Giveaway type key or gift?

Gift is if it is in your inventory on steam...

key is if it is not.

If you have the game in your Steam Inventory, you should choose gift
If you will give a key to winner, then you should choose key and then copy the key to the related area

A key is a CD-key, something that you get from another place than Steam that can be activated on steam, while a gift is a game you've bought on steam. The reason why you get to chose is because you can send the key through SGs system.

If you choose 'key', you will have to enter the key(s) being given away at the time you create the GA. When GA ends you click on 'send key' and the winner will see it in their won giveaway page.

If you choose 'gift', you can add the key after GA ends, or the game is given away as a Steam Gift. You may also contact the winner and send the key out in real time, making sure the winner can activate while in chat.

you can allways choose gift. gift means, you will add later a key or you will send the gift per steam or mail or what ever^^
key -> you have to put the key directly into the system and you cant change it during the giveaway is running...

Do the winner and I have to be friends in steam if I choose gift type?

Er, I think I got it - thanks all!

May I just say it's lovely to see someone read the FAQ and ask questions about what they don't understand instead of just blindly stumbling through. Welcome to the community! :D

Thanks Luxy :) And everyone! I did it! http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Wb8TC/bit-dungeon-ii

I'm clicking "gift" always because later on you can still add a key for the won giveaway.
If it's a gift you don't have to add the winner on steam, the e-mail of the winner is shown only to you and you can send the gift (in the steamclient) via e-mail ;)

Is there anything I should know about region restrictions? And... is it restricting the giveaway TO those regions or FROM those regions? Sorry - I have actually been accused (rather consistently) of overthinking things.

looks like everyone already helped you. good job steamgifts and welcome thyreos! :D
anything you need, give us a call. you may want to read my first thread that helped me a lot to get started :)

just about anything you buy off steam for steam will be a key, and keys are usually cheaper, with a gift you have to friend someone but it is useful for those rare situations where there is an issue with the key since you know with a gift they absolutely have a copy and you have solid documentation thereof.

Thanks I will choose "key"

Do not use Gift Link from Humble; they frown extremely heavily on gift links being used in "random giveaways."

I dont want to do something wrong here

Can I just buy from steam and send that gift to winner in a giveaway

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/kSII3/darkest-dungeon

here is what I opened If thats wrong I will delete it.

nevemind I have deleted it

thanks