Sweepstakes Setup Guide

Here is a step by step setup guide to help you create, edit, customize, and go live with your Sweepstakes in just a few short minutes.

Create a Sweepstakes

From the Campaigns screen, select the template type – Landing Pages.

Campaigns - Landing Pages 2021

Then choose Sweepstakes from the campaign types.

Landing pages -Sweepstakes

Design tab

After selecting Sweepstakes, you’ll be taken to the Design tab where you can add backgrounds, images, videos, and customize the campaign’s Form Element.

Sweepstakes Design section

Give your Sweepstakes a title by clicking on “Untitled Sweepstakes” above the URL.

Sweepstakes campaign title

You can switch between the Entry and Submitted pages by clicking on those options in the top left.

Form design tab pages

By clicking Add New Element in the left navigation, you can add images, videos, text, and more.

Form - add new element

Clicking directly on an existing element allows you to edit that element.

Form campaign - edit selected element

Click the “Painter’s Palette” icon to set a theme, background, and other styling options.

Painter's Palette menu 2022

Theme menu selected:

Painter's palette - Themes menu

Customizing the Form Fields

While in the Design section, click on the Form element itself, or the Form Fields area in the left sidebar, then click Add Form Field to add fields. Click directly on an existing field to edit that specific field.

Form campaign - add form fields

Once a user has successfully entered, they will be directed to the Submitted page. This page acts as confirmation that the user has successfully entered. Be sure to customize your post-entry message and add a share element to encourage sharing.

Custom Coding

In the Design section, at the bottom of the “Painter’s Palette” section, you can access the CSS section (on Advanced plans or higher) or the Javascript section (on the Power plan) to add custom coding.

Custom code section

Overview Tab

The Overview section is where you can edit basic settings and view or download stats.

Sweepstakes Overview page

Click the Edit button above the Status section to set the start and end dates of the experience’s entry period.

Status -edit dates

Select the dates and times, then click Save.

Status - edit dates panel

Click Edit above the Sharing section to customize the sharing image, title, and description for your experience URL.

Share dialog customization panel

Performance Stats

Once your experience receives views or entries, you can view a graph of these stats for the past past week, past month, or past year. Click Download Performance Stats to export a detailed traffic stat CSV file.

Performance stats section

Participants tab

In the Participants tab, you can view entry data for the first 1,000 entries, pick winners, and download your Entries and Uploads exports.

Participants tab - general

Click Download to open the Exports panel

Download exports panel

Click Pick Winner to randomly select one or more winners

Pick winners panel

Settings tab

Under the Settings tab, enable entry restrictions and limits, bonus entries for referrals, and age or password restrictions in the Limits & Restrictions section.

Sweepstakes settings tab - Limits and restrictions
referral bonus entries panel

In the Customizations section, you can customize all of the default language and auto-emails for your Sweepstakes, and add your custom rules HTML or link. 

Settings tab - customizations section

In the Advanced section, you can setup real-time integration for Automatic Exports, Facebook and Google Tracking, or enable Kiosk Mode for on-site campaigns.

Settings tab - Advanced
Automatic exports panel

At the bottom of the Settings page, you can Reset, Copy, or Delete your Sweepstakes.

Copy, reset, delete sweepstakes

Preview and Publish

When you’re ready, go back to the Overview tab and test/preview your contest by clicking the experience URL under Installation.

Installation - preview

Click Preview to redirect the URL to an embed on your website.

Redirect URL

Clicking Embed on Website will open the Embed panel where you can copy the JavaScript embed code or WordPress short-code and adjust optional popup settings.

Embed panel

To turn off Admin-Only mode and publish your experience, click the Publish button in the Status area.

Publish button

The Sweepstakes experience is now eligible for the Free plan! You can publish your campaign for 14 days or up to 100 participants (per calendar month) without upgrading. To continue your campaign and collect more data, simply upgrade to a paid plan.

If you have any questions or issues setting up your campaign, don’t hesitate to email us at support@woobox.com!

Updated on April 27, 2023

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