A channel can run a giveaway inside Telegram. The prizes are bought before the contest starts, the draw is made by Telegram at the time you set, and winners receive their code automatically.
That removes the two things that make most online contests worthless: a prize that may not exist, and a winner nobody can verify.
What you will be able to do
- check_circle Run a giveaway whose prizes are paid for in advance.
- check_circle Set who is eligible and why.
- check_circle Judge what the subscribers you gain are worth.
- check_circle Recognise the contests that are not run this way.
The giveaway post states the prize, the closing time and who can enter, and updates itself when the draw runs.
card_giftcard The prize exists before the post does
The ordinary online giveaway asks you to take two things on trust: that there is a prize, and that somebody will actually be given it. Almost every complaint about contests comes down to one of those.
Here neither is a question. The prizes are purchased up front and held until the draw, the draw is run by Telegram rather than by the channel, and winners are notified with a code they activate themselves. The owner cannot quietly pick a friend, and cannot fail to hand anything over.
Entry is subscribing, which is the trade being made: attention in exchange for a chance. Worth knowing that the same subscription can be given to the channel as boosts, so a giveaway also pushes the channel's level up while it runs.
Four things to decide
The third is the one that decides whether it was worth the money.
group_add New subscribers or everybody
inventory_2 One big or several small
trending_down The number after the number
gpp_bad Telling them apart
You are buying attention, not subscribers. Count what is left a fortnight after the draw.
settings Running one
- Buy the prizes first They are held until the draw.
- Choose a prize your own audience wants Not the most expensive one.
- Set eligibility New subscribers or everybody, and which countries.
- Set a closing time and leave it alone The draw runs itself.
- Post something worth staying for the next day While the arrivals are still there.
- Measure two weeks later That number is the real result.
This page brings people in. The curriculum step is keeping them: how often a channel can post before it is muted, when to send without a notification, and the habits that make subscribers stay rather than drift.
At a glance
- 1Prepaid prizes
Giveaway prizes are paid in advance and drawn by Telegram.
- 2Who can win
Choose new subscribers, all subscribers, or a country.
- 3Judge later
Check subscriber numbers two weeks after it ends.
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