Syed Balkhi

SeedProd

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<p>RafflePress helps you drive more traffic, grow your email list, and boost social media engagement through viral giveaways and contests. With its intuitive drag-and-drop interface and pre-built actions like ( Share and Like on FaceBook, Share on Twitter, plus more…), setting up your first campaign is a breeze, no coding required. Perfect for anyone seeking to engage more deeply with their audience, RafflePress is the go-to tool for accelerating your growth.</p>
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<p>Discover more at: <a href="https://rafflepress.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=wp_org_summary" rel="nofollow ugc">RafflePress.com</a></p>
<h4>WordPress Giveaway Plugin</h4>
<p><a href="https://rafflepress.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">RafflePress</a> is the most powerful and user-friendly WordPress contest plugin in the market.</p>
<p>Our goal is to help you grow your email list, website traffic, and social media followers with viral giveaways & contests.</p>
<p>Here’s how it works:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>RafflePress helps you capture visitor’s attention with attractive giveaways … and what happens next is AMAZING.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Website visitors enter the giveaway with their email address which helps you grow your email list.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Visitors are incentivized to share the giveaway to earn more entries which helps you boost engagement.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>This word of mouth advertising helps you get more traffic, FASTER which basically leads to more sales and revenue.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Simply put, RafflePress helps you unlock viral growth by turning your website visitors into brand ambassadors.</p>
<p>As a result, you get more website traffic, email subscribers, and social media engagement FASTER without buying any paid ads!</p>
<h4>Overview</h4>
<p>We believe that you shouldn’t have to hire a developer to create a giveaway. That’s why we built <a href="https://rafflepress.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">RafflePress</a>, a drag & drop WordPress giveaway plugin that’s EASY and POWERFUL.</p>
<p>At RafflePress, user experience is our #1 priority. Our pre-built goal focused giveaway templates and workflows make RafflePress the most beginner friendly contest plugin in the market.</p>
<p>RafflePress is a 100% mobile responsive giveaway solution, so your contests will always look great on all devices (mobile, tablet, laptop, and desktop).</p>
<p>RafflePress giveaway widgets are also highly optimized for web and server performance because we understand the importance of speed when it comes to SEO and conversion. We can honestly say that RafflePress is one of the fastest WordPress giveaway plugins in the market.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>RafflePress Pro</strong><br />
  This plugin is the lite version of the RafflePress Pro plugin that comes with all the giveaway features you will ever need including email marketing integrations, giveaway landing page, proven goal based giveaway templates, viral sharing features, verified bonus actions, and tons more. <a href="https://rafflepress.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" title="RafflePress" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Click here to purchase the best premium WordPress giveaway plugin now!</a></p>
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<p>We took the pain out of creating contests and made it easy. Here’s why smart business owners, designers, and developers love RafflePress, and you will too!</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/r62HgG6wzQw?version=3&rel=0&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>Drag & Drop Giveaway Builder</h4>
<p>We were tired of the bloated and buggy WordPress contest plugins. That’s why we built RafflePress to adapt to your workflow and allow you to create a giveaway campaign widget or landing page in minutes.</p>
