It’s been a long time since I ran a contest on Gator Envy. I used to run them in conjunction with major Gator sports events like the NCAA Tourney or the Heisman voting. When you run a sports site that focuses on college football and basketball, the summer months are very slow and long. To keep things somewhat active on Gator Envy, I decided to run a contest. The prize is any piece of Florida Gator merchandise from Football Fanatics ($20 limit). I’ll let then winner pick something out, then I’ll buy it and ship it directly to them from the online store.

Contest Details:
Any Gator Envy member can enter. The only qualification is that you make 10 new posts between June 4 and July 4. I will then use a randomizer tool to randomly select a winner.

It’s a very simple contest and we’ve already had a dozen or so people complete the task. The purpose of the contest is just to have fresh posts coming in everyday, which can be tough when there is absolutely no Gator news coming out right now.

The best thing about running the contest through Football Fanatics is that I have an affiliate account with them. So when I purchase the item for the winner, I can buy it through my own affiliate ID and I’ll make commission off the purchase. I only get 10% commission, but it’s still better then nothing.

And on a side note: Gator Envy surpassed 1,000 members the other day. That is a big time accomplishment in a forum’s life. It’s the first time I’ve ever built a forum to over 1,000 members from scratch so I am proud of myself. Once football season gets kicked off, I have a good feeling that Gator Envy will be pushing 50 members online per day and 100+ news posts daily. Right now we’re at 28,430 total posts.