Goomba's Freebie of the Week #6 - PrizePiggy.com! ^_^ [Mobile/Archive]

goomba478

01-12-2008, 01:34 PM

Hey guys...well with the utter success of the past 5 contests, I have decided to branch my weekly contests into a nice, self-contained website. You can find this address here:

http://www.prizepiggy.com/

It doesn't get much easier than that is it? Keep in mind the website just went live yesterday and while it is 100% operational, there is still more content on the way. I plan to add more sections and more links on the pages, but for now this is all you need to enter. The prizes are up and running as well, though I will be adding more in the upcoming weeks. Feel free to enter, but please only enter once to be fair to everyone. I hope you like the site :) I put about 40 hours into putting this together (sad but true) and will be ironing out all the wrinkles soon.

If you try visiting the site and its down, just let me know...I just got the host up today so it may still be buggy. Good luck to everyone ^_^ Thanks again! The Prize Pig finally gets his change to shine hehe.

Sincerely,
JJ Parks aka "Goomba478"

exceed19

01-12-2008, 01:36 PM

i like the name of the site! :)

goomba478

01-12-2008, 01:46 PM

Thank you exceed! I was originally going to do prizepig.com or theprizepig.com but both were taken (though not really used very well in my opinion hehe). So prizepiggy.com it is ^_^ I plan to work on it and make it more refined, but you guys are free to enter it now =) Be sure to bookmark it too hehe. Thanks!

neverletthem

01-12-2008, 01:53 PM

Sweet =D. Nice site, already signed up for this weeks contest:D

Khalid

01-12-2008, 01:55 PM

Oh crap! I entered the contest before and didnt even know it was for US only.

FeNoM91

01-12-2008, 02:20 PM

Signed up. Goomba - amazing job on the site. Bookmarked...

I'm thinking about holding some Freebie contests (with crappy prizes - but heck its free.). Yours rock though, good job once again!

BTW - any luck finding me a Sonic plush?

georox

01-12-2008, 03:02 PM

I accidentally entered twice, but once only half the form was filled out (Was tabbing/entering to fill it out.. hit enter twice...)

goomba478

01-12-2008, 03:04 PM

Thanks for letting me know Georox. I actually can sort them by time/ip/address/etc. so I've deleted your second entry ^_^ Good luck!

sublime90

01-12-2008, 06:46 PM

love the site goomba, very nice of you!!! thanks

gweedyj

01-13-2008, 12:56 AM

very nice site.

lilboo

01-13-2008, 01:24 AM

Nice!
Entered for Gunpey! I WILL win that!

tyhana

01-13-2008, 01:31 AM

Awesome site! Bookmarked! (And entered, of course!)

goomba478

01-13-2008, 05:21 AM

Khalid,

Actually, Canadians and other countries CAN enter (I haven't gotten around to typing up the full rules for the site yet and I do apologize for that), but it's more of an issue of shipping at this point :) If you're willing to throw in a dollar or two for shipping I'll be more than happy to include Canadians too ^_^

goomba478

01-13-2008, 05:23 AM

By the way (I won't mention names), I'm sad to say that I've already have a few people trying to cheat the system...by entering multiple times. Some have even gone as far to enter seperately with each prize entered individually...for shame!

I will let it slide this time and will still put you in the drawing, but I will chose at random which prize to enter you for. Cheating won't be tolerated by the prize pig in the future though so please take note of this. He's happy to give away prizes, but only to those who play by the rules ^_^ Please don't cheat the system, as it's something I'm trying to do to be nice to the community I so love.

RelentlessRolento

01-13-2008, 06:40 AM

nice... I'll bookmark it. looks better than even most company websites.

archangelreb

01-13-2008, 11:27 AM

Cool site I'm all in great concept Goomba.

jiggyteddy

01-13-2008, 11:57 AM

Thanks goomba!

SpitFire158

01-13-2008, 12:02 PM

Can you only enter one contest or all of them?

jonslilbro

01-13-2008, 01:11 PM

Ya, that's a good question. I think I may be one of them who 'cheated'. I thought you could enter each contest once. Like once for this game, once for the ten bucks, once for the other game. If you're able to do that, them I'm good, if not, my bad for 'cheating', I thought when you said only enter once, you meant for each contest. My fault.

