What kind of rewards can I add to our website for contributors efforts?

Question

On our site www.RatingHQ.com ,

I am looking to build an incentivized 'point system' , but am wondering what kind of 'rewards' we should give out for these types of points, is there any 'vendors' out there that trade marketing opportunites or something , even dollars for exchange so we can provide this 'prize' type system?

Maybe it's also a good idea to open a e-commerce site for the members on RatingHQ.com , that way they can 'buy' products with there points. What do you think of all this? Come one guys? THINK ! :-)

Think about it this way, what do you get out of Yahoo Answers that makes you want to keep posting, im really eager to hear everyones thoughts.

Answer 1

will i be getting compensated for this brainstorming session?

Answer 2

Millions of rewards can be offered! Money off purchases (coupons), bonus incentives (promotions, exclusivity), etc. See if you can do some cross-promotional advertising with some of these companies your consumers have been reviewing in exchange for GOP's.

Answer 3

the points system is a cool idea. Think about it all of these CC companys; they give you like 1 point for every dollar you charge (if even), and you need like 2,500 points plus to get a $10 gift card somewhere. Really the interest is higher on "rewards" cards, but because so many people want rewards they don't care. It's the thrill of getting the points and rewards that counts. You should use some kind of point system for your site, people always respond to rewards, even if they are little cheesy ones. Another example is the arcade, you spend 20 dollars on tokens to get a $0.50 little stuffed animal.