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Text Competitions - Overview  
 
 
What are Text Competitions?
Text competitions allow mobile users to enter a competition using their mobile phone simply by sending a text message reply in answer to a question.
 
Textvertising offer Text Message Competitions at either no cost to the end user or at a premium charge to generate revenue.
 
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Text competitions in the marketplace.

Text competitions are found in many places. The most common are on Radio Stations, TV Adverts, Product Websites, Sweet Wrappers and Drinks Cartons.

In all cases they entice someone to take part with a chance of winning a prize. Prizes vary considerably from a Playstation for example right through to luxurious holidays and cars.

One of the biggest text competitions is Channel 5's "Gadget Show". Here the prize is all the latest gadgets and the total prize value regularly exceeds £25,000.

Normally the end user will text A, B or C to a shortcode number. A reply message confirming their entry is returned and this charges a fee to their bill or credit. (See our Premium Rate page for more).

Associated Text competition products.
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Text Competitions In More Detail  
 


What rates can Textvertising provide?

Textvertising offer Text Competitions either free of charge to the end user or at a number of premium rates - 10p, 25p, 50p, £1.00, £1.50, £2.50 and £5.00. The choice is yours.

All of these rates can be used simultaneously inside your account. This enables you for example to run one competition that costs £1.00 and another that could cost £1.50 to the end user.

How many competitions can I run?
Each account you have allows you to set up 3 text competitions or text voting services, one reverse auction and one text raffle service to be run simultaneously and independently of each other, each charging different rates if required.

Does the end user always text A, B or C?
Not in all cases. They can text words of your choice so it is easily possible to have LONDON, PARIS and BERLIN as answers instead. You can also have less or more than 3 answers if you like. Words available are subject to availability on the shortcodes.

How do I manage the service?
You do this through you admin page here at Textvertising. It is very easy to create, operate and manage any competition. You can specify the words to use, the start and end times and even limit the number of entries received per phone if you wish.

The system will report live to you all entries received and can even pick you a random winner form correct entries if required.

What else do I need to know before I get started?
If you intend to use premium rate, take a look at our Premium Rate Messaging page which gives help and guidelines on usage of the service, how it is regulated and information on compliance with the regulatory guidelines.

How else can Textvertising help?
We do offer consistent advice on running your competition and methods are built into our software to help protect you from doing something wrong.

How much revenue do I receive?
Take a look at our Premium Rate Messaging page which gives more information.

Service Costs
Depending on usage, our entry level individual plan costs just £24.99 per month whereas a fully commercial licensed service for Television and high profile marketing costs typically £950 per annum.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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