Click 'Start Your Journey', sign up with your email, and select the Participant role. Complete your profile with your university, skills, and links. You'll be ready to browse and join competitions immediately.

Yes — Competition Spark is completely free for participants. You can browse competitions, form teams, submit projects, and earn badges at no cost. Organizers pay a listing fee to host competitions.

Organizers create an organization account, then use our step-by-step wizard to define challenge details, timelines, prizes, and judging criteria. After the admin review and making payment, competitions go live on the marketplace.

The standard fee to launch a competition is Rs. 25,000 plus applicable taxes. However, this fee may be waived for eligible educational institutions.

Domain expert judges score each submission across the criteria defined by the organizer — typically Innovation, Technical Quality, Impact, and Design. We apply score normalization across all judges so no single harsh or lenient scorer can swing the final rankings unfairly.

Create a team from your dashboard and share the unique invite code with teammates. Members join by entering the code. Most competitions allow teams of up to 4, but solo entries are welcome too.

Prizes vary by competition and include cash awards (PKR 10K–50K), achievement badges, certificates, and portfolio recognition. Top performers gain visibility with recruiters and industry partners across Pakistan.

Organizers invite industry professionals to judge submissions using defined evaluation criteria, ensuring a fair and transparent assessment process.

Absolutely. Join as many competitions as you like — each has its own team and submission. Your profile tracks all your participations, wins, and badges across every competition.

You can contact the admin team by emailing info@ETLOnline.org.