Comparison
RaffleLink vs RaffleTix
Both are Australian platforms built for community raffles — and honestly, either will get your tickets sold. The differences are in how fees are structured, how much of the compliance burden the platform carries, and how draws and payouts work. Here’s the side-by-side, as at September 2026, sourced from both websites.
| Feature | RaffleLink | RaffleTix |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | 5.5% incl. GST — on card sales only | 4.4% incl. GST of ticket sales revenue — applies to all sales, including cash and in-person |
| Payment processing | Included in the 5.5% — no separate processing fee | Stripe fee of 1.70% + $0.30 per transaction, on top of the platform fee |
| All-in cost on card sales | 5.5% incl. GST — processing included, nothing on top | ≈6.2%–7.3% depending on order size (4.4% platform fee + 1.70% + $0.30 Stripe per transaction) — see the maths below |
| Who pays the fees | Supporters can choose to cover the fee at checkout so your organisation keeps 100% of that sale — about 1 in 3 do. No compulsory surcharge on buyers | The Stripe fee can be passed to ticket buyers; the 4.4% platform fee cannot |
| Setup & subscription costs | $0 setup, no subscription | $0 setup, no subscription |
| State compliance | Permit thresholds, fundraising caps and draw rules for all 8 states are built into the platform and checked during setup | Provides guidance and assistance with regulatory requirements |
| Permit applications | We can apply for the permit on your organisation’s behalf | Does not apply for permits — organisers apply themselves, with help on supporting documentation |
| Paper + digital raffles | Hybrid raffles supported — paper tickets and online sales combined fairly in one draw | Digital-first; selling paper tickets alongside is discouraged and the draw can’t combine them on-platform |
| In-person selling | Ticket Booth with Stripe Tap to Pay — take card payments on a phone, plus cash | Browser-based selling on any phone or tablet — cash, card or QR-code self-serve |
| Draws & winners | Automated random draws with cryptographically signed, auditable draw records; winners notified automatically | Organiser conducts the draw on the platform and contacts winners themselves (winner list downloadable as CSV) |
| Approved draw software (QLD) | Draw program approved by Queensland’s OLGR (approval 309508) for Category 1–3 games, prizes to $500,000 and gross sales to $1,000,000 — the approval letter is published | No draw-software approval number is published on their site; the organiser conducts the draw on the platform |
| Early bird prizes | Built in — a separate automated mid-raffle draw for early buyers, who stay in the pool for the main prizes | Not described as a platform feature; some organisers advertise early bird draws on their raffle pages and run them themselves |
| 50/50 raffles | Built in — classic 50/50 in two clicks, or up to 10 prize tiers with your own percentages, caps and a guaranteed minimum; the pool updates live on the page and the compliance checker flags a permit before launch | Supported in some states as a classic single-winner 50/50 |
| PayPal at checkout | Yes — PayPal alongside card, Apple Pay and Google Pay on every checkout (about 1 in 10 online orders use it) | Not accepted (“RaffleTix does not currently accept PayPal as a payment option”); card, Apple Pay and Google Pay via Stripe |
| Analytics | Real-time dashboard with conversion rate, abandoned checkouts (each gets an automatic recovery reminder), new vs returning buyers, paper and cash sales alongside online, and sales by source | Real-time dashboard with sales by channel via tracking URLs, a team leaderboard, and transaction downloads |
| Verified organisations | ABN and VGCCC checks before an organisation fundraises, with a public Verified badge on the raffle page | Not mentioned on their site |
| Embed on your own website | Embeddable raffle widget — supporters buy without leaving your site | Not mentioned on their site; raffles run on a hosted raffle website with your colours and custom CSS |
| Payouts | Automated payouts from the platform straight to your nominated bank account | Via your own Stripe account (nightly, platform fee invoiced after the raffle) or a lump sum from RaffleTix after the raffle closes and draws |
| Support | Phone (0468 181 779, 9am–5pm AEST) and email, from the team that runs the platform | Email and SMS support (“send an SMS for fastest response”), Australian-based team |
RaffleTix details from raffletix.com.au (their “Run a raffle” and FAQ pages), retrieved 10 July 2026 (feature rows re-checked 3 September 2026). If anything here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.
The all-in maths on card sales
Platform fees are only part of the picture — what matters is the total that comes off a card sale. RaffleLink’s 5.5% incl. GST is all-in: payment processing is included, so there’s nothing on top.
RaffleTix charges a 4.4% incl. GST platform fee on all sales (including cash — and it can’t be passed on to buyers), plus Stripe processing at 1.70% + $0.30 per transaction (which can be). On a $25 order that’s 4.4% + 1.70% + ($0.30 ÷ $25 = 1.2%) ≈ 7.3% all-in; on a $100 order it’s ≈ 6.4%, and larger orders approach ≈ 6.2%. Call it ≈6.2%–7.3% all-in on card sales, depending on order size — before any of it is passed on to buyers.
When RaffleTix might suit you better
Fair’s fair: RaffleTix has been at this since 2017, thousands of organisations use it, and if you want ticket money landing in your own Stripe account nightly — and you’re comfortable managing your own permit applications — their model may fit how you work.
The same goes if you want to push the fee onto your supporters rather than ask them. RaffleTix lets you add its Stripe processing fee to every order as a compulsory surcharge (its 4.4% platform fee still can’t be passed on). RaffleLink doesn’t support compulsory surcharges: supporters choose whether to cover the fee at checkout, and about 1 in 3 do.
We built RaffleLink for organisations that want the platform to carry more of the load: compliance rules enforced in the product rather than explained in a help doc, permits applied for on your behalf, draws run and winners notified automatically, and paper and digital tickets merged into one fair draw. And it’s not just less work — more of the machinery that lifts sales is built in: Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal at checkout, ticket packs, early bird prize draws, 50/50 raffles with tiers and guaranteed minimums, an embeddable widget for your own website, a public raffle directory of our own, an OLGR-approved draw program for big Queensland raffles, and supporters choosing to cover the fee at checkout — about 1 in 3 do.
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