Hi!
I am working on a giveaway to encourage new subscribers to my novels. In order to win first, second, and third prizes, they have to subscribe to my novels (1-5). Most of these people do not have Tapas accounts, so they would have to make one to join my giveaway.
HERE is my current dilemma: I suspect someone or more than one person may create multiple Tapas accounts for multiple entries into my giveaway (they would already have multiple Instagram accounts). The prizes are pretty huge and exclusive, so this would not be a surprise for people to cheat.
Because of this, I am thinking of not doing the giveaway at all. I am afraid their multiple fake Tapas accounts will get me into trouble. I'm afraid I will be banned from Tapas if Tapas thinks it's me doing it. Also, after the contest, they could close out all their accounts here and leave me all the way back to my low subs.
I have never held a giveaway for anything before, but this was suggested to me. I thought I would try it. Now, I'm thinking it may not be a good idea for the reasons I posted. I don't want people abandoning their subs, and I don't want people getting me banned for their cheating and fake accounts.
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Yes, all the prizes have been bought already, but I would rather have wasted money than a banned account.
Thank you for any ideas, guidance, help!