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<p>This Giveaway & Contest WordPress Plugin – Contest Cat is a simple, lean & beautiful giveaway tool for WordPress.</p>
<p>Easily create engaging giveaways and contests in a matter of minutes.</p>
<h4>Highlights</h4>
<ul>
<li>Beautiful design – contests & giveaways look great out of the box</li>
<li>People can enter your contests & giveaways by entering their email.</li>
<li>Randomly select contest & giveaway winners.</li>
<li>Remember contestants using cookies. (People who have already entered your contest or giveaway, will be shown a “thanks for entering” page, instead of being asked to enter again.)</li>
<li>Schedule contest / giveaway end date.</li>
<li>Customzie contest / givaway terms of service.</li>
<li>Add an image to your contest / giveaway landing page. </li>
<li>Use WordPress’ built-in rich text editor (tinymce) to describe your contest.</li>
<li>Contest Cat automatically detects & merges duplicate contest entries.</li>
<li>This WordPress Contest & Giveaway Plugin tracks your contestant’s IP address so you can detect fraud.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to set up this WordPress Contest & Giveaway Plugin?</h4>
<p>After installing this plugin, simply go to Contest Cat -> Add New</p>
<p>Give your contest / giveaway a title, a description, an image (optional).</p>
<p>Next, set your contest end time, choose if you want to collect names (toggle name on/off), and enter your giveaway’s terms.</p>
<p>That’s it. In order to publish your contest, simply paste your shortcode (eg. <code>[contest-cat id="733"]</code>) into any blog post or page.</p>
<h4>Is Contests & Giveaways by Contest Cat easy to translate?</h4>
<p>Yes. Contests & Giveaways by Contest Cat is fully translateable. Please let us know if you’re interested in contributing.</p>
<h4>Contest Cat Feature Roadmap</h4>
<p>This is just the first version of our WordPress Contest plugin – we have tons of new features & improvements lined up. Do you have any suggestions? Please leave a comment in the support forums.</p>
<p>—<a href="https://fatcatapps.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Fatcat Apps Team</a></p>
<h3>Privacy Disclosure</h3>
<p>This plugin stores personal data (eg. names & emails collected using this plugin) in the WordPress database.</p>
<p>Our full privacy policy is available here: <a href="https://fatcatapps.com/legal/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://fatcatapps.com/legal/privacy-policy/</a></p>


Contests & Giveaways – WordPress Contest Plugin

When running contest campaigns this plugin makes the job so quick. I can just copypaste their shortcode into a page and the landing page for the contest is ready. Email collection is done for you along with IP information for the participants. Highly recommended!

Great for a viral marketing campaign

Contest Cat Lets You Create Incredible Contests, Giveaways & Sweepstakes With Ease.

