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Compared with WordPress

A custom platform, purpose-built for competitions.

WordPress plus plugins can run a competition site. A dedicated platform runs it properly, with ticket allocation, payments, instant wins and player protection designed to work together.

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WordPress and plugins
Shop plugin
Competition plugin
Instant wins add-on
Cache plugin
Security plugin
Raffinity
Storefront and themes
Checkout and allocation
Instant wins and mini games
Player protection
Wallet and reporting

Side by side.

WordPress and plugins
Raffinity
Built for
Blogs and shops, extended by plugins
Competitions, from the ground up
Ticket allocation
Depends on the plugin, and tickets are often held in the basket
Random, only after payment, never held in a basket
Design and speed
General-purpose themes, often slowed down by plugins
Themes designed for competitions and built to load fast
Busy periods
Low-cost hosting struggles, and stronger hosting can run into the £1,000s a month
Servers that scale with demand, included in your plan
Duplicates
Plugin conflicts, or poorly built and maintained plugins, can cause duplicate tickets, rewards and other issues
Protected against duplicate tickets and rewards
Updates
Core, theme and plugin updates can break checkout
Upgrades roll out while your site stays live
Security
Open-source plugins that need frequent patching
Closed platform with server-side permissions and rate limits
Instant wins and mini games
Extra plugins, where available
Built in
Player protection
Manual work or extra plugins
Spend limits, breaks, self-exclusion and welfare monitoring
Cash wallet
Rarely available
Cash prizes, withdrawals and conversion to site credit
Reporting
Basic shop reports
Detailed reports on sales, customers, games and offers
Hosting and maintenance
Yours to manage
Included
Cost
Hosting, premium plugins and developer time
One monthly price with £0 per-order fees

Every WordPress site is different. Experiences vary with hosting, plugins and how the site is maintained.

Sound familiar?

Draw night slowdownsServers that slow down, fail or crash at your busiest time mean lost sales. Hosting that can cope often costs a hefty premium.Here, servers add capacity as traffic grows, included in your plan.
Updates that break thingsPlugin conflicts, or poorly built and maintained plugins, can cause duplicates and take checkout down until someone fixes it.Here, one platform is updated as a whole while your site stays live.
Admin that eats your weekWinners, refunds, entry lists and reconciliation often end up in spreadsheets.Here, they run from one admin panel with automatic checks.

What WordPress really costs you.

Add up hosting, premium plugins and developer time, then compare it with one monthly price that includes all of it.

Illustrative. Enter your own figures.
WordPress, each month£393
Raffinity, from£349Early Access, everything included

Thinking of switching?

Migration support is coming soon. Get in touch and tell us what you run today, and we will talk through the options.

Can I keep my domain?

Yes. Bring your own domain and your storefront runs on it.

Do I need a developer?

No. Competitions, instant wins, payments and day-to-day running all happen in the admin panel.

Can I move my customers across?

Migration support is coming soon. Get in touch and we will talk through what you run today.

Will my site look as good as it does now?

Better. Our themes are designed specifically for competitions and built for performance, so they look sharper and load faster than typical WordPress themes. Every theme takes your colours and logo, or you can have a custom design built for £1,999 one-off, added to your monthly plan.

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