ViralSweep controls how often a single participant can enter a promotion. This prevents spam, bot abuse, and gaming — and it cannot be removed entirely. The maximum frequency is once per day.
Entry frequency options
You set entry frequency under Edit → Build → Entry Frequency:
Option | What it means |
Single Entry | One entry per participant for the entire promotion |
Daily Entry | One entry per day — resets at midnight |
Weekly Entry | One entry per week — resets at midnight at the start of the week |
❌ Multiple entries per day are not possible. You cannot allow a participant to submit the entry form more than once in the same day. This is a hard limit and applies to all plan types.
How to give participants more chances to win
Even with the daily entry cap, there are two ways to let participants accumulate more entries and increase their odds:
Option 1: Bonus entries via social actions
Add post-entry social actions to your promotion (e.g. follow on Instagram, share on Facebook, subscribe to YouTube). Assign a bonus entry value to each action. Participants can complete multiple actions to earn additional entries on top of their daily entry.
This works on all promotion types and all plans.
Option 2: Purchase entries
You can create a Purchase Promotion (Shopify, BigCommerce, or WooCommerce) alongside your regular sweepstakes and assign a fixed number of entries per purchase (for example, 1 purchase = 20 entries). Participants earn entries every time they make a qualifying purchase.
To combine both:
Create your regular sweepstakes and a separate Purchase Promotion.
Set both promotions to the same start and end dates.
Connect them using the 'Connect Promotions' option — entries from both are pooled together when drawing winners.
Spam filter settings
Separately from entry frequency, a spam filter limits the number of entries per IP address. If you need to adjust this, go to Edit → Advanced → Spam Filter. Setting it to Off removes the per-IP cap, but entry frequency limits still apply per participant.