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Facebook Competitions – What Are The Rules?

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March 28, 2019 by Nic Millard

One of the best ways to gain followers for your Facebook page, as well as lots of engagement and reach, is to host a competition or giveaway of products or services. They are pretty easy to set up, but many business owners are unaware of the guidelines and rules that Facebook has regarding these.

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It seems that Facebook is quite relaxed on these at the moment BUT I have known of some instances where Facebook has decided to suspend or shut down pages which have breached promo guidelines. You certainly don’t want to be caught out!

So, in a nutshell, here’s some rules you need to follow when hosting your competition or giveaway on Facebook:

➡️ You CANNOT ask people to share your contest on their *personal* Timeline (personal profile), or a friend’s Timeline.
Facebook states, “…this is because people can choose to limit the visibility of the content they put on Facebook to only themselves, friends, or to a custom group of people, Pages won’t have the ability to access all of the entries that people post on their own Timelines unless these entries are public.”

➡️ You CANNOT ask entrants to tag a friend to enter your contest (same reasoning as above).

➡️ You CAN ask entrants to comment, like the page or like the post as method of entry.

➡️ You MUST ALWAYS acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook on your competition post.

I know lots of pages do ask people to share and tag as entry but when you think about it, it is unfair and excludes a lot of people. And just because lots of pages do it, that doesn’t make it right!

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It’s also a good idea to be aware of Aussie competition laws in each state as they’re all different. Generally speaking you won’t need a permit if your competition is a game of skill (eg asking people to answer a question in 25 words or less), but if it’s a game of chance (eg people like the post and you choose a random winner) then you may require permits, which are pretty pricey.

If you’d like to read up on the laws on competitions and giveaways, there’s a great article on the ADMA website that covers it in more detail.

For more information on the guidelines on Facebook you can have a read of the information via these links.
https://www.facebook.com/page_guidelines.php
https://www.facebook.com/business/news/page-promotions-terms

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