Getting fed up with making public giveaways.

grow some patience? :P

^ Yes yes. You need to learn how to be patient.

Up the lvl, if you want to keep making public ones.

Solution for You:

Contact with winner on steam and give him code during conversation.

There I highlighted the sentence that matters. It's not about time, I have plenty of it.

Those winners just don't want to win their gift, and that bothers me.

Your old threads show you don't have much patience.

You made two public giveaways and since you got one winner that didn't behave properly you got 'tired' of public giveaways? That's not a good statistical base for that decision to say the least ;)

You are not alone if that makes you feel better.
Increase the level or make forum giveaways and you will have less problems.

I've made 8 public giveaways so far, all of them marked received within 48 hours, most of them within 12. Maybe increase the level to 1+? I've found that people who have had to deal with waiting for other people to click the "received" button are usually more prompt in clicking it themselves.

I would recommend making giveaways that require a level of 1 or greater. These are people who have given away things before, and so they should care and understand the rules.

If you want a better experience, making giveaways for users of a high level will typically go smoothly. I started making public giveaways for 4+, and I haven't had any serious issues since.

Yes they are yes it is!
Higher level gas, region restrictions, private links with puzzles or other kind of recruitment? rules in description? - SGTools too, and hard punishments if link is leaked. :P
Since it's REAL easy to reach lv1 and 2, despite I don't do gas so often as I'd like (money and region restrictions), I tend to avoid lower levels precisely for having a higher chance of problems.
Many started doing whitelist only gas, but you know, there're plenty users out there that are worth having and WL would exclude them likely for no reason, so...

It all depends, really. It's ugly to have to chase them so they mark as received, holding you back from your free-slots, your cv increase and ofc your game that wont return.
Edit: see that you're pretty new, and you're already doing private gas. Alright, it's a start :)

Good luck Jordi

Did you add them on steam and sent them an e-mail, but they still marked it as not received? If yes, then I guess it's just bad luck. ;P No need to put restrictions in your giveaways, but why not make a puzzle and make it harder for them? ;P

I started making all my public giveaways level 2+, rarely have any problems now.

Same here, I usually make theme 4+ or 5+ and I haven't had any serious issues. Good luck with your next one! ;)

Simple solution: Don't make public GAs?

Sorry, was too tempting :P...

My trick is to go with at least level +1 or +2

simple solution make +lvl4 ones...less annoying.

with that title i came in kinda expecting a hidden link, at least i am leaving with a chuckle ^^

match your lvl at least imo ;) thats been my rule of thumb and it rarely works out poorly. generally your lvl or maybe even one lvl above yours. or yea, the private route.

any hints?