't ignore calls just because you don't know the caller. You just have to put up with the unwanted callers and block the number so they don't get you again.

Facebook comps tend to be the best to avoid spam emails. The exception maybe if they ask for email details. I'm not saying Cohort competitions are bad or good as I can't directly prove they are the reason behind spam emails for like gambling sites for free spins etc etc. Best advice set up a separate email account for competitions and best not label the email account suggesting it's for competitions. Some promoters may disqualify the entry if they think it's a bogus or competition only email address. Pity didn't do this myself. lol

Read the terms and conditions and privacy policy if concerned, and get a feel from the promoters site.

As most companies keep databases globally even Australian ones, it's almost impossible to avoid having details sent outside of Australia. On competitions.com.au I believe most are fine. If any problems with a competition I'm sure @toxicGherkin would of mentioned it. :)

One thing is guaranteed you're most likely get some spam.

Lemond, thank you! bit late now for me to set up a separate email address. I delete a lot of emails if i see that they 're trying to get me to sign up.

Hopefully my misreading Austria for Australia comp is OK....

Most fb comps ask for phone number, and I don't go ahead...since it's same email as I use to log into fb I supply it

jrob, thank you! I'm still fairly selective with the comps. Few things for us, some things for gifts. Don't go after items that I don't need eg electricals, holidays as we cannot afford to travel

@Annaar I don't recall many FB competitions asking for a phone number. Usually they send a private message if you win. The regular ones I do are Straco wednesday's, PC Case Gear, Scorptec, TCL and a few others. Most just require you to like their main page, share and comment in the competition post.

For holiday comps I check the terms and conditions and prize if it includes cash to spend or are transferable and restrictions when can use.

Thank you! Most of my fb friends will leave me if I'll keep on sharing com pages. Starting a separate fb page seems like too much trouble. I know some people do...

Prize: 2015 Mexico 1 oz. Silver Libertad – NGC MS69 with Pyramid Label (104th Giveaway)
End Date: 10/1/2016
Referral Link: http://www.coinweek.com/contest/~cd568c3e1650362

happy 50th birthday, next year is your year :) heads up , the son will come out tomorrow

Thanks, MammaPigga84. Happy New Year (nearly!).

Happy Birthday & Happy New Year - here's wishing you a lucky 2016 :)

Cheers, Alittlebitoffun! And congratulations on your bumper first year.

@toxicgherkin Happy Birthday Toxic. Good Luck for the New Year. At least you made it again to the Top 20. :)

@Lemond, cheers. Happy New Year to you, and to all.

Happy birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Toxic, wishing you all the very best for a fab 2016!

Happy Birthday for yesterday Toxic! and good wishes to you and your family for 2016.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FYowuRFf1dE

Happy 50th Birthday!

Thanks @Bel7861, @JulieD, @fourleaf and @Winner1. Cheers! Happy New Year.
PS: @fourleaf, congratulations on your win last night! Woot. Woot!

Thanks Toxic, I started out the new year with only 4 login points lol! It's my Birthday in two days time but I can't see me getting in the top three again this month...it's really hard! :)

@fourleaf, 2 points here! :( If fact it seems most who were close to, or in poll positions, scored poorly today. I'd like to learn more about the random daily points allotted for logging in. I had in a row I think a 4, a 3, a 3 (till 31/12) then a 2 for New Year's Day. Random?

@admin @zedmin, can you explain the points allocation please? Additionally it would be very handy to be able to look at your own full activity and stats for the month and preceeding months, look at points allocated etc. We're owed this much, in terms of website functionality. Thoughts?

@toxicgherkin lol. Yeh I've suspected there's something not quite right with the random daily points. You've been pushing the Top 3 for the last 3 months with no luck. Your last week sounds bit like mine. I had a crap last 8 days averaging under 20. An average week would of been in the Top 20 for the first time. :(

Not 100% sure how it is implemented. A brief look there could be a random function on the client side which is sent to the server when you log in. It could also be "hacked" if that is the case. Best not to theorize how it could be done. If client generated there could be some issues with being truly random. You need to read up on browser issues with random number generation.

Happy 50th Birthday again. I'll get around to finding some competitions for you over the weekend.. :)

Happy Birthday Toxic.
You're a big boy now!

