Contests creation are based on the prize that the store would like to grant to the winner.
A Contest is a Shopify product managed by BlingRush under the hood and added with relevant functionality that turns it into a contest. Creating a contest does not change in any way the product that was selected as the contest’s prize.
When a contest is created, We add it to the ‘Our Contests’ collection. The store can add a navigation link to the collection to present all the contests to the customer on a single page.
Creating a new contest
To create a contest, the store must first register to one of BlingRush’s subscription plans.
There are two alternatives to creating a new contest: from the Shopify admin’s product page and from within the BlingRush app.
Alternative one: Using the Shopify Admin
- Log in to the Shopify Admin portal
- Click on the ‘Products’ section in the menu panel
- Locate the product you would like to provide as the prize and click on that product to edit it
- In the product edit form, open the More Actions menu located at the top bar and select ‘Manage contest for this product’
Alternative two: Using the BlingRush app
- Open BlingRush app from the ‘Apps’ section in the Shopify Admin portal
- Navigate to ‘Contests’
- Click on the ‘New Contest’ button at the top of the page
- You can select to create a contest with a predefined product as first place prize. This is similar to using the ‘Manage contest for this product’ button at the Shopify product page.
- In case you would like to create a contest from scratch and define the first place prize manually, select the ‘Skip product selection and continue’ button in the popup window
In the contest creation form, fill in or update the following fields:
- The Name field – we automatically append text to the name of the product so that the customer will identify this product as a contest
- The Description field – By default, we are populating the field with information on the contest and its rules. You can change the default text in the product customization form in the BlingRush app. The store needs to provide details on the prize and the participation gift (which we will learn how to set later in this article).
- The Contest Profit field – This field will determine how much the store will earn from the contest. When a product is pre-selected as a prize, we automatically fill the field with an amount that will cover the cost of the prize. You can also select zero profit to make the participation for this contest free of charge.
- The Number Of Participants field – This field will determine the number of tickets available in the contest. To finalize a contest, the store must sell all of its tickets. By default, When a product is pre-selected as the first place prize, we calculate the optimal number of participants for the contests based on our machine learning algorithms.
- The Participation Ticket Price field – a read-only field that is calculated based on the contest profile the number of tickets. The store can change the ticket’s price until the first participant registers. After there are registered participants, the store can only reduce the number of tickets left at the expense of reducing its profit from the contest.
- The Media section – Upload the images that would be shown to the store visitors in the contest page (similar to the media section when creating a product at the store). When a product is pre-selected as the first place prize, the Media section is pre-filled with that product photos.
- The Participation Gift section – select the gift you would like to provide to the participants.
- The store can select the check box ‘I don’t want to provide a participation discount gift to my customers’. However, we highly recommend providing a gift since it is an excellent motivator for participants to register and continue registering for contests. Also, it is the perfect conversion tool to increase your overall sales at your store.
- The Discount Code field – This will be the code that the participants will use at checkout when purchasing eligible items from the store.
- The Discount Code Applies To field – Select the products from the store eligible for the discount. You can select all the products, specific products, or specific collections
- The Discount Amount field – Select if the discount is a fixed amount or a percentage and set the amount
- The Set Minimum Purchase Amount field – When the field is populated, the discount code will only be valid for carts with a total amount above the specified limit
- Publish contest – By default, the contest is created is draft mode. meaning, it is not visible at the storefront until published. The user can decide to publish it immidiatly when it is created. a Contest is just another product on the Shopify products list. It is automatically added to the ‘Our Contests’ collection and you can manage its visibility and location at the storefront as you manage all the other products at the store.
Click on the Save button when done. The contest will automatically be published and visible on the storefront.
View or edit an existing contest
To edit or view an existing contest, the user can follow any one of the below alternatives:
Alternative one: Using the Shopify Admin and selecting the prize product page
- Log in to the Shopify Admin portal
- Click on the ‘Products’ section in the menu panel
- Locate the product that the contest offers as its prize and click on that product to edit it
- In the product edit form, open the More Actions menu located at the top bar and select ‘Manage contest for this product’
In case the store has had more than one contest with the same prize, the latest competition will be presented to the user.
Alternative two: Using the Shopify Admin and selecting the contest product page
- Log in to the Shopify Admin portal
- Click on the ‘Products’ section in the menu panel
- Locate the product page of the contest itself (usually under the BlingRush Contests collection) and click on the product to edit it
- In the product edit form, open the More Actions menu located at the top bar and select ‘Manage contest for this product’
Alternative three: Using the BlingRush app and selecting the contest
- Open BlingRush app from the ‘Apps’ section in the Shopify Admin portal
- Navigate to ‘Contests’
- Find the relevant contest in the contests list and click on the View button
The contest details page contains information and statistics about the contest, including the participant list and their status. The store can edit the contest information by clicking on the Edit Contest button.
The details page also contains a section showing all of the previous contests created for the same prize.