22.01.2009
Bingo Ads expandingYou only need to turn on your TV set to see that online bingo advertising is spreading – with Ads now being seen during a range of new programme types, from gardening to cooking programmes. According to one gambing researcher, Mark Griffiths, a professor of the industry from Nottingham University – the growth is set to continue growing, with several driving influences.
Most notably, bingo gaming on the web doesn't yet have a truly established stereotypical gamer – and it could be true that people with diverse interests will love the game. As such – the marketers behind online bingo are testing new avenues to analyse the game's appeal. What's more, recent reports suggest that in contrast to other forms of gambling such as poker, bingo doesn't yet have an established audience, meaning the Ads are being created to test new waters.
Bingo is expected to grow faster than other gambling niches in the next decade, mostly because the game is attracting niches who in the past have not been attracted to gambling. Personally – we simply think that bingo has a universal appeal, and that's why the Ads can be seen everywhere you go, from the tube to newspapers and late night TV.
22.01.2009
Devon property with fishing competition prize winner still not electedOver the last few weeks, we have received a number of emails from you mentioning this UK property prize competition. Although it is a bit of a sideline, we thought we would say a word to update you on this interesting story.
After months of speculation following the decision to postpone the prize draw in the middle of October 2008, it seems that the Oldborough Retreat competition has still not been concluded.
Despite selling all 46,000 tickets on their website for the competition, the couple that own the house and promoted the competition were put in the situation of having to postpone the competition until they are sure it is not deemed unlawful by the UK's Gambling Commission. So far, according to the statement on their website, Brian and Wendy Wilshaw are still awaiting a positive verdict from the appropriate UK authorities.
We hope this situation resolves itself soon, particularly since so many players bought a ticket in good faith hoping to win their dream property prize. For more information about this story and other online similar property competitions, one of our featured advertisers Win-House.co.uk provides lots of additional resources.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
02.12.2008
Christmas season in full swingIt has been a long time since we saw such frenetic sales in London at Christmas time. Clearly a sign of the credit crunch weighing down on the retail sector, with the kind of sales you would expect in January being marketed heavily from the start of November. On our side things are going well, with 700 registered players competing on Pixel Draws at present. While the prize fund remains unchanged, you can expect the New Year to kick start the action and hopefully, our first winner for 2009. We have been busy making the site more visible and are pleased with the level of interest showed by advertisers over recent weeks. As always, thank you for your interest in Pixel Draws, thanks to your support the community continues to grow. As our regular players know, by being ahead of others in the game, as soon as the prize fund starts they will be in a great position to be our first winner!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
19.08.2008
600 registered players!Thanks to everyone for coming back regularly to Pixel Draws, some of you are actively clicking ads and will be in a great position to win our first prize once we start selling ads. The free section in our first grid is pretty much full at this stage, and we are talking to a few advertisers to help kick-start the prize fund soon. In the meantime thank you for your patience and for helping make Pixel Draws a more interesting for our advertising partners. August is always pretty quiet so we're looking forward to thinks starting off again in the next couple of months.
We hope you're having a great summer and we wish we could say the same here in London, where things are decidedly windy and cold... Nothing new there you will say. The good news is that it gives us the opportunity to work on a few interesting projects we hope to announce on Pixel Draws over the next few months.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
04.07.2008
Our free ads are nearly gone on our first gridAs expected, our first grid has been the most popular so far, with practically all of the free ad space gone. As we start selling ads on the rest of the grid, we're hoping the prize fund will start growing to allow us to create a winner amongst all of you that have played Pixel Draws so far! A total of over 530 players are actively clicking on our ads across our grids, from around the world. We're very grateful to all of you for supporting Pixel Draws over the last few months and hope that you've discovered some interesting sites along the way! Watch this space...
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
22.03.2008
405 Active Players on Pixel DrawsWe're pleased to announce we've now reached 405 members registered and playing regularly on Pixel Draws. The average number of clicks per player has increased to over 24, and we have some players returning every day and creating a real lead for themselves. We have 12 players with over 160 clicks registered and 5 players with over 500 clicks. Our most active player has clicked over Pixel Draws grids over 1210 times!
Our first grid continues to be the most popular and the free section is nearly full, with 15% of all the ads on the grid now used up. We're hoping to see the rest of the grid fill out, so we can generate some winners on Pixel Draws!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
31.01.2008
Congratulations to Mr Moguche who just won $153,000 on Pixelotto
As many of you know by now, Pixelotto is over and the winner has been picked: a certain Mr Moguche residing in Kenya. Although the final prize never reached $1 million as originally planned, we still think it was successful in its own right - if you ignore for a second the amazing (one-time) success of the Million Dollar Homepage. As explained on the Pixelotto homepage, Mr Moguche intends to start up a profit-making venture that will donate 10% of all profits to support children's education and welfare in Kenya, in addition to the $15,300 donated by Pixelotto to a charity of his choice. We think that's great and shows how this kind of game can make a difference. From what we understand, no follow-up rounds of Pixelotto are planned at this stage.
