Collect, verify and enable sharing via text message
Bring viral contests straight to mobile phones. Collect phone numbers, verify leads with SMS codes and encourage sharing by text message.
Why add SMS to your contest?
Phone number verification is one of the most effective ways to prevent fake contest entries. When you require a real phone number, bots and fraudulent signups drop dramatically. And text messages have open rates above 90%, which makes SMS sharing one of the highest-converting referral channels available.
Common use cases for SMS in contests
Meet your audience on their phones
Collect lead phone numbers
New leads opt in with a phone number on a landing page, or by texting your campaign directly. Add a phone number field to any KickoffLabs signup form, or set up an SMS keyword that people text to your campaign number to be enrolled automatically. Both methods capture the lead and generate their unique referral link.
Automatically verify phone numbers
After signup, each lead gets a text with a verification code to enter into a KickoffLabs verification field. That confirms the number is real and belongs to the person who signed up. Unlike email verification, which disposable addresses can get around, SMS verification needs a real mobile device, so your lead list stays clean and your contest stays fair.
About fraud detection
Enable viral sharing via text message
Turn every lead into a brand ambassador. After signing up, leads can text their unique referral link to friends and family. A personal text with a contest link gets far more clicks than a social post, which drives high-quality referrals and faster growth for your campaign.
“In fact, because of what KickoffLabs offers with the identity and the fraud support, we were able to really weed out a lot of people who loaded up on email addresses trying to win, and that was really one of the things that we wanted to do.”
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Collect verified phone numbers and let your leads share by text.