We have numerous options when it comes to selecting the winners for your giveaway. You can either pick winners automatically using a system we call “AutoPick”, or otherwise you can select winners manually using “SelfPick”. You can also pick winners whilst a giveaway is running, or pick them once the giveaway has officially ended.
The amount of winners you can pick is based on the amount of prizes you included during the creation of your giveaway. For example, if you plan to pick 10 winners, you will need to ensure you have 10 prizes allocated to the giveaway (more on this here).
If your giveaway has already ended, your giveaway will be listed under the “Pick Winners” within the Manage area. If you want to pick a winner whilst your giveaway is still running, you’ll find the “Pick Winners” option within the Giveaway Overview page instead.
Automatically Pick Winners
Using AutoPick, you can have us automatically select the winner(s) of your giveaway for you. We use an automated and randomized algorithm to pick winners from the pool of entries, so the winner chosen will be completely random.
When you first visit the Pick Winners page, you will see a list of each prize you included when you created the giveaway, alongside Actions for each prize to the right of the page.
To automatically select a winner using AutoPick, simply click on “AutoPick” under the Actions column, and within a few seconds a winner will be automatically picked.
Once the winner is picked, additional options will appear under the Actions column:
- Re-pick: This will re-pick the winner from the entry pool for this specific prize, and invalidate the previously selected winner
- Revoke: This will invalidate the winner for this specific prize, and return the prize to being in an “un-picked” state
- SelfPick: This will invalidate the winner for this specific prize, and redirect you to a full entry list where you can manually pick a new winner
- Contact: You will be provided with the email address of the user, or otherwise you can use GiveLab Messenger to message through our website
- View Entries: This will show you a full list of entries the winner performed in your giveaway
Manually Pick Winners
If you’d prefer to manually pick winners, our Business plan offers this flexibility. To manually select a winner using SelfPick, simply click on “SelfPick” under the Actions column to be directed to the full entry list for your giveaway.
From within the full entry list, you can view each action performed by entrants, alongside filter by entry steps if you only want to see entries based on certain entry steps in your giveaway.
When you are ready to pick the winner, you simply need to click “Pick” under the Actions column to the right of the page which will redirect you back to the Winners overview page.
Once the winner is picked, additional options will appear under the Actions column:
- Re-pick: This will re-pick the winner from the entry pool for this specific prize, and invalidate the previously selected winner
- Revoke: This will invalidate the winner for this specific prize, and return the prize to being in an “un-picked” state
- SelfPick: This will invalidate the winner for this specific prize, and redirect you to a full entry list where you can manually pick a new winner
- Contact: You will be provided with the email address of the user, or otherwise you can use GiveLab Messenger to message through our website
- View Entries: This will show you a full list of entries the winner performed in your giveaway
Announcing Winners
If you’d like to show the lucky winner(s) to the public and add an element of legitimacy, we give you the option to ‘make winners public’. By doing so, a box will show at the top of an ended giveaway displaying the winner(s) you picked during the picking process.
To show winners publicly, simply click on the “Make Winners Public” button which will show once all winners have been picked.