On our side, we're pleased to see more people join every day: we now have 325 active members and our first grid continues to fill. We're hoping to bring more interesting ads to you over the coming weeks, and to start growing the prize fund.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
08.01.2008
280 active players!A belated Happy New Year to all of you and welcome to everyone who has joined us in recent weeks. 2008 looks to be starting off in a great way and we're pleased to say we now have 280 active members playing on Pixel Draws! 40 new players from the USA, India, Pakistan, Romania, South Korea, Indonesia, UK, South Africa, Philippines, Holland and even Bangladesh joined us since over the Christmas period, helping build the community and make Pixel Draws more interesting for advertisers as a result. Watch this space as the next few weeks should be interesting, with great new ads added and hopefully, our first winner!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
24.12.2007
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Pixel DrawsThe 24th of December of finally upon us and we'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of our players a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2008! Pixel Draws continues to grow and we have a feeling 2008 should be a great year for our players. We expect January to be a busy period and we'll make sure to update the site regularly as soon as new advertisers have joined us. In the meantime, we hope you have a very enjoyable holiday and that you discover some great sites thanks to Pixel Draws if you're exploring our site for the first time. For all of you that are regular players on Pixel Draws, a big thank you and remember to visit the site regularly even during over the New Year for new updates!
Thank you once again for all your support over the last few months, we look forward to bringing you some great prizes in the new year. All our very best wishes for a Merry Christmas!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws team
14.12.2007
240 active members!We're pleased to announce we've now reached 240 members registered and playing regularly on Pixel Draws. The average number of clicks per player is over 16, but we have some players returning every day and creating a real lead for themselves. We have 3 players with over 230 clicks registered and our most active player has clicked over Pixel Draws grids over 580 times!
Here are our current all time most popular ads for each grid, based on the number of clicks we've registered:
PRIZES, GAMES AND FREE DRAWS
Prize-Competitions is a great source of reviews and advice for prize competitions, free draw and lottery sites. You can find the best prize competition for you and learn how to increase your chances of winning online.
CARS AND MOTORS
Classic Driver is an online community designed for connoisseurs and enthusiasts of classic and prestige cars of all types from around the world.
WEB AND TECHNOLOGY
Eventspace is a free directory of venues, vendors and services, created to help individuals, corporations and party planners find resources in the event industry by establishing trusted relationships with clients and each other.
TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE
Ottoman Life is a beautiful new residential resort based in the Bodrum peninsula, in Turkey. You can buy a new high quality appartment as a holiday home or even as an investment to take advantage of rising property prices in the region.
FASHION AND ACCESSORIES
Poxt allows you to place a classified ad on their website, covering a variety of products. Jobs and Housing ads cost $1.99 for a duration of 30 days, however all other ads are free.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
30.11.2007
The grids keep on filling up gradually...We now have a total of 138 ads on Pixel Draws across our grids, which is great news - 15 ads were added to the site since our last blog entry. Of course, as free spaces are still available the prize funds haven't kicked off yet, but it's only a question of time. If you're an advertiser, we suggest making sure you get a free space on a grid before it's too late! Remember, you can use up to 4 ad blocks at a time in the free sections on each grid.
Our first grid (Prizes Competitions, Games and Sweepstakes) is 13% full with 54 free pixel blocks still available. The Cars and Motors grid is 7% full; the Web and Technology grid is 8% full; the Travel and Lifestyle grid is 7% full and finally the Fashion grid is only 6% full.
We're still seeing the majority of people focusing on the first grid as you might expect, in the hope that this prize fund will start growing first. Watch this space! We're confident that this grid will continue growing fastest given it is on the homepage and given the theme of the grid. But make sure you don't forget to position yourself as a player on the other grids, they're all run independently and some of you have been clicking these regularly as well, increasing your chances when the time comes to draw the first winner.
We'll continue to update you as Pixel Draws continues to grow!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
26.11.2007
Look out for Pixel Draws emails when opening an accountA few of our players have experienced problems activating their accounts due to the activation email being filtered as spam, so we just wanted to give you a few instructions to avoid any future difficulties in receiving our emails.
In order to avoid any future correspondence (especially winner notifications) from getting filtered, we would advise you to make sure to designate any email from us (such as Editors@Pixel-Draws.com) as non-spam.
If you are using an internet email account, you can simply login, go to your spam folder, and press the equivalent of the "this is not spam" button in your programme. That way any future emails from us will be considered legitimate.
If you are using something like Outlook or Outlook Express, you will simply need to go to your spam folder, select our email, and then right click on your mouse, and choose to designate that email as non-spam. This will equally teach the programme that any email received from that address is not spam.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
26.11.2007
Less than one month to go till Christmas!We've been very busy over the last few weeks and Pixel Draws has continued to grow since our last blog entry. We're pleased to say 32 ads were placed on our various grids in the last couple of weeks and we now have 212 active members playing on Pixel Draws from all around the world.
We've had a couple of enquiries about the prize funds: when will we first give out our first prize and for which grid? Well, as you can see, our first grid is currently the most popular, however the other grids are quickly catching up. Once the free section in a grid has been completely filled with ads, advertisers will focus their attention on the standard and premium ad sections, which cost $100 to $150 per ad block. This will mean that the prize fund will start growing on that grid and we can give away the first $1,000 to a lucky player.