<p>By using our easy to use drag and drop sweepstakes builder, you can easily add prizes with images, configure viral sharing actions, customize the styles and basically create a complete giveaway campaign in 5 minutes or less.</p>
<h4>Pre-built Goal Based Giveaway Templates</h4>
<p>While our WordPress giveaway plugin is very easy to use, we created smart goal based workflows to save you time.</p>
<p>RafflePress comes with pre-built contest templates that are inspired by the best practices of the most successful campaigns in the history of the internet.</p>
<p>The goal of our giveaway templates is to help you get huge results, FAST!</p>
<h4>Verified Bonus Actions – Get More Followers and Real Engagement</h4>
<p>RafflePress allows you to reward extra entries to users for completing bonus action items such as joining your Facebook page, following you on Twitter, watching a video, and more.</p>
<p>Unlike other WordPress giveaway plugins, we verify these actions using APIs where possible, so you can get higher quality social media followers with real engagement.</p>
<h4>Built-in Viral Sharing to Grow Your Website Traffic</h4>
<p>RafflePress get your visitors to bring you even more visitors.</p>
<p>Simply put, you get more website traffic without buying any ads.</p>
<p>Our built-in viral sharing feature rewards users with bonus entries if they refer-a-friend or share your giveaway on social media using their custom referral link.</p>
<h4>Email Marketing Integrations to Help You Get More Subscribers</h4>
<p>RafflePress offers seamless integration with your favorite <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-email-marketing-services/" rel="nofollow ugc">email marketing services</a> like MailChimp, Constant Contact, AWeber, Drip, Active Campaign, and more.<br />
You can also use our Zapier integration to connect with thousands of other CRMs and marketing apps.</p>
<h4>Mobile Ready, SEO Friendly and Optimized for Speed</h4>
<p>RafflePress giveaway widget is 100% responsive and mobile-friendly by default. We also optimized every query on the front-end and the back-end to ensure maximum speed – Yes, RafflePress is one of the fastest WordPress contest plugins.</p>
<p>You can embed your giveaway on any page with optimized title and description. With the speed and proper formatting, RafflePress is also one of the most SEO friendly giveaway plugin.</p>
<p>For higher conversions, the Pro version of RafflePress also offers dedicated giveaway landing pages which are proven to boost engagement.</p>
<h4>Social Logins, Fraud Detection, and More</h4>
<p>RafflePress makes it easy for users to enter your giveaway by either providing their email address or through our social login feature which lets them login with Facebook.</p>
<p>Our smart fraud detection feature helps you verify each action and user email, so you can invalidate fraud entries.</p>
<p>RafflePress makes it easy to pick winners for your giveaway campaigns using our random generator. If you’re giving multiple prizes, then you can even pick multiple winners at once.</p>
<h4>Easy to Customize and Extend</h4>
<p>You can easily customize your giveaways with custom CSS.</p>
<p>We also knew that our developer friends may want to extend contact forms further. That’s why RafflePress comes with tons of hooks and filters to create custom functionality.</p>
<h4>Full RafflePress Feature List</h4>
<ul>
<li>Drag & Drop Giveaway Builder</li>
<li>Viral Giveaway Templates</li>
<li>Responsive Mobile Friendly Giveaway Widget</li>
<li>1-Click Entry + Fraud Protection</li>
<li>Viral Sharing (Refer a Friend)</li>
<li>Social Media Integrations</li>
<li>Marketing & CRM Integrations</li>
<li>Giveaway Landing Page</li>
<li>Tracking and Reporting</li>
</ul>
<h4>Giveaway Actions</h4>
<p>RafflePress offers goal focused giveaway actions to help you get more subscribers, get more social engagement, and get more website traffic.</p>
<p>Get More Subscribers Actions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Visit us on Facebook</li>
<li>Like our Facebook Page</li>
<li>Follow us on Twitter</li>
<li>Visit us on Instagram</li>
<li>Follow us on TikTok</li>
<li>Follow us on Pinterest</li>
<li>Follow us on LinkedIn</li>
<li>Follow us on Twitch</li>
<li>Visit our YouTube Channel</li>
