JutuGo / For hosts

Run a tournament, and let the platform handle the arguments

You bring the prize and the audience. JutuGo handles verification, the review queue, fraud detection, live standings and the payouts — plus the awkward conversation with the person who insists they were robbed.

Why host here

Running a contest yourself is easy until it works. Then you are counting votes in a spreadsheet, arguing about a screenshot of a comment, and explaining to three hundred people why their friend did not win.

Credible judging

A published formula and a verified voter base answers the accusation before it is made.

Built-in audience

Your tournament sits on the homepage alongside others with an existing pool of verified voters.

No payout admin

Prize money sits in escrow and transfers automatically to verified winners.

Setting one up

  1. Create an account and open the host dashboard. Same account as an entrant, with hosting enabled after a short verification of your organisation or identity.
  2. Describe the tournament. Name, category, the one-line description that appears on the card, and the entry rules in plain language. Rules you do not state cannot be enforced at review.
  3. Set the prize pool and split. Any split you like across any number of places. The split appears publicly on the tournament page before anyone enters.
  4. Choose a judging method. Star rating, up and down votes, or the watch-time blend for video. This locks when entries open and cannot be changed afterwards.
  5. Set the dates. Entry window, judging window, and the close. We add the standard 48-hour lock before payout automatically.
  6. Fund escrow and submit. We review the setup, usually within one business day. Once the prize is funded the tournament goes live on the homepage.
Write the rules carefully. They are the only grounds on which you can reject an entry. "Low effort" is not a rule; "must be shot in the last 30 days" is.

Choosing a judging method

Pick the one that matches what you actually want to reward. The full arithmetic for each is on the Fair play page.

MethodBest forRewards
Star ratingPhoto, craft, art, kidsQuality over reach. Weighted so a small circle of friends cannot carry an entry.
Up and down votesViral formats, decoration, humourClear approval. Scored on rate with Wilson confidence, so a smaller clean win beats a big noisy one.
Watch-time blendAny video tournamentAttention actually held. Bought views raise one factor of three and sink another.

What we handle

  • Account verification for every entrant and every voter.
  • The review queue where you approve or reject each entry against your stated rules.
  • Fraud detection across devices, networks, account age and voting patterns, with flagged votes stripped before results.
  • Live standings and a public results page showing the inputs behind every score.
  • Escrow and payouts to winners, including statutory tax deduction and certificates.
  • Disputes and appeals from entrants, handled by us rather than landing in your inbox.
  • Child safety controls on any tournament involving under-18s, applied automatically.

What you control, and what you do not

This boundary is what makes a JutuGo result believable, so it is not negotiable for any host.

Yours

The prize and its split. The rules. The judging method, before entries open. The dates. Your branding on the tournament and results pages. Rejecting entries at review with a written reason. The entry data for your own use, within the privacy policy.

Not yours

Scores, votes and ratings. The judging method after opening. Standings before they are public. Rejecting an entry for an unstated reason. Removing a valid entry because you changed your mind about it.

Pricing

One fee, taken as a percentage of the prize pool, quoted before you fund escrow. There is no listing fee, no fee per entry, and no charge for the voting audience.

ItemCost
Listing a tournamentFree
Platform feeA percentage of the prize pool, quoted at setup
Per entry receivedFree
Payout processingIncluded
Cancelled before entries openEscrow refunded in full
Cancelled after entries openPrize pool is distributed to entrants; see the Payout policy

Host rules

Hosting is a position of trust on a platform whose entire pitch is that results are honest. These are the conditions.

  • Fund the prize before entries open. No tournament goes live on a promise.
  • State every rule up front. Enforcement is limited to what is written on the tournament page at the time someone entered.
  • Do not enter your own tournament, and do not permit employees, family or anyone with a material connection to you to enter it.
  • Do not solicit votes for a particular entry, publicly or privately.
  • Handle entries as personal data. What you may do with entry data is bounded by the Privacy policy, and consent for anything beyond running the tournament has to be asked for separately.
  • Kids tournaments carry extra conditions. Read the Child safety policy in full before proposing one; several of its rules apply to hosts directly.

Breaking these ends hosting access, and where a result was affected we will say so publicly on the results page.

Getting started

Create an account, request hosting access from the dashboard, and we will come back to you within one business day. Bring a rough idea of the prize pool, the format and the dates — everything else can be worked out in setup.

Want to host a tournament?

Tell us the format and the prize and we will get you set up, usually within a business day.

Request hosting access