# ShortStack

> ShortStack is a year-round, no-code conversion platform that helps marketers turn website visitors into leads and customers with landing pages, pop-ups, forms, quizzes, contests, and giveaways.

ShortStack is a SaaS campaign builder used by 50,000+ businesses of every size, with 5 million+ campaigns built, from startups to brands like Netflix, UFC, PetSmart, Ticketmaster, and Live Nation. It is an always-on conversion toolkit and website companion: marketers build and host landing pages, website pop-ups, lead-capture forms, and interactive quizzes to grow lists and increase conversions throughout the year, and the same platform also runs contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways as a powerful subset of those use cases. Everything is drag-and-drop with no design or coding skills required, while power users can add custom CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. Campaigns are hosted by ShortStack or embedded on any website. There is a free plan and four paid tiers (Launch, Build, Scale, Max), plus enterprise options. The site is built with Astro and Storyblok; the product itself lives at app.shortstack.com.

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## Core product & platform

- [Landing Pages & Contests Made Easy](https://www.shortstack.com/): Overview of ShortStack as a year-round, no-code platform for landing pages, conversions, and campaigns.
- [Analytics & Insights](https://www.shortstack.com/analytics/): Track conversions, measure engagement, and optimize campaigns with built-in analytics.
- [Book A Demo](https://www.shortstack.com/book-demo/): Schedule a free 30-minute demo with a ShortStack campaign specialist.
- [Free Comment to Win Picker — Instagram, Facebook & YouTube](https://www.shortstack.com/comment-to-win/): Import comments from Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube, filter the noise, and pick a random winner — free for up to 200 entries.
- [Contact Us](https://www.shortstack.com/contact/): Reach the ShortStack team for questions, demos, custom builds, and enterprise inquiries.
- [Contests & Sweepstakes](https://www.shortstack.com/contests-sweepstakes/): Run contests and sweepstakes to generate leads, collect UGC, and drive engagement.
- [Custom Builds](https://www.shortstack.com/custom-builds/): Bespoke, done-for-you campaign builds for unique requirements.
- [Customize Everything](https://www.shortstack.com/customize-everything/): Built-in design controls plus custom CSS, JavaScript, and code for full design control.
- [Enterprise & Agencies](https://www.shortstack.com/enterprise/): High-volume lead funnels, multi-brand management, and campaigns-as-a-service for larger teams.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.shortstack.com/faqs/): Common questions about landing pages, lead capture, pop-ups, contests, and pricing.
- [Features](https://www.shortstack.com/features/): Hub for all ShortStack capabilities — landing pages, pop-ups, forms, quizzes, contests, and more.
- [Instant Win Campaigns](https://www.shortstack.com/instant-win/): Gamified instant-win giveaways with spin-to-win wheels, scratch cards, and prize logic.
- [Integrations — Connect Your Marketing Tools](https://www.shortstack.com/integrations/): Native connections to HubSpot, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Google Analytics, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and more.
- [Landing Pages](https://www.shortstack.com/landing-pages/): Build focused, high-converting landing pages to capture leads and drive conversions.
- [Pop-up Pages](https://www.shortstack.com/pop-up-pages/): Website pop-ups with gamified elements (scratch-offs, spin-to-win) to boost on-site conversions.
- [Custom Quizzes](https://www.shortstack.com/quizzes/): Knowledge and personality quizzes that engage visitors, increase time-on-site, and qualify leads.
- [Refer-a-Friend & Points for Actions](https://www.shortstack.com/refer-a-friend-points-for-actions/): Referral and action-based reward campaigns that turn shares, follows, and entries into growth.
- [Social Media Campaigns](https://www.shortstack.com/social-media/): Hashtag contests, comment-to-enter giveaways, and tools to grow social followings.
- [Our Team](https://www.shortstack.com/team/): Meet the people behind ShortStack. Our passionate team builds the tools that help businesses create high-converting campaigns.
- [Why Choose ShortStack | Interactive Marketing Platform](https://www.shortstack.com/why-shortstack/): Ratings, testimonials, and customer success stories explaining why businesses choose ShortStack.
- [Free Winner Picker & Animated Winner Reveal](https://www.shortstack.com/winner-reveal/): Upload an entry list, pick a winner fairly at random, and download a branded animated reveal video.

## Pricing & plans

- [Pricing](https://www.shortstack.com/pricing/): Full plan comparison and feature matrix across Free, Launch, Build, Scale, and Max.

## How ShortStack compares

Head-to-head comparisons against the alternatives people evaluate ShortStack against.

- [Blitz Rocket Alternative: ShortStack vs. Blitz Rocket Compared](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/blitz-rocket/): Looking for a Blitz Rocket (formerly VYPER) alternative? Compare ShortStack vs. Blitz Rocket on pricing, participant caps, formats, and email.
- [Easypromos Alternative: ShortStack vs. Easypromos Compared](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/easypromos/): Looking for an Easypromos alternative? Compare ShortStack and Easypromos on pricing, contest types, custom code, and support. ShortStack starts at $29/mo.
- [Gleam.io Alternative: ShortStack vs. Gleam.io Compared](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/gleam/): Looking for a Gleam.io alternative? Compare ShortStack vs. Gleam.io on pricing, campaign types, customization, analytics, and support.
- [Leadpages Alternative: ShortStack vs. Leadpages Compared](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/leadpages/): Looking for a Leadpages alternative? Compare ShortStack vs. Leadpages on pricing, landing pages, contests, quizzes, email, and entry management.
- [ViralSweep Alternative: ShortStack vs. ViralSweep Compared](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/viralsweep/): Looking for a ViralSweep alternative? Compare ShortStack vs. ViralSweep on pricing, campaign formats, templates, email, analytics, and support.
- [ShortStack for Enterprise: The Campaign Platform Built for Scale](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/wishpond/): Enterprise teams choose ShortStack for creative control, AWS-backed security, transparent pricing, and dedicated support — trusted by Live Nation & UFC.
- [Woobox Alternative: ShortStack vs. Woobox Compared](https://www.shortstack.com/compare/woobox/): Looking for a Woobox alternative? Compare ShortStack vs. Woobox on pricing, campaign formats, customization, analytics, anti-fraud, and email.

## Free tools

- [Free Campaign Idea Checker — Is Your Giveaway Idea Possible?](https://www.shortstack.com/campaign-checker/): Pick the entry types you want and instantly see whether your campaign idea is possible to build and run.
- [Free Marketing Tools for Contests & Lead Gen](https://www.shortstack.com/free-tools/): Directory of ShortStack's free marketing tools.
- [Holiday Marketing Guide](https://www.shortstack.com/holiday-guide/): Strategies, templates, and tips for seasonal campaigns.
- [Free Contest & Sweepstakes Rules Generator](https://www.shortstack.com/rules-generator/): Generate a structured official-rules draft for a contest, giveaway, or sweepstakes.

## Marketing calendars by industry

- [Free Annual Marketing Calendar & Campaign Planner](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/): Build a personalized 12-month campaign plan (always-on and seasonal) by goals, region, and industry.
- [Agency / Marketing Services Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/agency/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for agency / marketing services: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [E-commerce & Retail Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/ecommerce/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for e-commerce & retail: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [Education Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/education/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for education: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [Health & Fitness Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/fitness/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for health & fitness: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [Food & Beverage Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/food/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for food & beverage: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [Media & Entertainment Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/media/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for media & entertainment: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [Nonprofit Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/nonprofit/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for nonprofit: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [SaaS & Technology Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/saas/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for saas & technology: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.
- [Travel & Hospitality Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/marketing-calendar/travel/): Free 12-month marketing calendar for travel & hospitality: always-on lead capture plus seasonal campaigns you can build in minutes. No signup.

