Just about every month over 1000 sweepstakes expire on the last day of the month. This is the most popular day on the site for many reasons. The first that comes to mind is not everyone has the time to enter sweepstakes daily. For members who can only come and enter sweepstakes from time to time the last day of the month is catch up time. Luckily on Sweepstakes Advantage we have an expiring sweepstakes section.
We list the sweepstakes that will be expiring in the next 14 days. Aside from that we also list the expiring sweepstakes by category. We are the only sweepstakes directory to do this. So if you only like to enter facebook, blog or dvd sweepstakes you can narrow down your search very quickly without having to sort or filter your sweepstakes lists. Taking a quick look at the expiring contests section I can tell there are 196 facebook contests expiring on 8-31-2011. There are 15 instant win sweepstakes expiring on the same day.
Expiring Sweepstakes Strategies
Many of our members have their own strategies that they use in conjunction with the expiring section of the site. One of my favorites is to use another feature only found on SA to your advantage. If you look at each contest on the site you will see a section called “hits”. The hits count is the number of times a SA member has clicked that listing. The lower the hits number we can safely assume the lower the entries for that particular listing. I've had lots of success in the past by entering the expiring sweepstakes with the least amount of hits or entries. Members can really rack up the wins by using this strategy.
How Many Expiring Sweepstakes Do I Enter and When?
You may ask yourself when is the next time to start entering the expiring listings? I would estimate how many you can safely do in one sitting and space out that time. There are over 1000 sweepstakes expiring tomorrow. If you can do 100 sweepstakes per day then you may want to start working on the expiring section at least 10 days before the month end. You may not enter all 1000 but at least you have a good plan. Of course the more you enter the better your odds are. You may also want to keep in mind that you stay accurate throughout all of this to make sure your entries don't have a mis-spelled email address that would disqualify you.
All the expiring listings can be found by clicking the “expiring soon” link on our main page. Another great article on entry strategy can be found here.
