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.

Preview Live Contest

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 contest and promotion tools give you complete control over every aspect of your campaign.

Publish Anywhere

  • Your website
  • Mobile
  • Your blog
  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • 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

Customizable Forms

  • Custom form fields
  • Unlimited form fields
  • Email list opt-in
  • File upload
  • Hidden fields
  • Pre-filled fields
  • Multiple field types

Integrated with the tools you love

With Wishpond's 300+ integrations - including email, analytics, sales, payment & collaboration apps - you can be sure we fit right in with the tools you already use.

“​Wishpond was a key component to our campaign’s success. It was a one-stop shop that was intuitive, very easy to set up and reliable throughout the duration of our campaign.”

15,000 New Leads


Chad Riddersen, Deviate Labs LLC

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