need your opinion on a contest

hey there,
we'll be running a contest soon and if you could be so kind to give us your opinion, we'd greatly appreciate it.

we're planning on giving away a PlayStation Portable as the 1st prize. well, actually the winner will have the option between a PSP or a 3 year extension to their hosting plan. there will also be 2nd and 3rd winners who will get extensions to their hosting accounts. the top winner will also automatically be eligible for a larger prize to be drawn in 6 months.

participants need to sign up to either one of our 2 featured plans to be eligible. in addition, they will get free domain registration.

these are the basic rules we've come up with and we're preparing to launch it on our site. the page is not live yet, and i'll notify you as soon as it is.
we're also looking for ways to get the word out.

any comments or recommendations would be much appreciated.

thx in advance.

Mike D.
I2V Web Services (http://www.hostmei2v.com)

Well I suggest you read up on the following links to insure you run the contest with out any local FTC Issues:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,311824,00.html

thx for the feedback hottweelz. i'm guessing you've already had a contest.

Done a few from some other sites... thinking about doing an Ipod one soon... they work well, just make sure all your eggs are in one basket ya know?

do people actually respond to the contests on forums?

If the prize is right... I haven't done any on FWS per se. Give away something thats really wanted and target that audience as close as you can... for example... Give away a Dell X50 Pocket PC... make sure Dell forums knows about it... and also offer DellForums.com members a 10% discount on hosting... Just an example, dellforums.com might not even exist (I dunno)

i c what u mean. nice feedback.
anyway, as u can tell, i'm fairly new here, and i appreciate your help.
thx a bunch.

Any time... welcome to FWS :cool2:

I like the contest, I think it will really attract a good client base, at least a few anyway :)

Great... now i'm thinking.... *burn* *burn* *burn*

may I ask what the contest is for?

He mentioned a Sony PSP or 3 years of WebHosting... I'm assuming he's a host.

yeah but I mean, I was wondering what the contest entailed. Are they designing a site for him, or giving referals or what are they doing?

hi there Peace_hope
participants need to sign up to either one of our 2 featured plans to be eligible

ok, so they sign up for one of the specific plans, then it is a drawing for 1st 2nd and 3rd place prize winners?

correct

peace_hope, have u found a new host yet?

yes, I have a new host, and going to be getting a dedicated server soon :)

great stuff!
so, any thoughts on the contest?

just to let you know the contest is now online :)