## Campaign templates

- [Customizable Campaign Templates](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/): Professionally designed, customizable templates for quizzes, pop-ups, giveaways, instant-win campaigns, and more.
- [Best Of Category Vote Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/best-of-category-vote-contest/): Run a Best Of community contest with separate nomination and voting periods. Ideal for local newspapers, radio, and TV.
- [Black Friday Calendar Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/black-friday-calendar-giveaway/): Build excitement before Black Friday with a daily calendar giveaway that reveals new deals and prizes each day. Drive repeat visits, grow your audience.
- [Branded Frames Photo Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/branded-frames-photo-contest/): Run a photo contest where participants upload their image and receive a custom branded version in return. Entries are displayed in a voteable gallery.
- [Category Vote Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/category-vote-contest/): Run a structured voting contest organized by category. Drive deeper engagement, longer time-on-page.
- [Client Bookings Landing Page Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/client-bookings-landing-page/): Turn interested visitors into confirmed bookings with a clean scheduling page — let them reserve a call, consultation, or appointment in seconds.
- [Contest Rules Landing Page Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/contest-rules/): Display your contest or promotion rules on a clean, professional landing page. Build participant trust, ensure legal compliance.
- [Halloween Costume Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/costume-contest/): Run a Halloween costume contest that collects photo submissions, enables community voting, and grows your contact list. A fun.
- [Discount Pop-Up Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/discount-pop-up/): Capture emails and drive sales with a discount pop-up that rewards visitors with a promo code in exchange for signing up — a simple, always-on conversion tool.
- [Download a Lookbook Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/download-a-lookbook/): Turn your lookbook into a lead-generation tool by gating it behind a simple entry form — capturing qualified contacts at the moment interest is highest.
- [Download Pop-Up Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/download-pop-up/): Grow your email list with a download pop-up that offers visitors a free resource in exchange for their contact info. Trigger by exit intent, scroll.
- [Downloadable Content Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/downloadable-content/): Turn any digital asset into a lead generation tool with a gated download template. Participants complete a form to access your content instantly.
- [Enter to Vote Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/enter-to-vote/): Combine voting engagement with lead generation using an enter-to-vote template. Participants complete a form to unlock voteable options.
- [Exit-Intent Coupon Pop-Up Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/exit-intent-with-coupon-pop-up/): Recover abandoning visitors with an exit-intent pop-up that reveals a promo code with a polished animation and one-click copy button.
- [Exit Pop-Up Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/exit-pop-up/): Turn abandoning visitors into leads with a strategically timed exit pop-up. Triggers at exit intent to capture sign-ups, promote offers.
- [Facebook Comment-to-Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/facebook-comment-to-win-giveaway/): Supercharge your Facebook giveaway with a comment-to-win template that adds form entries for an extra chance to win.
- [Fortune Wheel Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/fortune-wheel/): Drive sign-ups and conversions with a spin-to-win fortune wheel — participants enter, spin, and instantly reveal a prize or discount tier you control.
- [Free Sample Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/free-sample-giveaway/): Distribute free samples and build your contact list simultaneously with a conversion-optimized form template. Perfect for product launches.
- [Giveaway Calendar Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/giveaway-calendar/): Drive daily engagement with a giveaway calendar that unlocks a new prize or deal each day — perfect for 12 Days of Christmas and long-running activations.
- [Giveaway + Opt-In Pop-Up Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/giveaway-opt-in-pop-up/): Grow your contact list and run a giveaway simultaneously with an opt-in pop-up that captures visitor emails at the moment of peak interest.
- [Giveaway Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/giveaway/): Run a professional sweepstakes with a simple, fully customizable giveaway template. Collect entries, export data as a .csv.
- [Hashtag Contest Gallery Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/hashtag-contest-gallery/): Showcase Instagram posts from your campaign hashtag in a dynamic gallery. Enable voting to turn it into a contest that drives organic reach.
- [Hidden Objects Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/hidden-objects-giveaway/): Transform your giveaway into a gamified hidden objects experience. Participants use clues to find hidden images and unlock an entry form.
- [Holiday Card Branded Frames Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/holiday-card-branded-frames/): Run a holiday card contest where participants upload their photo and receive a custom branded image in return.
- [Holiday Hidden Objects Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/holiday-hidden-objects-giveaway/): Make your holiday campaign unforgettable with a hidden objects giveaway. Participants find clues and discover hidden images to unlock an entry form.
- [Instagram Comment-to-Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/instagram-comment-to-win-giveaway/): Maximize your Instagram giveaway with a comment-to-win template that adds form entries for an extra chance to win.
- [Instant Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/instant-win-giveaway/): Run an instant win giveaway with immediate results and unique or static prize codes. A high-converting format perfect for driving entries, excitement.
- [Knowledge Quiz Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/knoweldge-quiz-giveaway/): Combine education and engagement with a knowledge quiz giveaway. Participants answer questions, receive a graded score, and enter for a chance to win.
- [Limited-Entry Code Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/limited-entry-code-giveaway/): Run a secure, access-controlled giveaway with a code entry requirement. Supports unique or static codes to ensure only your intended audience can participate.
- [Limited-Entry Download Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/limited-entry-download/): Distribute exclusive digital downloads with a limited-entry template that automatically stops offering the file once the entry cap is reached.
- [Limited-Time Offer Landing Page Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/limited-time-offer-landing-page/): Drive conversions with a limited-time offer landing page that automatically closes when the entry cap is reached.
- [Limited-Time Offer Pop-Up Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/limited-time-offer-pop-up/): Create urgency with a limited-time offer pop-up that collects entries to claim a deal and auto-closes when your entry cap is reached. Ideal for flash sales.
- [Multi-Language Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/multi-language-giveaway/): Reach international audiences with a multilingual giveaway template featuring a simple language toggle.
- [Multi-Photo Upload Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/multi-photo-upload-contest/): Collect multiple photos per submission with a flexible photo contest template. Entries are displayed in a dynamic gallery.
- [Mystery Door Instant Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/mystery-door-instant-win-giveaway/): Run a suspenseful instant win giveaway with the Mystery Door template. Participants enter their info and choose a door to reveal a prize.
- [Online Course Microsite Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/online-course-microsite/): Deliver a polished online course experience with a microsite featuring built-in navigation and content gating.
- [Personality Quiz Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/personality-quiz/): Engage your audience with a personality quiz that delivers a personalized outcome based on their answers.
- [Photo Caption Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/photo-caption-contest/): Show an image. Ask for captions. Watch your audience get creative. This caption contest template collects emails, displays entries in a voting gallery.
- [Photo Contest Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/photo-contest/): Run a full-featured photo contest that collects submissions, displays them in a public gallery, and drives community voting.