Given that the first grid is filling more quickly than others we notice that fewer players are focusing on the other grids at the moment. This provides an opportunity for anyone patient enough to focus on the other four grids even now. As soon as those grids fill up, they will be in a better position to win a prize. We're talking to a few advertisers who are considering purchasing an ad block as the site develops, so watch this space!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
08.11.2007
November already!Hello fellow advertisers,
Just a few short words this week. Winter is well and truly upon us here in London and we're preparing ourselves for the next few months of darkness. We continue to see more of you join Pixel Draws, which is great: we now have 170 regular players from every country you can image, with more joining every day. We've seen a few ads placed on our grids over the last few days (details below), and as promised we wanted to give you our login details to Google Analytics so you can track how Pixel Draws is doing in terms of traffic.
Username: guest.pixeldraws@gmail.com
Password: guest-pixel
Now for the new ads placed on our various grids in recent days:
Pushkinprizes.net is a site dedicated to a writing competition. The Pushkin Prizes offer a unique opportunity for 10 pupils from schools throughout Scotland to attend a five-day creative writing course at the Arvon Foundation Writers’ Centre near Inverness. [Prizes, Games and Sweeptakes grid]
CCTrim.co.uk. With over 25 years experience, CC Trim specialise in retrimming of vintage and classic cars and cater for mainstream vehicles including 4x4s. [Cars and Motors grid]
Car-accessories-and-parts.com is a site focused on - you guessed it - a range of car part accessories, basically everything you need to fix your car or 'pimp' it! [Cars and Motors grid]
Jacksgarage.co.uk is the leading Volkswagen Campervan Repair Specialist in West London.
We deal in all aspects of all air-cooled and water-cooled Volkswagen
Campervans. [Cars and Motors grid]
Digitalturtle.co.uk is a Bristol & Tenby based web design agency. [Web and Technology grid]
Austinecom.com is a comprehensive Business Solutions, Internet and Website Design company based in Austin, TX. [Web and Technology grid]
Buddhaview-diving.com. Buddha View Dive are Thailand's specialists in PADI dive education, with courses from your first breaths underwater, the prestigious PADI Open Water gold certification card, through to PADI Dive Instructor and Divemaster development programmes, the IDC. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Workwearhouse.co.uk are suppliers and embroiderers of work clothing and uniforms of all types. [Travel grid]
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
29.10.2007
A brief update on recent adsHello everyone,
Well as a first thing, we're pleased to let you know that we were finally assigned a Page Rank 3 today, our first PR to date. Of course, this is just the beginning and we intend to increase our PR over time and as we exit the Google Sandbox. In the meantime, we've had a few interesting additions over the last few days, we thought it would be timely to give you a heads up.
Freesuperheroes.co.uk is another free competitions, free stuff and offers website, allowing you to track at all times where the best deals are... for free. [Prizes, Games and Sweeptakes grid]
Win-iPhone.co.uk is a site dedicated to Apple's new gadget, the iPhone. Looks like the site will feature in-depth reviews of the iPhone, together with a list of competitions to allow you to win an iPhone as well. Should go down well given the imminent launch of the device in Europe. [Prizes, Games and Sweeptakes plus Web and Technology grid]
Minispares.com feature a wide range of... you guessed it, spare parts for the different MINI models. In fact, it looks like they have over 9,000 parts available on the site. We have to say this is one of our favourite little cars for getting around the London trafffic! [Cars and Motors grid]
VCars.co.uk is a site dedicated to used cars of all types. They consult 1600 dealers throughout the UK with over 100,000 used car offers updated daily. Find the best deals for everything from Audi, Ford & Honda to Volkswagen, Volvo and Vauxhall. [Cars and Motors grid]
Blitzgamer.com. Register for free and play free games, chat with your friends, send messages, review games, rate games, upload an avatar, and add games to your favorite list. [Web and Technology grid]
Studying-Development.org. Find study and training courses in International Development and Humanitarian Aid. The site aims to help orientate those wishing to enter, or already active in Development and Humanitarian Aid. This course directory is international in scope and covers professional training, as well as university degree courses. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Hatsandthat.com. You can browse the catalogue on the site to find exactly the type of hat you need for that special occasion. [Fashion grid]
We'll keep you posted as things develop on our site, thanks for your support!
The Pixel Draws Team
24.10.2007
Dear Advertiser,A few words dedicated to our advertisers this week. We've had many enquiries about our traffic and how the site is developing in terms of links, visitors and page rank. These are obviously important considerations when assessing where to place your ad, so we wanted to say a few words on traffic and SEO this week.
Traffic and memberships have been building regularly and we're pleased to see visitors from new countries coming to the site every day. We now have just under 150 players playing regularly on Pixel Draws with an average of just over 10 clicks per player. Some players are much more active and returning every day to be ahead of the others when the first free draws take place.
Given we officially launched Pixel Draws in September, we're still in the Google "sandbox". We expect to be out in the next 3-4 months, by which time we expect decent starting page rank. We've done our best to build many links to the site and submitted to hundreds of directories. For the time being, we have over 170 inbound links from other sites, as you can see in the Yahoo! Site Explorer tool. We've also done lots of search engine optimisation over the weeks and we're pleased with the results.