@sann-oh and @Lemond, cheers.

@toxicgherkin Gee I just saw your daily points Toxic for this month so far. It can only get better from here on. :)

@Lemond, hehe. One can only wish! Happy New Year to all, and best wishes for bountiful daily points!

@toxicgherkin I think there is a glitch somewhere happening. On New Years Eve I logged in and when I added the points I got onto my previous days tally I ended up missing a point. I've never really taken much notice before but will keep an eye on it. Now I'm only getting one guess on the guessing game. Can't wait to see what new changes are coming. Hope they're good.
@admin @zedmin? ?

Happy Birthday - I wish I could transfer my points to you as a birthday present because I don't play the points game but I accumulate a few just entering comps.

Aww, jrob. Cheers. As for the Guessing Game, if you're logging in daily or less frequently to the website, it's worthwhile to play. Choose your daily number/s and you're in a chance for a win. That's always good!

@fourleaf, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

@toxicgherkin thanks! Once I reached 30 I just kept in on "repeat". I always think recycling is a good idea he he! Anyway worked today so bought a bottle of bubbly on the way home ( I kept waiting for them to ask me for ID.......alas no..) I don't drink usually, so I can't wait to see what interesting answers I come up with to 25 WOL tonight after the family dinner!

@fourleaf Happy Birthday and congrats for 2nd in the leaderboard last month.

@fourleaf, hehe. :)

@Lemond thank you! :)

Lol, bugger all, biggest win a set of skins , lowest mentos 2nd chance draw $10, yearly tally $900 , hopefully a better year next year. Can't complain though 2013 my best year ever $15,000, including a trip to Disneyland, need another year like that. Good luck everyone

I have absolutely no idea of my lucky scoring. I don't keep tabs. I am thankful for those that give me a 'hoy' every now and again. Without them I'd never known I'd won. Such be Facebook promotions. Hmmm. 50 tonight! Bugger of a birthday. Especially tonight. Lol. Wondering if this means I can now legitimately park in the 'Seniors' parking spots at the local shopping centre? Lol.

This is my first year of 'comping', I started in late Feb, with the expectation that it was a bit of a scam and that no one ever won - I am more than happy to report that I was wrong - total wins 75, total value $7800 largest $1,000 speaker from appliances online smallest $10 iTunes voucher from people's choice. Can not believe how lucky I've been and am hoping for 2016 to carry on the same way - happy New Year all :)

Congratulations everyone. For me was 48 prizes this year... biggest one was a go pro back in feb worth $600 and smallest a pack of tea quite recently. Haha year started off brilliant but has dwindled lately but still enough to keep me going for sure!! :)

One win, $50 dollar voucher and minimum spent on the website $150. Started comping this year. Initially wasn't entering many comps, now increasing the number ... hoping 2016 will be luckier

Two wins since Semptember. I DVD pack and over XMas won 3 months Netflix with Optus one of 100,000 winners/giveaway. Total value about $50. Congrats to the other 99,999 winners of the Optus Perks competition and commiserations to the rest of Australia who will see thier internet grind to crawling speed for the next three months.

Few weeks ago was reading about a comper who enters 400 competitions a day. She said she wins A LOT. Apparently plenty of holidays, electronics, white goods etc

@Annaar Just imagine all the emails to sort through.

Well, not that I was notified again - had to find it - but saw yesterday I won 1 of 5 PC games - Football Manager 2016 - in a recent STACK Magazine (website) competition. Still awaiting receipt, by the way, of their Sharknado Giveaway from October 2015's winner listing. I've messaged a few times but have not received a response. They did indicate in T&C that prize receipt is anywhere from 6-12 weeks, so all hope is not lost just yet. Lol

http://stack.net.au/competitions-winners

@Lemond, guess she spends all day in front of the computer ... would drive me mad

Thanks everyone for responding. It's great to hear how your comping year was. Some of you are doing very well. My first win was in 2011. I've improved every year since but am yet to score a win over $400. I keep a list of my wins. It helps when times are slow and reminds me that although I might not have won The Big One I have scored some pretty cool stuff.

@toxicgherkin lol Sharknado. They are probably getting someone to dig up a copy in New Mexico along with an Atari E.T. cartridge.

Lovely win there, bexibex.

wow, You've had a good run.