- [Photo Upload Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/photo-upload-giveaway/): Collect authentic user-generated photos and contact details in a single entry form — grow your list and gather visual content from one simple giveaway.
- [Choose Your Prize Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/pick-your-prize-giveaway/): Let your audience pick the prize they want, then enter to win it. This choose-your-prize giveaway drives higher engagement, captures preference data.
- [Points for Actions Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/points-for-actions-giveaway/): Reward participants for engaging with your brand. This points-based sweepstakes lets entrants earn better odds by watching videos, visiting social pages.
- [Points for Actions + Instant Win Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/points-for-actions-instant-win/): Combine points-based engagement with an instant win reveal. Participants earn better odds through brand actions and can win instantly.
- [Points for Actions + Newsletter Sign-Up Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/points-for-actions-newsletter-sign-up/): Grow your newsletter list and your digital audience at the same time. Participants opt in, earn points through brand engagement actions.
- [Points for Actions + Photo Upload Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/points-for-actions-photo-upload/): Collect photos and contact info at entry, then keep participants engaged with points-earning brand actions.
- [Poll Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/poll/): Ask your audience what they think and get real answers — a simple poll template that collects clean preference data with zero friction and no entry barrier.
- [Puzzle Game Sweepstakes Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/puzzle-game/): Make participants solve a custom image puzzle before they can enter your sweepstakes. Set your own time limit, upload any image.
- [Exit Intent Pop-Up Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/re-engage-idle-visitors-pop-up/): Catch visitors before they leave. This exit-intent pop-up captures emails and rewards participants with a coupon code delivered to their inbox.
- [Redeem Code for Discount Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/redeem-code-for-discount/): Reward form submissions with an instant discount code reveal. Capture leads, drive immediate purchases, and create a compelling value exchange.
- [Refer-a-Friend Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/refer-a-friend-giveaway/): Turn every entrant into a brand advocate. Participants earn extra points toward winning for every friend they refer.
- [Scavenger Hunt Photo Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/scavenger-hunt-photo-contest/): Turn your city into a contest. Participants snap photos at iconic landmarks and submit via photo, Instagram, or TikTok for a chance to win.
- [Scratch & Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/scratch-win-giveaway/): Give participants a digital scratch card to reveal their prize instantly. This scratch & win template is perfect for in-person events and online campaigns.
- [Secret Code Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/secret-code-giveaway/): Hide unique codes in your content, packaging, or physical locations and let participants enter them to unlock a giveaway.
- [Simple Event Page Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/simple-event-page/): Create a clean event sign-up page in minutes. Collect guest information with a fully customizable ShortStack form.
- [Simple Halloween Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/simple-halloween-giveaway/): Launch a Halloween sweepstakes fast. Collect audience contact info with a customizable form, then pick a winner at random.
- [Simple Holiday Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/simple-holiday-giveaway/): Launch a holiday sweepstakes in minutes. Collect contact info, grow your seasonal list, and pick a winner with ShortStack's random selection tool.
- [Holiday Photo Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/simple-holiday-photo-contest/): Run a holiday photo contest that drives seasonal engagement and generates authentic UGC. Collect festive images, display them in a voting gallery.
- [Simple Survey Pop-Up Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/simple-survey-pop-up/): Collect real visitor feedback with a lightweight survey pop-up. Tie submissions to a giveaway entry for better response rates.
- [Spin the Reels Instant Win Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/spin-the-reels/): Give your giveaway a Vegas upgrade. Participants spin animated slot reels after entry for an instant win reveal. Customizable prizes, thrilling gameplay.
- [Story Contest Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/story-contest/): Collect stories, essays, and written submissions from your audience. Set separate entry and voting periods, then export everything.
- [Subscribe Form Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/subscribe-form/): Grow a permission-based subscriber list with a clean, customizable sign-up form. Add opt-in checkboxes for newsletters, waitlists, events.
- [Testimonial Collection Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/testimonials/): Collect customer reviews through a simple form and display them in a gallery. Own your testimonials, control what gets published.
- [TikTok Video Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/tiktok-video-contest/): Collect TikTok video submissions from your audience, showcase them in an on-page voting gallery, and turn creator energy into user-generated content.
- [Timed Image Guessing Game Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/timed-image-guessing-game/): Show your audience an image, make it disappear, then ask them what they remember. This timed memory challenge drives deep engagement, repeat plays.
- [Timed Puzzle Guessing Game Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/timed-puzzle-guessing-game/): Challenge your audience with a timed crossword-style guessing game. Drive brand engagement, test product knowledge, and keep your audience entertained.
- [Halloween Instant Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/trick-or-treat-instant-win-giveaway/): Run a Halloween instant win promotion that tells participants immediately if they've won. Customizable prizes, instant reveals.
- [Unique Code Redemption Sweepstakes Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/unique-code-redemption/): Reward your best customers with exclusive sweepstakes access. Distribute unique entry codes to loyal buyers or with product purchases.
- [Unique Coupon Code Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/unique-coupon-codes/): Give every form submitter their own unique coupon code. Collect marketing contact info and drive immediate purchases.
- [Video Pop-Up Campaign Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/video-pop-up/): Show a YouTube or Vimeo video pop-up to new, returning, or exit-intent visitors. Keep visitors engaged, reduce bounce rates.
- [Video Upload Contest Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/video-upload-contest/): Run a video upload contest that lets participants submit videos, stores entries in your ShortStack account, and displays submissions in a votable gallery.
- [Vote Only Gallery Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/vote-only/): Showcase a gallery of videos, images, or content and let your audience vote for their favorite. A simple.
- [Audience Vote & Feedback Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/vote-to-enter-giveaway/): Engage your audience with an interactive voting campaign that captures real feedback and contact information. Present your options, collect votes.
- [Watch to Enter Sweepstakes Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/watch-to-enter/): Require participants to watch your video before entering your sweepstakes. Support YouTube and Vimeo, capture lead information.
- [Webinar Lead Magnet Template | Collect & Convert Attendees](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/webinar-lead-magnet/): Capture attendee information with a fully customizable webinar form. Follow up after every event, grow your contact list.
- [Welcome Mat Pop-Up Template | Capture Emails from Day One](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/welcome-mat-pop-up/): Greet new visitors with a full-screen welcome mat and grow your email list instantly. Highlight offers, build your audience.
- [Win Your Wishlist Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/win-your-wishlist-giveaway/): Let shoppers build and share their wishlist for a chance to win. Drive word-of-mouth sales, collect product preference data.
- [YouTube Comment to Win Giveaway Template](https://www.shortstack.com/templates/youtube-comment-to-win-giveaway/): Run a YouTube comment contest that builds your email list and drives video engagement. Collect entries via form, reward bonus entries for comments.

