| Product: |
competitions-online.co.uk |
| Date: |
30.09.01 (72 review reads) |
| Rating: |
 |
Advantages: simple layout, loads of competitions, ease of use
Disadvantages: none
Friday was an ordinary day then I came onto Dooyoo for a brief browse and find an opinion on the front-page relating to this site. It sounded interesting so over I went to check it out, the user had also said they had won a toilet seat from going to the site and if that ain't recommendation then i don't know what is!
Competitions Online is pretty self-explanatory. It's a simple listings site giving you links to all the current competitions you can enter on-line and believe me there are a lot of them. Each competition is put into a category as follows :-
Art
Automobiles
Books
Cash
Computers
Electrical
Entertainment
Fashion
Film and TV
Food
Games
Health and
Beauty
Holidays
Home and
Garden
Kids/Toys
Miscellaneous
Music
Shopping
Sport
Tiebreakers
This then leads you to the listings which give you the website link to the competition, the prize, closing date, instructions and who it's open to. No elaborate jargon or waffle, it's all simple and what you need to know and nothing more.
I must warn you there is a big danger in using this site, it's incredibly addictive. I've entered competitions before and won stuff, a few online, a few offline. In fact it's the way I started my dvd infatuation. But here you are being shown sites where you can win prizes that you actually want. The cost is obviously not really applicable. You don't have to do much more than fill out your details or send an e-mail. Either way there's no stamp costs or the time it takes to walk to a post box.
I suppose the downside is that by entering some of these competitions you are liable to get some junk mail by registering with sites. But then again it's your choice you don't have to enter them and most give you the usual small print to decline such notifications.
There's not much more to the site than
that. There are sections that show competitions that end soon as well as general news and a search facility. The layout of the website is simple and mainly text based which means no heavy graphic downloads. This allows you to breeze through each website link with no problem. You also get the chance to visit websites you didn't know existed.
I'm sure thise site pretty much updates itself but income seems to be gathered by affiliate links and click thru programmes.
So I've entered my competitions and now I wait, maybe I'll win and maybe I won't but either way there's not much effort in exchange for potential gain. If I do win anything I’ll let you know in a big self-gratifying update!
Summary:
|
|
