HOW DO I RUN A CONTEST ON INSTAGRAM?
Instagram does not allow campaigns to be published directly to their platform. However, you can publish your campaign as a standalone landing page or embed it on your website, then post a link to the contest in your Instagram profile description and direct entrants to the link to enter. Alternatively, you can run an Instagram hashtag contest where people enter by including the contest hashtag (hashtag contests are available on our Brand and Enterprise plans).
I WON'T RUN A CONTEST FOR A FEW MONTHS, CAN I PAUSE PAYMENTS UNTIL I NEED SHORTSTACK AGAIN?
Yes! We offer the ability to pause payments for up to 3 months. This is a great option if you run a contest every other month, or are taking a break for one reason or another. During the pause period, you will not have access to any part of ShortStack (entries, emails, the builder, etc), but you will not be charged. Your data will be stored and ready for your return!
HOW DO I SELECT A WINNER FOR MY CONTEST OR GIVEAWAY?
After you collect entries, you can choose a winner a few different ways. For entries collected into a ShortStack list, you could use our random entry selector to choose a random winner. For contests where entrants submitted a photo, video or text entry, you could determine a winner through public voting or ask a panel of judges (usually people at your company) to choose a winner.
DO I HAVE TO KNOW CODE IN ORDER TO USE SHORTSTACK?
Nope! ShortStack allows you to create online campaigns without the use of code. Use our widgets and Style Panel to build and style your campaign. If you do happen to be code-savvy, then you can use our Code Widget and CSS Editor to further customize your campaign.
HOW DO I RUN A CONTEST ON FACEBOOK?
We suggest using Facebook to drive traffic to your contest instead of publishing your contest to Facebook. You can embed your contest on your website — as a landing page or as a pop-up — and then promote it on Facebook. We recommend keeping contests on your own properties because it gives you the freedom to run the contest your way, without worrying about Facebook’s restrictions.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE A CAMPAIGN
The time it takes to build a campaign depends on the type of campaign you plan to create. We offer professionally designed templates and themes to help save you time. This means that building something simple, like a giveaway, might only take a few minutes to set up. As a best practice, we suggest giving yourself plenty of time to create, test and promote your campaign before it goes live.
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