Can Participants Vote in a Dry July Giveaway?
Public voting turns a Dry July giveaway into a community-driven event. When voting is enabled, each video entry can be shared and supported by friends and family, which naturally expands reach and engagement beyond your existing audience.
Gleam Galleries allow you to embed uploaded media and enable the Voting feature so visitors can vote for their favourite submission. This makes it easy to run voting contests where the most popular entry wins, or to combine votes with judging criteria for added fairness.
You can control how voting behaves with built-in settings:
- Allow Anonymous Votes: lets users vote without logging in, based on IP/session.
- Require Social Login: requires voters to log in (recommended for stronger vote integrity).
- Vote Limits: set limits such as one vote per day.
- Voting Date Range: open and close voting within a defined window.
- Location Controls: include or exclude votes from specific regions.
Live vote counts can add excitement and momentum. Showing totals encourages sharing and repeat visits, while combining votes with judging helps balance popularity with quality when needed.
To showcase entries and enable voting, use a photo or video contest gallery template and embed it where your audience already engages.
Voting adds energy to Dry July campaigns, increases visibility through sharing, and gives participants a reason to involve their community while staying in control of fairness.