Giveaways that grow your list and your audience
Launch a contest or sweepstakes on your Shopify store in minutes. Bonus actions turn every entrant into a promoter, and AI does the setup.
Trusted by leading Shopify brands
From idea to live giveaway in three steps
Start from a template or a prompt
Pick one of 24 templates, or let the AI wizard read your store and draft the whole contest with a real prize.
Launch it anywhere
Publish a hosted page, a theme popup, an inline block, an embed, or a QR code. Bonus actions and referrals are built in.
Draw, sync, repeat
Run a fair weighted draw, sync every entrant to Klaviyo, then duplicate the winner and run the next one.
One email in. Ten ways to earn more.
Entrants join with an email, then multiply their odds by completing actions that grow your brand at the same time.
Email signup
The base entry. One deduplicated email per entrant.
Refer a friend
A unique share link with extra entries per referral, capped how you like.
Photo upload
Collect UGC as an entry. JPEG, PNG, or WebP up to 10MB.
Visit a URL
Send entrants to a product, collection, or landing page.
Answer a question
Text, single choice, or multiple choice zero-party data.
Secret code
Gate bonus entries behind a code from packaging or email.
Follow on Instagram
Grow your Instagram audience with every entry.
Follow on TikTok
Turn giveaway buzz into TikTok followers.
Follow on X
Add an X follow as a bonus action.
Subscribe on YouTube
Convert entrants into channel subscribers.
One email in, sixteen entries out
Entrants join with an email, then multiply their odds by following your socials, answering trivia, uploading photos, and referring friends.
- 10 bonus action types Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, referrals, photos, trivia, URLs, secret codes.
- Runs everywhere Hosted page, theme popup with smart triggers, inline block, iframe, or QR code.
- Klaviyo from entry one List sync plus a Contest Entry event for your flows.
The wizard reads your store and drafts the contest
AI analyzes your brand and products, recommends templates that fit, and scaffolds prizes straight from your Shopify catalog.
- Tailored recommendations Suggestions grounded in your actual collections and price points.
- 24 templates, 8 categories Social growth, email list, referral, launch, UGC, trivia, seasonal, promos.
- Publish in minutes Prizes, duration, bonus actions, and terms, all pre-filled and editable.
Run your giveaway from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor
Connect the Contests MCP server to the AI assistant you already use. It creates the contest, attaches a real product from your catalog as the prize, sets it live, and draws a fair winner, all from a chat.
- 12 MCP tools, 6 that take action, free on every plan
- Prizes pulled from your real Shopify catalog, never a made-up SKU
- Fair weighted draws the AI triggers but never decides
Every entrant recruits the next one
Unique referral links give entrants a reason to share. You set the reward per referral and the cap. The loop does the rest.
- Configurable rewards Entries per referral and maximums you control.
- Full referral tree Every entry carries its source, UTM included.
- Anti-fraud built in Rate limiting, dedup, and bot screening keep it honest.
Runs everywhere your customers are
One contest, every surface. Publish a hosted page, drop it into your theme, embed it anywhere, or print a QR code.
Hosted contest page
A dedicated, shareable URL. Nothing to build or style.
Theme popup
Smart triggers on time, scroll depth, or exit intent, with frequency caps and page targeting.
Inline theme block
An on-page entry form in vertical, horizontal, or compact layouts.
Embed anywhere
Drop the contest onto any site with an iframe embed.
QR code
Bridge offline to online on packaging, in store, and at events.
Draws you can defend
Weighted random selection respects earned entries. Track notified and claimed states, redraw no-shows, export everything.
- Weighted or manual Random draws proportional to entries, or hand-pick for editorial contests.
- Auto-generated terms Compliant contest terms created for every campaign.
- Encrypted PII + GDPR Entrant data encrypted at rest; data-request webhooks handled.
See every entry the moment it lands
Entries stream in tagged with their source and surface. Track views, entries, and conversion rate per contest, and export the lot to CSV.
- Source and surface on every entry Popup, landing page, referral, or TikTok, attributed automatically.
- Views, entries, conversion Per-contest stats plus daily entry counts ready to chart.
- Export everything One-click CSV of every entry and winner for your records.
24 templates across 8 categories
Start from a proven format instead of a blank page.
Social media
Instagram follower giveaway · TikTok challenge
Email list
List builder · VIP early access
Referral & viral
Refer a friend · Ambassador launch
Product launch
New product giveaway · Pre-launch hype
Photo & UGC
Customer photos · Unboxing challenge
Quiz & trivia
Product trivia · Brand knowledge
Seasonal
Holiday gifts · Back to school
Sales promos
Secret code hunt · Flash sale entry
Compliant and fair, without the admin
Auto-generated terms
Eligibility, entry methods, and winner selection, written for each contest and editable.
Encrypted PII, GDPR-ready
Entrant data encrypted at rest, with data-request webhooks handled.
Anti-fraud by default
Rate limiting, email dedup, and bot screening keep entries honest.
Fair weighted draws
Odds proportional to earned entries. An entrant cannot win the same prize twice.
Free to start, $29 when you scale
Billed through Shopify. No trial, no credit card, cancel anytime.
Free
- 1 active contest
- 50 entries per month
- AI setup wizard
- Contests MCP server
- Hosted page and theme blocks
Pro
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited contests and entries
- All 10 bonus entry actions
- Referral links and viral loops
- Klaviyo sync and CSV export
Coming from Gleam or ViralSweep?
UserLoop Contests is the Shopify-native alternative: prizes from your real catalog, AI setup, an MCP server, and a free plan to start.
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