Seems it's your day!

ditto...

ditto. Amazing haul. Congrats! Now you need to take out a Tatts ticket for the mega draw! ;)

I've never had any issues, other than a heck of a lot of spam!

@Alittlebitoffun have a good antivirus, some comps try steal you info or give you virus

Try to steer clear of the comps that make you go through pages of information. Even if you select "no" (insurance, fitness, free healthy meals etc) they will still telephone you sometimes.

If they ask for more information than you are comfortable with then don't enter it

Merry Christmas to you and yours', Scothius. Cheers.

Merry Christmas to you!

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas and a great new year.

Happy Days!!

What a terrible prize! What were they thinking?!

Konnichiwaa!

Sayonara!

Yes, the fund raising lamington drive starts Monday....lol

Congratulations and hope it's a sign for things to come. I think I may have been seeing double when I read the email....maybe?

Join the Club... I won a chairlift voucher for two 😉... now all i need is return flights, accom, meals, ski hire , transport, mmm
... 😄😄 No Brainer those R/U prizes Toxic!

Lol, sann-oh. Yep, well I read the T&C before entering so this was always a possibility. Never really expected to win any prize at all though always lovely to hear that it was one of a few winning entries. First prize had flights. Runners-up, no such luck.

Great Christmas haul. Merry Christmas to you!

Lovely scoring there, Alittlebitoffun! Congratulations.

Some nice wins! Congratulations!

Like the fruit and veg voucher

Awesome win toxicgherkin. Enjoy!

Cheers @kaybee.

Some nice wins just in time for Christmas. Congratulations!

Congrats ;)

Those pop figures are getting really popular - I guess they are the gonk of the current generation

Congratulations! Will come in handy over the break!

Nice one, kaybee. Congratulations. Now, feet up. Relax and enjoy the book.

Enjoy, lovely win!

Happy reading!

Congratulations - was it a good selection of books?

Thanks everyone. The books were not quite my taste but I know the perfect person to gift it to for Christmas!

Omg what an awesome prize, congrats

Thank you! It was so much fun and we were looked after very well by Channel 9 with flights, luxury transfers to and from the airport, lovely hotel and the lunch provided by Aldi. The Block contestants were also great to chat to and hear the challenges they experienced during the 12 week Block renos, all very approachable and lots of fun. A totally unexpected win and a terrific experience.

Apart from being a good friend why do they deserve a roof restoration? I couldn't see a comment why they need one. Looks like two are in the running.

Sarah has been trying to improve her house to accommodate 5 kids. Roof restoration is on the list of things she wants done but there are more pressing jobs before that - she just doesn't have the money.

Thanks. Only query why she didn't put her case to the forum herself? I don't mind giving her a vote on your active participation on the forum etc. I would prefer they present their own case to rally the troops and secure the win. :)

Voted. She has fallen slightly behind she needs to rally the troops. :)

Thanks Lemond. Sarah is not a 'comper' buy thought she'd try her hand at this one because she really wants it. She probably doesn't know Competitions.com and this forum exist. Buy yes, she does need to rally the troops.

118, still behind a little bit

Yeah - I don't so voting comps myself. It's sad enough having only a few Facebook friends without having it rubbed in my face.

@Jrob71 lol. I don't use Facebook as a "friends" magnet. It's primary for competition requirements. I think competitions with referrals or most shared wins could lead to abuse of the spirit of the competition. I noticed on some sites members push what would be acceptable in the spirit of the competition. One solution is to put a cap on how many referrals etc.

I was thinking for one competition last month how could I utilize members to help get a prize. You had to get x amount of referrals to get a guaranteed prize etc. Thou the terms and conditions were restrictive about how you promote referrals.

One thing lacking on this site is members not sharing competitions found externally for like referral chains for competitions to help each other. At least as a thank you for the effort of finding a competition and sharing etc. If the forum had a separate category for Competitions to share for them this would be a quick way to share them in an organized manner.

To help members share competitions found to increase participation, and reward active members maybe they competitions.com.au could add a template to submit competitions found and for each unique competition shared give a bonus point to their monthly tally. So this isn't abused it would need a cap like a maximum of 10-20 competitions per month and rules regarding last minute competition shared towards the end of the month with a cut off date etc.

