Your brand behind a game people actually play.
You put up the prize. Fans pick for free. Every player is a real person who chose your contest over their group chat, and every one of them opted in to hear from you.
HOW IT WORKS
Three things happen. You do one of them.
1 · YOU
Bring the prize and the creative.
A cash prize, your ad as you'd run it anywhere else, your logo, and a link. That's the whole ask. If you have a campaign running, you already have all of it.
2 · US
Build and run the contest.
We pick the slate, write the rules, score every game live, break ties, verify winners and pay them. Support, disputes and the legal side are ours.
3 · FANS
Play free, in front of your brand, for a week.
Picks open Tuesday, lock at the first kickoff, settle Sunday night. Every visit in between, the leaderboard checks, the share links and the emails, all carry you.
WHAT YOU GET
Own the entire contest.
One sponsor per contest. No second logo anywhere, no programmatic slots, no "also sponsored by".
Timed on a real pass through the picks flow. Live averages after this season's first contest.
The billboard
Full screen behind the contest on every page. Your creative owns the whole screen for the first seconds of every visit, then settles beside the contest.
Every email
Your placement in the locked, kickoff and results emails every player gets.
Presented by
On the contest card, the leaderboard and every share image players send to their group chats.
The list
Every entrant who opted in, in plain words, to hear from you, with consent timestamps. Yours to keep.
A special offer
We recommend giving every entrant something: a discount, a promo code or a free item. It runs on the billboard and in every email, and it's what turns a view into a customer.
CREATIVE
Bring your own, or we'll make it.
Bring your own
Send the ad you're already running: a video or a still, plus your logo and a link. We fit it to the page and send it back for your approval.
Our team makes it
Send your logo, brand assets and your offer. Our creative team builds a billboard made for this contest. No two contests look the same.
Either way, include an offer for entrants. It's the part people remember.
WHAT WE WON'T DO
The reasons the list is worth having.
No betting, no odds
Free to play, no purchase necessary, no spreads on the page. Your brand sits next to a game, not a sportsbook.
No pre-ticked boxes
The opt-in is one plain sentence next to the button, and it's the same sentence in the rules. People know what they said yes to, so they open what you send.
No sharing the list
Your contest's entries go to you and nobody else. We never sell them.
mainmarket participates in affiliate programs and may earn a commission when you buy through links in our ads.
QUESTIONS
The ones we always get.
- What does it cost?
- We charge per entry: one rate for each new player your contest brings in, and a lower rate for returning players. The per-entry rate comes down as volume goes up. Prizes are on top. Ask and we'll send a number the same day.
- Who pays the winners?
- We do, from the prize you fund, after we verify each winner. We handle identity and tax forms. You never talk to a winner unless you want to.
- Is this legal?
- It's a sweepstakes, not a wager: free entry, no purchase necessary, 18+, with official rules published on every contest. Your legal team gets the rules before we go live.
- Which sports?
- College football pick'em now. NFL, NBA and MLB formats are next, and we'll build a format around your moment if there's a game on.
- Can we see results?
- After the contest you get the list, the entry count, share and link-click counts, and a short write-up. A live dashboard is coming.
- How fast can we go live?
- Usually the next week's contest. If our team is making your creative, allow a few extra days.
Sponsor the next one.
One email. We'll reply with the slate, the dates and a number.