Unlike mulligans or contest entries, raffle tickets are almost always sold separately, in quantity: a volunteer walking the course or working the reception, one ticket book and a fistful of cash, hoping people have bills on them. Here's how to run that same walk-around sale without any of the cash-handling problems.
Why Raffle Sales Are Their Own Thing
Raffle tickets don't get bundled into a registration package the way mulligans or contest entries often do. They're typically sold on their own, throughout the day, by volunteers moving around the course, the clubhouse, or the reception. That creates a specific set of needs:
- Tickets are usually sold in quantity tiers (one for $10, three for $25, six for $40), not a single flat price
- Sales happen continuously, not at one fixed table, so volunteers need to carry payment collection with them
- The same volunteer might sell to dozens of people over the course of the day, so speed per transaction matters a lot
How It Works
Select "Raffle Tickets"
Any volunteer you've added as event staff opens the category on their own iPhone. No separate device or booth needed.
Tap a preset tier, or enter a custom amount
Set up your ticket pricing ahead of time as quick-tap presets, so a volunteer isn't doing mental math for every sale.
Tap to pay
The buyer taps their card or phone, and the volunteer moves on to the next person. No counting change, no ticket stub math.
A typical preset setup might look like this:
- $101 ticket
- $253 tickets
- $406 tickets
- of adults go cashless on a weekly basis
- 41%Pew Research Center
- say they prefer cards over cash
- 78%Capital One Research
- higher gifts when digital wallets are offered
- 1.5xBloomerang
What It Costs
Golfund's pricing is built so your organization keeps as much of every raffle dollar as possible:
What your charity pays
Stripe's fee only
Stripe's standard card processing fee, per transaction. No subscription, no setup fee, no cost from Golfund itself.
What the buyer sees
Optional +3%
At checkout, the ticket buyer (not your charity) is offered a friendly, optional 3% contribution to help keep Golfund free for nonprofits. They can decline with one tap, and if they accept, it's added on top of the ticket price, never deducted from your charity's proceeds.
In other words: your organization only ever pays Stripe's own processing rate, never a fee to Golfund. The optional 3% is a choice offered to the person buying the ticket, entirely separate from what your charity keeps.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can we set up quantity-based pricing, like 3 tickets for $25?
Yes. Set your ticket tiers as presets ahead of time, so volunteers just tap the right tier instead of calculating totals on the spot.
Do multiple volunteers need to share one device?
No. Since it runs on a regular iPhone, each volunteer selling tickets can use their own. There's no single register everyone has to funnel through.
Does our organization pay anything to use Golfund for raffle sales?
No platform fee from Golfund. Your organization only pays Stripe's standard card processing fee on each transaction.
What is the optional 3% at checkout?
It's a voluntary contribution offered to the ticket buyer, not your charity, to help keep the platform free for nonprofits. Buyers can decline it with a single tap, and when they accept, it's added on top of their purchase rather than deducted from your organization's proceeds.
Do we need a card reader to sell tickets on the course?
No. Golfund accepts tap-to-pay directly through the volunteer's iPhone. Cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay all work without any extra hardware.
Sell more raffle tickets before the drawing
Free for your organization. Preset ticket tiers. Any volunteer can sell.