On this page
- The three routes, side by side
- Before you start, make the coupons
- Set up Spin Wheel, step by step
- Can you embed a spin wheel widget on Wix?
- No game: a built-in Popup and a coupon email
- Prizes and odds that don't hurt your margin
- Test it before you tell anyone
- Frequently asked questions
- Try it on your store
- Sources
To add a spin wheel to a Wix site, create each prize as a coupon in your dashboard, then install a spin-to-win pop-up app from the Wix App Market or paste a wheel widget into an embed. Wix doesn't come with a spin wheel: its help center says gamified promos such as "Spin to win" currently can't be made with Wix Promos, and the editor's Popups are boxes you design yourself, with no game inside. The third option skips the game: a Wix Popup with a sign-up form, followed by an automated coupon email.
Whichever you pick, the coupon matters more than the wheel. A shopper who wins 15% off and then has the code refused at checkout was promised something your store didn't deliver.
Key takeaways
- Wix has no spin wheel of its own, so you need a pop-up app, an embedded wheel widget, or a plain Wix Popup with an emailed coupon instead of a game.
- Create the coupons first: every code a wheel shows must exist under Coupons in your dashboard, or it fails at checkout.
- Give each prize coupon an end date and Limit to one use per customer, and leave the total-use limit off, because every winner of a prize shares its code.
- Test on the published site in a private window, on a computer and a phone, and paste each prize code into your own cart.
The three routes, side by side
| What to compare | Pop-up app (Spin Wheel) | Embedded wheel widget | Wix Popup and a coupon email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it appears | A pop-up over your pages | A box inside the page you put it on | Wix's own Popup, then the shopper's inbox |
| Game | Spin wheel, scratch card or gift box | Spin wheel | None |
| Where the codes come from | Your store's coupons, picked per prize | Codes you type into the widget's editor | A coupon you attach in Wix Automations |
| What you need | Wix Stores | Elfsight says its widget needs a Premium plan | No app, but coupons need Wix Stores, Bookings or another Wix business solution |
| Exit intent | Desktop and phone | Depends on the vendor | No trigger in the Wix Editor; Velo code could add one |
| Phones | Shown on phones by default, fitted to the screen | Wix says embeds aren't responsive | Hidden on phones by default in the Wix Editor |
A quick way to choose:
- You sell with Wix Stores and want a game: use an app. Prizes come from coupons you already manage, and the wheel can float over any page.
- Your site has no Wix Stores: Spin Wheel won't fit, so try a widget, the Popup route if your coupons are for Wix Bookings or Events, or a wheel app whose coupons cover those.
- You want each subscriber to get their own single-use code: use the Popup and email route, because Wix Automations can create a fresh code for every sign-up, or a wheel app that makes one for each winner. Our comparison of spin wheel apps shows which apps do each.
Before you start, make the coupons
A wheel only hands out codes. The discount lives in your coupons, so set those up first. Go to Coupons in your dashboard, click + New Coupon, and make three or four: a cheap prize that comes up often, a mid prize and one rare headline prize. Our step-by-step guide to Wix Stores coupons covers every field.
Four settings matter for prize coupons:
- An end date. Wix expires a coupon at the time of day it was created, so a coupon made at 7:40 PM stops at 7:40 PM on its end date.
- Limit to one use per customer. Tick it, so one shopper can't keep reusing a prize.
- No total-use limit. In Spin Wheel, and in widgets where you type one code per slice, everyone who wins a prize gets the same code. A coupon capped at 100 uses turns away the 101st shopper at checkout, right after the pop-up said they'd won. Spin Wheel won't accept a coupon capped at one use as a prize.
- A minimum order on dollar-off prizes. Wix's own example: a $10 coupon on an $8 product makes the item free.
Set up Spin Wheel, step by step
Spin Wheel is our app. If you'd like to weigh the alternatives first, see how the other Wix wheel apps compare, or the two Lucky Wheel apps side by side with Spin Wheel.
- Click Add Apps in the editor, search for Spin Wheel, then click + Add to Site and Allow and Add. You can also add apps from your dashboard.
- Open Spin Wheel from your dashboard. It drafts starter pop-ups from your store with AI when you install it, so open Pop-ups and pick the design you like. If a scratch card or gift boxes suit your store better, choose that game instead.
- Check the prizes. Each prize should point to one of your coupons, and you can swap any you don't want to give away.
- Set the odds. The editor keeps the prizes' chances at 100% in total, so raising one lowers the others. Keep the headline prize rare.
- Choose when the pop-up opens (after a delay, on scroll, after a few pages or as the shopper is about to leave) and who sees it, by device and by new or returning visitor.
- Click Go live on Spin Wheel's Home, then open your published site to check it.
By default the shopper plays first and enters an email to claim the prize, though you can ask for the email before the game. The code then appears in the pop-up, where a tap copies it, and Spin Wheel tries to add it to the shopper's cart. Winners who gave an email also get a backup copy by email. Sign-ups are saved to your site's contacts, with a separate tick for anyone who wants texts. Spin Wheel doesn't send marketing emails itself, so your welcome email comes from the tool you already use.
Can you embed a spin wheel widget on Wix?
Yes. Widget makers such as Elfsight and Common Ninja let you build a wheel in their editor, then paste their code into your site. In the Wix Editor, that's Add Elements, then Embed Code, Popular Embeds and Embed HTML. Click the element, choose Enter Code, paste the snippet and click Apply.
A few limits are worth knowing first:
- A paid Wix plan. Elfsight's Wix page says the Free plan "doesn't support any external code," so you need a Premium plan to show its wheel on your live site.
