Raffle Software Pricing That Keeps More for Your Cause
Simple, Transparent Pricing Built for Real Nonprofit Fundraisers
How much does the software cost?
But experienced fundraising teams eventually realize a more important question:
How much money will the fundraiser actually raise?
For purchase‑style fundraising events like raffles, the checkout experience can influence how many supporters complete their purchase. If the checkout becomes confusing, adds unexpected fees, or pressures supporters with tipping prompts, many simply abandon the purchase.
Chance2Win was built specifically for real nonprofit fundraising events. The pricing options are designed to keep checkout simple, transparent, and optimized for completed purchases.
Tens of thousands of transactions analyzed
Real human phone support
Purpose-built for nonprofits
What Does Fundraising Software Actually Cost?
Most nonprofit fundraising platforms use one of three pricing models. The difference isn’t simply who pays the fee. The structure of the checkout itself can dramatically affect how many supporters actually complete their purchase.
Organization-Paid Pricing
Your organization pays a software fee. Supporters see a clean, simple checkout with no additional charges.
Supporter Service Fees
Supporters cover a clearly disclosed service fee at checkout. Your organization pays nothing for the software.
Tip-Based Pricing
Supporters are prompted to add a voluntary “tip” to the platform. This approach tends to create significant checkout friction.
Here’s what the data actually shows: the checkout experience, not the fee percentage, is often the biggest factor in how much a fundraiser raises. A confusing prompt at the payment screen can cost far more than any software fee.
Why Setup Matters More Than Pricing
Many platforms focus on getting you live quickly. The problem is what happens after you launch. Chance2Win reviews each organization before building the raffle so pricing and structure are aligned from the start.
Choose the Model That Fits Your Fundraiser
Both options run on the same professional raffle software. The difference is who pays the software fee, and how that shapes the supporter checkout experience.
Run Your Raffle at No Cost to Your Organization
Supporters cover a clearly disclosed service fee during checkout. Your organization keeps the full ticket price, every dollar of it.
Ticket payments run through your nonprofit’s own merchant account (Stripe or Flux Payments), so 100% of ticket sales settle directly to you. Chance2Win never holds or touches your funds. The 12% service charge is processed separately to Chance2Win to cover our work.
Works with a Flux Payments account you set up online, or your existing Stripe account. Flux is built for nonprofit raffles and most organizations are approved the same or next day.
- Best for raffles under $10,000
- First‑time online fundraisers
- Organizations testing online ticket sales
Running a regulated prize like wine, bourbon, cigars, or firearms? Stripe is not the right fit for those. Flux is built for them. Start your Flux application
Option 2 · Organization-Paid
Maximize Completed Purchases & Total Funds Raised
Your organization pays a low software fee. Supporters see a clean ticket purchase with no extra charges, the simplest possible checkout experience.
No surprise fees. No tip prompts. Just a simple purchase, the way supporters expect it to work.
- Best for raffles over $10,000
- Organizations focused on maximizing total revenue
- Events where checkout completion rate matters most
Which pricing model is right for us?
Zero Fee costs your organization $0. Premium starts at $329. The difference is who covers the cost, and where each one wins.
Zero Fee or Premium how do we choose?
If avoiding any upfront cost is the priority, choose Zero Fee, your organization pays $0 and supporters cover a fixed 12% service charge. If you want the cleanest possible checkout and better fee efficiency on larger raffles, choose Premium and pay a fee starting at $329.
When does Premium beat Zero Fee?
Roughly once your raffle crosses about $8,000–$10,000 in gross ticket sales. Below that, Zero Fee is usually hard to beat. Above it, Premium’s fee typically costs less overall than the 12% supporter charge. Not sure? Our team will run your numbers.
What exactly is the 12% on Zero Fee?
A fixed, fully disclosed supporter service charge shown separately at checkout, with card processing included. Your organization pays nothing and keeps 100% of the ticket price. It is never a hidden or variable amount.
Will supporters get hit with surprise fees or tip prompts?
