{"id":1692,"date":"2022-07-16T19:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T19:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:35:12","slug":"require-certain-amount-of-entries-to-unlock-entry-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/require-certain-amount-of-entries-to-unlock-entry-method","title":{"rendered":"Require A Certain Amount Of Entries To Unlock An Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SweepWidget makes it easy to require a custom amount of entries to unlock any action. For example, if you only wanted to allow users to invite friends after they have earned 5 entries, you can do this. Here&#8217;s how!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to create or edit a giveaway. Go to the <strong>Entry Methods <\/strong>then <strong>+ Add Entry Method<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, choose any entry method you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the checkbox that says <strong>Unlock After # Of Entries<\/strong>. Then enter the required amount of entries to unlock this action. In this example, we will put <strong>5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1751\" style=\"width:414px;height:102px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-4-1.png 828w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-4-1-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-4-1-768x189.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now see that the BTC Wallet Address entry method is locked until the user earns 3 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1748\" style=\"width:512px;height:382px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/required-entries-to-unlock-3-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SweepWidget makes it easy to require a custom amount of entries to unlock any action. For example, if you only wanted to allow users to invite friends after they have earned 5 entries, you can do this. Here&#8217;s how! Navigate to create or edit a giveaway. Go to the Entry Methods then + Add Entry Method. Next, choose any entry method you want. Click on the checkbox that says Unlock After # Of Entries. Then enter the required amount of entries to unlock this action. In this example, we will put 5. 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