Understand: Why Free Pricing Raffles and Sweepstakes Have a Ten Entry Minimum

Use entry quantities to increase donations and eliminate platform fees. Some customers find it unclear why they can’t sell one Raffle or Sweepstakes entry at a time. If you select RallyUp’s Free Pricing option, the system requires at least ten entries per purchase. The most important thing to note is that this requirement doesn’t reduce the funds yo...

Export Ticket Numbers for Your Raffle Drawing

Find out how to get a full list of all ticket numbers sold so that you can draw your winners. If you’re drawing your raffle winner manually (without using RallyUp’s drawing system), you’ll likely need to get a list of all the ticket numbers that were sold. This will allow you to draw your winners in any way you see fit! Follow these simple steps:  G...

How Do I Change My Ticket Pricing?

Learn how to change the pricing levels on your raffle or sweepstakes with these simple steps. RallyUp offers many ways to customize your experience to suit your unique fundraising needs. For one, it’s easy to change your entry levels as long they haven’t been purchased yet. You can change the number of entries (chances to win) for each level, as wel...

How Do I Print My Ticket?

If you’ve purchased an online drawing entry, you won’t need to print your ticket. Learn more about digital entries and how they work. RallyUp enables in-person and online ticket purchasing for raffle experiences. Purchasing entries to an online raffle is slightly different from purchasing a ticket in-person at an event, however. In person, a paper t...

How Do I Find My Ticket Numbers?

Learn how to view the number of entries purchased and your ticket numbers on your confirmation receipt. When you purchase entries for a giveaway, you are automatically assigned digital entry numbers. You can view your entry numbers on your confirmation page after completing your transaction. They will also be sent to you in an email confirmation. Si...

How to Send a Receipt for Paper Tickets Sold

If you’re running a raffle experience, you may sell physical paper tickets in addition to the virtual tickets available online through your experience. These tickets can be sold in person and then manually entered into your online drawing to include participants from live events. Sometimes, donors who have purchased a physical entry may request a re...

How-to: Add Raffle or Sweepstakes Entries You’ve Sold Offline

Add offline entry purchases to your Raffle or Sweepstakes entry records so donors can participate offline.  If you’re selling Raffle or Sweepstakes entries offline in addition to the entries being sold online, you’ll need to add these entries to your records in RallyUp. This will ensure that all entries are included when you draw a winner.  Before Y...

How-to: Run a 50/50 Raffle

Run a Raffle where donors could win part of the proceeds instead of a traditional prize. 50/50 Raffles (also called split-the-pot or jackpot Raffles) are a great way to raise funds if you want to run a Raffle but don't have the time or resources to get prizes. With 50/50 Raffles, the money you raise becomes the prize: proceeds from entry purchases a...

How To Redraw Winners for Raffles or Sweepstakes

Learn how to draw alternate winners on your drawing fundraiser. When you’re running a raffle or sweepstakes experience, there may come a time when you have to redraw winners for one reason or another.  You may have to redraw winners if the original winner:  Is not qualified to win the prize based on eligibility requirements described in the Official...

How-to: Allow Donors to Purchase Raffle Entries for Any Prize Available

Set up your raffle so donors can enter to win any of the prizes your fundraiser offers. When you set up a Raffle, you can select the option to have donors purchase entries for any of the prizes listed on your Experience Page. In this scenario, donors don’t know what prize they’ll get if they win. You assign prizes to the winners after the Raffle end...

How-to: Create Raffle and Sweepstakes Entry Levels

Customize entry levels to increase their appeal and encourage donations. RallyUp provides many customization options for your Raffle or Sweepstakes entry levels to attract donors and boost donations. Each entry level lets you choose the number of chances to win (entries) you'll offer at each price point.  This screenshot shows RallyUp's default setu...

