Contests

Gamified fan giveaways where entrants earn points by completing actions (follow on Spotify, save a track, share a link, etc.): with a weighted random draw to pick winners at the end.

What it is

Contests let an artist or team run a fan giveaway directly from Aden. Fans visit a public entry page, complete a set of actions (follow the artist on Spotify, save the new album, follow on Instagram, share a link, and so on), and earn entries into a draw. The more actions a fan completes, the more chances they have to win.

Each contest is self-contained: you define the prize, the start and end dates, the track or album it promotes (its cover fronts the public page), and the ways fans can enter. When the contest closes you can draw winners at the click of a button.

Using it

Creating a contest

Go to Contests in your team sidebar and click New contest.
Give it a title. The public link is derived from it, e.g. aden.space/contest/your-team/summer-giveaway.
Describe the prize under Prize. Markdown is supported.
Optionally pick the track or album it promotes, and set start and end dates.
Publish opens it to fans right away. Save draft keeps it private.

Adding entry actions

Ways to enter is the same switch checklist download gates use under "Unlock with" (components/gates/gate-switch-row.tsx): one row per action type, toggled on to add it. Each way is one thing a fan can do to earn points:

Toggle a way on (Spotify follow, Instagram follow, newsletter sign-up, share link, visit URL) and add the link fans are sent to where one is needed.
Set the points value. Fans earn this many entries per completion.
Mark an action as Required if fans must complete it before they can enter at all.
Mark an action as Repeatable if a fan can earn points more than once (e.g. share once per day). Set a daily cap if you want to limit how many times per day they can do it.

Ways are shown on the public page in the order you switched them on.

Once the contest is active, copy the public URL and share it anywhere. Social posts, bio links, email newsletters. Fans don't need an Aden account; they just need an email address.

Drawing winners

When the contest ends (or at any time while it's active):

Open the contest and click Draw winners.
Enter how many winners you want (limited by the Max winners setting you configured).
Aden runs a weighted random draw. Fans with more points get proportionally more chances.
Winners are marked in the entries list. The contest status flips to Ended.