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One thing to think of before starting a promotion. America now accounts for less than 50% of all web users, and only just about 50% of all English speaking web users. If you offer something heavy, you are either going to have to pay a fortune in postage or only allow American webmasters to win. Also remember most electrical items cannot be shipped across International boarders, due to differences in electric supply, different regulations, import ban, and even export bans from the US to some countries (I remember Alan Sugar complaining that to market his computer in 20 countries he had to manufacture 14 different versions and set up manufacturing in 3 different countries, to obey all the applicable rules). And a lot of other items contain patents or copyrights that prevent you from sending them outside the US.
Now it may seem to you that this simply means you will simply be increasing your US webmaster base and keeping the rest at the same level if you offer a prize that is only available in America. But believe me most non-Americans will look at a sponsor offering a better deal to Americans, call the sponsor a cunt, and go elsewhere. So you may increase the number of American webmasters by 20% but loose 50% of your other webmasters, which is a total loss of 40%.
And you are doing your country a disservice too, since a hell of a lot of non-Americans will look at a sponsor offering a better deal to Americans and think "Just like those fucking yanks to piss on the rest of us, they are all bastards".
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