How to Draw Giveaway Winners - Fair & Random Selection

ℹ️ Ongoing vs Final Draws

Giveaway Ninja allows you two draw winners in two ways:

During the giveaway (ongoing draws)
After the giveaway ends (final draw)

Ongoing Draws

This tool is useful ONLY if you want to draw winners while the giveaway is running.

Example

You are running a 4-week giveaway and want to award one small prize each week plus a grand prize at the end. Use ongoing drawings to pick the weekly winners, and a final draw to pick the grand-prize winner.

⚠️ DO NOT use this feature if you only want to draw winner(s) at the end of the giveaway.

1) Click on the DRAW WINNERS button

2) Configure the desired settings

If you want these winners to remain eligible for the final draw, uncheck “Save selected user as WINNER.”

The Final Draw

Once the giveaway has ended, go to the Giveaway Overview and click the “Draw Winners” button.

1) Choose your Audience

While the App validates all e-mails at sign-up, you can also require users to confirm their emails to enter the giveaway.

⚠️ If you don't require users to confirm their addresses, make sure to enable the "include users with UNCONFIRMED E-MAILS".

You can make eligible users that referred at least X users.

If you ran multiple giveaways you can "merge" the users from all giveaways wih the "include users from all active Giveaways" option.

Please note: The system will only consider expired giveaways that are still marked as ENABLED for the extraction.

2) Customize the Winner Picker Screen

Take a moment to customize the Winner Picker Screen that will appear when you click "Draw Winners."

You can:

Upload a rectangular image (recommended width: 400px).
Customize the header and description for both the pre-draw and post-draw stages.
List users as 🥇 1st, 🥈 2nd, 🥉 3rd prize, etc...

3) PREVIEW & TEST

Use the PREVIEW & TEST option to simulate the process: you will see a "Testing" ribbon at the top right of the sceen, click on the "Pick the Winner" button to emulate the process with actual data.

4) DRAW WINNERS

Moment of truth! ☺️ Once you're satisfied that everything is working as expected, click DRAW WINNERS to perform the actual draw.

You will see an animation with confetti and a typewriter effect. You might want to make a video of this step and share it on your social media channels!

You can also check the winners from the USERS menu by setting the filter to "Winners"
If needed, you can disqualify one or more winners and run the process again

Draw Winners