## Help center

Product documentation. Every article opens with a short direct answer before the steps.

- [Help center](https://www.shortstack.com/help/): Guides for building, publishing, and measuring ShortStack campaigns — landing pages, pop-ups, lead-capture forms, quizzes, contests, and giveaways.
- [About sharing](https://www.shortstack.com/help/about-sharing/): ShortStack offers three kinds of sharing: the whole campaign by its landing page or embed URL, an entrant's details after they submit a form, and the content of an individual entry through the…
- [Account & billing help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/account-and-billing/): Manage your account, plan, team logins, and billing.
- [Adding & managing logins help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/account-and-billing/adding-managing-logins/): 3 ShortStack help guides on adding & managing logins, part of account & billing.
- [Billing help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/account-and-billing/billing/): 6 ShortStack help guides on billing, part of account & billing.
- [Your account help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/account-and-billing/your-account/): 26 ShortStack help guides on your account, part of account & billing.
- [Action Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/action-widget/): The Action Widget provides a simple way to configure "if this, then that" (IFTTT) scenarios in your campaigns. It enables you to create actions triggered by events from other widgets in your campaign.
- [Adding Google Maps address lookup to a form](https://www.shortstack.com/help/adding-google-maps-address-lookup-to-a-form/): Improve your data integrity and make your forms easier to fill out with our address verification tool. Simply follow the steps below to integrate with Google Maps.
- [Adding votable entries](https://www.shortstack.com/help/adding-votable-entries/): Sometimes, when you are running a contest or giveaway, you do not want people to submit their own entries to be voted on.
- [Additional help resources](https://www.shortstack.com/help/additional-help-resources/): ShortStack provides a variety of resources to assist you with your campaigns. Here’s how to access help, resources, and support when needed.
- [Advanced: autofilling form fields using query string parameters](https://www.shortstack.com/help/advanced-autofilling-form-fields-using-query-string-parameters/): If you’d like a cleaner URL than what the Simple Query String Parameter setup provides, you can achieve this by using Action Widgets.
- [After publishing your campaign checklist](https://www.shortstack.com/help/after-publishing-your-campaign-checklist/): Congratulations — your campaign is live and accepting entries! Before you start promoting it, take a moment to run through a few final checks to make sure everything works smoothly and is ready to…
- [Analytics & data help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/analytics-and-data/): Measure views, entries, shares, and conversions across your campaigns.
- [Analytics Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/analytics-manager/): The Analytics Manager is where all campaign reporting lives. Open it from the Home screen by clicking Manage and selecting Analytics.
- [Analytics Overview](https://www.shortstack.com/help/analytics-overview/): The Analytics Overview is the summary tab of the Analytics Manager, reached by clicking Manage → Analytics and filtering to a campaign and date range.
- [Archiving & deleting your content](https://www.shortstack.com/help/archiving-and-deleting-your-content/): Whether you need to clear space for your entry allowance or keep your account organized, ShortStack provides options to archive or delete campaigns, entries, lists, custom fields, and other…
- [Before publishing your campaign checklist](https://www.shortstack.com/help/before-publishing-your-campaign-checklist/): You've built your first campaign! Before hitting that publish button, let's review a few commonly overlooked settings to ensure your campaign launches smoothly.
- [Best Of Category Vote template](https://www.shortstack.com/help/best-of-category-vote-contest/): The Best Of Category Vote Contest Template is designed for “Best Of” contests and works well for campaigns with multiple categories or subcategories for entry and voting.
- [Billing frequently asked questions](https://www.shortstack.com/help/billing-faqs/): You can either pause your payments or cancel the subscription.
- [Bot and fraud prevention tools](https://www.shortstack.com/help/bot-and-fraud-prevention-tools/): ShortStack protects your campaigns at four points — when the page loads, when an entry is submitted, when a vote is cast, and after entries arrive in your list.
- [Building a campaign help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/building-a-campaign/): Build, design, and configure campaigns in the Campaign Builder.
- [Campaign Builder help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/building-a-campaign/campaign-builder/): 12 ShortStack help guides on campaign builder, part of building a campaign.
- [Campaign & form features help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/building-a-campaign/campaign-form-features/): 8 ShortStack help guides on campaign & form features, part of building a campaign.
- [Customizing campaign appearance help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/building-a-campaign/customizing-campaign-appearance/): 8 ShortStack help guides on customizing campaign appearance, part of building a campaign.
- [Templates help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/building-a-campaign/templates/): 6 ShortStack help guides on templates, part of building a campaign.
- [User flows help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/building-a-campaign/user-flows/): 13 ShortStack help guides on user flows, part of building a campaign.
- [Buttons Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/buttons-widget/): The Buttons Widget adds customizable buttons to your campaign. They can link out to external sites such as your social channels, trigger actions that move visitors through the campaign, open…
- [Campaign best practices](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaign-best-practices/): ShortStack has been around for over 11 years, and we have a wealth of experience in running successful campaigns. Below are our top best practices to help ensure your campaign's success.
- [Campaign Builder tips and tricks](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaign-builder-tips-and-tricks/): The Campaign Builder has many features that can streamline the creation of your campaigns.
- [How to use the Campaign Checker](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaign-checker/): The Campaign Checker tells you whether a campaign idea can actually be built and run before you invest in it.
- [Campaign checklists help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaign-checklists/): Step-by-step checklists to run before and after you publish.
- [Campaign Menu](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaign-menu/): The Campaign Menu is a dropdown menu in the Campaign Builder that provides quick links to navigate to other campaigns and manage the current campaign.
- [Campaign Settings](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaign-settings/): The Campaign Settings menu allows you to adjust a campaign's HTML, sharing, embedding, and security settings.
- [Campaigns Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/campaigns-manager/): The Campaigns Manager allows you to create, edit, manage, archive, and delete your campaigns with ease. This guide covers everything you need to know about navigating and using this tool effectively.
- [CAN-SPAM Act information](https://www.shortstack.com/help/can-spam-act-information/): The CAN-SPAM Act was enacted in 2003 to prevent unsolicited marketing emails.
- [Category Field](https://www.shortstack.com/help/category-field/): The Category Field is a custom field with unique properties that enhance form functionality. This guide outlines all the features and settings available for the Category Field.
- [Changelog](https://www.shortstack.com/help/changelog/): Every change we ship to ShortStack, newest first — new features, updates to existing ones, and changes to our policies.
- [Choosing winners in the Giveaway Calendar template](https://www.shortstack.com/help/choosing-winners-in-the-giveaway-calendar-template/): When you've finished your contest using the Giveaway Calendar template, you'll want to pick your winners. Since the template uses a single form, all entries are added to a single list.
- [Clicks data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/clicks-data/): The Clicks tab of the Analytics Manager tracks clicks on your campaign's buttons and links across four metrics and two visualizations, beginning with the total number of clicks recorded.
- [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://www.shortstack.com/help/cloudflare-turnstile/): Cloudflare Turnstile is a CAPTCHA alternative that blocks bots without asking visitors to solve a visual challenge, and it works without routing your traffic through Cloudflare.
- [Code Lists Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/code-lists-manager/): The Code Lists Manager displays all your previously uploaded code lists and provides an option to upload a new code list.
- [Code Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/code-widget/): The Code Widget allows you to add HTML, JavaScript, or other code to your campaign without ShortStack adding any extra markup.
- [Connected Sites Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/connected-sites-manager/): The Connected Sites Manager tracks the websites where you have embedded a ShortStack campaign. Depending on your plan, you can embed ShortStack campaigns on one or more sites.
- [Contact support](https://www.shortstack.com/help/contact/): Get help from the ShortStack support team. Email support is available 24/7, and live chat runs Monday to Friday.
- [Container Widgets](https://www.shortstack.com/help/container-widgets/): Container Widgets have multiple uses in a campaign. They can organize your widgets into groups for various purposes, such as managing visibility or formatting.
- [Contest rules & compliance help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/contest-rules-and-compliance/): What official rules must contain, the platform requirements for Facebook and Instagram promotions, and running campaigns internationally.
