10,000 Comment Thank You Giveaway Week

A few weeks ago I started thinking about giving something away, as a thank you to all those who read and comment on a regular basis. Mrs. Lovebug on Weddingbee once labeled comments as “crack cocaine” for bloggers and I couldn’t agree more. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Check for new comments. When I get home after a long day out and about? Check my comments. I don’t do the best job at replying to all that I would like to but I hope you know that doesn’t mean I don’t sincerely appreciate each and every one.

As I mentioned last week That Wife is approaching 10,000 comments made by you. At the time I’m writing this post I have 10,615 comments and with the handy comment feature that Wordpress has I can see that I’ve commented a total of 715 times, meaning you all only have 101 comments to go before the total reader comment count is officially at 10,000+! It would probably make more sense if I waited one week longer to do this 10,000 Comment Thank You Giveaway, but I’ll count your contest entries as comments and call it good when we reach 10,000 by the end of the week (or maybe even by the end of the day, who knows!).

To show my appreciation I dreamed up 10,000 Comment Thank You Giveaway Week. Each day this week, starting today, I’ll be featuring an item* from an Etsy shop that I’ve giving away. There is a catch however: Each item will only be available to those who have commented a certain number of times. Monday’s giveaway is or those who have commented 3 times, Tuesday’s for those who have commented 5 times, with comment requirements moving up until only those who have commented 75 times (!) are eligible for Saturday’s prize.

I realize that none of you know how many times you have commented, and so you are free to comment on every post you believe you are eligible for (although I would ask that you don’t waste my time if you know you haven’t commented enough to win a specific item). Wordpress allows me to see how many times a specific person has commented based on the email address they have used, and that is what I will be using to determine eligibility. If you don’t meet the quota, your comment will be deleted to make it easier for me to choose the winner at the end.

For those of you unfamiliar with Wordpress, here’s a screenshot of the system I will be using. I’ve commented using my gmail thatwife account 618 times in the past year.

Giveaway posts will be eligible for 72 hours after they go live, after that time comments will be closed and I’ll use Random.org to choose a winner. All winners will be announced on That Wife sometime next week.

Check back at noon today (CST) to find out all about the first item and comment to enter!

*Note: All products provided for this giveaway were given gratis with the understanding that I would promote the sellers on my blog and write nice things about their products. That’s not hard for me to do since I approached them and asked them to participate because I love their products and secretly wish to own them myself!

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