Good Life Plus Review

Since their launch in 2018, Good Life Plus have grown to become a leading competition brand. Unlike sites such as McKinney, Bounty and Jammy, you only pay a monthly subscription fee to be included in prize draws for prizes ranging from gadgets through to cars and holidays. In addition your subscription gives you access to offers and deals such as money off cinema tickets, coffees and takeaways. It's a different concept for many but if you're unsure then new visitors to the site can sign up for a 7 day free trial.

Company GL Membership Limited
Launched 1st January 2018
Platform Bespoke
Free Entry Yes - See Terms for Details
Discount Code 7 Days Free Trial
Winners Winners Page
Prizes
  1. Cash
  2. Tech
  3. Cars
Payments
  1. Debit Cards
Our Rating
Good Life Plus

Good Life Plus originally was part of Chadd Media Ltd but is now part of Good Life Plus PLC. When we first reviewed them they represented the high end side of win a car raffles. Tickets generally started at £14.99 and entrants could win an Audi R8, Jaguar F-Type (plus cash), BMW M3 (plus cash) or a Jaguar F-Pace. The business has since evolved and Good Life Plus moved to a subscription model. Entrants pay a fixed monthly fee to be included in all the prize draws open that month. Under a standard membership members get 25 entries into 30+ competitions a month which equates to 750 entries a month. If you pay more then there's more entries and extra benefits. The prizes on offer still include cars such as a Mercedes C63, Land Rover Defender and an Audi RS6 plus there are a number of cash prizes up for grabs too. More recently the site has added pay to enter draws under Instant Win & Mystery Box sections.

Good Life Plus Subscriptions

Subscriptions cost from £11.99 a month and you're automatically entered into the draws. This means that you don't need to do anything other than make your monthly payments. It does make entering a lot easier but on the flipside it does mean little to no interaction with the actual comping process. If you want to check out Good Life Plus before purchasing - and we strongly advise that you do so - then you can claim a 7 Day Free Trial. This gets you 175 entries for the next 7 prize draws. Be aware - to claim the trail you do need to add your card details and subscriptions roll over to £11.99 per month unless cancelled before the end of your trial. Other subscriptions are £19.99 amonth for Platinum and £29.99 a month for VIP. These get you more entries and extra treats. Each of the prize draws do have a free entry option. The terms and conditions give details about how you can enter via a postal route. It's not clear if you now need to be registered with Good Life to take advantage of the NPN route but any postal entries you do must include "your first name, last name, email address and phone number". Given that with a subscription the cost per prize draw is 40p then entering by post is actually a lot more pricey!

Instant Wins & Mystery Boxes

As mentioned above Instant Wins and Mystery Boxes are new additions to the Good Life Plus platform. These operate in the same way as prize draws that you'll find on Bounty, Elite, That Prize Guy etc. Entries into these draws are not included in your subscription so you have to pay more. Apparently they're "a great way to get a bit of entertainment in alongside your Good Life+ subscription". With Instant Wins and Mystery Boxes your tickets will enter you in a specified end prize draw plus you will also receive a free ticket for the chance to win won one of the thousands of instant win prizes. Apparently every ticket wins but most prizes are credits. Tickets start from 7p but watch out as Good Life Plus always has the 'how many to buy' option set at a level to encourage you to buy more. Intererestingly the Instant Wins and Mystery Boxes section now dominates the homepage.

Good Life Plus Winners & Offers

Good Life Plus claim that they've dished out millions of pounds worth of prizes since their inception. Cars have been given away and there's even evidence of winners shown on Youtube. Videos showing the live draws and testimonials from the winners used to be provided on site but these can now be found on Twitch or Yotube. During these lives you can get involved with the presenters and occasionally there chances to win small prizes. Good Life did use to use PromoVeritas for transparency but we're not sure whether they still do. However the social media lives should be more than adequate for transparency - at least in terms of winner selection. They do run social media free prize draws but often without closing dates or references to winners! Good Life Plus position themselves as a club with benefits so subscribers also have access to discounts and offers such as money off cinema tickets or coffees. Higher tier subscribers can even claim free movies and Vue Cinema tickets each month.

Responsible Play & Other Reviews

In a previous review we liked Good Life Plus' approach because it was a fixed monthly price. The addition of the Instant Wins changes that! You must be over 18 to join Good Life Plus and they do have a link to Gambleaware at the foot of their page. However there doesn't seem to be any references to responsible play nor information on how to set deposit limits, cool-off or self exclude. We'd like to see responsible play messaging especially across the Instant Wins sections which give slots/gambling site vibes just based on the images. Reviews of Good Life Plus are surprisingly pretty good with nearly 90% of Trustpilot reviews rating 5*. We say surprising because we've seen many folks annoyed by the "you have won" emails that get sent out only for them to discover the "prize" is free tickets and the process is in fact a sales pitch.

Our Verdict

Paying a subscription to a prize draw site isn't popular but there are a few examples including Omaze, Raffle House and Good Life Plus. With such a model it's important to maintain a good level of regulars as well as topping up natural attrition with new customers. If the numbers start to fall then so does the prize pot and once that falls then more customers drop out. It's an interesting approach and if successful could well be adopted by other brands. However Good Life with their sizeable social media followers at least have a good platform to build upon. We do like the fact they they offer free entries for just entering your email address plus a 7 Day Trial. It'd be very interesting to know if anyone has actually won a prize during with a trial account. When compared with postal entries (£1.25 a stamp) then 40p a competition is good value - if you can make the offers work for you as well then it's an even better proposition.

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Disclaimer: Details shown above were correct at time of writing and are provided for information purposes only. We strongly advise all visitors do due diligence before spending money. Sites like Good Life Plus are not regulated like other UK gambling sites but they can be equally expensive and addictive. If you're concerned about your spending on these competitions then please sign up for services like Betblocker and Gamstop. Please play responsibly.

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