@Lemond I must admit I've never given it that much thought but you have some good ideas there.

@Jrob71 Looks like Sarah is going to have a very happy New Year with a $3,500 roof restoration :) Still a day to go for last minute voting.

Yes. I don't think I'll bother telling her about the DVD I won last week. And I'm the comper.

@Lemond we use to get points for comments in the forum but it got abit out of hand, as for points for competitions , we'd end up with double ups, like we do still get anyway.

@bj74 lol points for comments/cash for comments yeh that could get out of hand without a cap. Damn I can't seem to get into the top 20. I could do with a couple extra points.

@Mandi_22 Thanks. I should contact her and see how it's all gone.

@bj74 Oh, is that why the forum has gone quiet. I come because I like the company.

@Jrob71 :) Looks like she has got the WIN all sealed up with a good lead. You should get her to join up competitions.com.au. :)

Same I enjoy the friendly banter in the forum.

Have a happy New Year and lots of luck.

@Lemond Lots of luck (and skill where necessary) to you too.

Congratulations, Di_D. That's the spirit! Cheers!

Bloody awesome spirit!! True Stuff!!

Congrats, tinman249. Can always regift..or ..handball it on.... ;)

Wow. Great win tinman249. Big Congrats. Merry Xmas. :)

lol @toxicgherkin. Yeh! I finally got my only prize from early last month delivered today. The British Gangsters Seasons 1 and 2. 4 DVDs. :) I was starting to worry they had forgotten to send them. I think I've watched the series on TV late night while back. :(

some companies ...hmmm. This competition finished on October 22nd. Only just got feedback last night. Hopefully I don't have to wait as long to see the football. Then again my boy will be fully old enough to appreciate it lol. Shouldn't be mean, humbug! Just threw out a shopping bag full of receipts. Hopefully no one else needs verification :-(

@tinman249 lol. Maybe in time for the Footy season.

lol. Hopefuly no receipts for competition purchases. Reminds me I should do a clean out of those. I'll wait till after the CC competition ends soon.

So you only got notified of the win last night from October? Or got the prize delivered? For a few DVD's I thought a week or two should be right. Took 5 weeks from notification. I knew to expect 4 to 6 weeks from the blog etc. I noticed toxic got one prize delivered ASAP for the German cooking pot.

Sounds like your going to have a Merry Xmas with a new bedroom make over. :)

@Lemond, embarrassed to say but I won a Sharknado prize in a recent STACK magazine (JB Hi-Fi) issue. That was over seven weeks ago. Needless to say, I'm still waiting. T&C indicate prize delivery anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks. Ho, ho, ....oh dear!!! And there's a funny story behind the win!

@toxicgherkin? lol. Who's the lucky person your re-gifting that movie to for Xmas. Got us in suspense Toxic. What's the funny story behind the win? It must be a three part thriller story.

I can imagine toxicgherkin as Santa at XMas with a big bag of lucky dip XMas presents. Saves labeling them for each person and combines comping with Xmas. Ho Ho Ho ... Oh Hell NoI :)

@Lemond, alright. I'll come clean!...

To enter the Sharknado DVD pack (+ bobblehead?) promotion, the entrant had to access STACK Magazine via the smartphone app, and head to the relevant section of the digital mag to view the question then submit a response via the STACK Mag website. The content was not there however.

I emailed STACK Mag staff enquiring if this was in error. Indeed it was. I indicated to staff that I had already entered a response, in anticipation - I had scoured around other independent Sharknado giveaways. Most were posing the question 'Which former Baywatch actor stars in Sharknado." I submitted my response – DAVID HASSELHOFF.

The Editor responded promptly - on a Sunday – with much hilarity, and thanked me for bringing it to her attention. Sorted. Content was available that day. I could finally see the question, which was something like "What tornado monster would frighten you most?" Umm...David Hasselhoff?

The Editor was not part of the Judging Panel. Far too busy for that! Lol.

@toxicgherkin lol. Sounds like you were the only entrant. Enjoy the movie. I quickly checked out the promo for it. Oh the horror.