<li>Join an Email Newsletter</li>
</ul>
<p>Get More Social Engagement Actions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Refer a Friend (Viral)</li>
<li>View Facebook Post / Video</li>
<li>View Instagram Post / Video</li>
<li>View TikTok Post / Video</li>
<li>Watch a YouTube Video</li>
<li>Automatic Entry</li>
</ul>
<p>Get More Website Traffic Actions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tweet a Message</li>
<li>Share on Facebook</li>
<li>Visit a Page</li>
<li>Share on LinkedIn</li>
<li>Answer a Question</li>
<li>Polls & Surveys</li>
<li>Submit an Image</li>
<li>Invent Your Own</li>
<li>Leave a Comment</li>
<li>Write a Blog Post</li>
<li>Subscribe to RSS</li>
<li>Subscribe to Podcast</li>
</ul>
<h4>Integrations</h4>
<ul>
<li>ActiveCampaign</li>
<li>AWeber</li>
<li>Campaign Monitor</li>
<li>Constant Contact</li>
<li>ConvertKit</li>
<li>Drip</li>
<li>GetResponse</li>
<li>iContact</li>
<li>Mad Mimi</li>
<li>Mailchimp</li>
<li>MailerLite</li>
<li>Moosend</li>
<li>Sendy</li>
<li>Sendinblue</li>
<li>Zapier</li>
<li>Recaptcha</li>
</ul>
<p>After reading this feature list, you can probably imagine why RafflePress is the best WordPress contest plugin in the market.</p>
<p>Give RafflePress a try.</p>
<p>Want to unlock more features? <a href="https://rafflepress.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to our Pro version</a>.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>This plugin is created by John Turner and <a href="https://syedbalkhi.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Syed Balkhi</a>.</p>
<h4>Branding Guideline</h4>
<p>RafflePress is a trademark of SeedProd LLC. When writing about the giveaway plugin by RafflePress, please make sure to uppercase the R and P.</p>
<ul>
<li>RafflePress (correct)</li>
<li>Raffle Press (incorrect)</li>
<li>rafflepress (incorrect)</li>
<li>raffle press (incorrect)</li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s Next</h4>
<p>If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpforms.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPForms</a> – Drag & Drop WordPress Form Builder – Most Popular WordPress Contact Form Plugin.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">MonsterInsights</a> – See the Stats that Matter and Grow Your Business with Confidence. Best Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress.</li>
<li><a href="https://optinmonster.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">OptinMonster</a> – Get More Email Subscribers with the most popular conversion optimization plugin for WordPress.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.seedprod.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">SeedProd</a> – Jumpstart your website with the #1 Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Plugin for WordPress.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/" rel="ugc">WP Mail SMTP</a> – Improve email deliverability for your contact form with the most popular SMTP plugin for WordPress.</li>
</ul>
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a> to learn from our <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Tutorials</a> and find out about other <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">best WordPress plugins</a>.</p>
<h3>Notes</h3>
<p>RafflePress is absolutely, positively the most <a href="https://rafflepress.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">beginner friendly WordPress giveaway plugin</a> on the market. It is both easy and powerful.</p>
<p>We took the pain out of creating online giveaways and made it easy, so you can grow your email list, website traffic, and social media followers with viral giveaways and contests. Check out all <a href="https://rafflepress.com/features/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">RafflePress features</a>.</p>
<p>Also, I’m the founder of <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a>, the largest WordPress resource site for beginners. It was a huge priority for me to make a WordPress giveaway plugin that beginners can use without any training.</p>
<p>I feel that we have done that here. I hope you enjoy using RafflePress.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Syed Balkhi</p>


Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers

I don't believe all plugins should be free, quite the opposite in fact. Devs should get paid for their time.

RafflePress takes this to the extreme though. No trial period, the paid version (for $32) is simply a placeholder plugin which lacks key features and merely serves as a sales magnet to encourage you to upgrade further.

Whatsmore, it appears Facebook blocks shares coming from this plugin and the tweet functionality is too complicated for the average user.

I've asked for a refund. I'll be using another comprehensive alternative plugin instead. One that isn't designed to simply milk me for cash.

Shady operator...

The best WordPress giveaway plugin. Grow your email list, website traffic, and social media followers with viral contests, giveaways, and sweepstakes.

Rewards Fuel

<p><strong>Contests by Rewards Fuel</strong> connects your WordPress site to the Rewards Fuel platform. Use this plugin to embed live contests on any post or page. Create contests, entry methods, prizes, and rules in the <strong>Rewards Fuel web dashboard</strong> — the plugin handles connection and embedding.</p>
<h4>What this plugin does</h4>
<ul>
<li>Connect your site with an API key from <strong>Account <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> WordPress Integration</strong> in the dashboard</li>
<li>View your contests inside <strong>WordPress admin <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Rewards Fuel</strong></li>
<li>Copy a shortcode or use the <strong>Rewards Fuel Contest</strong> Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Embed the contest widget on posts, pages, and most themes</li>
<li>Link out to the dashboard to edit contests, view stats, and pick winners</li>
</ul>
<h4>What you build in Rewards Fuel (not inside WordPress)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Contest schedule, rules, prizes, and appearance</li>
<li>Entry methods (social actions, newsletter signup, questions, referrals, and more — by plan)</li>
<li>Hosted contest page at <code>r-f.page</code> or embed on your own site</li>
<li>Statistics, CSV export, winner selection, and prize claim flow</li>
</ul>
<h4>Popular entry methods</h4>
<p>Available entry methods depend on your plan. Examples include:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Click to enter</strong> — simple one-click entry</li>
<li><strong>Newsletter signup</strong> — collect email addresses (with optional confirmation for newsletter entries)</li>
<li><strong>Refer a friend</strong> — bonus entries when friends enter via a share link</li>
<li><strong>Answer a question</strong> — collect feedback or quiz answers</li>
<li><strong>Visit a URL</strong> — drive traffic to a landing page</li>
<li><strong>Code word</strong> — entrants enter a secret phrase</li>
<li><strong>Social actions</strong> — Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, Discord, Telegram, Twitch, and more (link-based actions; availability varies by plan)</li>
<li><strong>Email list member</strong> — allow pre-approved emails on your contest list to enter</li>
<li><strong>File upload</strong> — photo or document submissions</li>
</ol>
<h4>Platform features (dashboard)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Physical and digital prizes</strong> — upload digital prize files; winners claim online</li>
<li><strong>Geo restrictions</strong> — block selected countries from entering</li>
<li><strong>Bot protection</strong> — optional Cloudflare Turnstile per contest</li>
<li><strong>Custom appearance</strong> — colors, fonts, backgrounds, and widget wording</li>
<li><strong>11 widget languages</strong> — English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese</li>
<li><strong>Contest statistics</strong> — entries, methods, countries, traffic, referrers, device breakdown, and entrant summaries</li>
<li><strong>CSV export</strong> — download confirmed entrants from the dashboard</li>
<li><strong>Winner tools</strong> — random or manual winner selection; optional auto-pick and winner notification emails when the contest ends</li>
<li><strong>Scheduled draws</strong> — weekly, daily, or end-of-contest prize draws while live</li>
<li><strong>Copy a contest</strong> — duplicate setup for your next campaign</li>
</ul>
<h4>Embed on WordPress</h4>
<p>After connecting your API key, embed any contest with:</p>
<pre><code>[rewardsfuel id="YOUR_CONTEST_REF"]
</code></pre>
<p>Legacy shortcodes still work:</p>
<pre><code>[rf_contest id="123"]
</code></pre>
<p>Or add the <strong>Rewards Fuel Contest</strong> block in the block editor.</p>
<h4>Pricing</h4>
<p>Rewards Fuel offers a free tier plus paid plans with more entry methods and stats. All paid plans include unlimited contests and entries. See current pricing at <a href="https://rewardsfuel.com/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">rewardsfuel.com/pricing</a>.</p>
<h4>Get started</h4>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://app.rewardsfuel.com/signup" rel="nofollow ugc">Create a free account</a></li>
<li>Create a contest in the dashboard</li>
<li>Generate an API key under <strong>Account <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> WordPress Integration</strong></li>
<li>In WordPress: <strong>Rewards Fuel <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Your account</strong> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> paste your key</li>
<li>Copy the shortcode from <strong>Rewards Fuel <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Contests</strong> into any post or page</li>
</ol>
<p>Questions? Email <a href="mailto:info@rewardsfuel.com" rel="nofollow ugc">info@rewardsfuel.com</a>.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>Widget copy supports 11 languages (configured per contest in the dashboard). The WordPress plugin admin UI is English.</p>


Contests by Rewards Fuel

Embed Rewards Fuel contests on your WordPress site with a shortcode or block. Create and manage campaigns in the Rewards Fuel dashboard.

Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers vs Contests by Rewards Fuel