How this wheel works
Not every situation fits a pre-made template, and that's exactly what the Custom Wheel is for — a genuinely blank spinner you build up from nothing. Add your own entries, pick your own colors, and shape it into whatever tool your specific situation needs.
It's the starting point for people who know what they want the wheel to do but haven't found a template that matches it closely enough, or who'd simply rather build it their own way from the start.
How to use this wheel
- 1
Clear the placeholder entries
Delete Custom 1 through 4 and start typing the actual options you want on the wheel — there's no theme constraining what you can enter.
- 2
Set colors to match your purpose
Use the color settings to assign a palette that fits your use — bright and playful for a party, muted for a work tool, color-coded by category if that helps.
- 3
Adjust settings to match how you'll use it
Turn on sound, confetti, or remove-winner depending on whether this is for a lighthearted spin or a more functional, repeated-use tool.
- 4
Save and share your build
Once it's set up the way you want, use Share to generate a link so you can reuse or send this exact configuration later.
Start From Nothing, Build Exactly What You Need
Most of the wheels on this site start with a theme and default entries because that's genuinely useful for common situations — but plenty of people arrive with something specific in mind that doesn't match any existing template. The Custom Wheel skips the theme entirely and hands you a blank structure instead.
Small business owners build custom prize wheels for their own promotions, with their own branding colors and prize names rather than generic placeholders. Teachers build subject-specific wheels for their exact curriculum instead of adapting a general classroom template. Streamers and content creators build wheels matched to their channel's specific bits and running jokes, since a generic template would need heavy editing anyway to fit their audience.
The appeal is really just control — nothing to work around, no default theme to strip out first. You add entries, set the visual style, and configure behavior like sound and confetti from the ground up. It takes a bit more setup time than picking a themed wheel off the shelf, but for anyone with a specific, recurring need, that upfront time pays off every time they reuse the saved link afterward.
Who uses it
Small business owners running promotions
Shop owners building a branded prize wheel with their own colors and prize names for in-store or online giveaways, rather than adapting a generic template.
Teachers with curriculum-specific needs
Educators building a wheel around their exact subject or lesson plan instead of reworking a general classroom template to fit.
Streamers building channel-specific bits
Content creators setting up a wheel matched to their own running jokes, segments, or viewer rewards that no generic template would capture.
Pro tips
01Plan your entries before you start styling
Get the actual list finalized first — colors and settings are much faster to adjust once you're not also still deciding what goes on the wheel.
02Use color to group related entries
If your list has natural categories, assign matching colors so the visual pattern helps explain the wheel at a glance, not just decorate it.
03Test a few spins before sharing the link
Spin several times yourself to check the odds and behavior feel right before sending the link to a group who'll only see it once.
04Save the link somewhere memorable
Since this build is entirely yours, bookmark or store the Share link somewhere you'll actually find again — there's no account page listing your custom wheels.
Custom Wheel: Build Yours From a Blank Slate — FAQs
Quick answers about using OnlineWheelPicker.
It starts genuinely blank, with four placeholder entries and absolutely no built-in theme attached to it at all from the outset — you decide entirely what it becomes based on what you type in and how you choose to style the colors and settings from there onward.