I will say that I have had intermittent success with the giveaways here on Hipstamp.
I say intermittent because I really only know of one or two good new customers that I was able to tell came from the giveaway because they told me, and there isn't a way to know (that I know of) aside from asking the customers. I did have a period of sales dryness so to speak so I lapsed on the giveaways until today actually, I put one up this morning to see what happens....
I do think that a "rule" that the person has to have purchased at least one item (even ever) on Hipstamp would be a good rule, it would get rid of the lunchtime contest kinda guys I mentioned above.....
The average feedback of giveaway winners over the past 25 contests is just under 9,500. That is skewed from Mr. Mitchell winning twice in close succession. He has almost 90,000 in feedback. Take him out of the equation, and the average feedback for 23 of the last 25 giveaways drops to around 2,600.
Another drive-by-shooting by a non-participating interloper in the Penny Black giveaways!! It is certainly speaks to Mark's integrity and honesty that he doesn't just discard the names with zero feedback and move on to the next name pulled out of the hat (or however he does it). None of us would be the wiser.
I must say, Mark is admirably honest about awarding the prize to whomever's name he first draws. The process is apparently done privately, and he could easily just keep drawing names until an active member is declared the winner.
But to give it to a zero feedbacker who only entered once . . . . .
That makes two months in a row that the Penny Black Giveaway winner has had ZERO feedback!
The winner is neither a buyer or seller on this site! It must really annoy Mark to award these interlopers! (yet it obviously shows how random and impartial the process is that selects the winner!)
Good point Michael, Mr. Mitchell has the luck of the Irish! It is all fun, not sure why others do not participate in creating giveaways. It will be a sad day when Mark's stash of penny black's come to an end. Winners whom have purchased or not are usually very grateful.
I would think Mark would actually prefer low-to-no-feedback winners (if he had a preference, at all). The purpose of the giveaway is to attract users. High-feedback members are obviously using the site already.
Ted, if that is Mark's plan, it's a noteworthy one. However, it has a history of not providing those results. Remember the winner of the inverted jenny? He disappeared and has never been heard from again, from what I know.
But, you can't require someone to buy something in order to enter a giveaway, so as we have all these years, we have to live with it. I can't even tell you the last time I entered the giveaways here. I did win three in a row on another web site, however.
I agree with the lowest line of comment. Threats, coercion and sulking will not make me buy a single stamp from this seller. Whether I want a stamp, how much it costs and ease of dealing MIGHT but my budget is small.
With regard to the Hip Postcard wanna-wins, are we supposed to enter our choices every day like for the Penny Black, with some hope of winning our chosen postcard? Or are we just informing HipPostcard of our favourites?
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I say intermittent because I really only know of one or two good new customers that I was able to tell came from the giveaway because they told me, and there isn't a way to know (that I know of) aside from asking the customers. I did have a period of sales dryness so to speak so I lapsed on the giveaways until today actually, I put one up this morning to see what happens....
I do think that a "rule" that the person has to have purchased at least one item (even ever) on Hipstamp would be a good rule, it would get rid of the lunchtime contest kinda guys I mentioned above.....
It is certainly speaks to Mark's integrity and honesty that he doesn't just discard the names with zero feedback and move on to the next name pulled out of the hat (or however he does it). None of us would be the wiser.
Even after years of giveaways on the previous site, that theory did not hold.
just a thought that i am sure has been suggested before. Of course the purpose is to get buyers
In the previous 2 contests my daily entries gave me about a 1 in 100 chance of winning.
Now, entering each day, I am barely at a 1 in 200 chance of winning with all the added interest in the game.
The word is getting out!
I must say, Mark is admirably honest about awarding the prize to whomever's name he first draws. The process is apparently done privately, and he could easily just keep drawing names until an active member is declared the winner.
But to give it to a zero feedbacker who only entered once . . . . .
Gaaaahh!
That makes two months in a row that the Penny Black Giveaway winner has had ZERO feedback!
The winner is neither a buyer or seller on this site! It must really annoy Mark to award these interlopers! (yet it obviously shows how random and impartial the process is that selects the winner!)
But, you can't require someone to buy something in order to enter a giveaway, so as we have all these years, we have to live with it. I can't even tell you the last time I entered the giveaways here. I did win three in a row on another web site, however.
I saw that this morning but really didn't want go there!!! At least the first couple of winners had feedback.
Ross
https://www.hipstamp.com/store/ross-stamps
I've made two purchases on HipStamp thus far but have not received feedback.
I hadn't actually thought of that!
I don't know how HipPostcard works - you could maybe ask your question in their forum.