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it's called SteamGifts for a reason.

Maybe, but what to do with the name then? :D "STEAMgifts"

No way to confirm the winner added the game to their account at those places, I think.

First they need to have an API to check which games have been added to that users library (to check for win activation), as well as their prices (so as to know whether their account is valuable enough to use SG or whatever the site would change its name to).

Keep answer short;
NO

now where is the obligatory ga

Aside from the technical difficulties - yeah, I'd find that great. But I'm pretty sure this would be quite a bit of work for some clients, nearly impossible for others.

No.
I neither want that nor do I see the need for that. Plus I don't see how that would work in practice... not to mention how many more tickets support staff would face.

Yes! Bring back the Battlefield 3 and Minecraft giveaways!

Only if other platform has public libraries, API and Log In with XXX to make sure profiles are correct (aka you are not just linking proifile of known collector so it looks like you own sth). Then I see no problem with other platforms, without it - no way, it would be rulebreaking and regifting spree.

NO too much trouble for nothing, these new markets need API's first, then dedicated sites to them, then a large number of games to make this viable :D

I can see GOG viable for this as it can of mimics the features but for the rest no, they are not even 3rd party market sellers, let's see epic first what it can do :D

If it's possible, yeah, Why not? Epic needa to take off first, but we could do it with GOG. I have a GOG key that I would love to give away, not taken by bots

www.uplaygifts.com is available for you to start your own version. www.origingifts.com is already taken

no, please.

make a new site for other gifts?
yes.

Yes, please!
We could have a manual opt-in system or a beta with only a handful people. (Might be hard for Origins and Blizzard. I don't think they have APIs or any ways to check if someone actived a game. GOG and Uplay would be easier and a great start.) It probably would revitalize SG, that has been in a downward trend since the changes to inventory. We can even giveaway steam gifts anymore. More clients = more users = more clicks = more ad money. Besides the initial hassle, everybody wins in the long term.

I think it will cause a massive amount of confusion and problems with both people creating and entering giveaways for the wrong client and also problems with being able to code the site properly for all the different clients. It just sounds like a big mess.

For the sake of keeping users happy and maintaining order such thins would need to be kept separate. Any users of said pages would need to link their account for the respective client to their site account. If you just throw everything together it will cause disappointment, confusion, and CV scamming.

Also some clients have limited number of games, or limited access to keys/gifting make them not worth the effort. GoG would be one of the better choices for an alternative client to set up another gifting site for.

www.gamelaunchergiveaways.com

Who keeps all their (gaming) eggs in a single basket nowadays? We need game client inclusion, since it's obvious that monopoly is a vile thing no matter which company or segment is partaking in it. I can't understand gamers which blindly follow Valve's every decision, while refusing to own games on Origin, Uplay, GOG or any other alternative to Steam. Hopefully SteamGifts will adapt.

NO. We don't need any shitty launchers here with artificial exclusivity.

Personally, I'll be happy if we keep Steamgifts purely Steam-related.

I really don't like the idea of boggling everything into one pot that's becoming such a norm in the last 10 years. We used to have websites/forums for every topic, competition was thriving, people were visiting more than one website... but then it all became 99in1, and every website/forum/server/chat had to have it all, and keep all the visitors there all the time, and it spilled into every other service and people got so lazy... Like, what's the problem of making a new service that offers a new thing? No, let's have everything here because who can visit more than one website, right?

Also, they were removed like 6 years ago because it's basically impossible to check if someone actually redeemed their gift or not. That's a really good reason, considering that sadly, not all people here are trustworthy without checks set in place to keep them on the right path.

Is there a way to track all those clients automatically to see that users activate games and so on?

Overall, I'm not against the idea persé.
With this though, as the first comment said, there will be more mistakes in giveaways. To which I'd say, there should then just be punishments for those people.
As long as it works and it's optional for those DRMs, then sure, why not.

But my first question will play the definitive part in whether I agree overall or not.