No. Every charge is shown before payment, and we never use pre-checked tip prompts, the single biggest driver of checkout abandonment on “free” tip-based platforms.
What is the optional 8% on Premium?
On Premium you can add an optional supporter service charge of up to 8%. When you do, your organization keeps 100% of it. It does not go to Chance2Win. Or leave it at 0% for the cleanest checkout.
What It Costs as Your Raffle Grows
No per ticket charges. No cut of every sale. The more you raise, the smaller our share of it gets.
| Gross raised | How it’s calculated | Software fee | Fee at top of tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to $5,000 | Fee | $329 | 6.6% |
| $5,001-$10,000 | Fee | $459 | 4.6% |
| $10,001-$20,000 | $459 + one $329 block | $788 | 3.9% |
| $20,001-$30,000 | $459 + two $329 blocks | $1,117 | 3.7% |
| $30,001-$40,000 | $459 + three $329 blocks | $1,446 | 3.6% |
| $40,001-$50,000 | $459 + four $329 blocks | $1,775 | 3.6% |
| Over $50,000 | $459 + $329 per $10K block | Scales with event | ~3.5% and falling |
The Optional Service Charge, What It Is, What It Isn’t
On the Premium plan, your organization can add a service charge to ticket purchases. That charge goes entirely to your organization, not to Chance2Win. We never touch it. Think of it as your organization deciding how to handle its own operating costs.
Research consistently shows that service charges at or under 10% have no measurable impact on buyer conversion. The three most common choices:
Which Plan Wins for Your Event?
Adjust your event goal and ticket price to see real net revenue for each plan.
How Premium Pricing Scales
Premium is billed as a fee based on how much your raffle raises not a percentage of every sale. Your cost is fixed before you launch. When your raffle exceeds a tier, we invoice you to the next level. No automatic charges, no surprises, just like when you run a hybrid raffle with cash entries.
Your raffle raises $28,000. Here’s your total cost:
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$1,117
First $10K · Second $10K · Third $10K
$28,000 raised, $1,117 software fee. That’s 4% of gross. Tip-based competitors starting at 17% would have cost $4,760 or more on the same event, before abandonment losses.
Checkout friction has a measurable impact. Our fixed 12% supporter service charge is shown before purchase, and it costs about 1 to 2% of sales compared with a checkout carrying no service charge at all. Platforms that hide a percentage until the last screen lose far more supporters at checkout, though we don’t publish the exact breakdown since it varies by cause type and event.
Why Checkout Simplicity Matters in Raffles
Raffle purchases behave more like ticket purchases than charitable donations.
Supporters usually arrive at the checkout with a clear expectation of what they plan to buy. If the final step introduces surprise fees, confusing prompts, or aggressive tipping requests, many supporters leave instead of completing the purchase.
Simple, transparent checkout almost always produces stronger fundraising results.
Raffle Buyers Think Like Ticket Buyers Not Donors
That distinction matters more than most fundraising teams realize. When a supporter arrives at the checkout for a raffle, they have already decided what they want to buy. The ticket selection is done. The payment screen should be the easy part.
If that final step introduces a surprise fee, an aggressive tip prompt, or a confusing extra charge a meaningful share of supporters will abandon the purchase entirely. Not because they’ve changed their mind about the cause, but because something unexpected disrupted a straightforward transaction.
Simple, transparent checkout almost always produces stronger fundraising results. It respects the supporter’s decision and lets them finish what they came to do.
“Which fundraising platform has the lowest fee?”
It’s the most common question we hear from nonprofit organizers and it’s a reasonable place to start. But after supporting thousands of raffle campaigns, the real pattern looks different.
Organizations that choose platforms with confusing checkout flows often lose more revenue from abandoned purchases than they ever expected. The visible platform fee is rarely the biggest factor affecting total funds raised.
Everything You Need to Run a Successful Raffle
Every Chance2Win plan includes the full raffle system built specifically for nonprofit fundraising events, not repurposed from generic e-commerce tools.
