Clean Sweeps vs ViralSweep for Shopify sweepstakes

Choose around the campaign you actually want to run

If your Shopify business sells merchandise and awards sweepstakes entries with qualifying purchases, Clean Sweeps is a strong place to start. You can configure entries per dollar, show product entry estimates, manage entrants and add more displays and reward types as your campaign grows. Its Free plan lets you start with a small order allowance, and the first-campaign setup offer below provides help with configuration and standard widget placement.

ViralSweep is worth considering when your marketing program also calls for photo or video contests, instant-win promotions, waitlists or other promotion formats. Its purchase promotion tool also supports Shopify orders. The useful comparison is the workflow and plan you need, rather than the number of features on a general marketing checklist. ViralSweep product overview.

Compare pricing with the correct capacity unit

Clean Sweeps measures processed orders per month. ViralSweep measures unique purchasing customers per promotion. These are different limits. For example, 80 customers placing two orders each during one promotion represent 80 unique customers and 160 orders. Campaign duration and repeat purchases matter when you select a plan.

These are monthly prices, not annual-billing equivalents. Review current Clean Sweeps pricing before choosing a plan. Free setup covers available plan features; it does not include a free subscription upgrade.

ViralSweep monthly plans

ViralSweep's listing labels purchase capacity as “orders”; its support documentation explains the unique-customer, per-promotion calculation. The listing includes Purchases on Starter and a seven-day trial. Annual billing is also offered. Verify the current plan before subscribing. ViralSweep pricing; capacity calculation.

For Clean Sweeps, select capacity for your expected monthly processed orders, then check the features you want to launch with. A low-volume product display, a cart-based campaign and a campaign with referral rewards need different feature access even when their order counts are similar. The Free plan does not include in-app winner selection or AMOE; those begin on Basic and Diamond respectively.

Purchase entries, storefront displays and campaign management

Clean Sweeps feature references: plan comparison, widget reference and setup tutorials. In either app, test the actual theme and customer journey before promoting a new entry offer. A product estimate, a cart estimate and an awarded-entry total serve different purposes; make their labels clear to customers.

Start with a campaign specification, then test the complete journey

1. Write down eligible products, entry rates, dates and any bonus periods. Use the same example orders when evaluating each app.
2. Choose where customers should see entry information: product, cart, account, post-checkout or checkout. Confirm your app and Shopify plan support each placement.
3. Decide how free-entry requests will be received, reviewed and recorded under your official rules. An app's AMOE feature does not by itself make a promotion legally compliant.
4. Check a qualifying order, an excluded product, a bonus-period order and a customer entry lookup. Review the final entrant records before launch.

When switching from ViralSweep, retain your existing campaign records and agree on a clear transition date. Do not assume importing records also transfers campaign rules, winner history or storefront settings. The first-campaign setup offer covers a new Clean Sweeps configuration; historical entry migration is outside that offer. Starting the next campaign with a tested configuration is easier to review than changing the system underneath an active promotion.