Sponsors and questions
Optional extras — feature sponsors on your page and ask buyers a question or two.
These extras are optional. Skip them and your raffle works perfectly well; add them when they fit.
Sponsors
If local businesses or partners are backing your raffle, you can feature their logos on your raffle page. It's a nice way to acknowledge support and lend your raffle extra credibility.
Custom questions
You can ask ticket buyers a question or two at checkout — for example, a membership number, a preferred pickup location, or a meal choice for a fundraising dinner. Keep them to what you genuinely need; every extra question is a little more friction on the way to a sale. You can add up to two: one Dropdown (the buyer picks from a list you set) and one Short Answer (they type a short reply). You choose whether each is required.
Follow-up questions
A Dropdown question can have follow-up questions — a second question that only appears when the buyer picks a particular option. The classic example: ask which school someone's supporting, then, only if they pick a specific school, ask for their class.
On a dropdown question, each option gets an Add follow-up for "[option]" button. Open it and you'll build a second dropdown the same way, under the heading When "[option]" is selected, ask:. A follow-up can be marked Required when shown — meaning it's only required if the buyer actually picks the option that reveals it, never when they choose something else. At checkout, the follow-up stays hidden until its option is selected, and clears itself if the buyer changes their mind.
Import a long list of options from a CSV
If a dropdown has a lot of options — every school in a district, say — you don't have to type them in one by one. Use Import CSV on the question (or on a follow-up) to bring them in from a spreadsheet. It opens the same Import options from CSV window used elsewhere: download the template, fill in one Option per row, and upload. RaffleLink previews every row, skips any that duplicate options you already have, and adds the rest. You can edit up to 100 options per question in the portal; if you need a longer list than that, contact support and we can load it for you.
The other optional toggles
The Optional step also holds a few more switches, each covered in its own guide:
- Fee Assistance — let buyers chip in to cover the platform fee. See Fee Assistance.
- 18+ age attestation — ask buyers to confirm they're over 18. This switches on (and locks) automatically if your raffle has an alcohol prize.
- Ticket Booth — enable in-person selling for this raffle. See Ticket Booth.
Next: Preview and activate.