A contest ranks the influencers on an assignment against each other and shows them a live leaderboard, to encourage more (or more varied) content.
Contests aren’t part of any current InfluenceKit plan. If you’d like to run one, contact us and we’ll turn the feature on for your account.
Creating a contest
Open the assignment, then click Contest in the assignment menu (a trophy icon). If the assignment doesn’t have a contest yet, this takes you to a form with:
Name and Description
Prizes — free text, so write it however you’d say it out loud: “$100 gift card for 1st place, $25 for 2nd”
Rules — also free text, and optional
Ranking Method — see below
Starts At and Ends At
There’s no separate prize-tier builder, eligibility engine, or tie-breaker setting — Prizes and Rules are each a single text field, so anything beyond ranking method and dates is on you to describe in words.
Ranking methods
A contest ranks influencers one of two ways:
Deliverables Count — the total number of deliverables they’ve added to the assignment.
Deliverable Platforms Count — the number of different platforms they’ve posted to.
There’s no metric-based ranking (impressions, engagements, engagement rate) and no weighted combination of metrics — pick one of the two methods above.
The leaderboard
Once the contest is created, its page shows a live leaderboard: each accepted influencer, ranked by the method you chose, with their entry count and a medal for the top three. Click Export Results to download it as a CSV.
What influencers see
Influencers on the assignment see a contest card with their current rank, how many entries they have, how many creators they’re up against, a link to See Prizes, and however much time is left before the end date. It updates as they (or others) add deliverables — there’s no separate participants list or progress screen beyond that.
Ending a contest
There’s no automatic close-out or winner announcement. The leaderboard keeps showing whoever’s ranked highest as of “now,” including after the end date passes — announcing winners and handing out prizes is something you do yourself, outside InfluenceKit.