Please, don't let the sub become overrun by giveaways.

I'm here to help myself, not beg others for handouts.

We would need a better way to keep monthly threads from being buried. Might I propose we create the monthly threads on the first every month, then link to them in a monthly mega thread that we then sticky. This way the clone request and other monthlies won't get buried.

I'll jump in for a moment. In a monthly thread situation I personally would use it to post a LINK to /r/gremlinDIY where the actual giveaway or sale is posted. This way I CAN have the original post to draw a random name from without filling a general sales thread. I think most of the vendors have their own subs here, and being able to mention a link in a sales thread would work for us so we CAN do things for the community without spamming. I am in the front row waving banners to NOT turn this sub into a spam fest. I want to see recipes, favorites, problems and ideas. If I want to buy something I would love to have a thread to look at where they all are.

As someone else mentioned, there are so few DIY vendors I don't think it would get too insane as opposed to ECR where there are 10,000 vendors and 100 new ones every day.

A monthly thread is going to end up with 10,000 comments and make it impossible to find the giveaways. It's also going to make it near impossible for the vendor to randomize a winner.

This would be best that way it's tucked away somewhere and doesn't intrude on the sub unless you actually want to go looking for it

This isn't terrible, and could help bring some focus/attention to monthly threads, so, sure.

Please do this and keep this from becoming ecr.

This seems like the most logical option. Endless giveaways on ECR is what keeps me from being a regular reader. I don't order DIY supplies very often so a monthly thread with deals/giveaways would be most useful to me.

This, but still make them mod approved. Tucked away in a single thread.

While I really don't think we need giveaways, I think maybe having coupon codes (that work) and maybe info when there is a flash sale would be nice.

I have more or less checked out of ECR for the reason the of giveaways and stuff. Almost entirely just hang out in this sub, and the last thing I want is clutter with giveaways. I like the current state of this sub (with a few IMO tweaks of course)

Sales, single monthly post with approval from the mod(s).

~~I think if you do a monthly thread, it would have to be heavily moderated to keep it readable. If you had a way to only allow the top level comments to be mod approved, and keep the vendor posts right on top, and then allow general discussion underneath them, that would be good. Otherwise it'll be nigh impossible to find the one post with a sale in the 1000 random comments that are inevitable.~~

As pointed out to me elsewhere, the sales would be added to the post itself. That I can deal with as long as it's stickied or linked from an easily accessible place. I always lose the monthly threads. I was envisioning a "Post your sale here" thread that was created and left alone, kind of like the monthly clone request threads. That would not be good.

I think this would be the best for this sub. If you allow vendors to post threads here all it will do is push back all the threads here that really matter. If it is possible to keep all giveaways in one thread that would be alright otherwise keep it out of DIY.

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Maybe like one at a time? Something like that

Best option IMHO. I like sales and contests but would hate to see this turn into the cesspool that ECR has become. This is pretty much where I go for everything I want to know after tiring of the VU and ECF BS.

This. I feel as though monthly thread posts would get lost. I also don't wanna see it become ECR...."Bombies, Nana Cream 3 mg. Thanks for the chance!"

Please. New flavor give aways would be nice.

This one may be more palatable to the sponsors of the deals/contests. Seems unlikely that a business would sit on a sale for two weeks until the monthly post comes along.

I would like this, but I find on Reddit, everything is US oriented when it comes to give aways and stuff, so as long as theres some UK stuff too, I'm happy

It'd be nice to have a specific day of the week for giveaways --- one substantial one per week.

Totally for this.

I'd be ok with this as long as it's not constant.

This seems like the best option. Forcing the contests to be mod-approved will help limit the vendors to those that will benefit the DIY community (ie. flavour concentrates instead of mods and hardware). Allowing each vendor to have their own thread would greatly assist the vendor in determining a winner.

Yes.

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It's Gremlins isn't it?

I voted for yes but, if going with something like a monthly thread, I would prefer to see it weekly. I always forget about monthly threads after they leave the front page.

There are so few DIY vendors on here, I don't think it would end up like ecr.

Monthly threads are a PITA and "Mod-Approved" posts are very subjective.

Just set some well defined rules on what is and is not allowed and hit it. Or deny all. Otherwise this sub looks even more like a circle jerk of bro posts and favorites to the powers that be.

I'd love to see more vendor participation, and I'm never one to pass up free/cheap supplies. I'm not 100% sure a monthly thread will be easy to implement giveaways, as I think it would be difficult for vendors to utilize randomizers to select winners.

On the flipside I would hate for mods to get overwhelmed with requests all the time with vendors trying to shoe in on free/cheap advertising here. I'm not sure what the answer is, but I'm not sure having to mod approve each vendor post, or trying to cram them in to one thread are the answer either.

I'm all for some giveaways here and there, but I hope it doesn't eventually end up being a cesspool of a half-dozen giveaways and sales ads every single day. Maybe suggest vendors have fewer sales and larger discounts rather than bi-weekly sales with 10% off.

I think this sub will remain great as long as it doesn't stray too far away from it's original intent.

link in the side bar for a give away thread , link in the side bar for a sale thread. link in the side bar to coupon code thread

some will miss the flash sales ect.. but it would give one place to click out of the way for when someone is actually in need of it.

sale announcements we all have email , might i suggest just having links to newsletter subscriptions with the coupon/ sales posts

or skip the threads all together and just set up/link r/DIY_ejuiceSuppliesSALES/ or something to that effect..

What about limiting the posts by having an actual contest take place, not just comment to win.

It may make sense in an isolated thread as you've mentioned but just ensure can be fulfilled and is inclusive. So I won but I live in Fiji, am I getting my free junk or will I be ignored since S&H will be costly? Or is this free shit for US members only?

This is too important to leave up to a democratic vote. There is no reason to start allowing vendors to get (essentially) free advertising on this sub. If they want to advertise they should go through Reddit's regular advertising venues. Not clogging up any part of this sub with their shit.

It's a bit disappointing to see this option downvoted to hell with no other comments. I think what you're proposing would be better suited to a different sub, if there's enough demand to justify it. Whether it needs a new sub, or could just be added to an existing one, I'm not sure.

I think the last thing we need here is this kind of fluff post. Giveaways add nothing to the discussion, and mainly benefit the vendor. They're free advertising. If DIY vendors really want to help DIY as a movement, they should target their giveaways to the bigger subs like /ecr in the hopes of converting more first time DIYers, while still being visible to most of the same people who participate here.

I'm honestly a bit surprised that this is even a question, when considering how many other kinds of posts are heavily moderated for being either redundant or not sufficiently advanced.

I DIY because I'm poor. To see some sales to help me save money could be helpful. Some of our members of this sub posted a deal for a site and I got to get 2 gallons of vg for what I paid for one last time. No don't let this sub get overrun with crap but a nice sale is a nice sale.