- [Copying a campaign](https://www.shortstack.com/help/copying-a-campaign/): Sometimes, it’s easier to copy an existing campaign instead of starting from scratch.
- [Countdown Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/countdown-widget/): The Countdown Widget displays a countdown on your campaign (in days, hours, and minutes), counting down to a date and time of your choice.
- [Creating and managing an Instagram Hashtag Feed](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-and-managing-an-instagram-hashtag-feed/): A hashtag campaign is a great way to harness the engagement of Instagram. Set a designated hashtag and display a feed of posts (images and videos) using that hashtag.
- [Creating and managing Company Profiles](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-and-managing-company-profiles/): A Company Profile is required for compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, which mandates that outgoing emails include a valid business name and address.
- [Creating autoresponder emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-autoresponder-emails/): Autoresponder emails are a powerful way to connect with people immediately after they submit a form on your ShortStack campaigns.
- [Creating emails help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-emails/): Autoresponders, follow-ups, and scheduled email campaigns.
- [Creating follow-up emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-follow-up-emails/): Follow-up emails are a great way to maintain engagement by automatically sending emails a specific number of days after someone subscribes to your list.
- [Creating scheduled emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-scheduled-emails/): Scheduled emails let you communicate with your audience at a specific time or send them immediately.
- [Creating segmented Lists](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-segmented-lists/): You can split a single list of entries into smaller, targeted lists based on information attached to each entry, which is useful for emailing a specific group or organizing entries by criteria.
- [Creating win/lose messages for Instant Win](https://www.shortstack.com/help/creating-win-lose-messages-for-instant-win/): After enabling Instant Win and completing setup, you’ll want to display appropriate messages for winning and non-winning entries.
- [CSS Editor](https://www.shortstack.com/help/css-editor/): The CSS Editor allows you to enter custom CSS code to control and customize the appearance of your campaign.
- [Custom Domains Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/custom-domains-manager/): The Custom Domains Manager allows you to view and manage all custom domains set up for publishing campaigns.
- [Custom Events data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/custom-events-data/): The Custom Events tab of the Analytics Manager reports events your campaign logs about itself — anything you choose to track, under a name you pick.
- [Customizing Admin Entry Alerts](https://www.shortstack.com/help/customizing-admin-entry-alerts/): Admin Entry Alerts notify you when an entry is submitted. Customize these alerts using email templates to design layouts and include specific form fields.
- [Dashboard](https://www.shortstack.com/help/dashboard/): The Dashboard provides streamlined access to campaign creation tools, recent projects, an analytic overview, and educational resources designed to help you master ShortStack.
- [Downgrading, pausing or cancelling your subscription, and deleting your account](https://www.shortstack.com/help/downgrading-pausing-cancelling-your-subscription-and-deleting-your-account/): Cancel to stop billing at the end of your billing period. Your account moves to the Free plan, and your data is kept for when you upgrade again. Pause to hold a monthly plan for 1–3 months.
- [Edit Widgets Panel](https://www.shortstack.com/help/edit-widgets-panel/): The Edit Widgets Panel allows you to add, arrange, and customize all the widgets in your campaign.
- [Email Analytics](https://www.shortstack.com/help/email-analytics/): Email Analytics reports how the emails you send from ShortStack performed, tracking emails sent, open rate, clicks, and unsubscribes, and the whole report can be exported as a PDF.
- [Email checklist](https://www.shortstack.com/help/email-checklist/): Use this checklist to check your autoresponders, follow-up emails and scheduled emails before your campaign goes live.
- [Emails Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/emails-manager/): The Emails Manager allows you to create, edit, manage, archive, and delete your emails while providing insights into their performance.
- [Entries API](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entries-api/): ShortStack offers an Entries API that enables you to retrieve entry data collected and stored in your account. ShortStack's API is intended for use by software developers and is an advanced feature.
- [Entries data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entries-data/): The Entries tab of the Analytics Manager reports four metrics for the campaign and date range you have filtered to, beginning with the total number of entries collected.
- [Entries Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entries-manager/): The Entries Manager stores all data collected via a form, whether it includes only names and emails or media uploads, such as photos and videos.
- [Entry Count Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-count-widget/): The Entry Count Widget displays the number of entries collected in a specific list on your campaign. You can style and format the count using the Style Panel.
- [Entry Details](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-details/): The Entry Details feature displays all the information a user submitted in their entry.
- [Entry Display Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-display-widget/): The Entry Display Widget is used to showcase entries submitted via a Form Container Widget or through Feeds. It also allows you to enable voting for voting contests.
- [Entry Profiles Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-profiles-manager/): The Entry Profiles Manager allows you to view all saved entry profiles, which are created using the export wizard or settings in the Entries Manager.
- [Entry Restrictions](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-restrictions/): Contests, giveaways, sweepstakes, and digital marketing campaigns often involve enticing prizes, ranging from fun swag to high-value makeovers.
- [Entry Search Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-search-widget/): The Entry Search Widget allows entrants to search through campaign entries using variables such as email or name.
- [Entry security & best practices help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/entry-security-and-best-practices/): Stop fraudulent entries, restrict who can enter, and test before you launch.
- [Error messages and what they mean](https://www.shortstack.com/help/error-messages/): Look up a ShortStack error message by its exact wording to see what it means and how to fix it.
- [Exporting entries with Export Profiles](https://www.shortstack.com/help/exporting-data-using-export-profiles/): An export profile is a saved layout for your entry exports: which fields become columns, in what order, and what each column is called.
- [Exporting entry data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/exporting-entry-data/): ShortStack collects and stores all of your entry data. In addition to storing this data, we provide easy export options via .csv files or .zip files for media.
- [Exports Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/exports-manager/): The Exports Manager shows the status of your exports, the time remaining for files to finish exporting, and lets you download completed exports directly.
- [Facebook and Instagram promotion guidelines](https://www.shortstack.com/help/facebook-promotion-guidelines/): You can run giveaways and contests on Facebook and Instagram if every entrant releases Meta from liability and agrees that Meta doesn't sponsor the promotion.
- [Field Library](https://www.shortstack.com/help/field-library/): The Field Library holds the custom fields you have built with the Field Widget — text, boolean, list, date, and number types — and shows how many of each you can still create against your plan's…
- [Field Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/field-widget/): The Field Widget adds input fields to a Form Container in your campaign. Visitors to your live campaign can fill out these fields and use the Submit button to submit their information.
- [Form Container Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/form-container-widget/): The Form Container Widget, in combination with Field Widgets, is used to display a form in your campaign. Visitors can use the form to submit entries.
- [Form integrations](https://www.shortstack.com/help/form-integrations/): Use Form Integrations to automatically send form entries to third-party services. Once an integration is enabled, all new entries are instantly submitted to the configured service.
- [Fortune Wheel template](https://www.shortstack.com/help/fortune-wheel-template/): The Fortune Wheel Template allows entrants to test their luck and win a prize on the wheel.
- [Free tools help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/free-tools/): How to use the free planning and promotion tools that need no ShortStack account.
- [Free trials for paid features](https://www.shortstack.com/help/free-trials-for-paid-features/): On a free trial you can test some paid features free for three days. Start one from Account Summary — click your name in the top-right of the Home page, scroll to Plan Features, and click the…
- [Frequently asked questions](https://www.shortstack.com/help/frequently-asked-questions/): As many as you need! ShortStack does not limit the number of live campaigns you can run at one time. Your account limitations are based on how many stored entries you have.
- [Getting help help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/getting-help/): Support hours, troubleshooting basics, and how to reach us.
- [Getting started with the Style Panel](https://www.shortstack.com/help/getting-started-with-the-style-panel/): The Style Panel is a powerful customization tool within the Campaign Builder that allows you to make design adjustments to your campaign’s theme.
- [Giveaway Calendar template](https://www.shortstack.com/help/giveaway-calendar-template/): The Giveaway Calendar is the ultimate set-it-and-forget-it campaign. You choose the number of days of giveaways you want to run and let the campaign run its course.
