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What changes for anyone running a giveaway: platform rules, GDPR decisions, and the mechanics behind DrawSeal explained one at a time.
What happens if a giveaway winner doesn't respond?
A giveaway winner who never claims the prize? DrawSeal reassigns it through a deterministic, traceable process built on the same public drand draw.
Rafflecopter Has Shut Down: Which Alternative for a Verifiable Giveaway?
Rafflecopter closed in 2025. A comparison of alternatives on one criterion only: proof. Plus how to migrate to DrawSeal without losing your entrants.
The list seal: proving nothing changed without publishing the entrants
Publishing the entrant list would breach the GDPR. Publishing its fingerprint proves it hasn't moved, without revealing a single person.
drand: why your draw's randomness doesn't come from us
The randomness doesn't come from our servers but from drand, a public source produced by an independent network. Why that's the only acceptable answer.
Spinning wheels: why the animation proves nothing, and how to fix it
The animation is spectacular and proves nothing: the winner is chosen before the wheel turns. How to keep the show and gain the proof.
The sealed seed: why its fingerprint is published before the first entry
Publishing sha256(seed) before entries open makes changing the seed afterwards impossible. What that fingerprint forbids exactly, and what it doesn't cover.
Unclaimed prize: how a re-draw stays as verifiable as the first
Reassignment is where most setups improvise. How a re-draw stays verifiable, and why the order of designations matters.
\"100% random draw\": why that promise demonstrates nothing
Every tool is random. No word is emptier in a comparison. What actually separates an unpredictable draw from a verifiable one.
Instagram giveaways: the two required disclosures, and the rule everyone breaks
Meta requires a liability release and forbids running a promotion through personal timelines. Two rules almost nobody applies.