About Sharing

These features available on All Plans

ShortStack's Share Feature

ShortStack provides two types of sharing options:

1. Sharing the entire campaign.
2. Sharing the content of an entry via the Entry Display Widget.

Sharing Your Campaign

Manually Sharing the Campaign's URL

• You can share your campaign URL on platforms like Facebook and other services that support Open Graph by pasting the campaign's URL into a Status Update or Post.

Updating Default Share Settings

1. Click on Campaign Settings (gear icon) at the top of the Campaign Builder.
2. Go to the Sharing section.
3. Edit the Default Title, Description, and Image displayed when someone shares your campaign URL.

Note:

• Changes to the title, description, or image won’t affect previous posts. You’ll need to create new posts to see the updates.

Additional Sharing Features

Show Share Prompt Upon Form Submission

• Enable a share prompt after form submission to encourage entrants to share the content of the Form Widget on their Timeline.
• For more details, refer to the Form Container Help Doc.

Note:
ShortStack does not automatically post a person’s contest entry or vote to their Timeline. This would require an Allow Prompt, which ShortStack does not use due to the high abandonment rates associated with it.

Show Voting Share Prompt

• Enable sharing icons for entries in the Entry Display Widget to encourage voters to share.
• For setup instructions, refer to the Entry Display Widget Help Doc.

Encourage Sharing with Refer-a-Friend

You can reward contest entrants with extra points (extra chances to win) when they share your promotion with their friends. For more details, refer to the Refer-a-Friend Help Doc.

Trigger the Share Prompt in a Popup After Form Submission

You can use the Action Widget to display the Share Widget in a pop-up. Follow these steps:

1. Add a Container Widget:

   • Set its visibility to pop-up.

2. Add a Share Widget:

   • Place the Share Widget in the Container.
   • Optionally, include a Rich Text Widget and/or an Image Widget in the same container.

3. Add an Action Widget:

   • In the WHEN section, select form is submitted.
   • In the THEN section, select the share container will pop-up.

4. Save and Exit.

For detailed instructions, refer to the Action Widget Help Doc.

Important Guidelines

"Share to Win" Contests are Prohibited

• Facebook Promotion Guidelines prohibit "Share to Win" contests.
• Per Facebook’s rules:

  "Personal Timelines must not be used to administer promotions (e.g., 'share on your Timeline to enter' or 'share on your friend's Timeline to get additional entries')."