CAN I RESTRICT HOW MANY TIMES SOMEONE CAN ENTER/VOTE?
Certainly! You can restrict entry via:
- Email address,
- Facebook ID (Business Plan and higher plans)
Entries can be restricted to:
- Once only,
- Once every X number of minutes/hours/days, or
- A maximum of X entries.
Voting can be restricted via the Voting Widget. Voting Widget restriction options include:
- Anonymous Fingerprint,
- Anonymous IP Address,
- Facebook ID (Business Plan and higher plans), and
- Mobile device login.
The frequency of voting can be restricted to:
- Once only,
- Once per entry,
- Once every X minutes/hours/days, and
- Once per entry every X minutes/hours/days.
We also provide captcha fields for both the entry form and the Voting Widget to help protect your contest.
CAN I REWARD ENTRANTS FOR SHARING TO SOCIAL MEDIA?
There isn’t an option to reward entrants simply for sharing. However, we offer a refer-a-friend feature that rewards participants who share your contest with higher chances to win. When a referrer shares their referral URL and someone else clicks the URL and enters the contest, the referrer receives referral points/extra entries.
HOW DO I CREATE A VIDEO UPLOAD CONTEST?
ShortStack is a great platform for video contests. If you want to display the entries on your campaign, you’ll need a contest-builder platform like ShortStack. Alternatively, if you are running a hashtag contest, entrants can simply include the video in their Instagram entry post.
HOW DO I MODERATE UGC FROM SOCIAL MEDIA CONTESTS AND PROMOTIONS?
Entry moderation can occur in a couple of ways. When entries are collected in your ShortStack list, you can set up a review process where you must “allow” an entry before it displays on your ShortStack campaign. We also offer digital rights management tools for hashtag contests.
HOW DO I GET MORE FOLLOWERS/LIKES ON FACEBOOK?
Since Facebook doesn’t allow you to require people to Like your Page in order to participate in a contest, we suggest running contests, offering coupons/deals, and provide other meaningful content to draw people to your Page. Then, encourage people to follow your Page to be the first to know about upcoming contests and deals.
CAN PEOPLE SHARE THE CONTEST TO INSTAGRAM?
Instagram doesn’t allow people to share content outside their platform to Instagram. This means you can’t just click a button on a website to share content to Instagram. Instead, people must post the content they want to share directly within Instagram. However, you can encourage sharing within Instagram through the use of hashtags and @ mentions.
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