I run contests but I haven't given away any basic income shares so far. It certainly sounds like a great idea. I think I might change my prize to basic income shares for my next contest.
How do I go about giving away basic income shares away? Can I, for example, just buy 5 basic income shares and put the user's name in the memo as I would normally for buying 1 share.
Yes, that's a good way of doing it. We love that you are considering this!
Please let us know if you do a contest with steem basic income shares as the prize, so that we can check it out and potentially resteem your post!