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Last Updated: October 29, 2024

Adding entry methods to your competition is the heart & soul of what you're trying to do. We currently support a range of entry methods that all have specific documentation.

How to Enter

Simply select one of the supported actions from the list:

Gleam interface with widget text overrides

You can easily reorder the actions by dragging & dropping:

Gleam interface with ways to enter list being reordered

Mandatory Actions

Whenever you make an action mandatory we ask users to complete it first before being able to access any non-mandatory actions.

Please note, this does not mean the user must complete all the mandatory actions. It's just a prerequisite to unlock your non-mandatory actions.

In this example, you'll see there are 2 mandatory actions:

Gleam widget with mandatory actions and 7 more locked actions

Single Mandatory Actions Auto Expand

If you use a Mandatory Action on its own and that action has an expandable state then it will auto expand. This is particularly useful for actions like Subscribe to Newsletter.

Actions Required

You can use the Actions required option to lock certain actions until a designated number of other actions have been completed.

You can use this to encourage users to complete certain actions with the incentive of unlocking additional actions and entries.

In this example you must complete each available action in order to unlock the subsequent action:

Actions required is available to use for the following actions:

Daily Actions

Daily actions allow you to reset a particular action every day for a user to enter again. They reset at midnight on the timezone your Competition is set to.

You can see in the example below that we have 3 total entries with 1 that can be repeated daily:

Gleam widget with ways to enter including daily entries

Note

Just remember that there's certain actions that can't be repeated, for example you can't ask a user to follow you on a social network more than once.

Entry Interval

Some actions give you the ability to specify an entry interval of: Single, Hourly, Daily, Unlimited

This is particularly useful for Photo Competitions or Secret Codes where you might want users to complete the action more than once.

Note

This interval will also flow through to Automatic Imports, so if you select daily it will only import the first photo from that user each day.

In some countries, sweepstakes & giveaways are governed by No Purchase Necessary laws that prevent promoters from asking entrants to make a purchase or donation to gain contest entries, unless a free entry alternative is made available.

To comply with these laws, we recommend offering a free entry alternative for each paid action in your campaign. Note that if you are running a multinational campaign, the free entry alternatives will only appear to users in countries where a free alternative is required.

Gleam offers the free entry alternative option for the following actions:

You can activate the free entry alternatives for actions in your campaign that require users to complete a purchase or donation by checking A purchase or donation is required for users to complete this Action when setting up the action.

Gleam interface with twitch subscribers entry

Once enabled, free entry alternatives will appear in the Terms & Conditions section of your campaign. Entrants will need to fill a form with basic contact details to claim their free entry.

Free Entry Alternative form in the Gleam widget

Entries awarded for completing a free entry alternative are equal to the entries awarded for completing your action by making a payment.

For example, if you are offering 5 entries to users who purchase your product, 5 entries will also be awarded to entrants who complete your purchase action via the free entry alternative.

Countries With Free Entry Alternatives Enabled

Once enabled, the free entry alternative will be available to users in the following countries:

How to Enter Tab

How to Enter

Supported Actions

Mandatory Actions

Single Mandatory Actions Auto Expand

Actions Required

Daily Actions

Entry Interval

Actions That Require Payment

Countries With Free Entry Alternatives Enabled