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Before you open sales on your basket raffle, run this quick pre-launch checklist. It’s the same core list every raffle should run, plus a couple of basket-specific checks.
The core go-live checklist #
- Payment processor connected. Confirm your processor is fully set up and connected so you can actually accept money. Nothing else matters until this is done.
- Start and end dates are set. Double-check your event’s start and end dates. The end date is also what unlocks your drawing.
- Ticket prices match your rules. Make sure your ticket packages and pricing line up exactly with what your printed and posted rules say.
- Do a real live test order. Have someone who will actually be entered in the raffle buy a ticket for real. This is the big one: it confirms the payment processor works end to end, the confirmation email looks right, and the checkout flows the way you want it to.
Basket-specific checks #
- Confirm every basket that should be public is Published (no stray drafts showing), and that your categories and baskets are in the order you want.
- On your test order, allocate the tickets to a basket and confirm the allocation shows up correctly in Basket Orders and Prize Reports for Baskets.
- Check that basket and category names render cleanly on the public page.
Pro tip. One clean rehearsal beats ten fixes at launch. Buy a few tickets, allocate them across baskets, check out, and confirm the order shows up right in both Basket Orders and Reporting. If that loop is clean, you’re ready.