Rewards Fuel

<p>Run contests from your WordPress website or on our hosted contest page.   We’ve helped thousands of <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contests-from-rewards-fuel/reviews/" rel="ugc">companies big & small run a ton of successful contests.</a></p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEX3AkVUrw4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<p>Running contests increases traffic to your <a href="http://bit.ly/2yjRV0r" rel="nofollow ugc">website</a>, get more <a href="http://bit.ly/38rQM7D" rel="nofollow ugc">forms filled out</a>,  builds your <a href="http://bit.ly/2OTVP9g" rel="nofollow ugc">following on Instagram</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/2yl5JaQ" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/2ymjiqJ" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/2ymA497" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube</a>,  grows your <a href="https://bit.ly/2ypgVDA" rel="nofollow ugc">newsletter list</a>, increases <a href="http://bit.ly/2SKlTEX" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook engagement</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/2OUnLKm" rel="nofollow ugc">shares</a>, gathers  <a href="http://bit.ly/31VKqeq" rel="nofollow ugc">statistics</a> on your audience and more.</p>
<p>We make it easy for you by verifying entries, double-opting in your newsletter subscribers, picking your winners, automating notifications and displaying your contestant statistics.</p>
<p>We have <a href="http://bit.ly/2ypxv5Y" title="All entry methods" rel="nofollow ugc">35 entry methods</a> to choose from – and we’re adding more all the time. Not seeing what you’re looking for? Try our integration to Zapier and connect with countless services such as Survey Monkey or gain more leads in Sales Force. You can also email us at info@rewardsfuel.com to have your entry method or contest custom built just for you.</p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z90vBUZe-sE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<h4>Some of our most popular entry methods</h4>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://goo.gl/CeycK9" title="Instagram" rel="nofollow ugc">Instagram follow and #tag</a> – Build your following by asking fans to follow you to enter.</li>
<li><a href="https://bit.ly/2ypgVDA" title="Newsletter entry" rel="nofollow ugc">Newsletter entry</a> – Grow your newsletter by having contestants subscribe to your newsletter to enter. Export to CSV, MailChimp, Aweber, Vertical Response, Constant Contact, Campaign Monitor, and Icontact.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ymA497" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube entry</a> – Subscribe to enter and watch this video to enter my contest.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2yl5JaQ" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook like entry</a> – Encourage Facebook likes.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ymv3gL" rel="nofollow ugc">Question entry</a> – Gain feedback from your audience and ask your customers to answer a question to win.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ypigdA" rel="nofollow ugc">Viral Share Entry</a> –  Promote your contest by asking your followers to share a link to enter. We’ve created a  a custom tracking link that’s easily distributed via email or social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Google+) and allows us  to track any new contestants that enter your contest.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2SMAQ9s" rel="nofollow ugc">Code word entry</a> – Have your audience get entries for entering a secret code word.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/39B18SZ" rel="nofollow ugc">List Keeper</a> – Automatically enter everyone on your Mailchimp newsletter into your contest, reduce mailing list churn.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2OV6QqM" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a> – Ask contestants to retweet or follow you to win.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/39DCilx" rel="nofollow ugc">Support on Patreon</a> – Encourage your audience to support you on Patreon.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Simple contest creation and display</h4>
<p>Start your first contest in minutes, simply answer a few questions about when you want your contest to run, what you’re giving away, and how you want people to enter. We’ll give you a short code- e.g. [RF_CONTEST contest=’1234′] that you can place anywhere in your post just like a YouTube video.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ymATPf" title="Find out more about digital prizes" rel="nofollow ugc">Digital Prizes</a> – Save time and shipping costs by awarding a digital prize. That includes tickets, software, videos, audio links, photos, gift cards and anything else that is uploadable.</li>
<li>Easy embed text or use the block editor – Insert the contest anywhere into your blog post, no need for coding.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ykRFOB" rel="nofollow ugc">Location selection</a> – Target or block certain countries from entering your contest.</li>
<li>Verified entry methods – We work with over 20 3rd party APIs to verify entries and ensure your contest is a success.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/31VKqeq" title="Read more about contest stats" rel="nofollow ugc">Statistics</a> – See who entered your contest including geographic and demographic information plus the option to easily export.</li>
<li>Six types of contests to choose from –  <a href="https://rewardsfuel.com/features/" rel="nofollow ugc">Use one of our six templates that include Form First contests, Listen and win contests and more.</a>.</li>
<li>Automation – Schedule your start and end dates, set-up automatic notifications, and allow Rewards Fuel to pick your winner(s) if you choose.</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ymAYT3" rel="nofollow ugc">Copy a contest</a> –  Save time by copying the framework of a previous contest, with the option to add revisions if needed.</li>
<li>Integrations – We connect to your accounts to save you time (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google Analytics, YouTube, and more).</li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2ylh1vI" title="Read more about customizing your contest style" rel="nofollow ugc">Customize your Contest</a> – Multiple colours, styles, <a href="http://bit.ly/2ykSnLL" rel="nofollow ugc">custom css</a>, themes and fonts to choose from, plus responsive  layouts – so your contest will look great on all devices from your smart phone, to your desktop.</li>
<li><a href="https://rewardsfuel.com/video_contests" rel="nofollow ugc">Video contests are new and available now</a> – Run a video submission or voting contest.</li>
<li>11 Languages and Growing, we currently support English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Hungarian; plus, the option of adding your language or editing translations with our style editor.</li>
</ol>
<h4>It’s FREE</h4>
<p>To use this plugin, simply <a href="http://bit.ly/2yjTHP9" rel="nofollow ugc">sign up for a free Rewards Fuel account</a>, no credit card or trial period needed. You will have instant access to our contest creation software as well as several free features, plus the option to purchase additional paid features.  We have 3 pricing plans, you can run unlimited contests from multiple domains, save money and pay by the year.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
</ul>


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