Maximize Raffles and Fixed-Price Items with OneCause
Raffles do more than just add a little bit of fun to your event – they’re a powerful way to engage your supporters at all giving levels to boost your fundraising potential. When paired with other fixed-price items like wine pulls or merchandise sales, raffles can drive excitement, encourage participation, and generate meaningful revenue.
Of course, the success of these activities depends on thoughtful planning and seamless execution from your event team. That’s why the right fundraising software makes all the difference.
To help, we’ve rounded up a few ways OneCause simplifies your raffles and fixed-priced fundraising efforts from start to finish.
Let’s dive in!
Easily Manage Raffles for Your Nonprofit
From gathering raffle basket donations to selling tickets and managing inventory, your fundraising software should support you every step of the way.
With OneCause, you have the tools to easily organize, customize, and control every aspect of your raffle. Need to make a last-minute edit? Want to comp an item or reorder how prizes are displayed? No problem. Our intuitive features – like search, filter, and quick-edit options – help your team stay flexible and efficient, even on the fly.
As you learn more about what resonates with your audience, OneCause makes it easy to refine your raffle strategy. Whether you’re curating themed baskets or updating item details to match donor interests, you’ll have everything you need to create a smooth, engaging experience.
Host Multiple Raffles at Once
Raffle basket ideas are endless, so if you’re thinking of hosting multiple raffles, we have you covered.
With OneCause, your team can host one or multiple raffles at the same time you wish to configure them.
That’s right, hosting more than one raffle your way means deciding:
- When each raffle starts and ends
- Raffle customizations
- Purchase levels
We want to work together, so if your team prefers to print out display sheets with QR codes, our fundraising platform can help you.
Ensure Compliance with Raffle Laws
Hosting a raffle does require a few legal considerations for your organization.
Because raffles and other “games of chance” are regulated at the state and federal levels, nonprofits are responsible for complying with all applicable laws and securing the proper permits and licenses.
The good news is that OneCause fundraising software is designed with built-in flexibility to give you the tools to tailor your raffle setup to meet those legal requirements:
- Configure ticket sales: Allow donors to purchase raffle tickets directly from their own devices, or if needed, restrict purchases to on-site volunteers.
- Customize accepted payment types: Based on your organization’s compliance obligations, you can choose to accept debit, credit, or Venmo and PayPal.
- Communicate raffle rules: Build transparency by clearly and prominently publishing your raffle rules.
With OneCause, you can manage all these moving parts in one place to focus on what matters most: your mission.
Boost Sales with Suggestive Selling
OneCause recognizes the hard work your team puts into securing all the awesome raffle baskets and fixed-price items, so we want to help you raise more with less effort through our modern and intuitive tools.
One powerful feature is intelligent “suggestive selling,” which acts as your built-in digital hype man, encouraging guests to purchase more items or donate more in the moment. It’s designed to gently guide donors towards higher levels of giving, without feeling pushy or adding extra work for your staff.
For example, let’s say you’re selling raffle tickets. You set the price at, $100 for one ticket, but also offer bundled pricing like 2 tickets for $175 or 7 tickets for $500. But the OneCause Fundraising Platform takes it even further!
The OneCause platform doesn’t just show these options — it prompts guests at checkout with language like “Spend $5 more and get 1 additional item. It’s for a good cause!” These smart prompts help you boost revenue without any manual upselling from your team.
Pick a Raffle Winner
Raffles require careful planning to ensure fairness and transparency to strengthen the trust between you and your supporters.
Leveraging an automated randomized drawing tool eliminates bias and gives supporters peace of mind that the process is objective and secure. Remember to be clear in your raffle rules, including the drawing date and eligibility, to help avoid any last-minute surprises.
When you’re ready to announce the winners, simply enter the number of raffle winners and their associated prizes, then draw the winner(s) all from the all from within the OneCause software. It’s fast, fair, and built for transparency.
Prefer to draw physical tickets? That works too! There’s nothing quite like the old-school energy and suspense of drawing the winners in front of a crowd. Once drawn, you can log your winners in the software and keep everything organized to make prize pick-up a breeze.
Simplify Item Pick-Up
Raffles can bring confusion to your team if not handled with a clear, organized strategy. Who won what? Has it been picked up? Who still needs to be contacted? Without a streamlined plan, item pick-up can create delays and stress for both volunteers and guests.
With the OneCause Fundraising Platform, post-event logistics matter just as much as the fundraising itself. Once winners are selected, here are a few ways OneCause simplifies the process for you:
- Personalized text messages directly from the software. Let winners know when and where to collect their items and any important instructions.
- Quick winner verification at the pick-up table. Your volunteers and staff can see at a glance exactly what each person should receive.
No more scrambling with spreadsheets or trying to match names to ticket stubs. OneCause keeps everything organized in real time, creating a smooth, professional, and donor-friendly experience.
Customize Fixed-Price Items
The OneCause Fundraising Platform makes selling event add-ons, merchandise, or tickets to sign-up parties effortless. Fixed-price items are a powerful way to boost revenue, and OneCause gives you full control over how and when they’re available, based on ticket type, audience, or timing.
Want an item to appear only to in-person attendees? No problem. Need to schedule when an item goes live or disappears from your event site? Easy.
The amount of flexibility OneCause offers makes it easy to get creative with your fixed-price item sales and raise more as a result.
Wrapping Up
With the help of OneCause, managing raffles and fixed-price items is simple, seamless, and designed to drive results. Whether you’re running multiple raffles or offering fixed-price items, the OneCause Fundraising Platform offers the tools and flexibility to engage supporters and maximize revenue with ease.
Check out other ways to maximize raffles at your next fundraiser and how our best-in-class software can support your needs.
