We’ve launched Raffle Ready, a done-for-you competition website service from Dunelm Digital. For nine years we’ve designed and built websites for UK businesses. Now we’re bringing that experience to one of the fastest-growing corners of online business: prize competitions and raffles.
If you’ve ever thought about starting your own competition site, Raffle Ready is built to take you from idea to launch, without you needing to touch the tech.
Why competition websites, and why now
Online prize competitions have taken off in the UK over the last few years. Cars, cash, holidays and tech are all up for grabs, and more people are starting their own competition brands every month.
From the conversations we’ve had, the hard part usually isn’t the idea. It’s the launch. New operators tend to get stuck in the same three places:
- Payments. Many payment providers won’t accept prize competition businesses, so new operators can spend weeks applying and getting turned down.
- Entry rules. UK prize competitions typically need features like a skill question and a free postal entry route, and they need to work properly from day one.
- The tech. Ticket limits, instant wins, draws, customer accounts and a checkout that’s fast on a phone are a lot more than a standard website.
Raffle Ready exists to take those three problems off your plate.
What Raffle Ready includes
Raffle Ready is a fully done-for-you package. We design and build your competition website, set it up, launch it and look after it once it’s live. Each site includes:
- A custom design built around your brand and prizes
- An introduction to our payment partner, who accepts competition businesses and helps you through the application and setup
- Instant wins, draw tools and ticket number allocation
- Ticket limits, countdown timers and sold-out states
- A skill question and a free postal entry option, plus pages for your terms and privacy policy
- A fast, mobile-first checkout
- SEO setup and social sharing
- Hosting, updates and support
Pricing is simple. A Raffle Ready site starts at £1,099, then £39 a month for hosting and maintenance. There’s no VAT on top, and unlike many competition platforms, we don’t take a fee from every ticket you sell. You can see the full details of the Raffle Ready package on the website.
Why we built it inside Dunelm Digital
Raffle Ready isn’t a separate company or an outsourced service. It’s run by the same team, with the same process, that Dunelm Digital clients have relied on for nine years.
That means you get:
- A real UK team you can talk to, not a ticket queue
- Nine years of building and looking after websites, applied to the specific needs of competition businesses
- Support after launch, because a website is only as good as the people keeping it running
We gave it its own name and its own website because competition operators need something specific. They want a partner who understands their world, not a general web agency they have to explain everything to. You can find everything about the service at raffleready.co.uk.
Thinking of starting a competition website?
The best first step is a quick chat. On a free discovery call, Hannah will talk through your brand, prizes, budget and launch date, and explain how the payment setup works.
Book a free discovery call, or visit Raffle Ready to find out more.
