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Possible to make giveaways for multiple games/keys that are non-bundled but related content?

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kittysunlover

Hello friendly Steamgifts users! I'm hoping you can help answer a couple of questions about a thing I would like to do with future giveaways.

Basically, I have a lot of keys to give away, and some are things like - a series of games where I have copies of every game in the series, or a game that has DLC where I have copies of the base game plus its related DLC. What I want to know is twofold:

  1. Am I allowed to "bundle" these things together? The game keys I own are all separate keys, so not the same as a pre-bundled package on Steam, but for various reasons my preference would be to give the whole group of keys to the same person (if they want them). I can't find anything in the community guidelines or FAQ that addresses this, so I want to make sure I didn't miss something before attempting it.

  2. If it is allowed, what would users suggest as the best way to do this? I don't see a direct option to add more than one game to a giveaway. What I was thinking was, make a giveaway for the base game (or first game in the series, whathaveyou), while disclosing in the description that if the winner chooses, I will add x y z additional keys to the gift after the giveaway ends. That way, if the winner does not want the extra keys, I can still make separate giveaways for them. Does steamgifts have a built-in way to do this? There was something in the FAQ about adding keys after a giveaway ends but I'm not sure whether I fully understand it. If someone could walk me through it, or suggest alternative methods if that won't work, that would be wonderful.

Thanks in advance for the help!

1 year ago

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Myrsan
  1. It's allowed, but note that you'll only receive CV for the game the giveaway is for.
  2. There is no 100% safe way to add additional keys here, you could only modify, so one by one, making sure the winner used it in the meantime. You could post them within their old giveaways as message, but that could be found by someone else. Way easier to do it via Steam chat, but for that the winner needs to accept your friend request.
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kittysunlover

  1. That is good to know! I am less concerned about contributor value, but always nice to be informed.

  2. That also makes sense. I'm thinking maybe putting something in the description that says, I have x y z additional keys and will send a friend request to the winner to give them those if they want, if they don't want or don't accept the request within x time, then I'll make separate giveaways.

Thanks for the advice, this has made things much clearer for me. ^^

1 year ago
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Myrsan

Yes, good to create awareness from the start, although not everyone pays attention to descriptions. You're welcome!

1 year ago
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kittysunlover

I figure if they don't read the description and don't accept my friend request, then they miss out on extra free content, so that's their loss. I can still at that point create separate giveaways for the extra content.

Cheers~!

1 year ago
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Sundance85

Yeah as long as the end result is the same it doesn't matter if you deliver the prize as one key / gift that activates all or as seperate keys. Just put a note in the description that you'll add the winner to give them the DLC keys. As long as the winner received all the content listed you can pick the bundle / complete edition when creating the giveaway.

1 year ago
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kittysunlover

I'm not sure if bundle/complete editions exist for all of the things I have in groups but that also makes sense! Good to know, thank you for the help. ^^

1 year ago
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Sundance85

My pleasure 😉

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Golwar

Additionally to what the others already mentioned, I want to mention that providing bonus content beyond the game you create the giveaway for, won't be protected by the rules of SG.

This means that your winner wouldn't be obliged to activate the games on their account. They could trade or sell them away.

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kittysunlover

That is a good point. I've been giving away key codes on my own for years before I discovered steamgifts, so I'm less concerned about "misuse," but I think also requiring a friend add and a short conversation will help mitigate that risk. Thank you for the input!

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