What a raffle website needs
The checklist, before you pick anything.
A raffle website is more than a ticket form. Here’s what actually matters, whether you build it or have it built.
The format you’re actually running
A basket raffle isn’t a 50/50, and neither is a Queen of Hearts. Chance2Win handles four formats natively: traditional, basket and tricky tray, Queen of Hearts, and duck race or ball drop. Most sites do one and make you force the rest.
A payment choice, not a payment rule
Chance2Win connects to four processors: Flux Payments, Stripe, Square, and Authorize.net. Every other raffle site connects to Stripe and nothing else. That matters when you already have a merchant account, or when your prize is regulated.
Fees that don’t cost you donors
Watch how a “free” site pays for itself. If it’s free because it prompts your supporters for a tip, and that prompt sits high, you lose supporters at checkout. Free that costs you donors isn’t free.
A compliance-aware setup
Some states require a certified physical drawing. A printable paper-ticket mode is the answer there. Raffle and charitable gaming laws vary by state, so the site should bend to the rules, not fight them.
One pool, every ticket
A hybrid pool takes online, cash, check, and imported tickets in one place, owned by you. It’s the piece that lets a raffle be rescued mid-campaign instead of restarted.
Someone who answers the phone
The night before a draw is when questions arrive. A US-based team at (813) 699-9325 beats a support ticket that replies on Tuesday.
The one sentence to remember
Every raffle site can take a ticket. The differences are the format, the processor, and whether the “free” plan quietly bills your supporters. Judge on those three.