Hello, I am new to this mechanic and wish to know how it works. I want to give away a steam key by creating a giveaway, but I don't want to screw anything up. So my question is, how do I know what e-mail to send the key to or what steam username to add ? I'm guessing the rest should be pretty intuitive, but please fill me in on any additional things I might want to know. Thanks !

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When the giveaway ends, a winner is selected randomly, and it'll tell you their e-mail address and account name (through which you can find their Steam profile).

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after your giveaway ends you can see email of winner he registered to ;)

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It'll tell you in this page once your giveaway has ended.

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Thanks ! I thought that might be the case but I really didn't want to end up in an awkward situation.

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when the giveaway ends you will find a green bar in the main page so you click on there and you will see a list of your giveaways
with the winner on it
then you click send the gift and it would show the winner email

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Warning, make sure you send it to the right person. Someone might come up to you after a giveaway has ended claiming they are the winner when they aren't.

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make you you send it to the right person

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...why...

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I'd dare to suggest not sending the key through e-mail.

It will be better if you added the winner on Steam and gave it through Steam's chat. :D

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Thank you all for the information ! I'll do it by the book so to speak. I already put it up :) Cheers !

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Bonus points for asking and not just jumping in. We don't see that happening very often

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Ah I forgot to ask, is there a time limit for sending the key ? I mean my giveaway is over, and I added the winner on steam in order to send the key and make sure he/she receives it, but apparently the user was last online three days ago (which makes me think he doesn't sign in too often). You think I should just mail it ?

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7 days is the timeframe. I would probably email.

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Alright then, I'll give it 6 days. Will probably just mail it if there's no response by then.

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Closed 1 decade ago by x6snake6x.