#1 most frequent
United States of America
73.3%5,818 installations of 7,936
What is Rafflecopter?
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Rafflecopter
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
8.3%658 installations of 7,936
#3 most frequent
Canada
5.5%433 installations of 7,936
OG Giveaway Organizer
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Rafflecopter to run our giveaways. It can be difficult to internally collect information for a giveaway and we have found Rafflecopter to be a solid option when running a giveaway with multiple types of entry. Running giveaway directly through Instagram can require a lot of work like creating spreadsheets of entries.
Pros
- Multiple Ways to Enter
- Information on Entries
- Picking a Winner
Cons
- Better integration with social media
- Customizing entries
- Verification of followers on social media sites
Most Important Features
- Customize Entry Option
- Follow On Twitter
- Start and End Dates
Return on Investment
- Free to use so high ROI
- Saves time from other methods
Other Software Used
Hootsuite
Rafflecopter was just what we needed
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We would have giveaways of products for a website I owned, so we would use Rafflecopter to help users sign up for the contest and pick a winner. Rafflecopter was a simple and easy way to implement the contest and allow us to do this with minimal effort on our side of things.
Pros
- Easy to use.
- Great communication during the contest period.
- Many options are available for contests.
Cons
- Maybe more options of how people can earn entries.
- More use of different social media platforms.
Most Important Features
- Contest entry forms.
Return on Investment
- Signups for social media pages.
- Increased views on site.
Alternatives Considered
Woobox
Other Software Used
Slack, Asana, Google Analytics
Rafflecopter is great for a basic giveaway. Might not be enough for large business/enterprise needs.
Pros
- Easy to setup
- Provides a good variety of entry actions
- Has a simple end user interface
Cons
- Does not have an API. A knowledge base article saying they are considering one has was last updated 8 years ago.
- The list of integrated email service providers has not been updated in a very long time.
- Must login to download payment receipts--no emailed receipt.
Most Important Features
- Refer a friend entry feature
- Multiple entry options on major social networks
- Entry by email list sign up
Return on Investment
- Easy method of lead generation if you have the right prize
- Quick, easy setup that anyone can manage
Alternatives Considered
Woobox and ShortStack
Other Software Used
Pantheon, Usabilla, Siteimprove
Rafflecopter is the go to platform for giveaways!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used Rafflecopter for any of our contests that we run on social media for our clients. This is one of the best platforms in the world to use for social media giveaways! It was a great price and affordable to most. We love using this and really makes a difference from how we used to run giveaways.
Pros
- Giveaways
- Awareness
- CRM
Cons
- Selecting winners.
- Collection of information.
- Connect-ability
Most Important Features
- Reliability
- Connections to the networks.
- Templates.
Return on Investment
- Growing network.
- Engagement
- CRM
Alternatives Considered
Heyo and Wildfire by Google (Discontinued)
Other Software Used
Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager (formerly Pages Manager), LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Rafflecopter use on FB by a small B2B company
Pros
- Fast, clear, and direct responsiveness of customer service.
- Step by step directions makes for easy contest implementation. Also Rafflecopter makes sure your contest is fully compliant with Facebook policies.
- Website is fast and easy to navigate. Viewing your contest and making changes is very easy.
Cons
- The ability to do multiple contests on the FB page, that are separate from one another. Or to have "special" type of contest that is useable for tradeshows. Whether or not the tradeshow contest is connected to FB.
- Once our contest was up and running, we had a hard time figuring out how to get more people to our contest page. We have a small group [less than 200] and besides just posting on FB, we couldn't get others to our page/contest! Maybe more ideas on how to achieve this? I suspect the info is already somewhere on the Rafflecopter blog, I just need to find it.
- The "More Upgrades' tag that vibrates at the bottom of the page from where you are working on your contest, gets annoying. I've bought the blogger level, please don't try to upgrade me further.
- While this wasn't a fault of Rafflecopter, the winner of our first contest turned out to be a FB contester. Meaning the person uses FB exclusively to enter contests for give-aways and freebies. When we picked the winner, if I could have "vetted" the winner to prevent that, then I would have picked a different winner. Cherry picking our winner? You bet, cause this person wasn't ever going to be a customer…
Return on Investment
- Simply put with a 3 month contest we increased our page likes from 120 to 177.