- [Granting Page permissions using Meta Business Suite](https://www.shortstack.com/help/granting-page-permissions-using-meta-business-suite/): The Page admin invites the person in Meta Business Suite with partial access and Community activity turned on.
- [Hashtag Feeds Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/hashtag-feeds-manager/): The Hashtag Feeds Manager houses all the feeds you've set up to collect entries using hashtags on Instagram. You'll also find a button to create a new feed.
- [How long will it take to get help?](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-long-will-it-take-to-get-help/): At ShortStack, we strive to respond to support emails as quickly as possible—typically within a few hours of receiving them.
- [How to access your browser's console log](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-access-your-browsers-console-log/): When a bug or error occurs with your ShortStack campaign, Feed, or Comment Import, the support team might ask for a screenshot of your browser's console log.
- [How to add an age gate](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-add-an-age-gate/): When running a contest involving age-sensitive content or offering age-restricted prizes, it's essential to verify visitors' ages before granting access.
- [How to collect voter data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-collect-voter-data/): When running a campaign with public voting, you may want to collect voter information, such as emails and names, for future use.
- [How to create ADA-compliant campaigns](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-create-ada-compliant-campaigns/): Ensuring your campaign is accessible for individuals with disabilities is essential for its success. ShortStack's Campaign Builder offers various methods to help you create ADA-compliant campaigns.
- [How to create double opt-in emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-create-double-opt-in-emails/): Double opt-in ensures that only people who explicitly subscribe to your emails receive them.
- [How to create Google reCAPTCHA keys](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-create-google-recaptcha-keys/): ShortStack requires you to supply your own Google reCAPTCHA API keys before you can enable bot prevention on the Entry Display and Form Container widgets.
- [How to embed a campaign as a pop-up (2.0)](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-embed-a-campaign-as-a-pop-up-2-0/): The pop-up embed option allows you to display a ShortStack campaign as a customizable pop-up on your website without the need to add additional code for each campaign.
- [How to embed a campaign inline (2.0)](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-embed-a-campaign-inline-2-0/): The inline embed feature allows you to display your ShortStack campaign directly within the content of a specific page on your website.
- [How to import comments and reactions from Facebook](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-import-comments-and-reactions-from-facebook/): The Social Importer allows you to import comments and reactions from a Facebook Post, Ad, or Reel into a ShortStack list.
- [How to import comments from a YouTube video](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-import-comments-from-a-youtube-video/): The Social Import Tool allows you to import comments from any public YouTube video into a ShortStack list. This tool captures the commenter’s YouTube display name and the content of each comment.
- [How to import comments from an Instagram post](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-import-comments-from-an-instagram-post/): The Social Importer allows you to import comments from an Instagram post into a ShortStack list. This tool captures the Instagram username and the comment content of each user.
- [How to install our global embed code (2.0)](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-install-our-global-embed-code-2-0/): Copy the global embed code from the Publish Wizard (Embed Inline, then Install Global Embed Code), paste it once into your site's head or just after the body tag, and click Validate.
- [How to select winners](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-select-winners/): Use the Random Entry Picker in the Entries Manager to draw one or more winners at random from your filtered entries.
- [How to set up voting](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-set-up-voting/): To set up voting, add an Entry Display Widget, connect it to the list of entries people will vote on, turn on Enable Voting, set the voting dates and restrictions, then test and publish.
- [How to unpublish (uninstall) a campaign](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-unpublish-uninstall-a-campaign/): To take a campaign off the web, open the Campaign Builder and click the Publications icon in the top-right to open the Manage Publications panel.
- [How to update billing contact information](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-update-billing-contact-information/): Email: The address that will receive monthly statements and renewal notices.
- [How to use the Points Per Field feature](https://www.shortstack.com/help/how-to-use-the-points-per-field-feature/): The Points Per Field feature allows you to assign a point value to each form field, rewarding entrants based on how many fields they complete.
- [Image Editor Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/image-editor-widget/): The Image Editor Widget allows campaign entrants to make minor edits to images they've uploaded as part of their form submission.
- [Image size guide](https://www.shortstack.com/help/image-size-guide/): In ShortStack, our templates are made to be customized - you can remove or change almost anything you'd like while making your campaign.
- [Image Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/image-widget/): The Image Widget displays a single image in your campaign, automatically scaling to fit different screen sizes.
- [Importing custom fonts](https://www.shortstack.com/help/importing-custom-fonts/): The Campaign Builder offers a predefined list of fonts. To use anything outside it, you can upload your own font files through the Media Manager, import Google Fonts, or import Adobe Fonts.
- [Instant Win](https://www.shortstack.com/help/instant-win/): Instant Win allows you to award prizes instantly upon a form submission in your campaign.
- [International campaigns](https://www.shortstack.com/help/international-campaigns/): Although ShortStack doesn’t offer features for automatic translation of campaigns, the Campaign Builder allows you to easily create campaigns in any language with simple customizations.
- [Jumping into a team on ShortStack](https://www.shortstack.com/help/jumping-into-a-team-on-shortstack/): Congratulations on being invited to join your workplace's ShortStack account! This guide will help you get set up, understand how teams work, and cover the basics of interacting as part of a team.
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://www.shortstack.com/help/keyboard-shortcuts/): Keyboard shortcuts in ShortStack let you perform actions without clicking interface buttons.
- [List Field](https://www.shortstack.com/help/list-field/): The List Field is a custom field with unique properties that enhance form functionality. This guide outlines all the features and settings available for the List Field.
- [List of Facebook Pages is empty or missing pages](https://www.shortstack.com/help/list-of-facebook-pages-is-empty-or-missing-pages/): If Pages are missing when you import likes or comments, work through four checks: confirm your personal profile is an admin of the Page, make sure you are logged into a personal Facebook account…
- [Lists Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/lists-manager/): The Lists Manager holds every form database — a List — you have created, and is where you create new ones, run social imports, and, on Enterprise, import lists from outside ShortStack.
- [Making copies of Field Widgets](https://www.shortstack.com/help/making-copies-of-field-widgets/): When building a form in your campaign, you might want to save time by copying and pasting Field Widgets into your Form Container. However, this approach may not produce the results you expect.
- [Manage Account](https://www.shortstack.com/help/manage-account/): Access Account Settings to manage data retention. Check the box and set the time to automatically delete entries older than a specific number of months.
- [Managing entries help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/managing-entries/): View, filter, export, and select winners from your entries.
- [Entries help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/managing-entries/entries/): 7 ShortStack help guides on entries, part of managing entries.
- [Entry API help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/managing-entries/entry-api/): 5 ShortStack help guides on entry api, part of managing entries.
- [Lists help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/managing-entries/lists/): 2 ShortStack help guides on lists, part of managing entries.
- [Manually add entries](https://www.shortstack.com/help/manually-add-entries/): There may be times when you need to manually add an entry—for example, if someone just missed the cutoff or if the form closed earlier than expected. In such cases, you may want to honor the entry.
- [How to use the Marketing Calendar](https://www.shortstack.com/help/marketing-calendar/): The Marketing Calendar asks about your goals, market, industry and capacity, then builds an editable 12-month campaign plan mapped to the holidays and shopping moments in your region.
- [Media Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/media-manager/): The Media Manager houses all of the media that you've uploaded to use in your campaigns. There's also a button you can use to upload new media.
- [Media Selector](https://www.shortstack.com/help/media-selector/): In the Campaign Builder, whenever you'd like to add an image to your campaign—whether it be as a background to a widget, an image inside an Image Widget, or various other places—you'll be directed…
- [Mobile best practices](https://www.shortstack.com/help/mobile-best-practices/): Follow these tips to ensure your campaign looks great on mobile devices without needing extensive CSS tweaking.
- [My Profile](https://www.shortstack.com/help/my-profile/): Check the provided boxes to opt into specific types of email communication.
