Randomizer: Giveaways for Your Channel

Running a contest in a channel looks easy until results day. You have to gather participants, pick a winner and prove that everything was fair. Randomizer takes that work on itself. 🎲

The bot is made for giveaways in Telegram channels. The menu is in Russian and the command set is short, so you can figure it out in a couple of minutes.

Four commands are enough

All the control fits into a few actions.

• /start opens the main menu.
• /new creates a new giveaway.
• /my shows your giveaways, current and past.
• /channel manages connected channels.

That simplicity helps busy admins: there are no long manuals to study before the first contest.

How to launch a giveaway

1. Connect a channel through the channels section and give the bot the admin rights it needs.
2. Create the giveaway with /new and set the conditions.
3. Publish the contest post in the channel.
4. Wait for the results and announce the winner.

Check admin rights especially carefully: a bot with extra rights can change messages in the channel.

What makes a giveaway fair

Choosing a random winner is only half the job. The other half is the trust of your subscribers. Once it is lost, a channel loses more than a contest ever gains.

Describe the rules, the deadline and the number of prizes in advance. Explain how the winner is selected and show the results publicly. Never change the terms halfway.

• Clear terms. What to do to enter and by when.
• A real prize. One you are truly ready to hand over.
• Public results. A post with the winner and the draw date.
• Prompt delivery. Contact the winner and send the prize without delay.

Cheating and fake participants

Every popular giveaway attracts farms of fake accounts. They bring nothing to the channel and crowd out real readers.

If the prize is valuable, add a simple condition that is hard to automate: subscribing to the channel, reacting to a post or answering a question. Watch for suspicious growth in participants. 🕵️

Choosing a prize

What works best is what your own audience needs. A cooking channel will love a kitchen set, while a gaming channel will prefer a subscription or a collectible.

Universal prizes attract everyone, and after the contest subscribers leave. A themed prize brings people who will stay and read on. One big prize is usually more noticeable than three small ones. 🎁

Review the results a week or two later: see how many subscribers stayed and how activity changed. That tells you whether the contest is worth repeating.

The legal side

In some countries prize contests are regulated by law: publication rules, tax on winnings, limits for advertising. If you give away expensive prizes or run a contest for a business, check the requirements in advance.

A giveaway where participants pay for a chance already looks like a lottery or gambling. Stay away from such schemes.

Who this bot is for

Channel admins, bloggers, shops and communities that want to thank subscribers or attract new ones. The bot has gathered around 450 thousand users.

If you are a participant, remember: a real organizer never asks for money, passwords or codes from messages. Any "prize" with such demands is a scam. ⚠️