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win4sure

I want to sponsor a couple of games but to be honest I also would like to mention my blog as a sponsor in a fair exchange. I wonder if this is allowed and if so, how can I do this in the description that the links are click-able? I saw some people who did just that, posting a "sponsored by" link. Can somebody explain?

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aforce273

I'm not sure I completely understand this inquiry, but I'll try to answer the questions I think you are asking. Last I checked, self-promotion needs to be approved by a site moderator (this might only apply to the forum but double check anyway). Then when you create the giveaway put "[text-to-display][]()(web-address)" in the description to create a clickable link.

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faragona

Yes, if you want to make a promotion giveaway, you need support's approval.

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aforce273

Thanks for clarifying that. I see so many promotional giveaways that I wasn't sure. And I only saw the "If you would like to include some self-promotion in the chat or forum, please run it by a mod first" line from the FAQ.

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SexyJesus

Actually I THINK it's fine if it's in a giveaway, just not in the forum or group chat. I'm not entirely sure though, so you can probably just ignore this post. :D

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faragona

Read the FAQ again
Oh right, it seems I was wrong.

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win4sure

Thank you all. Yes, what I meant is basically to promote one of my blogs in the description box of my giveaways (not forum). My blogs are legit without malicious or referral stuff. Additionally I would probably set up a blogpost for each giveaway on my blog to lead a few of my readers to steamgifts so that they can enter my giveaways here too. Entering the giveaways would be only possible here on steamgifts. That was my basic idea.

I have a ticket open here since 5 days but didn´t get an answer yet, which is why I asked in the forums here now too. Thank you all for the help.

So if I understand this right, the link code in the desciption of my giveaway should be markdown not bbcode?

Thank you all again and have a nice day :)

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