Sunday, January 30, 2011

What's your definition of a Low Entry Giveaway?

I'm a one that actively seeks out low entry giveaways. Almost daily.  It seems that there a many different perceptions of what is considered "low entry".

I seek out low entry giveaways for several reasons:

1.  Good chance of winning

2.  Helps out  fellow bloggers to get more entries into their giveaway

3.  A lot of them are grocery or beauty type items I would normally buy anyway. This has helped take a bite out of our grocery bill which is fantastic.



So my question to you is, What do you consider "low entry"?


My personal definition is a giveaway with less than 100 entries and ending within a week.  There are exceptions if there are several winners. I usually multiply that by the number of winners for the giveaway.  So if there are 2 winners, less than 200 entrants still fit in my definition and so on.   One exception to my rule would be if it's a really big prize with less than 200.  For example, something like a Dyson vacuum with only 200 entries and a week left would be low for that prize, in my opinion.


I don't like it when I see 200+ entries with 1 winner and it's being promoted as low entry.   I also hate to see when there is still 2 weeks left on the giveaway and it's being promoted as low entry. That's just my opinion though.  I know there are many views out there. 



That being said, I found a giveaway with low entries today I thought I'd share as an example:


Barefoot in Portland has a giveaway for a GLEE make your own candy kit.  With my entries included there are only 13 entries so far and end 2/4 (less than a week away).  So stop over and enter. 


Barefoot in Portland


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