Jons<Out>

HighlightShow

01-13-2008, 01:21 PM

Entered! Thanks Goomba.

goomba478

01-13-2008, 01:29 PM

Dear jons,

No problem :) I know you didn't intentionally cheat. It's my mistake for not laying the rules out better and for that I do apologize. It's simply a drawing per week with one winner per week (or more sometimes on special occasions). I will be typing up the rules in FULL this week, but I wanted to get it up faster so I could get a drawing up.

My apologies for not laying out the rules better ^_^ A lot of people have been playing on the forum boards the last few weeks so they already knew what I was up to :) I'd never accuse you of cheating though outright. Which prize is it that you wanted to enter for the most?

Let me know ^_^

Jam424

01-13-2008, 01:41 PM

Sweet Goomba! Love the new site and love the contests you run!

Darklighter

01-13-2008, 02:56 PM

Awesome, prizepiggy.com rocks! Thanks for running these contests, Goomba :D

goomba478

01-13-2008, 03:45 PM

Thanks everyone :) I appreciate all the feedback and responses I've been getting. The more people that enter and get involved the better and better I can make the site (and prizes too). It's a lot of fun for me as well ^_^ Doing it this way will allow me more time to work on my projects instead of manually listing them all on paper (though I'll still be cutting them out and putting them in the piggy). By next week I should have more content on the site as well.

freakyzeeky

01-13-2008, 03:56 PM

Great website you have, I just love it! :D
Entered, good luck to everybody. :)

Lowkrow

01-13-2008, 04:09 PM

I agree with everybody else. I love the website. The layout is simple but still cosmetically pretty :).

Thanks for the awesome contests as well!

Josef

01-13-2008, 05:39 PM

Wow, nice site :applause:

I entered :bouncy:

tyhana

01-13-2008, 07:42 PM

Do you think you can add a link on the website to whatever the Goombucks are for? I mean, I know on the site it says "Good in my eBay Store, Etsy Store and others" but having links to those places might sway me to enter in for it.

T4Revan

01-13-2008, 09:06 PM

Very nice site. Signed up, thanks Goomba!

goomba478

01-13-2008, 09:59 PM

I've updated the site to include a "RULES" Section. Please check this before entering as a lot of people are confused about the terms of the contests. In a nutshell you can enter if you're not in the US, but I ask you to cover shipping to your foreign country, you can enter only once per week and for one prize only, and I won't sell your address and such. If you want more details feel free to read the new Rules section. More sections coming soon.

likenew

01-13-2008, 10:09 PM

thank you goomba, sorry for signing up twice =-)

goomba478

01-14-2008, 12:41 AM

tyhana, I'm working on an extensive Goombucks/eBay/Etsy store information page at the moment ^_^ It'll be about a week or so until they're up. Feel free to click my ebay store though here:

http://stores.ebay.com/Goombas-Game-Gallery

Thanks for your interest!

PS: About 15 of the auctions just ended at 10 PM. Generally speaking they end around 10:00 PM on Sundays and the store items are added throughout the week. They have been selling really fast lately (which is a great thing). Thanks!

detectiveconan16

01-14-2008, 11:53 AM

Aw, the Prize Pig is cute!

Dragon_Master

01-14-2008, 01:15 PM

signed up for the contest

someguy2222

01-14-2008, 03:15 PM

I accidentally entered twice, but once only half the form was filled out (Was tabbing/entering to fill it out.. hit enter twice...)
me too...