As we mentioned previously, we intend to make Google Analytics available to you to allow you to follow our traffic directly yourself and assess how Pixel Draws develops. In the meantime, if you want to have a look, please get in touch to request login details. We're also thinking of keeping the game running until 30 September 2010 as planned but keeping the grids running for a further 2 years, to give ads exposure for a full 5 years. We welcome your feedback on these ideas and of course, any other ideas or comments you could have to help us improve the site.
We still have free pixel ads available on the different grids, with the homepage obviously busier than others at present. As a result, although players will have noticed that our prize funds have yet to start building, we're happy with the progression and from the feedback we have received, confident we will generate winners before long. Remember, we keep every single click so anyone who plays early will be ahead of anyone else!
The Pixel Draws Team
19.10.2007
The Christmas season has officially started in LondonWe've started spotting Christmas decorations already in shops around London, and the ads on TV have started coming in. Just as we were getting used to summer, another year is drawing to a close and UK retail is in full spin to get us to buy the latest and greatest gadgets and fashion accessories... If you have a close look, you'll notice that even Pixel Draws isn't immune to this trend, as we saw a seasonal ad appear only today. In the meantime, we're seeing regular new visitors and our rankings are gradually increasing week by week. We will shortly add some counters on the site to allow you to see the development yourself, as well as detailed statistics (we're thinking Google Analytics would work well), for which we will publish login details. After all, it's become pretty easy these days to just draw up your own graph or counter of visitor traffic, but we want to make sure you can check the data yourselves. That way advertisers have some context to help them make their decision as to whether to place an ad or not. As you'll see below, we've had a few new ads placed across our grids this week, coming from a variety of sectors and as far as Thailand.
Playaholics.com
is a site that allows you to play a wide variety of fun games, either for free or to win prizes if you're good. [Prizes, Games and Sweepstakes grid]
Trucklocator.co.uk provides a full directory of trucks, lorries, HGV, tractor units and vans for sale, of all types and sizes. [Cars and Motors grid]
DrGadget.co.uk sell a wide range of gadgets and electronics online, perfect for that Christmas present you're looking to buy for your husband or little brother! [Web and Technology grid]
Condo-for-sale-in-Pattaya.com. You've guessed it - if you're looking for the next 'hot' place to invest in real eastate, why not Thailand? We don't know much about the dynamics over there right now, but given the prices in London, it could be worth a look. The sites lists flats, condos and studios for sale. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Beautiful-travel.com is the site of a small travel agency based close to Siena in Tuscany, Italy. They organise wine and food tours for those who want to discover the local culture. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Todaygem.com. Another site from Thailand, focused on gems and jewellery. We hear that the jewelry sector is very developed in Thailand and you can find some great bargains. This site looks like a good place to start, featuring some impressive designs. [Fashion grid]
PetLondon.net is perhaps one of the more unusual sites on Pixel Draws so far, but we recognise that there is a real demand for these products. Have a look at PetLondon to find the 'very best' for your dog or cat in terms of fashion and accessories! [Fashion grid]
As always, we welcome any thoughts, comments or suggestions from you, we're always looking for ways to improve Pixel Draws.
All the best and have a good week-end,
The Pixel Draws Team
12.10.2007
Greetings from London to all our new playersWe're very excited to see players from many new countries join us over the last week, and we've been joined by some interesting advertisers, especially in the Travel and Lifestyle and Fashion grids. We've seen a big increase in players from the USA, which now represent nearly half of our players on Pixel Draws. UK players represent 25% of our community, and we're pleased to see that many players have joined us from New Zealand (11%) and India (6%). Otherwise, we've seen new additions from Singapore, Egypt, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Hungary. We think it's great to have such a wide variety of players on our site. We have yet to see a prize fund increase as we still have some free ad space available, we'll keep you posted so you don't miss out!
In the meantime, here are some of the ads that were added on the site in the last week.
Saving-box.com is a site that allows you to save money while you shop online. The site has set up agreements with a variety of retailers, giving you cash back when buying online via Saving-box.com. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Scooterworld.co.uk. Scooter World Ltd is a small, independent dedicated scooter specialist based in Notting Hill and also Chiswick, West London. [Cars and Motors grid]
Ferrarispot.com is a free online community for everyone who loves Ferrari cars. The site includes many articles, news, a forum on the famous cars. [Cars and Motors grid]
Active-robots.com. This site allows you to buy all sorts of robots you can assemble at home in your own spare time. We don't know much about this topic but there are some interesting-looking machines on this site! [Web and Technology grid]
SEO-watch.com offer search engine optimization for E-commerce sites, together with search engine marketing packages to create consistent and targeted traffic to your website. [Web and Technology grid]
Fuzzyllama.co.nz. Fuzzy Llama is a new zealand based web design company. It prides itself on offering some of the cheapest web design deals for clients in new zealand and australia without compromising on quality. [Web and Technology grid]
Mosaicindia.com. Every wanted to travel to India and discover the mysteries of this amazing country? Mosaicindia organise a variety of tours with a spiritual theme to help you get the most out of travelling to India. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Rockandice.net.
