Hello! I've been on this site for months but I'm not sure if I've quite grasped fully how it works. So I've been creating giveaways, but they affect very lightly my contributor level -- but I remember that when I made my first giveaway my contributor level jumped easily from 0 to 1. Does the price of the game I give away affect much how much "EXP" I gain? Any suggestions for leveling-up fatser?
Thank you all in advance!

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https://www.steamgifts.com/about/faq

How much a giveaway increases your level is based on the gifts price, so a $20 game would add twice as much value to your level as a $10 game. There are three other factors that may influence the value of a gift...

  1. After you give away a game 5 times (whether in the same giveaway, or in multiple giveaways), it will begin decreasing in value. The value is decreased by 10% for each additional copy. This means if you decide to give away 8 copies of a $10 game, it would add $74.39 (10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 9 + 8.10 + 7.29) in value towards your level. This has little effect on the majority of users, but prevents individuals from receiving a high level from gifting a large number of promotional gifts, games obtained through pricing errors, or keys from contacting game developers.
  2. If a giveaway is invite only, or for a whitelist or Steam group, it will only add value towards your level if it receives 5 or more entries. This is in place to prevent small groups of friends from attempting to cheat the contributor system, and to encourage users to expand the reach of their giveaways. The whitelist feature offers an easy way to target a larger audience, and you can combine it with small Steam groups to receive a greater number of giveaway entries if needed.
  3. Giveaways for bundle games created after the bundle date will always receive 15% of their value. For example, if you gift 2 copies of a $20 bundle game, you would receive $6 (3 + 3) in value towards your level. Keep in mind that changes to the list of bundle games will apply retroactively, so if a bundle begins today, attempting to gift the game before it's added to the list will offer no advantage. Games may also be added to the bundle list if they're available for free during a promotion, or if they're highly discounted in a sale.
6 years ago
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Check FAQ, under "What are levels, and how can I increase my level?"

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Try giving unbundled or not free games. This is the best way to level up.

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You need CV to level up.

You get CV by making giveaways and these giveaways can be made of full value (unbundled) games, reduced value (bundled) games and no value (given for free on various sites) games.

6 years ago
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You gave alot of games that cost little thus you get little cv, Pyschonauts was given free thus you get nothing for it.
The higher your level the longer it will take.

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If you like excel and numbers, you can plan your giveaways and try to understand you level with this tool: [https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/ykOEs/tool-oss-tool-to-plan-steamgifts-giveaways-v27092017](OSS - Tool to plan Steamgifts giveaways)

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Don't worry about levels too much. Give what you want to give, don't stare yourself blind at the numbers going up.

The first level is by the way pretty much "free". the first game you give away that gives any contributor value bumps you up to it. It might be a 1€ DLC that's been bundled 10 times already, the system does not care. As long as it gives any kind of value.

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