Hashtag contests that engage fans and followers.
Wishpond’s hashtag contest tool makes it easy to build and run a hashtag photo contest on Instagram, Facebook, and more. Do it yourself or have our team of experts do it for you.
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Why run an Instagram hashtag contest?

Collect user-generated content
Get more social media followers and encourage sharing by rewarding extra entries to participants of your contest.

More social engagement
Allow fans and followers to post pictures on their own Instagram profiles in order to win. Encourage users to vote for their favorite photos and to share with their friends and family.

Create an Engaged Community
Create branded hashtags, start conversations, and grow your community online. Get people talking about your brand like never before.
Show your entrants’ photos in a gallery
- Hashtag contest entries automatically get added to a gallery that shows photo captions, entrants, and votes.
- Collect photos using a branded Instagram hashtag.
- Each photo contest entry gets its own unique URL to help your contest go viral.

Add advanced voting options
- Add voting to your photo contest and collect voter information.
- Require email addresses for votes, enable CAPTCHA voting, and limit voter participation.
- Add an Instagram like button and show Instagram likes.

Easily moderate entries
- Auto-approve entries, or moderate submissions before they appear in your gallery.
- Limit the number of entries from each entrant.
- Require entrants to follow you on Instagram or @mention your business.
- Exclude photos containing specific hashtags.

Look great on every device
- Wishpond’s hashtag contest builder automatically creates contests that look great on desktop, tablet & mobile devices, no coding required.
- With more than half of your website visitors arriving via a mobile device, this is crucial to getting more entrants.

Connect seamlessly with Wishpond
Turn contest entrants into sales with Wishpond’s suite of marketing tools, including:
- Email marketing
- Landing pages
- Marketing automation
- Lead tracking & segmentation
- And more!

Hashtag Contest Features
Wishpond’s flexible Instagram Hashtag tool gives you complete control over every aspect of your campaign.
Publish Anywhere
- Your website
- Mobile
- Your blog
- WordPress
- Wishpond subdomain
Easily Create Your Contest
- WYSIWYG editor
- Beautiful templates
- Mobile-responsive
- HTML text editor
- Custom CSS styling
- Custom JavaScript
- Social media buttons
- Random winner selection
Entry Options
- Upload from Instagram
- Upload from computer
- Require email
- Require Facebook login
- Enable CAPTCHA
- Moderate entries
- Limit multiple entries
- Enable voting
Customize Your Form
- Custom form fields
- Unlimited form fields
- Email list opt-in
- File upload
- Hidden fields
- Pre-filled fields
- Multiple field types

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- We do all the heavy lifting
- You get state of the art technology
- It works with what you already have
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Get access to the latest marketing technology that allows you to see what contacts are up to in real time in order to turn more prospects into customers.
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