Enhance your giveaway campaigns with a Virtual Scavenger Hunt.
Enhance your giveaway campaigns with a Virtual Scavenger Hunt.
This ready-to-use template allows you to create fun and engaging hunts where participants solve clues, find secret codes, and unlock entries for a chance to win.
Perfect for both businesses and internal team activities, this template can be used as a treasure hunt for team building, a free virtual scavenger hunt for remote employees, or a public-facing promotion that encourages customers to explore your content. Whether you’re running an online scavenger hunt across social media or an in-office treasure hunt, this template delivers flexibility and impact.
Use the Secret Code Actions to award entries once participants solve a clue. You can chain multiple codes together to create a step-by-step scavenger hunt experience.
A scavenger hunt competition sends users to find clues, hidden codes, or content across platforms. Click to learn how this builds engagement and discovery.
Hide codes or clues in your content and reward users who complete every step. Click to run an engaging scavenger hunt on social media.
Use secret codes and Gleam’s entry system to track completion. Click for best practices in building a high-conversion scavenger hunt.
Select the Virtual Scavenger Hunt Template in your Gleam dashboard
➡ Open the template here
Define your prize (exclusive products, discounts, or event experiences) and set clear rules
➡ See prize ideas for inspiration
Configure Secret Code Actions for each clue to track entries
You can insert a button in the Entry Instructions to let contestants know where they need to go to solve the challenge.
Buttons can be added using the WYSIWYG editor.
To help contestants enter the secret code correctly, you can enter a placeholder to hint at how the code should look like.
Place clues across emails, social media posts, landing pages, or office spaces to engage participants
Encourage collaboration by running the hunt as part of a team-building event for office staff or remote teams
Capture valuable leads with Subscribe Actions to grow your email list
Amplify participation with Viral Share Actions to let participants invite colleagues or friends
At the end of the hunt, select winners fairly and announce them publicly to celebrate engagement
➡ Use the Random Winners Guide