Searching for the best online raffle site for your nonprofit usually means comparing a handful of things: what raffle formats a website actually supports, what it costs the organization and the donor, whether it can handle regulated prizes, and how much work it takes off your volunteers.
This guide walks through what to look for and where Chance2Win fits, based on 20 years of experience helping nonprofits run raffles.
What to Look For in an Online Raffle Website
Not every raffle tool is built the same. Before picking one, it’s worth checking for a few things.
- Format support: can it run more than a single basic raffle? Basket raffles, 50/50 raffles, Queen of Hearts, ball drops, and duck races each work differently.
- Hybrid capability: can it combine online ticket sales with cash and check entries taken in person, in one drawing pool?
- Checkout experience: is the pricing shown clearly before checkout, or is it a preselected tip the donor has to undo?
- Payment processor support: can it handle regulated prizes like wine, bourbon, cigars, and firearms? Only some processors allow these categories.
- Reporting: are results and entries audit-ready, or does your team have to reconcile spreadsheets afterward?
Raffle Formats to Compare
A raffle website is only as useful as the formats it actually supports. Chance2Win supports four formats that a lot of competitors don’t handle natively: basket raffles, Queen of Hearts, duck race and ball drop, and hybrid online-plus-cash raffles in one unified drawing pool. Traditional online raffles and 50/50 raffles are supported as well.
Pricing and the Checkout Difference
Most raffle tools, including Chance2Win, cost the nonprofit nothing to use. The real difference shows up at checkout. A fixed, disclosed charge shown to the donor before they buy is a different experience than a preselected tip the donor has to actively undo. Chance2Win offers a Zero Fee plan with a fixed supporter service charge, and a Premium plan where the organization can choose to add its own optional service charge. See pricing details for the full breakdown.
Payment Processors and Regulated Prizes
If your raffle includes a regulated prize like wine, bourbon, cigars, or firearms, the processor matters as much as the software. Flux and Fortis via Authorize.net are built to allow these categories. Stripe and Square both prohibit them, so a raffle site that only offers Stripe or Square can’t run those prize types at all.
Why Nonprofits Choose Chance2Win
Chance2Win has been building raffle software since 2005. That experience shows up in the details: support for hybrid events, reporting that’s ready for your board without extra cleanup, and a checkout built around a disclosed fee instead of a preselected tip.
Related reading: our full raffle software comparison guide.
Related reading: our full raffle software comparison guide.
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