Giveaways
Message Requirements
Require participants to be active in your server.
Message requirements help ensure only active members can enter giveaways. You can require a minimum number of messages sent within a specific time period.
Adding a Requirement
Use the messages option:
/giveaway duration: 1hwinners: 1prize: Nitromessages: 50
Requires 50 messages sent today to enter
Parameters
duration (required)
winners (required)
prize (required)
messages (optional)
Time Periods
Choose which time period the message count should check with messages_period:
today (default)Messages sent today (resets at midnight UTC)
weekMessages sent this week (resets Sunday)
monthMessages sent this month (resets on the 1st)
totalTotal messages ever sent in the server
Example with Period
/giveaway duration: 2dwinners: 2prize: $20 Gift Cardmessages: 100messages_period: week
Requires 100 messages sent this week
Parameters
duration (required)
winners (required)
prize (required)
messages (optional)
messages_period (optional)
Note
Users who don't meet the requirement will see an error when they try to enter the giveaway.
Tip
Start with lower requirements (like 20-50 messages) and increase as your community grows more
active!