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Rafflecopter Updates & An Alternative To Fan-Gating

on November 4, 2014
by Greg Goodson

Fan-Gate Alternatives for Giveaways

*READ THIS* The contents of this article, written in 2014, could be outdated. Check out our Facebook Promotion Guidelines page for current info pertaining to sweepstakes on Facebook.

The day has arrived! 90 days ago, Facebook released a post stating that starting November 5th, apps that allowed for fan-gating content and incentivizing people to like your page would no longer be allowed. We’ve written a few blog posts on the subject, so if this is news to you, check out the following posts to catch up to speed:

Facebook Platform Policy Updates: What You Need to Know
Facebook Platform Policy Updates & Upcoming Changes

In this post, we’ll discuss several changes you’ll encounter to the Rafflecopter platform over the next several days, a timeline of when to expect those changes, and some other FAQs we’ve received over the past three months.

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Filed Under: Facebook, Product

Facebook Platform Policy Updates & Upcoming Changes

on October 3, 2014
by Greg Goodson

Facebook Platform Policy & Giveaways

*READ THIS* The contents of this article, written in 2014, could be outdated. Check out our Facebook Promotion Guidelines page for current info.

Back in early August, Facebook announced several updates on their developer blog including an update to their platform policy that affects third-party apps built on their platform. If you haven’t already, read Facebook’s official blog about the changes and the following discussion here.

We blogged in-depth about these Facebook platform policy updates in a previous post where we discussed what these updates meant, how they’ll affect Rafflecopter, why the changes were being put into place, and what to expect moving forward (Update 11/15 – read about recent updates pertaining to fan-gating here). We’d like to take this time and discuss how these updates will affect Facebook & Rafflecopter alike, and more importantly give you a timeline in which changes to our app will be implemented so you can plan your holiday promotions accordingly.

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Filed Under: Facebook, Product

Facebook Platform Policy Updates: What You Need to Know

on August 14, 2014
by Greg Goodson

FB Developer Guidelnes & Giveaways

*READ THIS* It’s possible the contents of this article, written in 2014, are outdated. Check out our Facebook Promotion Guidelines page for all current info.

Last week, Facebook published a blog post on their developer blog bringing attention to their Graph API v2.1 and several other changes, but more importantly, they announced an update to their platform policy that affects third-party apps built on their platform. This new policy Facebook has put into place reads as follows:

You must not incentivize people to use social plugins or to like a Page. This includes offering rewards, or gating apps or app content based on whether or not a person has liked a Page. It remains acceptable to incentivize people to login to your app, checkin at a place or enter a promotion on your app’s Page. To ensure quality connections and help businesses reach the people who matter to them, we want people to like Pages because they want to connect and hear from the business, not because of artificial incentives. We believe this update will benefit people and advertisers alike.

You can read the full post about the changes and the following discussion here. In the past, you’d probably expect to read about updates surrounding promotions on Facebook through the page guidelines doc, but this update was specific to app creators that create software which integrates with Facebook. If you’re not an app developer, this update may have caught you off guard.

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Welcome To Rafflecopter HQs + Giveaway

on May 28, 2014
by Greg Goodson

Welcome to Rafflecopter HQs

Over the past 3 years of being in business, we’ve had a total of seven offices. In chronological order, our first six offices were:

  • A bedroom in Atlanta (March 2011 – April 2011)
  • A bedroom in Boulder (April 2011 – July 2011)
  • A 170 sq. ft. subleased room (July 2011 – February 2012)
  • A 250 sq. ft. basement office (February 2012 – August 2012)
  • Our rented 3 bedroom townhome (August 2012 – January 2013)
  • A 950 sq. ft. office (January 2013 – November 2013)

It seems like it was just yesterday when we were sending out invite codes from our bedroom, working with the first handful of beta testers in the summer of 2011. Three years later, we’re starting to build a team to see Rafflecopter realize its bigger vision.

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Feature Updates: New Email List Integrations

on April 28, 2014
by Greg Goodson

Giveaway Email List Integration

Funday Monday from Rafflecopter HQs! Today, we’re excited to announce that in addition to MailChimp, AWeber, and Constant Contact, we’re now integrated with six new email service providers. The ability to integrate your giveaway w/ these new email lists is available by upgrading to the the business subscription.

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