Frequently Asked Questions

Below are a few of our frequently asked questions. We will be adding to this as the site grows.
 
If you have any further questions contact us here and one of the Student Giveaways team will get back to you within 24 hours.

General Questions

Student Giveaways is the UK’s one and only website that gives students a chance to win cash, prizes and other giveaways everyday, and its 100% Free!

It’s a bit like a free newspaper that sell’s advertising to fund the running of the newspaper. In our case, advertisers pay us to advertise on the site and when your number is drawn, we pay you.

Winners have 24 hours to claim the prize otherwise the money rolls over to the next day.

The prize money is from ad revenue we make on the site. When users check the draw to see if they’ve won, we generate ad revenue, which we then share with our users as daily prizes.

It works like a free newspaper, or free-to-air TV channel that sell’s advertising to fund the running of the newspaper or TV channel. In our case, advertisers pay us to advertise on the site and when your number is drawn, we pay you.

Once you have signed up with your mobile phone number and email address, you will be able to check the daily draw. We also send you regular reminders to check the site to see if you have won.

Make sure you check at least once a day, it only takes a few minutes.

The daily winner is selected randomly by our system every day.

The first thing to try is a hard refresh in your browser. This should solve the issues. (You’ll need to do this on every page that is not loading).

A hard refresh is a way of clearing the browser’s cache for a specific page, to force it to load the most recent version. Sometimes, when changes are made to the website, they don’t register immediately due to caching. A hard refresh will usually fix this, though occasionally completely clearing the cache is necessary.

First, please make sure you have cookies enabled. If you don’t know whether you have them enabled or not, please visit:

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/

(This site also show you how to enable them if yours are switched off)

How to do a hard refresh on your Desktop computer or laptop:

Google Chrome

Windows/Linux:
  1. Hold down Ctrl and click the Reload button.
  2. Or, Hold down Ctrl and press F5.
  3. just open the Chrome Dev Tools by pressing F12. Once the chrome dev tools are open, just right click on the refresh button and a menu will drop down. This menu gives you the option of doing a hard refresh, or even clearing the cache and do a hard refresh automatically.
Mac:
  1. Hold ⇧ Shift and click the Reload button.
  2. Or, hold down ⌘ Cmd and ⇧ Shift key and then press R.

Mozilla Firefox and Related Browsers
Windows/Linux:
  1. Hold the Ctrl key and press the F5 key.
  2. Or, hold down Ctrl and ⇧ Shift and then press R.
Mac:
  1. Hold down the ⇧ Shift and click the Reload button.
  2. Or, hold down ⌘ Cmd and ⇧ Shift and then press R.
Internet Explorer/ Edge
  1. Hold the Ctrl key and press the F5 key.
  2. Or, hold the Ctrl key and click the Refresh button.

How to do a hard refresh on your smartphone or tablet:

Safari on iPhone/iPad:
Click Here to find out how.

Google Chrome on iPhone/iPad:
Click Here to find out how.

Google Chrome on Android:
Click Here to find out how.

Android Browser on Android:
Click Here to find out how.

If your device is not listed here please check Here for more options.

Google Chrome has just introduced a new ad-blocking feature that will work in your browser alongside any other ad-blockers you have installed.

This may block our advertisers ads from appearing.

As you know, Student Giveaways relies on advertising to run and give you the chance to win each day. We try to ensure that the ads aren’t obtrusive and annoying. We ask that if you see any of these types of adverts that you report them to us so we can investigate and ban them.

We hate these annoying ads too and we want to make sure Student Giveaways is an enjoyable daily experience, so you should be able to leave the Chrome Ad Filter off.

If you are using any other type of Ad Blocker please white list Student Giveaways.

For more information head Here

We will be launching in a number of other countries around the work in the coming months.

Keep an eye on our blog for any news.

Yes, you can email admin@studentgiveaways.com as soon as you win and let us know which charity to donate to!

You can even choose to send it to a friend. 

Registering Questions

In order to keep the draw fair we only allow one mobile phone number and email address per entrant.

Anyone found breaking this rule will be permanently disqualified from playing.  We are constantly monitoring entries and may disqualify suspicious entries without notifying you.

No, whilst that would be very kind of you, we cannot allow this as this leaves the site open to abuse and we cannot allow users to register other people’s personal data onsite. 

If you would like someone to enter please ask them to do so themselves. Again, anyone found breaking this rule will be permanently disqualified from playing.

No. Once you have registered and verified your account, your number will be entered into the draw everyday.

If you stop checking the site for a prolonged period of time, we may remove your number for inactivity. In this case, it will be added back if you start checking the site again.

As soon as you register on the site we send you an OTP (One Time Password) to your phone via SMS or Whatsapp

You have to enter this OTP in order to confirm ownership of the number and to confirm your registration.

We use this to enable us to send an OTP to verify your entry and to verify when you claim your winnings.

The system also uses your mobile number as a unique identifier when entering you in the daily draw.

As per above, we only use your mobile number to verify your registration and entry into the daily draw.

We follow all GDPR and ICO rules with regards to your data. We will soon be offering you various ways to check the daily draw and SMS will be one of them.

You are able to opt-out or opt-in to any of these features as and when you wish.

Winning Questions

If your number is drawn as the winning number for the day, you will see a “Your a Winner” button appear.

Once you have claimed the prize the Student Giveaways Team are notified of your details, win amount and time of the claim. Your prize will be sent to you within 48Hrs.

We may also start offering other options to claim your prize in the future.

Please note: You must have visited the site in the last 7 days to be eligible to claim.

We will ask how you would like your prize sent, but generally we email you an Amazon voucher to your email address, or send you money via PayPal.

You have until 12:45am of the following day to claim your prize, as the winner is drawn everyday at 1am. Make sure to check the site at least once a day to see if you are a winner

You cannot claim retrospectively. You have 24 hours to claim your prize from the start of the daily draw.

Yes. Each draw is reset completely and is totally random, so you definately have the opportunity to win more than once.

Still Got Questions?

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