Win BIG with this competition lovers cornucopia of delights (competitions-online.co.uk)

Name: sandrabarber

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Product:	competitions-online.co.uk
Date:	15/10/01 (105 review reads)
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Advantages: Hundreds of competitions, Updated daily, Great looking site

Disadvantages: I've never won a bean

Competitions-online.co.uk has recently undergone a major revamp. It was always the best competition site on the net for my money, but now it’s even better and puts the competition (if you’ll pardon the pun) firmly in the shade.

Now preferring to go under its newer name of theprizefinder.com (though you can still get to it by typing the old address into your browser), it’s slicker, quicker and bigger than ever, and undoubtedly the best place to go for online comps and prizes.

Looks:

The new site looks great. The main colours are bright blue and orange, which might sound like an eyesore, but they actually work really well. They’re basically more vibrant versions of the site’s old colours, and this simple change has given the site a fresh, alive and fun feeling that is a joy to see loading.

Functionality:

You must now join as a member before you can access the new prizes. This is a very simple process taking just a minute or two. You then get the choice of receiving the newsletter or not.

And if you don’t want to have to log in every time you visit, make sure you’ve got cookies enabled so the site will remember you.

Getting around the site is simplicity itself thanks to a clear navigation bar that remains at the left of your screen whatever page you’re on. It’s from here that you access the competition categories which include:

Automobiles
Cash
Vouchers
Electrical Goods
Computers
Tiebreaker Comps

…and many more. Competitions are UK only or worldwide, and prizes range from the small but useful, like £5 vouchers or a book or cd, to real life-changers such as holidays of a lifetime, tens of thousands of pounds and cars.

There is also a ‘New Additions’ button which takes you to a page of dates covering the previous week. Choosing a date then takes you to all the competitions which we
re added that particular day. This is the best option to use if you’re a regular visitor as it saves scrolling around through the different categories trying to remember which ones you’ve entered and which you haven’t, especially when you consider that there have been almost 100 competitions per day this week alone. Note that you must be logged in to access this particular page.

One thing that used to annoy me about this site was that it was slow. Not surprising when you consider that there could be over 100 competitions in a category and all were displayed on the same page.

They’ve changed that now by displaying only 10 comps per page, meaning that each page loads much, much faster.

Competitions are briefly described in terms of what you have to do to enter, and links take you to each competition in a new browser window. I particularly like this as you’ve always got the prizefinder page there to refer back to immediately instead of having to type the address again or use your ‘back’ button.

I’ve always liked this site for its simplicity and clarity, and now it’s even simpler and clearer. It’s absolutely up to the minute and often has prizes listed way before similar sites such as loquax.

I am absolutely addicted to this site. Over the last couple of years I have entered literally hundreds of competitions via its links. I’ve never won so much as a sausage (though I know people who have) but I live in hope, and living in hope is half the fun.

Overall a superb site well worth visiting. You’ve nothing to lose but could gain a very nice surprise indeed.

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