Rhippo

01-14-2008, 10:16 PM

Very nice site OP, well done. I will be doing all my ebaying through your kick it back link to keep the prize pig alive.

goomba478

01-14-2008, 10:51 PM

Rhippo, thanks so much :) Actually Kick it Back is seriously cool and you can earn a lot on it if you buy a lot on eBay. If you recommend friends they give you .5% of everything they buy through it which is really neat. Good luck to you ^_^ The Prize Pig thanks you!

tyhana

01-15-2008, 04:54 PM

goomba478

01-15-2008, 04:57 PM

Tyhana, I've updated my Prize page to have links to both my eBay and etsy store as well. Keep in mind the new products won't be up until Thursday :) That being said, feel free to bookmark it as I have a TON of games to list every week ^_^

Sincerely,
JJ Parks :)

PS: If you have any suggestions for the site, please let me hear them. I love all the suggestions I get!

Firestorm

01-15-2008, 07:42 PM

No Canadians? :(

blackbird3216

01-15-2008, 08:00 PM

Love the site, it's so much easier to enter now. Great work!

goomba478

01-16-2008, 01:14 PM

Firestorm,

Canadians CAN enter (full rules here: http://www.prizepiggy.com/rules ), it's just I ask that they cover the shipping. I opened it up to all countries but only the US includes free shipping as well. For other countries I just ask them to pay actual shipping (usually $3-$4) if they win. The rules page is up now and will be updated more in detail as I go along :) Thanks!

Sincerely,
JJ Parks ^_^

goomba478

01-16-2008, 01:15 PM

blackbird,

Thank you :) Yes ease of use and speed were my two goals with this website. It's still very much in development (you can tell by how plain that black text on white background confirmation page is) but I'm getting there slowly but surely. I am simultaneously designing from the ground up around 5 or 6 websites at the moment, so it's keeping me ultra busy, but I think good things will come from these projects. I'll keep you guys posted!

roguejedi5

01-16-2008, 11:41 PM

Pretty nice looking site goomba! Nothing interest me this week except for Goombucks, which could come in handy in the future.

21489

01-17-2008, 01:35 AM

Excellent idea. You're a good man, goomba.

goomba478

01-21-2008, 12:11 AM

Contest ends officially in 45 minutes exactly (12 midnight EST) ... good luck! We have 247 entries so if you haven't entered yet there is still time!

http://www.prizepiggy.com

goomba478

01-21-2008, 12:12 AM

By the way, next week will have a ton of new prizes (this week was more or less a trial). I will also be adding a "Suggest a Prize" section :) So be sure to check that out soon once its up. Thanks guys and good luck to everyone who entered.

RtG Assassin

01-21-2008, 12:22 AM

I will donate some 48 hour codes if you want them goomba you can give them to like 30 runners ups btw I enterd

1SwtDeception

01-21-2008, 12:29 AM

I entered! Definitely a nice site =]

goomba478

01-21-2008, 12:38 AM

RtG that'd be awesome if you'd do that :) I was planning to have some runner up prizes soon as well. Please PM me when you can ^_^ That'd be really awesome!

RtG Assassin

01-21-2008, 01:04 AM

i pm'd them to ya 36 of them

CONTEST IS OVER FOR THIS WEEK COME BACK TOMARROW PEOPLE!

goomba478

01-21-2008, 04:09 PM

Hey guys, just thought you'd like to know that the winner for this week's drawing has been posted. You can find the results here on my Blog:

http://goomblog.blogspot.com (http://goomblog.blogspot.com)

UltimoRey

01-21-2008, 04:35 PM

congratz to winners! Goomba that was an awesome song, made not winning kinda enjoyable. Thanks.

goomba478

01-21-2008, 04:55 PM

I listen to a LOT of Japanese pop music and that song "Gazen Yeah!" from Mihimaru GT is one that I really like. I originally found it using iTunes Japan (where I get a lot of my music from). I may start posting some Jpop and such on my blog if people like it :) It's not for everyone that's for sure, but glad someone liked it!

Random J-Pop fact but the GT in the band "Mihimaru GT" stands for Gran Turismo...Miyake (the male singer of the group)'s favorite video game.

RtG Assassin

01-21-2008, 05:07 PM

Congratz to the winners

tyhana

01-21-2008, 05:25 PM

Wha wha wha...?! Is that my name as a runner up?! SUPER!! Thanks goomba! Thanks PrizePiggy!

Congrats other winners! Hurray!

UltimoRey

01-21-2008, 05:32 PM