Hey Guys...
Loving the work you do so far.
I'd love to see a Competitions.com.au App created for Android & Apple devices so we can access everything on the go as a alternate from the website?
I'm sure it has been suggested in the past but it'd be awesome to see happen as I think a lot of people would benefit from it :)
Thanks and look forward to seeing suggestions from other compers and feedback on my suggestion :)
Keep up the good work :) x

An IT issue where I get a chance to be rewarded. How can I resist. lol. First suggestion a method for entering the competition? I'm guessing it's via a Facebook post?

@Mellyxo What happens to those poor suckers with Window OS Phones? What about apps that are compatible for different TV's OS as well.
An app sounds a great idea but the cost and time to develop might be prohibitive. Each platform it's implement on would need development, testing and maintenance. I usually use my PC. Occasionally for my favorite Android Apps I use an Android emulator called BlueStacks. This can have extra befits for testing an App without it hijacking my phone details or data. Also can use my keyboard to type. I don't use it that often thou, as I'm using an old PC.

Advantage of using a website is it's cross platform. Historically thou you had to allow for variations how each browser performed. Problems start when using custom add-ins with like Flash etc. Thank god Flash is near extinction.

It would be great if Competitions.com.au could somehow remember your details when you go to enter a competition, so you don't have to retype it in, even when you get sent to a 3rd party website!

@chloemilo You got a couple of options like Chrome Auto complete or something like LastPass extension which I use for storing passwords and auto-completing forms. You can customise fields with all your details.

God this competition is a trap. I'll be replying to each IT issue put up. I hope entries aren't to this post.

I really don't have any complaints. It's an exciting site to come on, thanks for it

I think the mobile site could use a little updating! So it doesn't go back to the very start of the competition pages when you've clicked on a link, done your thing, and then gone back to the website

Love this site but I would like more options than just the interested/not interested/ entered on the competition list. There's a lot of competitions that I'm really interested and some that I'm very interested in but need to go back to because I need to come up with a 25 WOL answer. It would be great if I could separate these out into my own list as sometimes these get lost down the list 3 pages later. Maybe something with a built in simple spreadsheet function?
PS For some reason I'm only getting 1 guess on the guessing game this month.

Only thing I can think of is for the competitions that say only 1 entry and have a long expire date for example over 30 days to be flagged as entered so you don't waste time looking at the competition month after month because the prize is appealing. But otherwise brilliant, I am very happy with the site.

@fourleaf Doh was about to post about those options. I think I''ve mentioned that a while back. The competitions definitely needs an ENTERED COMPETITION option. Like on ozbargin.com.au. I find it hard to keep track of entered competitions. Especially if it's relisted or runs for a while. It would be great if you can see what competitions you have entered and be able to filter them for currently still running and recently expired.
Those toggles need to be labelled. The Not Interested is sort of a mute option as you have the Interested/Save for Later option.

If entries are here I hope it's ok to do multiple posts.

After entering a competition they put up these wonderful options you can select and then comes the Family centrals where you can win $2000 or $500. I have been entering these for ages and have yet to see who actually wins these. Can this be added and how many competitions I have actually entered as I know I have entered thousands. This would be great info to know if you have actually succeeded in entering.
This is because you see people winning multiple times and the question asked is did mine go through

Links to competitions that have been drawn and have the winners, and or the Australian public notice results

I actually don't have any suggestions because everything has been great! :)

I would love if it was possible to view your points ranking from the previous month -- for all compers, not just the top three.

I'd also love to see more Competitions.com.au exclusive comps and activities. I've always liked the Guessing Game, as well as the Daily Points concept. I think the Caption Content was a great new inclusion for the site, and so I'd love to see something else similar -- the sort of things that rallies all us compers together for some friendly competition.

Merry Christmas!

A list of all the comps I've entered and then I can keep track of dates they are drawn and whether I have been successful or not!

Love this site and agree with some of the above, particularly an entered button as I often view the competition and can't think of an answer at the time then forgot to come back to a particular comp. Also love the suggestion of more exclusive competitions too :)

Someone needs to check the links to Facebook comps or the ones with short links as a lot don't seem to work. Might also be helpful to show which Facebook comps require you to be a member so those without Facebook account can skip them. Some links also go to the T&Cs page instead of the actual entry form.

