YouTube Actions
Let people enter with YouTube, send them to your channel, or have them submit their own videos.
New to YouTube contests? Our YouTube integration page has demos, examples and best practice.
When entrants connect YouTube or complete an action that needs it, they sign in through the Gleam Competitions YouTube app:
These are the standard permissions for any YouTube app. We never do anything through the API without the entrant's click or permission.
YouTube Entry opens your competition to anyone with a YouTube account. They log in with YouTube and get their entry.
You'll also see each entrant's YouTube channel URL or @username, which helps when you're checking winners.
Entrants submit any YouTube video as their entry. Link the videos to a Gallery to run a YouTube video contest where people can watch and vote.
Use Instructions to tell entrants what to submit. Entry Interval sets how often they can submit another.
YouTube Visit sends entrants from your campaign to your channel.
This action doesn't reward subscribing. Under YouTube's Fake Engagement Policy, entrants have to decide for themselves whether to subscribe.
Paste your Channel URL (user, @handle and channel URLs all work) and add your real Channel Name. After Visiting lets you complete straight away, add a delay, or ask a question about your channel.
Switch on Require Authentication to have entrants log in with YouTube when they complete it, so you can check who they are when you draw winners.
This action is no longer available, so creators stay within YouTube's Fake Engagement Policy.
This action is no longer available, so creators stay within YouTube's Fake Engagement Policy.
This action is no longer available, so creators stay within YouTube's Fake Engagement Policy. To reward entrants for watching a video, upload it with Watch a Video or use Vimeo or Wistia.
We have a number of other resources and guides that can help you get more out of your YouTube contest with Gleam.
