Free Vs Paid Competitions

The competition world is vast and expanding, especially now most websites use competitions to draw in users and to promote products and services. However, because of this growing area it can be difficult to know which competitions are legitimate and whether you should pay money to enter. Even free to enter competitions can be deceptive with some asking compers to simply provide their personal details to enter a draw and in reality the organiser(s) has no intention of providing a prize to the winner.
This is, however, a small percentage of the comping world and most competitions advertised online, through Television or in a publication are legitimate and can often be extremely fruitful for many compers. But what type is best to enter, free or the pay to enter competition?
Free Competitions
Free competitions do have many positives over pay to enter competitions. Firstly, because it’s free you have nothing to loose. The beauty of this is that you can enter as many competitions as you like without spending a penny. This will also increase your chances of winning a prize. However, the negatives of free competitions are the lack of rules and regulations required to organise them. This is not true for many but various free competitions will shun rules in order to increase the amount of entries. Many compers also enter the competition without reading any of the terms and conditions simply because it is free and they feel there is no need. This is not advisable as entering a competition of any size means you will be subject to those terms and conditions stated.The enticing thought of a free competition can compromise many compers judgments. The increase in competition scam mail means more and more people are entering illegitimate competitions that ask for personal details. However, the percentage of people being scammed is decreasing as people are becoming more aware of the dangers and the tell-tail signs of a competition scam. Free competitions are the safer option when entering any competition but it is still always advised to read and understand the terms, conditions, rules and regulations.