I would love to have loads more competitions that don't require me to be a member of a certain social media site or even competitions that have other options to enter them and not only via the same certain social media site

List of codewords for competitions but also list if you have to be a subscriber (such as Foxtel)

The site is pretty good - it's responsive, and works on all browsers i've tried. I'd suggest a cookie saving my search options, so I don't have to go and reset it everytime I come to the page. I think the ability to search on closed/expired compeitions to search for drawing dates would be a great feature add as well.

As I go onto your site daily and love trying various competitions I cannot think of anything that might make the site better. As I do Not want or own a mobile phone or other device I am very happy with the way things are now, I use firefox as my browser and never have a problem. My idea is Keep on going as you are. And thanks for all the great competitions.

an integrated comp tracker

I've found the site to be really great so anything extra wouldn't be necessary but a bonus! An app would be really handy to use the site on the go otherwise would like to see the mobile site updated :)

A 'block user' button would be great in the forum and a page dedicated to radio station competitions state by state.

Competitions.com.au
are asking for audience reviews.
If you get it right,
then you might,
win 100 buckaroo's.
Keep up the great work and have a merry and safe Christmas.!!

I love it how it is works easy for me I pop on daily and get all the comps done that I may have missed

I agree with other compers, the site is great and I love being a member. A spread sheet or some way of storing entries and responses would be helpful.

A page to view the winners on daily and the results to every competion all on the same page

more way to get points, I only enter comps I want to win

i think apps for iPhone & android, plus to save all info for an easy and quick way to enter comps

a more streamlined search function which could filter for preferences (eg. avoid social media competitions)

My only suggestion is to get rid of the Survey part, as there are never any surveys to get the so called CompBux, it just seems like a waste of space, otherwise everything is all great.

I'd like more of the "Caption this!" type spot competitions, some quizzes, some polls, vox populi - seek our feedback - 'rumour has it', random giveaways, sessional blogger..run with it! What do you think, @admin? One BIGGIE, which I've mentioned more than once before, is to see previous month's rankings. Oh, and no more posting 'Expiring on the Day' comps late in the evening of last day of the month. That's unconscionable and unfair comping behaviour. That's always riled me. And whilst we're on the subject, what's with all these Guessing Game winners who never seem - to me- to enter/view any monthly comps? Do you even check IP addresses? I request a considered response @admin because you have been awkwardly silent this past year.

I think you need to survey your clientele at least annually, seeking feedback on areas of improvement. Equally, I think you should act more than a passive purveyor of competitions, and aggressively promote them. I suspect you have aligned to various mass marketing sites / competitions that you brand as your own, when - in my opinion - they are clearly not. And, in my opinion, this is a misrepresentation. I try to play by the rules. I just hope that you state your rules, so I know with what I am dealing.

What about offering Milestone Achievement Awards - with gratuity attached or some other incentive? Consistent activity, 'contributions' - however you may detail it - ....basically, the more your viewer interacts with the brand 'competitions.com.au' - the more they may be in the running for periodic awards. Just saying but I was one of two subjects of a recent documentary on 'compers', where I referred most favourably to your brand. I hope you receive all this feedback in the spirit in which it is intended....and take stock...

To be brutally honest, I do feel like this site is under caretaker provisions. Active commentary on discussions, where indicated, is patently absent. This seems to me to be a part-time website, where comments are sometimes reviewed, and responded to, though mostly bypassed. This site needs to be monitored. How many of my messages have been 'unresponded'? More than I care to count. Poor form. Sorry but you asked for feedback. I am disappointed with this site. There is room for improvement. Work with me.

I would like to be reminded of the competitions I've entered to be able to keep track of them to see when they are drawn

@admin, you may be sick of this by now (from my feedback) but have you considered running market research forum groups in various localities, discussing your brand and trajectory? You may have to expend funds in order to reap.

I'm realitively new to competitions.com.au but I believe an app for you smart phone would be great, and make it more accessible /easier to us and may attract a border age group

I like the idea of surveys but so often I get sent the standard email to say you have 75 comp bux waiting for you by completing a survey and then I log in and there is no surveys there waiting for me. It takes forever to accrue the minimum points as I have been screened out of nearly every survey and then it says average survey 15 minutes yet the rare occasion I get accepted it says it's a 30 minute survey for such a small amount of points. Hopefully they can offer more surveys or at least some that I've got a good chance of not being screened out of.

