Gleam Competitions
Overall, the reviews are strongly positive about Gleam as a giveaway and competition platform. Many merchants say it is easy to set up, simple to navigate, and effective for growing email lists, social followers, website traffic, and engagement. Users also praise the ability to duplicate competitions, configure entry methods, integrate with other platforms, and run recurring giveaways with little effort. Customer support is mentioned positively in several reviews, and some merchants describe the app as a core part of their marketing strategy because it consistently delivers results. The negative feedback centers on pricing, billing confusion, and some usability or reliability issues. Several reviewers feel the free plan is too limited and that important features are locked behind expensive upgrades, sometimes only becoming apparent after setup has already begun. A few users report serious billing concerns, including unexpected usage charges and unclear spending limits, which they describe as confusing or scam-like. Other complaints include setup friction, crashes or publishing failures, weak multilingual support, limited branding customization, and confusing account/login flows that can create customer confusion. Despite these issues, many reviewers still see strong potential in the app and appreciate its core functionality.
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Gleam is a great app to host a giveaway. It is very user friendly and easy to navigate. We were able to host multiple giveaways and get a lot of new email subscribers this way, which was also very easy to download once the giveaway ended. I do wish that there were more options for branding the landing page and sign-up completion.
App is not working. Tried creating a first competition with Instagram, Facebook and link entries. Says Facebook URL isn't valid, so I tried fixing it and that didn't work. Ended up removing the Facebook entries. Then saved my work and tried to publish and nothing happens. Just loads and then crashes. Also, setup isn't the clearest. Asks you to continue with Google or Apple, when you do, says you don't have an account and asks you to create an account. Would be easier to have create account page on the first setup screen...
Thanks for the feedback, we've reached out directly via support to solve these issues with you - let us know if you were able to get them fixed! This certainly doesn't sound like the quality we pride our setup experience on.
We LOVE Gleam. Have used it every month for 6 years. We do a monthly giveaway that has consistently brought traffic to our website.
Perfect. Good Customer Service and Help. Very Useful.
Pretty cool, but wish there was more support at the free level. As a startup, I don't have a lot of funds for monthly services right now but still want to do normal things like grow my newsletter subscription to the few people who will participate. I feel like subscription levels should be centered around the number of users being reached or something...
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