Selecting My Dates

The Three Required Dates

1. Start Date

• When your raffle page goes live for ticket purchases

• Even if you activate your raffle earlier, it won't be visible to the public until this date

• Choose a start date that gives you enough time to promote your raffle

2. Close Date

• When ticket sales will end

• You have two options on this date:

  • Manually close the raffle through the admin portal at any time

  • Let it automatically close shortly after midnight

• The close button will appear in your admin portal on this date

3. Draw Date

• When you can conduct your raffle draw

• The draw button will be enabled in the Draw Panel in your admin portal once:

  • The raffle is closed

  • It is your selected draw date

• You can draw the raffle at any time on this date

Recommended Approach for Events

If you're running a raffle at an event (like a fete or fundraiser):

• Set the close date and draw date to your event day

• Log in to the admin portal during the event

• Close the raffle when you want to stop selling tickets

• Draw the winners when you're ready to announce them

Important Tips

• We recommend setting your close and draw dates to the same day to maximize sales

• Once closed, a raffle cannot be reopened unless manually done by RaffleLink Support

• You can set up and activate your raffle before the start date and it won't go live to the public before your start date