I'd also like a comp button on the front next to comp that has a green star or something so I can tick if I entered with a draw date so it makes it easy to keep track of.

Other than that, I really enjoy logging in with the chance at winning the guessing game or getting on the top 3 leaderboard one day (fingers crossed), Toxic Gherkin has made some great points as have many others.

I think the daily random points tally needs work. Often I can't even make the top 20 (or get to last day and are so far behind I don't bother entering the rest) so I think if you have entered every day there could be another reward. My suggestion is a random draw for those that have entered every day, and made the guessing game entries. The prize could be equal to the present first prize. I also think you should get rid of the 50 points for facebook like and 50 welcome points, this would be fairer and stop "new" accounts appearing every month.

Definitely an app to take my comps with me on the road or while commuting to work.

Not sure how the points work seem to get way behind very rarely in top 20 at end of month so perhaps a new way of distributing the points. Instead of end of month points accumulation have random weekly draw for anyone who has participated that week - i love comping but have full time work and family too so don't always get the time to enter and compete for points.

i love that i can come to the web site and enter as many or as few comps as i want.
I am not tech savvy so don't want apps etc as this just confuses me.

Thank you for taking the time to list comps in one place and ask the users their opinions on how to improve it.

I want to add competitions myself. I want to share some of the really good ones that I come across that I know others here would like. But since I don't own them, I can't currently do that.

Further refining the filters so they only show the competitions you haven't yet entered. The filter currently still shows some competitions that have been entered.

ENTERED COMPETITIONS
At the moment you have the star button for "Save for later" and a cross for "not interested".
Why not add a thumbs up for "Entered". This tag could then be used as a filter to identify the entered competitions. Competitions could continue to be displayed on the "Entered" list for, say, 4 weeks after the closing date. Unless you have a field in the database for the draw date for the competition in which case you could use that.

FACEBOOK COMPETITIONS
So often on Facebook, you have to respond to the announcement you are a winner to claim the prize. If you don't then they redraw.
It would be great if you had a Facebook Alert that lists and links the Facebook competitions that are drawn that day.

Can't really think of anything additional, you make it pretty easy to enter competitions and the info you provide before entering is great, saves time if it's a waste of time

I get confused with the "Featured Competitions" - I would like the same option added as the regular comps i.e. "Save for Later" and "Not Interested". Then I can easily be assured that I am entered and don't try reentering. Thanks

@divergent Going to do a more detailed post later. It was one of the things I was going to bring up about adding comps. Seems either few are interested in the competitions I put up or no one reads the forums unless it's for a competition. lol

You can share to the forum. I was hoping a few would share some of their favorite competitions or referrals etc. Saves me time searching for them and checking T&Cs for worldwide etc. The forum needs another category for COMPETITIONS. They could of posted this comp under that instead of General Chatter

Competition. com.au has a great website for most competitions. I feel safe and secure with Competition. com.au. It has excellent links to find my favourite prizes. Members are helpful to advises some comments. It is my daily routine now. I wish that all members have beautiful and amazing Christmas.

an app format

Guys I'd like to see a function or a category for competitions that can be entered once daily so that we don't forget about them once they changed to "viewed". That would be super handy.

I love this site. I visit regularly and would love to win sometimes. So often I am quite high in the leaderboard during the month, but during the last week I get so few daily points... that I always fall behind. What about a special prize ($5-$10) for the users that have been more often on first, second and third position during the month?

So many good ideas! Love the thoughts of an app, and also some more members only competitions. A lucky dip draw or just random surprise competitions. After all we are all interesting in comping, so what better way to get people involved :)
There's certainly so many positives about competitions.com.au especially that you're informed when you've already viewed a comp. It can sure be easy to get sidetracked and accidently enter more than once. Also another idea could be more blog posts because I just love reading them and also even interviewing members on what they win, how they enter and prizes they've won. It's a great way to get ideas and share achievements.

Fairer way to win points. Did everything to get points I was legally able to and still couldn't get in top 20.

@sharjj Long queue for the Top 20. Take a number and patiently wait in line.