Have you ever tried rockclimbing? This is one of the best all-round sports you can take up as a hobby at all ages. Find out more at Rock and Ice, who offer rock climbing and other activities in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, Scotland, Wales, Lake District and Cornwall. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Gopalsons.com. This site could be interesting to men looking for tailor-made suits and Indian-style outfits of high quality. This site features Gopalsons' designs and contact details of all the outlets and distributors (including London and Queensland). [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Schoolholidaydeals.co.uk is a price comparison travel site. Here you can book and search online from many UK leading travel agents. Search for cheap flights and holidays including deals on business and first class flights worldwide. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Flightdumpers.co.uk
is also a travel price comparison site, allowing you to search online for special deals and book your holidays at attractive prices. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Val-Joanis.com. Based in the Luberon, South of France, Chateau Val Joanis produces award-winning red, white and rose wines. The site also features lots of information on the Chateau itself, events held on the grounds, and a full list of the awards won by this prestigious wine-maker. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Griffonbank.com. Griffon Bank is a private offshore bank chartered in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies. It provides banking services to its customers worldwide in a protected environment supervised by the Government of Dominica and Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Vintageous.com features a variety of fabulous vintage clothing items and accessories from the outrageous to the elegant and reserved. [Fashion grid]
Nicekicks.com features new sports and retro sneakers and trainers, with a wide variety of brands and collections. [Fashion grid]
Vintagewatchcompany.com. Based in London, The Vintage Watch Company features the world's largest vintage Rolex collection, ranging from the 1920s through to the 1960s, as well as more recent models. [Fashion grid]
Thanks again for all your interest so far, we hope to create some winners soon!
All the best,
The Editors at Pixel Draws
04.10.2007
It's been a busy week so far...Now that we have officially launched Pixel Draws, we're seeing new players join the site to be amongst the first to play. We're also seeing a number of advertisers interested in the idea of getting involved and we think you'll be seeing some interesting developments on the site in the coming weeks. Interesting to see many new players from New Zealand and Australia, particularly this week, as well as from India and even Hungary. For those of you wondering how many people have registered so far (given we officially launched on 30 September), we now have just over 110 members that regularly click ads on Pixel Draws. That represents a pretty small proportion of the visitors to the site, but it's only natural that many don't register right away, particularly as the prize funds have yet to start growing (given we still have free ad space available). As soon as you start seeing paying ads on the site however, those that registered and started playing early will be the best placed to win the cash prizes as they will have a longer history of clicks that are eligible to get picked. That said, it's fair to say the majority of clicks is concentrated on our first grid, it's worth registering even a few clicks on the other ones, you never know where we will sell the first ads...
OK, in the meantime, here is the list of advertisers that have joined Pixel Draws since our last update:
Vouch4me.com. This site allows you to register for the chance to win prizes for free. Every prize draw you enter will earn you a free lifestyle voucher. The site features a range of different prizes, ranging from cash prizes to cars. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Sweepsadvantage.com is one of the largest directories of free online sweepstakes and lotteries. The site is broken down depending on the type of sweepstake (daily, unlimited, 24 hour entry, etc), you can also share thoughts and ideas in their forum and add comments to the site. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Compers News. Become a regular winner of big prizes with Compers News, the monthly postal UK competitions listing magazine and Chatterbox, a free interactive online competitions forum especially for Compers News magazine members. Find out what competitions are running, where the entry forms are (if one is needed), answers to any competition questions and tips and advice on how to win. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Thebigbiglotto.com provides a lotto ticket buying service for the following lotteries: the UK National Lotto, Euro Millions Lotto, Canada 649 Lottery, Spanish El Gordo Lotto, Florida Lotto, Mega Millions Lotto and Power Ball Lottery. This ticket buying service is for players unable to get to the store to buy their tickets. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Onlyfree.net lists a very large number of free offers you can take advantage of on the web. The site is broken down into different categories of free prizes, ranging from bags, CDs, computers, to toys and vacations. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Cashnetsweeps.com is now one of the biggest directories of contests and sweepstakes, updated daily. Started by Amanda, a stay at home single mom from Australia in 1997/98, the site provides you a lot of resources for free on all types of sweepstakes worldwide. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Absolutelyfreebies.com is a great source for quality freebies on the Internet. They are currently actively adding new freebies and removing expired ones from all categories, so the site is up to date. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Freakyfreddies.com. Freaky Freddie is one of the biggest and fastest growing free stuff sites on the net with 72 categories of free stuff to choose from, updated daily. You can join their famous daily newsletter of freebies to find out what freebies were added, with a touch of humor. This is a great site that has been around for years. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Freebielist.com is another great resource to discover freebies on the net. Explore a treasure trove of free stuff, ranging from jokes, to free fonts, games and competitions. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Idontpay.com. You already pay enough for the things you buy. Why pay for certain things when there are comparable, and sometimes even better products and services that are free? Have a look at this directory for ideas and links to free stuff. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Contestalley.com features a large amount of contests, sweepstakes and free stuff available on the net. You can subscribe to their newsletter to receive updates directly without having to check the site. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Isjustfree.com. Find out how to get freebies and free samples on this site by receiving their regular newsletter. The site only offers real proven discounts and all exclusive promotional samples, all free. