win win win hopefully! (loquax.co.uk)

Member Name: Rach18

Product:	loquax.co.uk
Date:	05/07/06 (101 review reads)
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Advantages: win stuff

Disadvantages: might not win stuff

I registered on the loquax website when I started my maternity leave back in April becuase I was so bored.....

Whats' it all about?

Basically Loquax is one of the largest competition portals on the Internet and best of all it lists only UK competitions - so it's all relevent to us.

The website

www.loquax.co.uk is very easy to use. The homepage is quite basic and easy to navigate. On the left hand side there are a number of options - these are also repeated at the top of the page.

You can still use the site even if you don't register but registering has numerous benefits.

If you regiser on the website you will receive a weekly newsletter detailing any exciting news and competitions. You can also join the forums section and chat to other UK compers, share ideas, help each other out with competition questions, list new competions and free stuff and even take part in U2U comps set out by other members.

The most useful thing about registering though is the easy to use competition tracker. Here you can keep track of all competitions that you have entered. You can view all comps from a particular site and mark hem as entered. You will be informed when the comps close and when the tracked sites add new competitions through my tracker.

You can search competitions - search for a particular prize you want to win or just have the comps listed by either closing date or by prize directory. You can choose to just list the newly added comps if you have already entered most of the others on the site. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of competitions listed from many well known and not so well known companies.

There is also a pay to play section of the website where you can play bingo, lottery games and casino games etc. Icannot comment on these though as I only enter the free comps!

There is also a shoploquax section on the left hand side. If you click this you can look at many shops and their featured products (bbq's at the moment!) Shops included here include John Lewis, Dixons, Tesco, Comet and Prezzybox to name a few. Within the shop section there is also a section with lots of special offers, these include offers such as free trial dvd rental from Blockbuster, free £5 to play online bingo, £15 off your first order at Littlewoods and many others. There are discount codes and vouchers for various sites and details of getting rewards for surveys, writing opinions etc - pretty much like this site!

The forums section offers a place to chat to fellow compers not only about your wins etc but whatever else you like from the weather to your favourite dvd or even your favourite recipe.
There is a useful section where you can browse and list other comps not listed on the site and a section you can browse and list free stuff that you can get online - I have go many free samples and things from here including a cuddly cow from Cow and Gate and a Carlsberg glass. There is usually someone who posts codes etc that you will need to get the free things -some are web entry, some text/phone and some postal.

There is also a winners list - when winners of comps are published forum members can copy a list of the winners for whichever comp and post ont he site - if you are lucky you may even see your name here!

There is also a winners post where winners can post what they have won through entering comps - I have been lucky enough to have posted here a few times - I have recently won a set of childrens books, some dvds, a funky chick toy and some nappies! I am still keeping my fingers crossed for a big win but there is proof here that people really do win the big prizes!

There is also a U2U section where once you have been a registered member and posted several times you can enter comps by other members and run your own.

Another useful section is the swap section where you can swap unwanted prizes etc with other members.

The forums are very friendly and I have made several good friends on here!

Overall the site is well set out and easy to navgate. It is updated sometimes several times a day and the search facility is quite useful. The website downloads quickly and is a joy to use.

I hope that this has encouraged you to enter some competitions - you never know what you might win. Remember you have to be in it to win it!

Summary: online competitions portal