I get the impression that there's about 60-70 regulars that log in daily. So you need a bit of luck, diligently view all available competitions from that month before they expire, do the weekly guessing game daily, and obtain any bonus points. A Birthday in that month helps. There's not the much that separates the 20th to 30th. I noticed a few people forgot to do important things to get bonus points that might of won them the Monthly Leaderboard. There also seems to be issues with missing points or lost points if you click on expired competitions, as I found out.

Now I haven't done I full examination of daily random points, I suspect it got some weaknesses. Possible not truly random if it's handled by the client browser.

I hope they keep the monthly leaderboard as I feel it's one of the main reasons people keep coming back daily. :)

I love the website so much but to make it easier to access, I believe that an app should be developed for both iOS(Apple) and Android phones and tablets. This would make it so much easier to find what kind of deals you are looking for.

Don't really have suggestions, Love the website, really easy to use :) An app sounds great though! :)

@TahiGT and all suggesting an App. How does and App make it so much easier to find what kind of deals you are looking for? Why does competitions.com.au need an App? You know a internet browser is an App? You got lots of choices to choose from. Works on all platforms and devices that support an internet browser. Which covers, all smart phones, tablets and Smart TV's etc. Competitions.com.au is not an interactive game , chat site etc that HTML 5 can't handle easily, or not appropriate for the front end. I.e you don't need an interactive/instantaneous response. The main functionality required is producing/formatting dynamic lists of competitions from a database. I think it would be a waste of resources to produce the same features/functionality that HTML provides doing an App. I can't see what additional functionality an App would provide over HTML for competitions. All the competitions you enter require an internet browser. So you need that App anyway.

I not saying they shouldn't do an App. It could have serve marketing purposes with additional exposure being listed in the App market. But doing an App for the sake of it's a catch word and seems trendy etc is not the right reason. An advantage might be for offline viewing of competitions. With a few addition features the website could even offer that. Copyright that idea for this competition/post. I'll explain later. :) "Apps" have been around long before smart phones existed. They were called programs. Would you suggest that they do one for MS Windows, OS, etc etc.

Regarding making finding what deals you are looking for, there are filtering options on the website. Are they initiative to use or missing functionality?

Unless there's an App in a box that covers competitions already available. Which can be easily modified, I can't see why it be worth the cost of development and maintenance for each platform. The only real advantage an App might have is a payment method/income stream to sell the App minus Apples commission. Would you be willing to pay for it to provide the same functionality as the website?

Creating an APP! that i can use on my iphone and my macbook! that would be awesome! :)

@admin @zedmin might I suggest a little website Spring Cleaning (though I appreciate it's summer now, and Melbourne is already suffering dreadfully. Yerchhh!) Perhaps you could archive the Surveys section (and what to do with accrued points for users...hmmm?). And I never understood the panel listing entitled 'More Competitions' that appears (at least) on one's user activity profile. When you click on a particular link, often there is nothing there. Was this a feature/functionality in earlier days? How about introducing a ticket feature for enquiries through a directed/dedicated portal? That way, users might be able to see the status of their ticketed enquiry rather than the current action/s of blindly firing off a comment (or enquiry through your current feature) and hoping for the best. Some thoughts to consider, if you might. We're trying to make this a better, more streamlined experience. I would think this might improve things at your end too. Sorry if it all seems negative. I'm offering constructive criticism. I love this site, and the community spirit. You're doing a great job, and I hope we're helping your brand on its way. Cheers.

I enjoy all that you have here, thanks for such a great site.

It would be great to have a log or a way of tracking what has been entered. A tool to log answers to 25 wol comps.

Like this site so far but maybe a few tips on how to win a bigger prize!!!

Thank you for this wonderful site. I'd like to see something done about the survey points. I spent hours upon hours completing surveys but I am now in "points limbo". I can't earn any new points and can't cash out what I've already earned. That irks me because it is wasted effort done in good faith and every dollar would help financially. Maybe you could work out a way we could receive a cashout/paypal payment for what we have earned. Then, after the cashouts have been done fairly, close down the survey section if it isn't going to be continuing. Thanks again.

Love the comps but HATE the phone calls from companies trying to sell me stuff.

It is good to have opportunities to win something that can help. In terms of competition.com I do not have any suggestion, I really appreciate what are you doing.

I love your site.I haven't won anything yet but I'll keep trying.

This site is amazing as it is! But i would love to see an app where you can easily enter competitions with just one click!