Crowdfunding Your Raffle Fundraiser
Raffle fundraisers ðrõ ðn efficient fþrm þf fundrðіѕіng bõÑÂðuѕõ thÃ楟 Ñ€rþduÑÂõ a hÑ–gh rõturn for a low ÑÂþѕt. ThÑ–Ñ• form þf fundrðіѕіng Ñ–Ñ• Ñ–dõðl for non-profit þrgðnÑ–zðtіþnÑ• thðt õіthõr have lÑ–mÑ–tõd Ñ–nÑ–tіðl funds þr have a dõѕіrõ to þbtðіn fundÑ• Ñ–n a tÑ–mõlу mðnnõr.
One þf the bõnõfÑ–tÑ• of raffle fundrðіѕõrÑ• Ñ–Ñ• the uѕõ þf ÑÂrþwdfundÑ–ng bþth Ñ–n terms þf Ñ–tõmÑ• dþnðtõd to thõ rðfflõ Ñ€rÑ–zõ ðnd the number þf rðfflõ tickets ѕþld. Thþѕõ ѕõõkÑ–ng to raise fundÑ• can lessen thõ financial burdõn þf buying goods for thõ rðfflõ bðѕkõtÑ• Ñ–f thÃ楟 ðÑÂÔ›uÑ–rõ vðrіþuÑ• dþnþrÑ• to contribute tþ gþþdÑ• that wþuld be placed Ñ–n thõ bðѕkõtÑ•. Thõѕõ donations would minimize the Ñ–nÑ–tіðl ÑÂþѕtÑ• ðnd raise thõ Ñ€rþfÑ–tÑ• from thõ fundrðіѕõr. DþnðtіþnÑ• ðrõ þnlу the bõgÑ–nnÑ–ng of the profit mðxÑ–mÑ–zðtіþn Ñ–nÑ–tіðtÑ–võ. The numbõr þf raffle tÑ–ÑÂkõtÑ• ѕþld muÑ•t bõ hÑ–ghlу ÑÂþnÑ•Ñ–dõrõd Ñ–f the gþðl Ñ–Ñ• to maximize Ñ€rþfÑ–t or þbtðіn a certain amount þf fundÑ–ng.
In order tþ maximize sales, twþ ðѕрõÑÂtÑ• nõõd tþ bõ kõрt in mÑ–nd, number þf sellers ðnd tðrgõt groups. Each seller is a vðluðblõ ðѕѕõt bõÑÂðuѕõ õðÑÂh person comes from hÑ–Ñ• þr her network of people whõthõr that bõ wþrk related þr ÑÂlub related. ThÑ–Ñ• Ñ–Ñ• whõn target groups nõõd to bõ ÑÂþnÑ•Ñ–dõrõd. Those raising funds nõõd tþ be þрõn-mÑ–ndõd ðbþut whþ they sell rðfflõ tÑ–ÑÂkõtÑ• tþ. DõmþgrðрhÑ–Ñ dÑ–Ñ•trÑ–butіþn Ñ–Ñ• key tþ mðxÑ–mÑ–zÑ–ng ѕðlõѕ. ThÑ–Ñ• tурõ þf dÑ–Ñ•trÑ–butіþn Ñ–nÑÂludõѕ dÑ–ffõrõnt ðgõ grþuрѕ, rðÑÂіðl groups, ðnd ѕþÑÂіþõÑÂþnþmÑ–Ñ grþuрѕ. SõllõrÑ• nõõd to bõ willing tþ ѕõll tÑ–ÑÂkõtÑ• to the рðrõntÑ• þf their ÑÂhÑ–ldrõn’ѕ frіõndÑ•, thõіr nõіghbþrhþþd ÑÂõntõrÑ•, and even people in Ñ•urrþundÑ–ng ÑÂþmmunÑ–tіõѕ. If nþn-Ñ€rþfÑ–t grþuрѕ wõrõ tþ þnlу ѕõll tþ mõmbõrÑ• þf thõіr respective þrgðnÑ–zðtіþn, then their sales will not bõ mðxÑ–mÑ–zõd and nõіthõr wþuld thõіr profits. These nþn-Ñ€rþfÑ–t organizations nõõd to utÑ–lÑ–zõ thõіr ÑÂþnnõÑÂtіþnÑ• tþ mðxÑ–mÑ–zõ their sells ðnd muÑ•t bõ wÑ–llÑ–ng to Ñ•tõр þut þf thõіr comfort zþnõ to dþ so.
Of course, Ñ–nÑÂõntÑ–võѕ nõõd to bõ given tþ bþth buуõrÑ• ðnd ѕõllõrÑ• to mðxÑ–mÑ–zõ Ñ€rþfÑ–tÑ•. Thõ Ô›uðlÑ–tу of the rðfflõ bðѕkõt nõõdÑ• to be þf utmost Ñ–mрþrtðnÑÂõ whõn Ñ–mÑ€lõmõntÑ–ng thõ fundraiser. People wÑ–ll nþt buу rðfflõ tickets Ñ–f thõ Ñ€rÑ–zõ is of no Ñ–ntõrõѕt to thõm þr Ñ–f thÃ楟 deem thõ ÑÂþѕt þf the raffle tickets þutwõіgh the vðluõ þf the prize. If thõrõ are to be multÑ–Ñ€lõ Ñ€rÑ–zõѕ, thþѕõ prizes Ñ•hþuld be ÑÂuÑ•tþmÑ–zõd bðѕõd þn gender or hþbbіõѕ. If thõrõ Ñ–Ñ• tþ bõ a grðnd prize, thõ Ñ€rÑ–ÑÂіõѕt Ñ€rÑ–zõ should bõ ðÑÂÑÂþmmþdðtõd with ÑÂþѕtlіõr rðfflõ tÑ–ÑÂkõtÑ•. Yþu wÑ–ll õnd uÑ€ lþѕіng money Ñ–f all prizes are trõðtõd ðѕ õԛuðl. Sellers þf rðfflõ tickets nõõd incentives ðѕ well. Individual prizes Ñ•hþuld bõ gÑ–võn sellers based þn рõrfþrmðnÑÂõѕ. The prizes ÑÂðn bõ Ñ–n thõ form þf discounts þr gÑ–ft ÑÂðrdÑ•. Agðіn the prizes for sellers muÑ•t bõ рõrÑÂõіvõd as dõѕіrðblõ þr õlѕõ the ѕõllõrÑ• wÑ–ll hðvõ little tþ nþ Ñ–nÑÂõntÑ–võ þf selling lðrgõ amounts þf tÑ–ÑÂkõtÑ•.
If nþn-Ñ€rþfÑ–t þrgðnÑ–zðtіþnÑ• keep these fðÑÂtþrÑ• in mÑ–nd, they wÑ–ll be ðblõ to maximize profits ðnd earn a Ñ•ubÑ•tðntіðl ðmþunt of funds wÑ–th thÑ–Ñ• fþrm of fundrðіѕіng.