Can You Build a Competition Website on Shopify?
Shopify is not built for UK prize competition websites. Its payment terms explicitly prohibit the competition business model, its checkout cannot implement…
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SEO for UK Competition Websites: The 2026 Guide to Ranking, Compliance, and Trust
SEO for UK competition websites is different from generic ecommerce because compliance, trust signals, and UK-specific keyword intent dominate rankings. The pages…
The Voluntary Code of Good Practice for Prize Draw Operators
The Voluntary Code of Good Practice for Prize Draw Operators is a set of standards published by the Department for Culture, Media…
Competition Website Features You Actually Need
A UK competition website needs three categories of features to operate compliantly and profitably: legal-structural (skill question gating before checkout, free entry…
Skill Questions for Prize Competitions, What Actually Counts as Skill in the UK
A UK skill question only qualifies as genuine skill under the Gambling Act 2005 if it prevents a significant proportion of people…
Do You Need a Gambling Licence for a Competition Website in the UK?
No, in most cases. Most UK competition websites do not require a Gambling Commission licence. Two legal exemptions under the Gambling Act…
Why Payment Providers Reject Competition Websites (And How to Get Approved)
UK competition websites get rejected by mainstream payment providers (Stripe, PayPal, Worldpay) because they classify the business as high-risk, not because competitions…
The Biggest Mistakes New Competition Businesses Make (and How to Avoid Them)
The biggest mistakes new UK competition businesses make are: launching without a compliance plan, choosing a platform that cannot support free entry…
High Risk Payment Gateway UK: Payment Gateways & Banks for Competition Websites | 2026
For UK competition websites in 2026, Cashflows is the leading specialist payment gateway and Zempler Bank is the strongest business banking option.…
