Competitions for Xenforo 2

Bring new members, reward active members and engage with sponsors at your forum with competitions for Xenforo 2.

The basics include

• Rich text editor for competition details
• Set the date the competition runs from and to
• Set the number of winners and runners up
• Set the question with multiple choice answer
• Image upload with edit tool and optional Alt/Title text, caption and link URL

Competition restrictions and conditions include

• Set usergroup permission to view, enter, create, open and publish competitions (e.g. make some competitions open only to more active members)
• Set user criteria to Enter competition (e.g. minimum messages/trophy points)
• Set user criteria to Win competition (e.g. new members can enter but they need to have a minimum of n messages before they can win)
• Optional age restriction to enter based on member’s DOB
• Optional country restriction to enter based on member’s IP
• Optional opt in/opt out tick boxes with a marketing message to create a marketing list for the competition sponsor

Options include

• Optional additional text entry field (to comply with legal requirements of some countries when running competitions).
• Prioritise a competition in the widget (for when there are more competitions running than the maximum displayed in the widget)
• Optional forum specified for the creation of an associated discussion thread
• Optional user name for discussion thread starter (defaults to competition creator)
• Enter customised terms and conditions (linked to from all competitions)

The cron

• Opens published competitions on the start date
• Closes open + published competitions on the end date
• After closing a competition, the winners are picked at random plus the competition author is alerted of the end of the competition

As you know, Xenforo 2 addons have had to be coded from scratch, so Competitions for Xenforo 2 requires a new license to recoup the development cost.
The unbranded Xenforo 1 version was £50 + VAT.
This Xenforo 2 version comes unbranded and is also £50 + VAT.