In case you haven’t tried it yet, here is the scoop on NPD’s latest addition Sweepland. NPD has spiced things up a little by adding a new sweepstakes system they call sweepland. Now for each survey you complete you get the usual sweepstakes entries for the daily, monthy, and quartely sweepstakes plus 25 sweepland points and a chance to spin the sweepland wheel. They don’t have Vanna White, but it is still entertaining. The wheel contains prizes ranging from $500 instant winner to additional sweepland points ranging from 25 to 500 points. Once you earn your points, then the real strategy begins, how to use them. They have a menu of prizes, and you must bid your collected points for a particular prize for a chance to win. They give you details such as number of prizes per item, percentage of people bidding, etc, so you gotta be savvy on how you spend your points. I tried a couple of times but haven’t won yet, anyone else given this a try?
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well it depends on the percentage of people that want that same prize. The lower the % the higher the chance that you’ll get it. What I’m going to try to do its save up a lot of points, and I mean a lot. This will ensure that I have a really high chance of winning.
Hey, I’m so glad I found this blog! I just got an email from Sweepland saying I was the big winner in June – $5000?!?!?!? I joined NPDOR in 2000 mostly because I like giving my opinion on things. I never thought I would win. I must admit, though I am super excited if this is real, it makes me a little nervous. They emailed me a tax form I need to fill out. I see that AJ has won before so maybe you can tell me, did you do any kind of research to make sure you weren’t sending your SSN to a scammer? What was the name of the company who you sent your info to?
Carrie,
How exciting! While, I must admit that I have never won a prize that big, NPD is a legit company. Marden-Kane is the company contracted by NPD to help administer the SweepLand program, and they also handle the prize distribution. They are a very well know company, and here is a link that shows that NPD (NPDOR) is a client.
http://www.mardenkane.com/clients.cfm
There should be some reference to them on the email you received. Also here is a link to their contact page: http://www.mardenkane.com/contactus.cfm.
It has phone numbers on it, and maybe someone there can verify you winning status.
Be sure to come back and let us know if it all works out. Good Luck!
Whoot Whoot!!! Someone has won the big prize!!!! Congratulations. or however you spell it. If only I had sent my info I would have a touch screen pc at home right now. I’ve heard of many people winning since I found out this blog. Right now I think it’s legit.
Carrie,
What Jim says is true. It was mardenkane that I sent that information to. And I did look around to make sure that it was legit. We even called on it because we were wondering why you would be charged 1,000 for a weekend getaway.. And they told us they would only charge us taxes on what we spent. It is very legit! You’re very lucky you won that!! Congrats!
do anyone know where to complete the surveys for the points
Joao,
You must be an NPD member to receive the surveys. These surveys are rewarded with points that can then be used at the Sweepland site. Membership to NPD is free. Here is a link to the
NPD Registration Page.
Just wanted to follow up to let everyone know that I got my check and the bank accepted it with no problem! Thanks, everyone, for being so helpful and answering my questions. The money is basically already spent since we had a bunch of work done on the house last month – not exactly a sexy use for the money, but it definitely helps out. Thanks, guys!
Carrie,
Thanks for updating us, and congratulations on your big win!!!
Well its good to know that some people do win the big money. Congratulations. I should of sent my paperwork for my touchscreen pc. >=\ o well. im sure who ever got it deserves it. Congratulations once again. What are the chances that I will win again?
I have tried severals years and I have not won anything. I will keep playing for another year. If I don;t win, I will stop. However, it wis awfully FUN.
Hi Everyone!
For all the winners — did you bank thousands of points and then use them? Or did you use a couple hundred? I usually don’t bank more than a thousand, then I distribute them among several prizes. What was your winning strategy? Thanks!
Well my strategy is to bank as many points as I can (usually more than 1 thousand) and try to win one of the prizes that people want the least. i wait until there is something i really want. last time i won the Touch PC but i didnt send some paper work so i didn not receive it. *sighs*. but there’s always another time
Does anyone know an estimate of how many points in total are in play? I just would love to calculate my true percentage of winning! I’ve banked up close to 1,000 but i just dont want to let go of them without knowing more info!
I’m still with NPD still havn’t won same as I posted in july I’m wondering if the people who say they won is legit…Also like Brian you can’t be from the south I don’t belive anyone from the south ever wins.
I have been with NPD and Sweepland for almost a year I havent won anything yet because I was building up my points I just entered all my points in the House season 1-5 Im a huge fan I know Im going to win Ill let you all know what happens….. Peace and Love…. Good luck to all who play in Sweepland
So I entered all my points, about 1,000+ and I didn’t win. I think next time I’ll enter twice as much. This will keep going untill I win. Good luck every1
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