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Prospector.cz is another great directory for all the best freebies, contests and product samples on the net (we're starting to see a theme here!). Currently there are 3,540 free stuff and freeware links on this site. They are all reviewed, searchable and categorized in more htan 200 categories. The site also monitors closely freeware tools and games to bring you the latest free software. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Coolfreebielinks.com offer useful free samples, freebies and free stuff for everyone. From beauty freebies like cosmetics to free product samples of food, makeup, T-shirts, razors and shampoo, candy and gum (you name it!). [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Contests.about.com. About.com is already well known and you probably use the site already. This is the Contests and Sweepstakes section where you can read some interesting articles and comments on ongoing competitions you can enter. The guide is written by Sandra Grauschopf, adding a personal touch. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
The Sweepstakes Wire was founded in 2002 and specializes in the development of affordable sweepstakes solutions for their clients and in providing quality sweepstakes and contests to their consumers via their web portal and monthly newsletter. [Prizes, Games and Free Draws grid]
Supercarexperiences.com. Supercar Experiences is a UK supercar hire company, specialising in Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche and TVR hire. The company was established over 4 years ago and provides over 30 supercars, ranging from classic to recent models. [Cars and Motors grid]
Motor-sport.uk.com. Action Resources is a UK company - now in its 8th year - offering integrated people management support services dedicated to the motor-sport sector. This website offers online recruitement services and resources, together with extensive resources on the sector as a whole. [Cars and Motors grid]
1inamillioncars.com is an online service to buy and sell classic cars. You can browse the classic car ads, place a classified ad and read all about the featured classic car of the month. Lots of resources on automotive parts, acessories and restoration items as well. [Cars and Motors grid]
Studentcomputers.co.uk. You can find a lot of good deals for a wide range of technology products on this site (not only computers, and not only for students!). [Web and Technology grid]
Gadgetsuk.com features a huge range of gadgets, "boys toys" for all sorts of hobbies and styles. You can find some great birthday presents on this site - usually with great deals. [Web and Technology grid]
Epicado.com. Epicado provides a full range of web marketing services and aims to provide common sense advice in a language you can understand. [Web and Technology grid]
Blueparallel.com is an exclusive travel boutique whose mission is to take discerning travelers who are time-constrained to the most spectacular natural and cultural wonders of South America. Blue Parallel's luxurious escapes are designed around the themes of "World Heritage" destinations, breathtaking daily outdoor adventures, gourmet food and wine, exclusive accommodations and special events. A tempting proposition indeed! [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Cubatravelexperts.com provide information and restouces on Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, New Zealand and South Africa. For those that love a good cigar for example, you can discover their monthly Cigar Lover Tours! [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
Photoandpostcard.com work in partnership with hotels, specialising in using digital photos and converting them into personalised postcards for a memorable souvenir for your holidays. This is a French site but you can click on the US flag to change the language settings. [Travel and Lifestyle grid]
RKDfashions.com is a site offering a wide range of fashion items and accessories at UK wholesale prices. [Fashion grid]
Make sure to check back regularly to see the latest additions to the site, and we will continue to update you regularly on players and visitors to the site.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
28.09.2007
Welcome to all our new players!This week has seen a significant increase in activity and we're pleased to welcome new players from a wide range of countries. The number of people finding out about Pixel Draws has increased a lot, in part thanks to word of mouth, so thank you to all of you who told their friends about us! You will have noticed that ads are getting clicked more as a result. We have yet to open the prize funds but as most of you know already, every ad counts in the free prize draw once a prize fund reaches the right level, so it's worth clicking the free ads as well. If any of you have friends who run their own website, be sure to let them know about us so that they can place their ad for free on our site while we still have free ad blocks available (find out more in the Link To Us section).
Not surprisingly, our first grid, Prizes, Games & Free Draws, is getting the most attention, given that it is on our homepage and contains more ads. Remember though, to also visit the other grids as they are all independent, and you can click each grid up to 10 times per day.
So where do most of our players come from? As we expected, given we are a British site, many players (over 44%) come from the UK, closely followed by the US (over 42%). But we're pleased to see players from a wide range of other countries, including India, Barbados and Ukraine! The average age of our players for the time being is just over 41, but we have players as young as 17 and up to 76 years old! We also get traffic from many other countries, and every day sees new players registering, so we're sure that the profiles will change over time.
So watch this space - we're looking forward to welcoming paid ads in the coming weeks and generating winners on Pixel Draws!
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
24.09.2007
Focus on Prizes, Games and Free Draws - lots of comping sites added!Our first grid has seen a number of new ads added over recent days, including some interesting comping sites - have a look at a brief update on them below. We're also pleased to see that a number of new players have joined Pixel Draws as we approach the start of the competition, watch this space!
Theprizefinder.com mentions on its homepage that it is the only UK competitions website to have generated a real million pound winner. The site is a well presented gateway to a wide range of different online UK competiitons you can enter for free.
Yumgo.co.uk is an original website that allows you to win prizes by searching the internet by using a wide range of search engines. Every search you perform generates revenues for Yumgo, who give up to 75% back to its users as prizes. You can win a range of prizes, including CDs, DVDs, iPods and games consoles.
Flash-game-design.com is an extensive resource for making flash games. Here you will find tutorials, articles, and links to the best resources for creating and designing flash games.
