Everything you wanted to ask

Rafflecopter is the same brand name, relaunched in April 2026 by an independent team that acquired the rafflecopter.app domain after the original service was discontinued in October 2025. The underlying platform is a complete rebuild — not a continuation of the old codebase — but it serves the same mission: fair, verifiable, cinematic giveaways with no subscription lock-in.

The original Rafflecopter (formerly at rafflecopter.com) operated from 2010 to 2025 and served over 2 million creators. It was discontinued in October 2025. Our team acquired the rafflecopter.app domain and rebuilt the platform to continue the mission with modern technology and stronger fairness guarantees.

No. This is an independently operated, actively maintained platform. We don't claim to be the original company — our /about page fully explains the domain acquisition and relaunch. Every draw produces a public SHA-256 proof certificate anyone can verify, which is stronger transparency than the original ever offered.

Three steps: (1) Paste a link to your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, Reddit, Threads, or Bluesky post. (2) Rafflecopter automatically fetches all comments, removes duplicates, and flags bot accounts using AI. (3) Choose from 7 cinematic draw animations and run the draw. The winner is selected with a cryptographically secure random number generator. You get a verifiable SHA-256 proof certificate, a video export, and a shareable results page.

Every draw uses a cryptographically secure random number generator (CSPRNG) seeded from crypto.getRandomValues. The participant list, seed, and winner are hashed with SHA-256 and published on a public proof certificate page. Anyone — including skeptical participants — can independently verify that the winner wasn't pre-selected or tampered with. No server-side predictability, no way for Rafflecopter or the host to manipulate the outcome.

The Arena (gladiator battle), Slot Machine 3D (casino reel), DNA Shuffle (genetic sequence), Oscar Night (award ceremony with envelope), Space Countdown (rocket launch), Football Champion (stadium celebration), and Simple & Fast (clean slot reel for speed). Each has matching procedural audio. Pick the one that fits your brand.

Yes — up to 10 winners per draw. Multi-winner draws display a 1st/2nd/3rd podium with medals plus an overflow list for positions 4+. All winners are selected from a shrinking pool (nobody wins twice in the same draw) and all are bound to the same SHA-256 proof hash.

Yes. Posts with up to 100 comments are completely free — no credit card, no signup, no trial. For bigger posts, you pay a one-time fee per draw, never a subscription.

Pricing auto-adapts to your country: Brazil pays R$24.90 (Standard) or R$39.90 (Premium), the US pays $4.99 / $7.99, Europe pays €4.99 / €7.99, and so on. Standard handles up to 200 participants; Premium up to 2000 with priority scraping and live draw room. There is no subscription — you pay once per draw.

Worldwide: Stripe-powered card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex), Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal. Brazil-specific: PIX via Asaas. All card payments are protected by 3D Secure.

No. Rafflecopter is strictly pay-per-draw. We don't store your card between payments unless you explicitly request it. One draw = one charge.

Instagram (posts, reels, story mentions), TikTok (video comments), YouTube (video comments), Facebook, X (Twitter), Reddit, Threads, and Bluesky. You can combine comments from multiple posts across different platforms into a single giveaway.

No. Rafflecopter runs entirely in your browser — no app download, no browser extension, no login. Just paste the link and run the draw.

Yes. The entire platform is mobile-responsive and every animation works on phones. The video export is optimized for Reels/Stories (9:16), Feed (1:1), and landscape (16:9).

We only process publicly posted comment data — no private DMs, no hidden accounts, no login required. For hosts who pay, we store only the minimum needed for payment processing. No email addresses, addresses, or payment data of participants is ever stored.

Yes. We follow data-minimization principles from GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), and LGPD (Brazil). Public usernames and comment text are the only participant data we process, and only for the duration of the draw itself.

Participants join a giveaway by publicly commenting on the host's post — that's the opt-in action. Because we only use public data, there's no hidden opt-out needed. Host wants to exclude a specific user? They can add the username to the excluded list.