[Sam]

What are the largest forum hosted contests you have ever seen?

I know that Fergal, on BusinessAdviceForum, runs a huge ongoing contest with a total prize pool of $20,000. I have also helped out with a few contests on WebGurubb, the largest of which had $300 in prizes.

So what sort of forum based contests have you seen and how successful were they?

[MoneyBox]

Nothing over $100 myself. I know Fergal puts on some nice ones like you just said.

[CyberFreak]

BAF has had the biggest contests that I have seen (that have actually paid out that is ),

[jacktheking]

$20,000!?!? Are you sure? Rich Fergal.. Big forum contest I seen? Hmm.. Domain name and web hosting. Nothing special really..

[Anushajain]

Yes Fergal has organized large series of competition

[draco99]

Well, why would you spend that much money for a comp?

[CyberFreak]

In order to encourage people to visit, promote the site, signup and be active on the forum which in turn increases advertising revenue and increases the value of the forum

[TimeRider]

As far I have only seen Fergal with those Grand prizes in BAF and AdsLotto.

[draco99]

Seems like a very generous thing to do

[shamzblueworld]

I'd like to see a similar contest here as well.

[Shole]

BAF and WebguruBB, and the biggest I have won was on moneyinvestment forum or something like that 50$

[Mr.Panos]

I agree with you Shole. However, many other forums said that they have a contest with 500$ +, but they didn't pay.

[shamzblueworld]

I think the biggest one I am seeing is whats on webgurubb, its worth like 800$ in all.

[Jordan]

I have also helped out with a few contests on WebGurubb, the largest of which had $300 in prizes.

So what sort of forum based contests have you seen and how successful were they?

WebGuruBB also now has a $800 contest

Other than that, I have not really seen any forums offer big contests Other than Fergals. Even still, only one I seen was the $5,000 one. which seems to now been officialy been a year since that started xD. I can see how that brings in some nice users though so Fergal has good ideas. Where is this $20k one I see people talking about :O

In order to encourage people to visit, promote the site, signup and be active on the forum which in turn increases advertising revenue and increases the value of the forum

Sometimes it does not work for everyone though xD

The largest contest I have ever held personally was only a $2,500 cash prize. It was not for a forum though. And the money was actually made back in a couple weeks because of the contest xD

[shamzblueworld]

The largest contest I have ever held personally was only a $2,500 cash prize. It was not for a forum though. And the money was actually made back in a couple weeks because of the contest xD

Wow that must be a great success.

[Fergal]

...The largest contest I have ever held personally was only a $2,500 cash prize. It was not for a forum though. And the money was actually made back in a couple weeks because of the contest xD

Well done, sounds like a very successful contest. What type of site was that for? What did participants have to do, to enter?

[Anushajain]

...The largest contest I have ever held personally was only a $2,500 cash prize. It was not for a forum though. And the money was actually made back in a couple weeks because of the contest xD

Well done, sounds like a very successful contest. What type of site was that for? What did participants have to do, to enter?

That seems to be interesting Jordan Well our Admin Fergal is also damn good competitions for forum members We are happy with his contributions for BAF as well as for FC community..

[Travis_]

Forum den has a relatively big contest going on right now top prize of 250 dollars.

[Anushajain]

Forum den has a relatively big contest going on right now top prize of 250 dollars.

Do Forum den only for UK people or for Indian as well, do they pay like Forum coin and Business Advice Forum?

[Rick Ace]

Forum den has a relatively big contest going on right now top prize of 250 dollars.

Do Forum den only for UK people or for Indian as well, do they pay like Forum coin and Business Advice Forum?

According to what I've read, the only restriction is that you have to accept the cash via paypal. It looks like you can ask for alternative forms of payment such as domains, web-hosting, or have it donated to a charity of your choice. So, it seems like there's no country-level restriction. You can always ask Patrick.