Online Ticket Sales
Sell tickets online with a branded checkout optimized for completion.
Hybrid Sales Support
Accept online, cash, and check payments all entries go into one pool.
Bundle Pricing
Offer tiered ticket bundles that naturally increase average order value.
Automatic Ticket Delivery
Supporters receive their tickets instantly after purchase. No manual work.
Reporting & Exports
Real-time sales reports, winner selection tools, and easy data exports.
Drawing Management
Built-in tools for conducting and documenting your raffle drawing.
Sponsor Promotion
Recognize your sponsors directly within the raffle experience.
Real Human Support
When your live event is running, a real person is available to help.
Built by People Who’ve Been Running Raffles for Two Decades
The Chance2Win team helped pioneer online raffle fundraising nearly 20 years ago. The software has evolved through thousands of real campaigns, and that experience is reflected in every part of how it works.
Purpose-Built
Designed specifically for raffle fundraising, not retrofitted from general e-commerce software.
Hybrid Ready
Online and in-person sales in one unified system, built for the way real events work.
Transparent Pricing
No hidden fees, no confusing add-ons. Exactly what you see is what you get.
Reliable Reporting
Real-time sales data and exports you can trust when your event is live.
Real Phone Support
When you need help during a live fundraising event, we’re actually there.
Choose the Pricing Model That Fits Your Fundraiser
Whether your board wants zero software cost or the cleanest possible checkout experience, Chance2Win gives you a straightforward path that is easy to explain, easy to approve, and built to protect completed purchases.
How We Compare to “Free” Platforms
Platforms that call themselves free shift costs to your supporters through variable tip prompts and lose 30–40% of buyers in the process.
| Chance2Win Zero Fee | Chance2Win Premium | Zeffy | RallyUp | BetterWorld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to your organization | $0 | From $329 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Donor fee / tip model | Fixed 12% | Optional (org keeps it) | Tip 17-22% | Tip ~15-25% | Tip prompt |
| Checkout abandonment | ~1-2% | ~0% | 30-40% | ~25-35% | Lower than Zeffy |
| Basket raffle support | |||||
| Queen of Hearts | |||||
| Cash + check in drawing pool | |||||
| Payment gateways | Flux Payments, Stripe | Flux Payments, Stripe, Square, or Authorize.net | Stripe only | Stripe only | Stripe only |
| Live human support | Phone + email | Phone + email | AI chatbot only | Ticket system | Email only |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the main difference between the two Chance2Win pricing options?
The difference is how fees are handled during checkout. In the supporter-paid model, the supporter sees a clearly disclosed service fee. In the organization-paid model, the nonprofit pays the software cost so supporters see a cleaner checkout with no added service charge.
Which pricing option usually produces the strongest checkout performance?
The low-cost organization-paid model usually produces the strongest completion behavior because it keeps the purchase path simplest. That is generally the best fit for larger raffles and campaigns focused on maximizing revenue.
Is the supporter-paid model still effective?
Yes. Based on the fundraising model used for Chance2Win comparisons, the supporter-paid approach shows minimal measurable friction when the service fee is clear and presented without tip-style pressure.
Why are tip-prompt platforms treated differently?
Because tip prompts introduce extra decisions and emotional friction at the final step of checkout. In raffle-style purchases, that friction can materially reduce completed purchases compared with transparent, predictable pricing.
What kinds of fundraisers work well with Chance2Win pricing?
The pricing structure is designed for raffle-style fundraising events, including traditional raffles, basket raffles, Queen of Hearts, duck races, ball drops, and other purchase-style campaigns where checkout clarity matters.
Does every plan include the same core software infrastructure?
Yes. Both models use the same professional software foundation. The decision is really about how fees are handled and what kind of supporter checkout experience you want to present.
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Choose the Pricing Model That Fits Your Organization and Launch With Confidence
Chance2Win pricing is designed for nonprofits that care about more than fee headlines. It is designed for teams that want transparent checkout, better purchase completion, and software built specifically for nonprofit fundraising events.