# Quickstart

Get from zero to a live raffle. This walks through the happy path — see the **Guides** section for details on each area.

> **Beta note:** A few features from the original platform aren't available yet (custom questions, raffle fee assistance, cash sales entry, hybrid digital draws). See Welcome for the full list.

### 1. Sign up

1. Go to [**app.rafflelink.com**](https://app.rafflelink.com/).
2. Click **Sign up**.
3. Enter your **first name** and **last name**, then click **Continue**.
4. Enter your **email**, create a **password** (minimum 6 characters), and confirm it.
5. Click **Create account**.

> Prefer Google? Click **Continue with Google** instead — we'll pull your name and email from your Google account.

One login gets you access to your organisation and any teams you're invited to — no separate accounts per raffle.

### 2. Verify your email

1. Open the verification email we just sent you.
2. Click the **verification link**.
3. Return to RaffleLink and click **I've verified my email**.

Didn't get it? Check your spam folder, or click **Resend** (available again every 60 seconds).

### 3. Register your organisation

> **Important — only one person should register your org.** If you're joining an existing organisation, stop here and ask your admin to invite you. You'll receive an email with a link to join their org. Don't create a second organisation for the same group — you'll end up with split data.

After verifying, you'll be taken to the **Create organisation** flow. It has three steps — you can save and come back between each.

**Step 1 — Organisation details**

* Organisation name
* Fundraising category
* ABN *(optional)*
* Address (line 1, suburb, state, postcode)

**Step 2 — Profile**

* Organisation logo *(optional, square image, max 3 MB)*
* Website URL *(optional)*
* Contact email - this will be displayed on your raffle pages and ticket receipts so supporters know who to contact if they have any issues or questions. This can be your email if you want to be the point of contact or a shared org email inbox is common
* About / description
* **Public profile URL** — this is your public org page where all your live and past raffles will appear.

> ⚠️ **Choose your public profile URL carefully.** It becomes part of every raffle link you create. Changing it later will break all your current and previous raffle URLs, so anyone with a saved or shared link won't be able to reach your raffles.

**Step 3 — Bank account to receive your ticket proceeds**

* Account name (as it appears on your bank account)
* BSB
* Account number

Click **Save & Finish** and your organisation is live.

> **Invite your team** any time from **Settings → Team Members**. There are two roles for now:
>
> * **Admin** — full access to create and edit raffles, manage prizes, draw winners, and manage the team.
> * **Reader** — view-only. Can see live raffles and analytics but can't create or edit raffles, and can't change org settings.

#### This page is your "org dashboard"

* This is where you can create raffles, resume draft raffles, and manage live raffles as well as update org settings and invite team members

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### 4. Create your first raffle

1. From your org dashboard, click **Create raffle**.
2. Step through the guided flow — a draft is saved automatically at each step:
   1. **Basics** — name, page URL, banner image

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1. **Operating details** — start date, end date, draw date, draw location, states you're selling in
2. **Prizes** — add and arrange your prizes&#x20;
3. **Tickets** — pricing, capacity, numbering format
4. **Sponsors** *(optional)* — add sponsor logos and info
5. **Compliance** — review state permits and finalise
6. Watch the **inline mobile preview** on the right as you go — note that 80% of users will access your raffle page via mobile browser but you can also view what it looks like on desktop by clicking the Preview Button (note: you will need to login again there)

You can jump between steps and save a draft at any time — come back and finish later from your raffles list.

### 5. Activate and share

Before you activate, **review everything carefully** — especially your terms, prize details, dates, and how the raffle looks in the mobile preview. Once supporters start buying, you want the experience to be right.

1. On the **Compliance** step, click **Activate**.
2. Confirm in the summary dialog.
3. Copy your raffle link from the success screen, or share your **public org page** so recurring followers can find all your raffles in one place.

That's it — you're live.

> **Need to fix something after activating?** You can revert a live raffle back to draft, make your edits, and re-activate. Once you've sold a ticket, changes will be limited to certain fields

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