How to Limit the Total Number of Entries Sold on Your Raffle

Learn how to sell a limited number of tickets for your raffle fundraiser. Limiting the number of entries that you sell on your raffle is simple. This option is useful, for example, if you wanted to have a maximum of 3,000 total entries in your raffle drawing. In addition to limiting the total number of entries to win any prize, you can also set a ma...

Will RallyUp Notify the Winner(s)?

Learn about the options available to notify winners on raffles and sweepstakes. When you run a raffle or sweepstakes through RallyUp, you can select your preference for winner notification. As you customize your fundraiser, you'll be given the option to: Automatically notify the winners by email on a specified date and time Manually notify winners i...

How-to: Allow Donors to Purchase Raffle Entries for Specific Prizes

Set up your raffle so donors can enter to win only the prizes they’re interested in. When you set up a Raffle, you can select the option to have donors purchase entries for specific prizes. In this scenario, winners only receive a prize they want instead of receiving a random pick from the prize list. Enable This Feature Select Experiences from the ...

How to Get Free Entries for Sharing a Giveaway

Learn how to earn free entries by promoting a raffle or sweepstakes fundraiser. If sharing rewards is enabled on a raffle or sweepstakes fundraiser, supporters can earn free entries for sharing the fundraiser on social media. Supporters may also earn additional free entries when friends and family use their shared link to purchase entries into the g...

Does RallyUp Notify the People Who Don’t Win?

Learn more about the options available for notifying non-winners on raffles, sweepstakes, and auctions below. When you run a raffle or sweepstakes through RallyUp, you can select your preference for non-winner notification. As you customize your fundraiser, you'll be given the option to Automatically notify non-winners by email on a specified date a...

How-to: Disable Custom Entries for Raffles and Sweepstakes

Require donors to choose from entry levels that you create. By default, RallyUp Raffles and Sweepstakes allow donors to buy any number of entries instead of selecting a preset entry level. For example, a donor could select the Click here link shown below to purchase 25 entries instead of 10, 30, 75, or 200:   This offers donors maximum flexibility, ...

Customize the Headline on the Entry Section of Your Raffle or Sweepstakes

Organizations creating raffles and sweepstakes have the option to customize the text that appears in the purchase entry section of their experience. Edit the text Click on Experiences in the left menu. If you have chosen a list view, click on the title of your experience. If you have selected a grid view, click on the experience image. Click Experie...

Understand: Raffle Reports

Use Raffle reports to organize your records and identify effective fundraising methods.  When running a Raffle on RallyUp, you can access and export several reports to help you stay organized. You can also use the data to analyze your fundraising methods, pinpoint which strategies were most successful, and create even more successful Raffles in the ...

Understand: Sweepstakes Reports

Use Sweepstakes reports to organize your records and identify effective fundraising methods.  When running a Sweepstakes on RallyUp, you can access and export several reports to help you stay organized. You can also use the data to analyze your fundraising methods, pinpoint which strategies were most successful, and create even more successful Sweep...

Understand: Bonus Entries

Offer bonus entries for tips with Free or Flex pricing. Bonus entries allow donors to purchase discounted Raffle or Sweepstakes entries in exchange for a tip. Bonus entries work slightly differently depending on whether you're using Free or Flex pricing to fundraise.  Bonus Entries with Free Pricing When donors check out, they’ll be asked if they wa...

How Do I Display the Number of Entries Sold or Available?

You can add a counter to your raffle page that displays the number of entries sold. If you’ve set a limit on the total number of entries, you can also display an entries available counter. These counters are turned off by default, but enabling them is simple. You can also set custom terminology for the counters if you’d prefer to use terms other tha...

Understand: Drawing Raffle and Sweepstakes Winners

Be assured that your donors will have fair odds of winning your prize(s). Learn about the various ways you can draw Raffle and Sweepstakes winners. RallyUp offers several ways to draw your winners and end your Raffle or Sweepstakes so that you can choose the best drawing method for your organization. Before You Begin If you're running a Sweepstakes,...