Hey everyone. We'd like to offer some suggestions to make your process of choosing drop gifts a little easier and give you some ideas. Of course, there are general values that come to mind immediately, but gifts are the very place where you can show your inventiveness and achieve outstanding results. So let's get started.
We want to notice, that this article will be useful to read also for companies to expand the field of view and maybe steel some ideas :)
Gifts with expenses.
Let's start with the basics - these are material values, or more precisely, something that you can purchase for dollars for your audience. These can be Steam gift cards, PlayStation Store cards, skins, weapon, emotes (or other in-game items) for the game that you most often stream. In the end, it can even be a car if you have become rich enough x) The advantage of such gifts is that they are interesting to absolutely everyone, so with their help, you can easily attract not only your audience but also participants of the drop from the outside. Because the gift is simple, understandable, and desirable. If you don't have the ability to spend on prizes for the audience, then participate in our drops for influencers, and we'll provide you with gifts for raffles ourselves.
The Unique Experience
Moving on to the next point, it is the experience that you provide to your loyal community. You can offer a joint gaming session (like play ranked with you), a duel, a coaching session, or even a one-on-one dialogue where the winner can ask all the interesting questions about the game. You can also offer to decorate the "teapot" for the winner in Genshin Impact (or any other game with sandbox elements). A raid, a VIP badge on your stream, a moderator role, and much more - these are all things that can't be measured in terms of money but have tremendous value for those who admire your personality. Such gifts allow you to strengthen your connection with the community, reward them with something exceptional, and show care.
The combination of material and impressions
If we speak about details, it could be a personally signed postcard by you and sent to the winner's address. It could also be your channel's emoticons, transformed into a sticker pack. Your own merchandise or personal items, for instance, do you have unwanted keyboards lying around that you would like to get rid of? It's the perfect combo: the winner not only receives a cool prize but a prize PERSONALLY FROM YOU. It could be your collection of event t-shirts or even water from the bathtub, hehe. It's been a while since that happened, but remember how much hype it generated?
Your main goal now is to unleash your imagination and not to focus on what you can or want to offer as a reward, but rather on what outcome you want to achieve from this drop. Once you have decided, you will know which direction to take. Your first neon with a nickname is unlikely to interest the general public, but it will become an excellent souvenir for true fans. And by giving away hundreds of gift cards, you can attract hundreds of thousands of people who will learn about you. Dream a little: what would you like to receive from someone you admire? Try to give the same to people.
