Gleam Competitions
Create contests & giveaways that drive real user engagement
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4.6
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March 18, 2024
Although Gleam has very limited features on the free plan, it is still worth using. We love the look of the Gleam's new design; via the frontend and it fairly easy to set up. We have not encountered any issues. It would be nice if the team could introduce a cheaper plan; perhaps for $20. That way the application would attract smaller businesses like ours.
Feb. 18, 2024
I have been with this company since their early days, there is no other better competition platform. If there is an option for giveaways they offer it. Do not look any further, go with Gleam
March 28, 2023
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...
March 16, 2023
Gleam has been a gamechanger for us in doing some awesome giveaways with our creator partners at scale. Highly recommend!
Feb. 28, 2023
So far so good, very easy navigation, better than other apps that do similar things. Looking forward to using Gleam in future giveaways.
Feb. 6, 2023
We run all of our giveaways through Gleam and we love the results! It's a great platform that makes running our giveaways extremely easy.
Dec. 19, 2022
So far the setup process has been a breeze, loving the overall customization and will gladly recommend in the future
Thanks for the review, we are glad to hear you're enjoying Gleam!
Nov. 9, 2022
We have used them for a few years. I like it. Could use more features but works well. I would not be afraid to use it.
Oct. 24, 2022
We utilize Gleam to run monthly giveaways for our community, and we love the platform! We've used it for several years now, and appreciate how easy it is to duplicate competitions as well as create new ones from scratch. Configuring entry methods and drawing winner(s) is super straightforward, too. Thanks, Gleam!
Sept. 18, 2022
Gleam is the best! We use it for lots of different giveaways, we have use it for years for about 25 different campaigns and its always been perfect!
Sept. 10, 2022
I've used Gleam in the past but I am enjoying the integration with Shopify. I do wish there were options to earn entries by doing things native in the Shopify store (For example: visiting a blog) but I understand that this can be accomplished through less direct means.
Thanks for the review! Deeper Shopify itegration has been in the backlog for a while. You're aboslutely correct though - there are workarounds (e.g. visit actions, questions, custom actions) so unfortuantely it keeps getting bumped in priority.
Aug. 26, 2022
Take a little bit to learn but well worth it. Definitely helped increase our social media following and email list. Worth trying out.
Thanks for saying so! Glad it's working well for you! We've made our app very configurable but the trade-off is that it can be quite complex.
Aug. 11, 2022
This giveaway app is the best out there. Period! So many great features and easy integrations. Everything you could ever want in a review app.
July 25, 2022
I had been persisting with trying to use this app on the free plan but after much consideration ended up going to the Pro plan. $49USD a month seemed manageable. I then got notification that they had authorised a $5000 a month spending limit on the app on my shopify. What the HELL? There is no way I would authorise that much spending limit on the app. This feels super scammy - i've since requested account deletion and taken other steps to ensure I am not charged that much but what kind of app needs that level of account charges authorised?? The plans are super confusing and it costs way too much for any kind of useful app features. EDIT: Developers came back to me very quickly to refund the $49 charge and cancel our account. Something to do with their set up/billing system?
Unfortunately, our billing is pretty complicated (four products and "credits") so we weren't able to use the normal Shopify subscription model. We needed to have that $5000 charge limit so we're able to charge based on usage or any possible plan purchase. Having it set up like that means we're able to charge your Shopify site like a credit card (so it works just like our normal billing). I got your request to close your account and I've also refunded that $49 charge we made.
July 22, 2022
Really great giveaway app - other people are already very used to using Gleam, so a must for any brand looking to do giveaways.
June 24, 2022
This app is a complete SCAM!!!! I signed up for the pro version which is a subscription charge of $49/mo. Then I get a bill for almost $200 USD for a month and it says on the bill "Up to $5000/mo of usage charges". I have NO idea how to set the maximum spend limit. I DO NOT want to be spending this much on this app. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Sorry about the confusion here! I can see you signed up for our Yearly Hobby plan ($120/year) and then moved to the monthly Pro plan ($49/month). The Pro plan was pro-rated for $10 (1/12 of the Hobby plan). We've built our plans that way so you can have a yearly plan and then easily upgrade to a higher plan for a month or two (using some of what you've already paid) then switch back to the yearly one. I've refunded that yearly Hobby plan so you've only paid for monthly Pro plan now.
June 23, 2022
We use this app to help build a giveaway campaign and hope to test the redesigned widget. We really like the new look of it.
Thanks for saying so! I've enabled the re-designed widget on your account now. It's still in beta so please send through feedback.
May 26, 2022
They keep downgrading the benefits to plans, AFTER you paid for them Originally you were able to list 20+ entry methods on the base tier, then they lowered it to 15, and NOW it is 10. AGAIN, AFTER YOU ALREADY PAID FOR IT.
Thanks for leaving a review! Theres no limits on the number of Actions that can be added to a campaign, the only limit we have is the number of times a repeat Action can be added (i.e. Follow on Twitter) and this limit changes depending on your plan - you can review this information freely on our pricing pages: https://gleam.io/pricing/competitions Looking at your account I was able to see you added more than 10 Actions to your most recent campaign and the same number of repeat Actions as the first campaign you ran with us. If you're having specific trouble adding more than 10 actions to a campaign then please shoot us a support ticket and we'd be happy to assist!
Dec. 28, 2021
Unfortunately this app just requires plan upgrade after plan upgrade in order to get any real use from it. The final straw for me was not being able to use competition hashtag entries unless I upgraded to an almost $400USD / month plan! Until you upgrade to the next plans from the last plans (all payable immediately) you won't really know easily, what you are in for.
Sorry to hear about your problems, you can import from #hashtags on our Business plan which is $149 per month - this is highlighted on our Pricing page: https://gleam.io/pricing We do have a refund policy that is happy to refund any purchases if the plan doesn't suit your campaign before you launch, I can see someone has done this for you :)
Oct. 22, 2021
Actually it is useless to my website. I installed it to post a giveaway, but it worked not well at all. It'll cost 158$ on my billing list.
Thanks for your review! I can see you've upgraded to an unnecessary Rewards plan alongside your Competitions one - just submit a support ticket and someone on the team will gladly help you rectify this problem and reverse the charges on your Shopify bill :)