- A box on one page. Wix notes that its HTML element is an iframe, so the widget stays inside the box you draw and doesn't resize itself for phones. Some vendors offer site-wide code instead, which goes under Custom Code in your site's settings and needs a published site with a connected domain.
- Codes you type yourself. Elfsight lets each of up to 10 slices carry its own text and discount code. Wix knows nothing about those codes, so create each one as a coupon in your dashboard, with the same settings as above, and update the widget whenever a coupon changes.
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No game: a built-in Popup and a coupon email
If you'd rather skip the game, Wix's own tools cover the basics. Add a Popup with a subscribe form, and people who sign up join your contacts as subscribers. Then build an automation in Automations with the Form submitted trigger, an Add a coupon action and a Send an email action that includes the code. The coupon action can send a unique single-use code each time, something a shared prize code can't offer. If that email never arrives, work through the checks for a Wix coupon email that isn't sending.
This route has its own limits. The Wix Editor has no trigger for opening a Popup as visitors leave (a developer could add one with Velo code), and it keeps Popups hidden on phones until you switch them on in the mobile editor. The code also waits in an inbox instead of appearing on screen. Our guide to offering a first-order discount walks through the automation click by click, and Wix's built-in pop-ups compared with an app covers what Popups do well.
Prizes and odds that don't hurt your margin
A wheel's cost is the average prize, weighted by how often each one comes up. Say your typical order is $40 and shipping costs you $6:
| Prize | Chance | What it costs you when used | Weighted cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free shipping | 50% | $6.00 | $3.00 |
| 10% off | 40% | $4.00 on a $40 order | $1.60 |
| $10 off orders over $50 | 10% | $10.00 | $1.00 |
| Average cost per prize, if every winner uses it | 100% | $5.60 |
Each line is the cost times the chance: 0.5 × $6 = $3.00, 0.4 × $4 = $1.60 and 0.1 × $10 = $1.00, which adds up to $5.60. A flat 20% off for everyone would cost $8 on a $40 order, and the rare $10 prize only pays out on carts above $50. Plug your own prices into the spin wheel odds calculator, and see these prize ideas that protect your margins. Before you publish the chances, read how to set odds shoppers can trust, including why the draw belongs on a server rather than in the shopper's browser.
Test it before you tell anyone
Run through this once on a computer and once on a phone:
- Use the published site. Spin Wheel's pop-ups appear on your live site, not inside the Wix Editor.
- Open a private window. After you've signed up once, Spin Wheel stops showing the pop-up in that browser by default, so your normal window may show nothing.
- Wait for the trigger. For exit intent on a computer, scroll or move the mouse first, wait a couple of seconds, then move the cursor up past the top of the window. On a phone, scroll down the page, then flick quickly back up.
- Play and claim. Check that the code appears in the pop-up and, if you claimed with an email, that the backup email arrives.
- Check the cart. Open it and check the discount. If the code wasn't added for you, paste it in. If the prize has a minimum order, try a cart just under it.
- Check your contacts. Your test sign-up should be there, with the consent you gave.
If nothing opens, work through the fixes for a Wix pop-up that isn't showing. If a code is refused, see why a Wix coupon code fails at checkout. To check the rest of the pop-up, from the close button to the form fields, run a 10-minute test for common pop-up mistakes.
Frequently asked questions
Does Wix have a built-in spin wheel?
No. Wix's help center says it's currently not possible to create gamified promos such as "Spin to win" with Wix Promos, and Wix's own Popups have no game element. To add a wheel, use an app from the Wix App Market or an embeddable wheel widget, and create the prize codes as coupons in your dashboard.
Can I add a spin wheel to Wix for free?
Yes. Spin Wheel is free forever, with unlimited pop-ups and sign-ups, and it needs Wix Stores. Elfsight lists a free plan for its wheel widget, but says Wix's Free plan can't run external code, so you'd need a Premium Wix plan to show it.
Will spin wheel prize codes work at Wix checkout?
Only if each code is an active coupon in your dashboard whose dates, limits and minimum order fit the shopper's cart. Spin Wheel's prizes are picked from your existing coupons, so the codes match. A widget shows whatever you typed, so check each one by hand. Test every prize code in your own cart first.
Can shoppers lose on the wheel?
Not in Spin Wheel. Every spin lands on one of your prizes, drawn on our servers from the chances you set, so keep each prize's coupon active for as long as the pop-up runs. With an embedded widget, it depends on the slices and odds you set up in the vendor's editor.
Try it on your store
If you sell with Wix Stores, the spin-to-win pop-up for Wix stores turns your existing coupons into prizes and drafts the design for you. Start with the coupons, then add the wheel.
Sources
- Wix Apps Request: Gamified Promos
- Adding an App to Your Site
- Limiting Coupon Usage
- Creating a Price Discount Coupon
- Wix Editor: Embedding a Site or a Widget
- Wix Editor: Embedding Custom Code on Your Site
- Elfsight: Spinning Wheel widget for Wix
- Common Ninja: How to add a Spinning Wheel to Wix
- Wix Editor: Popup Ideas and Inspiration
- Wix Automations: Adding and Sending a Coupon
- Wix Editor Request: Triggering a Popup when a Visitor Attempts to Leave Your Site
- Wix Editor: Showing and Customizing Popups on Your Mobile Site
We build marketing apps for online stores: myuser.ai writes and sends emails and texts from a store's own products, and we make Spin Wheel and Session Recordings for Wix sites. Product details in our guides are checked against the apps themselves.