UKwins.co.uk is a nice looking site that lists a big range of competitions you can often enter for free. The site also hosts a daily competition and provides updates via email so you always know when new competitions are added.
Compaholics.co.uk is another good comping site which lists competitiions according to what prize you can win. It's worth checking this site regularly for updates for freebies and lotteries as well.
Rewardsites.co.uk. From here you can find links to the UK's best online competitions, free stuff and ways to earn money online. By registering, you'll have access to their complete directory, exclusive member-only competitions and receive regular newsletters including latest additions.
ABCwin.co.uk provide links to 100's of competitions and where possible the answer for you too! So all you need do is visit the site enter the required info and sit back and wait.
Crazycompers.co.uk is another great guide to UK competitions and prize draws exclusively for UK residents. Here you can enter free online competitions to win holidays, cars, cash, and other great prizes.
The Pixel Draws Team
13.09.2007
An update on recent additionsAs some of you know by now, we like to keep you updated of recent changes on the site, so here is an overview of the latest additions on our different grids.
Classicdriver.com was created in 1998 to be the foremost online platform for connoisseurs and enthusiasts of classic and prestige cars from around the world. [Cars & Motors grid]
Heritage-motor-centre.co.uk is the website of Britain's foremost classic car and motoring museum. It contains lots of useful information about the museum, upcoming classic car and motoring events, and the history of British motoring. [Cars & Motors grid]
2ndhandmobilephones.co.uk specialise in selling second hand and reconditioned mobile phones of all styles and brands. You can find a very wide choice of models here and the site is easy to use. [Web & Technology grid]
MSF.org is one of the two charities we support at Pixel Draws. MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people they help. [Travel & Lifestyle grid]
Bethanykids.org is the other charity we support at Pixel Draws. Bethany Relief and Rehabilitation International (BRRI) is a small independent non-governmental organisation devoted to providing medical relief to individuals that suffer from a disability, for whom the cost of the medical care provided is prohibitively expensive. Via BethanyKids, BRRI focuses primarily on helping disabled children in East Africa. [Travel & Lifestyle grid]
Bicestervillage.com is the website of a luxury fashion outlet store based in the UK. Whether you’re looking for that elusive must-have or simply the reassurance of quality, Bicester Village has the best and the brightest brands in fashion at prices reduced by up to 60%. [Fashion & Accessories grid]
The Pixel Draws Team
06.09.2007
Welcome to our new advertisersWe're pleased to welcome a number of new advertisers on our different boards, most of which joined over the last couple of weeks. It is interesting to see the variety of different types of websites advertised, we're grateful for the level of interest Pixel Draws has generated so far, particularly in the last couple of weeks. Here is a brief overview of who has joined us on Pixel Draws:
Prize-Competitions.com was the first ad placed on Pixel Draws. The site focuses on free comping, prize competitions and rewiews of games and websites in the sector. It seems that this site is still in development, but we think it will fit well within this grid once it is ready. [Prizes, Games & Free Draws grid]
Faze3.co.uk sell a wide variety of puzzle boxes, including Japanese puzzle boxes, puzzles (ball bearing puzzles, 3D wooden puzzles...) and other interesting similar products. We never new there were so many types of puzzles you could buy, you could spend hours trying to figure these out. [Prizes, Games & Free Draws grid]
Maxpuzzles.co.uk also focus on puzzles and sell a number of wood, metal, string, wire puzzles, with an emphasis on competitive pricing and fast shipping. Together with Faze3, we think that this is a useful addition to this product grid. [Prizes, Games & Free Draws grid]
Poxt.com allows you to place a classified ad on the site, covering a variety of products. Jobs and Housing ads cost $1.99 for 30 days, however all other ads are free. Poxt.com have also placed free ads on the Web & Technology and Fashion & Accessories grids given that their site covers different products. [Cars & Motors grid]
GoStats.com provide reliable free web traffic counter and analysis for various types of sites. For free accounts, all that is required is the standard GoStats web counter/tracker link back. There is also a Pro version, which allows webmasters to hide the GoStats.com webcounter. [Web & Technology grid]
Eventspace.com is a free nationwide directory of venues, vendors and services. It was created to help individuals, corporations and party planners find resources in the event industry by establishing trusted relationships with clients and each other. [Web & Technology grid]
Bandbuzz.com allows fans to post their favourite songs on the site. Bands can promote their band for free, upload music, photos and more to generate buzz for their albums and events. The site also offers users the chance to vote and share their thoughts with the community. [Travel & Lifestyle grid]
Ottomanlife.com is a site describing The Konak, an exclusive development of high quality apartments with panoramic views over the bay of Turgutreis on the Bodrum Peninsula in Turkey. We like the photos so much we're thinking of buying one of these ourselves! [Travel & Lifestyle grid]
Keyrealestate.be is the website of a real estate company based in Belgium that focuses on quality accommodation for individuals and companies, as well as advice on mortgages and home insurance. [Travel & Lifestyle grid]
We will continue to keep you posted on a regular basis of the main additions to the site. Of course, Pixel Draws has not been running long, but we hope to have some interesting additions in the coming weeks.
