Tips for successful giveaways

Following up with contest entrants who dropped off: GDPR compliance, a 3-step email sequence, CRM integration and real measurement. A practical guide.

Competitions and entry fraud: behavioural signals, a checklist for detecting bots and fake accounts, and rules for excluding a participant without disputes.

Launch an effective contest on a limited budget. Targeting strategy, low-cost prizes, and ROI for small businesses.

Tell genuine participants apart from passive clickers. Measure conversion, post-participation engagement and the real quality of your competition.

Prove your prize draw is fair, legally. Certificate, audit, traceability: legal transparency without revealing your anti-fraud system.

Legal obligations for paying an influencer who promotes your contest. Disclosure, GDPR, DGCCRF and the risks of hidden advertising.

Build a viral and legal referral mechanic: consent, traceability, intermediate rewards and GDPR-compliant exclusions.

Rules vs legal notices: discover the 8 mandatory pieces of information forgotten in 80% of competitions and the resulting DGCCRF risks.

Complete guide to launching regionalized contests in France/Belgium: legal segmentation, CNIL compliance, multi-zone draws, and anti-competition rules.

A complete guide to moderating UGC in contests: real-time approval, handling rejections, legal compliance, and protecting your reputation.

Complete guide: encourage your participants to leave reviews without forcing them, moderate legally and protect your GDPR data.

Complete guide: managing unsubscribe requests after a contest while complying with GDPR and legally validating declared winnings.

A complete guide to running a consistent giveaway across Instagram, TikTok and email. Handle duplicates, unify the rules and ensure a transparent draw.

Legally limit contest participants by region. GDPR-compliant geolocation techniques, VPN handling, and alternatives without trackers.

Age verification in contests: declarative vs documentary distinction, GDPR risks, trusted third-party solutions and managing minors.

Identify genuinely fraudulent entrants in your contests. IP detection, behavioral analysis and legal clauses to avoid false positives.

Complete guide: the difference between regulatory and commercial deadlines, GDPR risks, legal models (bonus/malus/exclusion) and securing competitions with urgency.

Complete guide: launching a legal UGC contest. Assignment clauses, copyright, compensation, compliant rules templates.

Retarget the 90% of non-winners from a contest legally. Pixels, consent, segmentation and GDPR-compliant workflows.

A complete guide to turning contest participants into a mailing list while staying GDPR-compliant and avoiding CNIL fines.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Woorise: versatility vs targeted simplicity, price, white-labeling. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Woobox: dependency on social networks, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Wishpond: full marketing suite vs. dedicated tool, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Vyper: viral mechanics, referrals, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and SweepWidget: number of actions, complexity, price. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Swaag/Socialshaker: agency support vs autonomy, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Spinify: internal sales gamification vs consumer contest, price. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Socialman: price, simplicity, subscription model. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and ShortStack: templates, agency positioning, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Scratch-it: virtual scratch card vs prize contest, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Rafflecopter: free plan limits, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Qualifio: B2B positioning, price, accessibility. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and LeadFamly: enterprise gamification vs accessible contest, price, access. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Kimple: standalone tool vs integrated suite, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Interacty: interactive content vs prize contest, price, purpose. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Gleam: pricing, ease of setup, prize draw, white-labeling. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Fastory: story micro-experiences vs prize contest, price, autonomy. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Easypromos: complexity, price, speed of going live. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Drimify: branded mini-game vs prize contest, price, simplicity. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

Detailed comparison between MakeContest and Adact: custom Branded Games vs prize contest, price, autonomy. Find out which one actually fits your needs.

How to apply gamification principles to your contest to multiply shares, sign-ups and engagement.

A step-by-step guide to creating an online contest that genuinely generates qualified leads, with no ad budget and no technical skills.

Gleam, Vyper, Wishpond, ShortStack, Easypromos, Qualifio... A detailed comparison of 20 online contest platforms and why MakeContest is the only one that stays free until you export your leads.

Consent, retention periods, participant rights: the essentials for running a GDPR-compliant giveaway.

The key steps to launching a giveaway that generates real, qualified leads, without an ad budget.

The prize you choose makes all the difference between a giveaway that takes off and one that goes unnoticed. Here are 5 concrete approaches.