- [Navbar Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/navbar-widget/): The Navbar Widget adds navigational links to your campaign. It helps visitors easily navigate through your campaign (especially larger campaigns with many widgets) or direct them to external…
- [Navigating your account](https://www.shortstack.com/help/navigating-your-account/): ShortStack is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform used to create campaigns and contest websites that can be published anywhere on the web.
- [Navigation menu](https://www.shortstack.com/help/navigation-menu/): The Navigation Menu within the Campaign Builder provides quick links to various parts of your ShortStack account, allowing for seamless navigation.
- [New accounts & protecting deliverability](https://www.shortstack.com/help/new-accounts-and-protecting-deliverability/): When a new account creates an email campaign containing links, we automatically mark that campaign inactive until the account has been reviewed.
- [Open Graph meta tags](https://www.shortstack.com/help/open-graph-meta-tags/): When you share your campaign URL in a Facebook status update, Facebook adds some extra elements to the News Feed post, such as an image and a title.
- [Organizing with tags](https://www.shortstack.com/help/organizing-with-tags/): Tags organize your assets by client, team member, or any grouping you choose, and can be applied to campaigns, lists, media files, custom templates, and custom themes.
- [Paging Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/paging-widget/): The Paging Widget allows you to add a web page-like navigation structure to your campaign. Each section of your campaign appears as its own "page," making it easy to organize content.
- [Payment](https://www.shortstack.com/help/payment/): Only the account owner can update the payment information. If you are a team member of a ShortStack account, you will not have access to update the payment information, even if you are an Admin.
- [Personality Quiz template](https://www.shortstack.com/help/personality-quiz-template/): The Personality Quiz showcases client preferences, allowing you to gain valuable insights into what clients prefer.
- [Plan & Billing](https://www.shortstack.com/help/plan-and-billing/): The Plan & Billing page is organized into three primary tabs: Plan Overview, Payment, and Statements.
- [Points for Actions data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/points-for-actions-data/): The Points for Actions tab of the Analytics Manager reports how entrants earned points through campaign actions.
- [Points for Actions](https://www.shortstack.com/help/points-for-actions/): The Points for Actions template is a fantastic way to reward your contest entrants with additional entries ("points") for visiting websites, including your social media accounts, or viewing videos.
- [Preview Mode](https://www.shortstack.com/help/preview-mode/): By default, your Campaign Builder displays in Builder View, showing all your campaign content regardless of any country- or time-based visibility settings applied to your widgets.
- [Preview width](https://www.shortstack.com/help/preview-width/): The Ruler at the top of the Campaign Builder lets you preview how your campaign will look at different widths, simulating various device screen sizes.
- [Prohibit fraudulent and spam entries with the Fraud Filter feature](https://www.shortstack.com/help/prohibit-fraudulent-and-spam-entries-with-fraud-filter-feature/): The Fraud Filter is used to filter, sort, and label any entries with patterns that you have identified as spam or fraudulent.
- [Publications Manager Panel](https://www.shortstack.com/help/publications-manager-panel/): A clickable link to visit the publication.
- [Publishing a campaign as a landing page](https://www.shortstack.com/help/publishing-a-campaign-as-a-landing-page/): Publishing as a landing page makes your campaign live on the web at a ShortStack-hosted URL that you can customize.
- [Publishing & embedding help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/publishing-and-embedding/): Publish a campaign as a landing page, or embed it on your own site.
- [Publishing your campaign using a custom domain](https://www.shortstack.com/help/publishing-your-campaign-using-a-custom-domain/): Using a custom domain for your ShortStack campaign gives your contest or promotion a professional look and helps reinforce your brand.
- [Refer-a-Friend](https://www.shortstack.com/help/refer-a-friend/): Refer-a-Friend rewards entrants when the friends they refer also enter. After someone submits an entry, a customizable pop-up offers a Share button that generates a unique link for social, email,…
- [Resource request](https://www.shortstack.com/help/resource-request/): Are you unable to find a video or help doc that answers your questions? Please let us know! We are constantly creating new resources to help educate ShortStack users.
- [Restricting entries using reCAPTCHA](https://www.shortstack.com/help/restricting-entries-using-recaptcha/): Google reCaptcha is a widely used standard for bot detection and prevention. ShortStack provides reCaptcha as a tool to protect your entry forms and instant win features from bots.
- [Rich Text Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/rich-text-widget/): The Rich Text Widget allows you to add and style text in your campaign. You can use the text editor within the widget for basic formatting or the Style Panel for more detailed customizations.
- [Rights Management for Instagram](https://www.shortstack.com/help/rights-management-for-instagram/): The Rights Management feature enables you or your brand to obtain permission to use content posted on Instagram easily.
- [How to use the Rules Generator](https://www.shortstack.com/help/rules-generator/): The Rules Generator walks you through eight questions and assembles a full set of official promotion rules, plus a short version for a social caption.
- [Securing webhook form integrations](https://www.shortstack.com/help/securing-webhook-form-integrations/): Webhooks enable the automatic transmission of information from your Form Widget entries to an external server or service you control.
- [Setting up a webhook with Zapier](https://www.shortstack.com/help/setting-up-a-webhook-with-zapier/): A webhook uses an HTTP POST request to send your form's data to a specified URL each time your ShortStack campaign receives a new entry.
- [Setting up an end-of-voting action](https://www.shortstack.com/help/setting-up-an-end-of-voting-action/): You can use the Action Widget to show additional content after the vote limit has been reached. For example, you can show a "Come back tomorrow!" message, unlock a reward, or redirect them elsewhere.
- [Setting up and connecting SendGrid to ShortStack](https://www.shortstack.com/help/setting-up-and-connecting-sendgrid-to-shortstack/): Integrating your SendGrid account with ShortStack allows you to have full control over your sender reputation and simplifies the use of your own domain, particularly when enforcing a DMARC policy.
- [Setting up Code Redemption](https://www.shortstack.com/help/setting-up-code-redemption/): The Code Redemption Field Widget restricts form submissions by requiring a code, which can be a single shared code or multiple unique codes.
- [Setting up Email Login for voting](https://www.shortstack.com/help/setting-up-email-login-for-voting/): Email Login makes each voter confirm their email address with a 6-digit code before their vote counts.
- [Setting up two-factor authentication](https://www.shortstack.com/help/setting-up-two-factor-authentication/): At ShortStack, your security is a top priority. We provide Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for an added layer of security beyond your account password.
- [Share Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/share-widget/): The Share Widget adds social icons to your campaign, making it easy for your visitors to share a link to your campaign in just a couple of clicks.
- [Shares data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/shares-data/): The Shares tab of the Analytics Manager reports sharing activity for the campaign and date range you have selected, including total shares regardless of duplication and unique shares.
- [ShortStack and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://www.shortstack.com/help/shortstack-and-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/): Below is an overview of the GDPR, its relevance, and the steps ShortStack has taken to ensure compliance.
- [ShortStack branded footers](https://www.shortstack.com/help/shortstack-branded-footers/): If you are on a Free, Launch, Build, or Scale Plan, you will see a footer at the bottom of your published campaigns.
- [ShortStack for Teams](https://www.shortstack.com/help/shortstack-for-teams/): ShortStack for Teams allows for collaboration between users. As the Owner of a team, you may invite other users to be Admins or Members of your team with access to assets, including campaigns,…
- [Simple: autofilling form fields using query string parameters](https://www.shortstack.com/help/simple-autofilling-form-fields-using-query-string-parameters/): In certain situations, you may want to streamline the user experience by pre-filling form fields with information already collected elsewhere.
- [Social media tools help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/social-media-tools/): Import comments from Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, and run hashtag feeds.
- [Statements](https://www.shortstack.com/help/statements/): If your payment did not go through on the statement date, the payment date will be shown in the invoice, and the statement date will stay the same.
- [Sweepstakes and contest rules guide](https://www.shortstack.com/help/sweepstakes-and-contest-rules-guide/): Promotional campaigns, e.g., sweepstakes and contests, are a great way to engage customers/users, find new customers/users, and collect useful marketing data.
- [Sweepstakes rules for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and more](https://www.shortstack.com/help/sweepstakes-rules-for-instagram-facebook-tiktok-snapchat-and-more/): When was the last time you ran a sweepstakes? Running a sweepstakes is a fun and effective way to introduce your business to new customers, increase your list of email subscribers, and get new…
- [Tags Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/tags-manager/): The Tags Manager provides an organized view of all your tags in one place and allows you to access any assets associated with each tag quickly.