The Pixel Draws Team
30.08.2007
The site is nearly ready to goAs some of you may have noticed, we have worked hard to make some further changes to the site, to make it faster and clearer throughout. We hope you notice the difference, we have really tried to help make the ads as visible as possible (rather than make the site really stand out by itself), and the navigation clear and simple. In the meantime, we're considering adding some visual illustrations to explain the concepts a bit better, such as the one below, however we want to make sure the site isn't slowed down by too many images (to accommodate for ads loading up on the grids) - after all, there is nothing worse than a site that takes minutes to load up.
We are now able to accept ads and invite advertisers to have a look at the grids and take up the free ad blocks on a first come, first served basis. The free prize draws will start after the official launch on 30th September 2007 as and when ad space is sold, however if you place your ad earlier, that means you will have an extra month of advertising to yourself, and you can be sure you will stand out as one of the first ones on our grids. We haven't yet started any formal advertising ourselves for Pixel Draws, which explains why the site seems pretty quiet for now - we want to ensure everything works well before doing so.
In the meantime, watch this space and we'll keep you posted on how things develop.
The Pixel Draws Team
15.08.2007
So why should you advertise on Pixel Draws?Many of you will have become quite cynical about pixel advertising by now. As an advertiser, you want to know that your ad will generate a good amount traffic to your website in return for the money you are investing, and you will be wondering why it may makes sense to buy ad space on a pixel grid where other ads are displayed. Well, we would agree when it comes to ‘traditional’ pixel advertising, where you’re simply given the opportunity of buying virtual ad space in the hope that your ad will stand out amongst – literally – tens of thousands of other ads, each with their own product and activity. Why would visitors to those sites want to click your ad in particular, especially if they have no idea what you are advertising about? How would your ad generate any meaningful traffic, after the initial excitement about the website is over? We want to create targeted, durable traffic (i.e. not just for a few months) by giving players a real incentive to explore your ads.
We don’t feature any ads smaller than 400 pixels so each one is visible (your ad image is visible in full size too when you place your mouse over it), and no offensive or inappropriate ads or links, so you won’t have the unfortunate situation of having your ad sit next to an escort site for example. All our ads have to fit in one of our 5 product grids, which means visitors already know what your ad could be about before clicking on it. They can also see how many clicks your ad has received so far, and it makes sense for players to click ads that haven’t been clicked much, in the hope that it will be selected to for the free draw to win the next cash prize.
Unlike other pixel sites, we won’t create new grids once the Pixel Draws have started – after all, that would mean your ad wouldn’t have as much value later on as when you bought it. Your ad will stay on our website until 30th September 2010 - that means you can buy ad space for less than $3/month, with a real chance of generating traffic to your site. There are a limited number of Premium and Free pixel blocks as well, just have a look at ‘How it works’ to find out more.
We hope you find Pixel Draws interesting. Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions. Pixel Draws is run by a UK-registered company, and you can be assured you are dealing with a reliable organisation. We hope you benefit from advertising on our site.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
15.08.2007
Welcome to Pixel Draws - some thoughts for visitors to the siteThank you for joining us on Pixel Draws, we just launched this website with a twist on pixel advertising, designed to give site visitors the chance of winning cash prizes on all our grids in return for clicking ads and finding out more about products they are interested in.
As a visitor, we understand you may have limited interest in pixel sites overall. All you see usually is a huge number of tiny ads, randomly displayed on a very big pixel grid, arranged in no particular theme. What is the point for you? We’ve tried to address this by giving you the chance of getting a financial reward in return for actively clicking ads to find out more about the websites they link to.
It’s very simple and we assure you, there are no catches. We give back to you over 65% of all the revenues we generate from selling ad space (a further 10% is donated to charity). You register for FREE and click up to 10 ads per day, per grid, and every time the prize fund on a grid increases by $1,000 to start with, we pick one ad on that grid at random, then one person who clicked that ad gets picked at random – and we give them $1,000. The cash prizes increase to $2,000, then $5,000 as we run more free draws. And we guarantee not to share your info with anyone, we are NOT one of these sites that sell information to create revenues. So you won’t receive loads of junk mail after registering on this site!
Unlike other pixel sites, we’re not suggesting that we will generate $1,000,000 in 12 months – we just don’t think that’s realistic. Nor do we think you should wait 12 months to win a prize, however much that may (potentially) be! We’ve tried to be more realistic by giving away most of our revenues in the form of smaller prizes, so that it makes more sense for you. Every click you enter is kept until 30th September 2010, which means you can win more than once or even stop clicking to be entered anyway. Oh, and we don’t feature any tiny ads, offensive or inappropriate ads or links, and each product grid has a theme. That means you won’t find yourself by chance on some unsavoury website when you are interested in fashion for example!
We’ve tried to be very clear and transparent about how it all works, but we welcome any comments or suggestions you may have to improve our site! That’s all for now, at this stage we would like to wish visitors to Pixel Draws best of luck, we hope to generate many winners.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
01.08.2007
Pixel Draws launching soon!
Welcome to Pixel Draws! In this first post to our blog we would just like to announce the imminent launch of our website on 30th September 2007. In the meantime please be patient. We are doing our best to make sure we launch on time.
All the best,
The Pixel Draws Team
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