- [Template Gallery](https://www.shortstack.com/help/template-gallery/): ShortStack's Template Gallery is the starting point for building a new campaign (unless you're starting with a copy of an existing campaign).
- [Templates Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/templates-manager/): The Templates Manager displays all custom templates saved using the Campaign Builder. A button is also available to access the public Template Gallery.
- [Testing your campaign](https://www.shortstack.com/help/testing-your-campaign/): You've built your campaign, and now it's time to ensure everything works as expected. This guide covers various methods for testing your campaign and involving teammates in the process.
- [Theme Selector](https://www.shortstack.com/help/theme-selector/): The Theme Selector provides a gallery of pre-designed color schemes that you can apply to a campaign to change its overall appearance.
- [Themes Manager](https://www.shortstack.com/help/themes-manager/): The Themes Manager displays all the custom themes saved using the Style Panel in the Campaign Builder.
- [Tips & recipes](https://www.shortstack.com/help/tips-and-recipes/): Commit to learning CSS. Learning CSS is a lot like learning chess: It can take a lifetime to master, but you can learn the basic rules and how to move the pieces and immediately enjoy playing.
- [Tracking Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/tracking-widget/): The Tracking Widget provides an easy way to set up event tracking and analytics for your campaign using Google Analytics or the Facebook Pixel.
- [Traffic data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/traffic-data/): The Traffic tab of the Analytics Manager shows where your campaign's visitors came from, starting with the source domain, and any column can be clicked to sort.
- [Troubleshooting emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/troubleshooting-emails/): This guide covers frequently asked questions and common troubleshooting steps for issues that may arise when creating or sending emails.
- [Troubleshooting embed issues](https://www.shortstack.com/help/troubleshooting-embed-issues/): "Refused to connect" or "This site can't be reached" means the website you're embedding on hasn't been added to the campaign's site settings.
- [Troubleshooting issues with feeds and Facebook/Instagram importer tools](https://www.shortstack.com/help/troubleshooting-issues-with-feeds-and-facebook-instagram-importer-tools/): The common problems with Feeds and Importer Tools are Pages missing or incomplete during setup, posts not appearing in the Entries Manager afterwards, and Instagram reporting more entries than…
- [Why can't people vote? Troubleshooting voting](https://www.shortstack.com/help/troubleshooting-voting/): People usually can't vote because the voting dates haven't started or have ended, voting isn't enabled on that widget, a hidden vote button is never shown, or edits weren't published.
- [Understanding campaign view and entry limits](https://www.shortstack.com/help/understanding-campaign-view-and-entry-limits/): Every ShortStack plan includes a monthly page view allowance and an entry storage limit.
- [Understanding conditional logic](https://www.shortstack.com/help/understanding-conditional-logic/): Conditional logic is the process of changing program behavior based on whether certain conditions are met.
- [Undo/Redo](https://www.shortstack.com/help/undo-redo/): When using the Campaign Builder to customize your campaign, all changes (except Style Panel styling) are saved automatically.
- [Update Theme Prompt](https://www.shortstack.com/help/update-theme-prompt/): ShortStack themes control the look and feel of your campaigns by compiling a set of variables into CSS.
- [Updating your login information](https://www.shortstack.com/help/updating-your-login-information/): Update your username, email, or password from Settings → My Profile on the Dashboard: click Edit in the Username & Password section, change what you need, and click Save.
- [Upgrading your plan](https://www.shortstack.com/help/upgrading-your-plan/): Alternatively, click your name in the top menu and select Upgrade from the dropdown.
- [Upload Field](https://www.shortstack.com/help/upload-field/): The Upload Field is a standard field that allows entrants to upload various types of media, including images, videos, and documents.
- [Using Action Labels in an Action Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-action-labels-in-an-action-widget/): Action Labels are specific labels that you can assign to any widget. These labels simplify managing complex tasks involving Action Widgets, such as hiding or displaying multiple containers…
- [Using eTokens](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-etokens/): In certain scenarios, you may need to restrict access to a specific campaign. Whether you're aiming to create exclusivity by offering a campaign solely to fans or facilitating entry judging for…
- [Using Liquid Markup in emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-liquid-markup-in-emails/): Liquid Markup lets a single email show different content to different recipients based on their entry.
- [Using merge fields in emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-merge-fields-in-emails/): A merge field is a placeholder for a personalized or dynamic text that gets populated with recipient-specific information when the email is sent.
- [Using stock images from Pixabay and Pexels](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-stock-images-from-pixabay-and-pexels/): When you need a stock image for an Image Widget, the background of a container, or anywhere else in your campaign, ShortStack provides you with access to libraries of stock images from Pixabay and…
- [Using the Campaign Builder](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-the-campaign-builder/): The Campaign Builder is where campaigns are built, designed, and tested. When you create a new campaign, you’ll be taken directly to the Builder after selecting a template.
- [Using the Label Filter to display specific entries](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-the-label-filter-to-display-specific-entries/): The Entry Display Widget's Filter by Label option shows only the entries you have labeled — most often used to show off winners once a contest ends.
- [Using the List Importer](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-the-list-importer/): If you’ve collected a list of leads or entries outside of ShortStack, you can import it into ShortStack to use within the platform. Follow the steps below to prepare and upload your list.
- [Using unique codes in emails](https://www.shortstack.com/help/using-unique-codes-in-emails/): ShortStack allows you to distribute unique codes (e.g., coupon codes or prize names) through emails or the Instant Win feature.
- [Video data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/video-data/): The Video tab of the Analytics Manager reports four metrics on video engagement, including total plays and unique plays.
- [Video Widget](https://www.shortstack.com/help/video-widget/): The Video Widget allows you to easily display a YouTube or Vimeo video on your campaign; all you need is the video's URL.
- [Votes data](https://www.shortstack.com/help/votes-data/): The Votes tab of the Analytics Manager reports voting activity across four metrics and three visualizations, beginning with the total number of votes recorded.
- [Voting history](https://www.shortstack.com/help/voting-history/): To see how an entry accumulated its votes, open the Entries Manager, hover over the entry and click View Details, then click the points or votes number at the top of the Entry Details page.
- [How voting restrictions and limits work](https://www.shortstack.com/help/voting-restrictions-and-limits/): A voting restriction sets how a voter is recognized (Anonymous Fingerprint or Email Login) and how many votes they get per entry, category or list, optionally per time interval.
- [Where are the entries?](https://www.shortstack.com/help/where-are-the-entries/): If your campaign is live but entries are not arriving, check three things in order: that the Entry Display Widget is added, connected to the correct list, and visible; that the campaign itself is…
- [White-label options](https://www.shortstack.com/help/white-label-options/): White labeling a campaign means that all tools or platform branding used to create it are hidden, ensuring that the campaign is fully branded with your company's logos and identity.
- [Whitelisting ShortStack's domains](https://www.shortstack.com/help/whitelisting-shortstacks-domains/): If your company restricts access to certain websites, you may need to whitelist ShortStack's domains. Please reach out to your IT department for assistance.
- [Widget background settings](https://www.shortstack.com/help/widget-background/): The Style Panel offers extensive customization options for your widgets' backgrounds. You can set a specific color, use an image, and adjust opacity/transparency to achieve the desired look.
- [Widget Extras](https://www.shortstack.com/help/widget-extras/): The Extras section of a widget's settings holds three options: Main Tag, CSS Classes, and Smart Labels.
- [Widget Visibility](https://www.shortstack.com/help/widget-visibility/): A widget's Visibility settings control who can see its content and when. Open them by editing a widget and clicking Visibility in the left-hand menu, or by hovering the widget in the Edit Widgets…
- [Widgets at a glance](https://www.shortstack.com/help/widgets-at-a-glance/): Jumping right into the Campaign Builder, sometimes all the icons and buttons can be a little overwhelming. Never fear, we're here to help!
- [Widgets help](https://www.shortstack.com/help/widgets/): Reference for every widget you can drop into a campaign.
- [How to use Winner Reveal](https://www.shortstack.com/help/winner-reveal/): Winner Reveal picks a random winner from your entry list and turns the result into a branded announcement video sized for Instagram, TikTok, Stories, YouTube or X.

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- [AI at ShortStack](https://www.shortstack.com/ai-policy/): How ShortStack uses artificial intelligence and what it means for your data. No AI in the campaign builder, no AI connected to our database, and no training on your data.
- [Compliance & Security](https://www.shortstack.com/compliance/): Compliance documentation covering GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, and more.
- [Cookie Policy](https://www.shortstack.com/cookie-policy/): How ShortStack uses cookies and similar technologies.
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