How to design your raffle art and mark sold numbers to share on WhatsApp

The difference between a raffle that sells out fast and one that sits forgotten in a WhatsApp group is rarely the prize. It is almost always the art: the image that gets passed around, shows the prize, lists the numbers and proves the draw is legit.

A photo of an Excel sheet does not sell. A picture of a paper grid does not either. What sells is an image that looks professional, reads at a glance and updates itself as numbers get bought.

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

• Design your raffle art in a few minutes
• Mark who bought each number (and who already paid)
• Refresh the image automatically and share it on WhatsApp

Why the raffle art matters so much

When someone receives the raffle image on WhatsApp, they spend two or three seconds deciding whether to stop scrolling. If what shows up is a misaligned spreadsheet or a blurry picture, the thumb keeps moving.

A good raffle art has to deliver three things in seconds:

1. What the prize is (clear photo, short description).
2. How much each number costs and where to pay.
3. Which numbers are still free.

If your image answers those three questions instantly, half of the sale is already done.

Designing your raffle art in 4 steps

The point here is not to open Photoshop or hire a designer. You build everything inside My Raffle, in a few minutes, and the picture comes out ready to share.

1. Create the raffle

Open the app, tap New raffle and fill in:

• Title ("iPhone 15 raffle", "Charity raffle for Peter")
• How many numbers (from 50 to thousands, depending on the prize)
• Price per number
• Payment key (PIX in Brazil, your local equivalent elsewhere)

You are not designing the art yet, just saving the data. Everything can be edited later.

2. Pick a template

Templates already come with colors, fonts and layout designed for raffles. Pick whatever fits the prize: minimalist for electronics, festive for birthday raffles, plain and direct for a barbecue raffle.

Do not waste time here. Any template beats a screenshot of a spreadsheet.

3. Personalize what matters

Once a template is chosen, open the art editor and tweak only the essentials:

• Photo of the prize in good resolution (ask the seller for a vertical photo or take one yourself in natural light).
• Colors if the template does not match the mood of the prize.
• Payment key and draw date always visible.

Avoid cluttering the image with information. The eye has to land on the prize and the numbers, nothing else.

4. Export the image

When everything is in place, tap Share or Export. The app generates the image at the right resolution for WhatsApp, no cropping required.

How to mark sold numbers automatically

This is where most raffles trip up: the organizer sells a number, forgets to write it down, sells it again to someone else and bangs their head on the wall later.

In My Raffle every number has three states:

To mark a number, just tap it and type the buyer's name. When the payment lands, you confirm it and the state flips to Paid.

The image is regenerated automatically with the new states every time you share it. None of that "let me redo the picture because I sold five more numbers" hassle.

How to share on WhatsApp

There are two ways, pick whichever fits your flow:

Direct sharing (recommended)

Inside the app, tap Share. The system opens the native WhatsApp share sheet, you pick the contact or group and send. The image goes through with good quality, no extra compression.

Save and send manually

If you prefer, save the image to your gallery and send it as regular media. Same result, just one extra tap.

The golden rule: every time a new number sells, send the updated art. It creates a sense of momentum ("this raffle is actually moving") and prevents two people from claiming the same number.

3 tips for art that converts more

Before you start sharing, three small tricks that make a real difference:

1. Always use a vertical prize photo. WhatsApp crops the preview vertically. A horizontal photo loses its frame; a vertical one fills the feed.
2. Put the draw date front and center. A raffle without a date feels suspicious. "Draw on June 15th" at the top of the art fixes that.
3. Show the payment key in big letters. If people have to squint to read it, they give up before paying.

Ready to start?

The first raffle takes about 10 minutes to put together from scratch. From the second one on, you duplicate an old raffle and just swap the prize, less than 2 minutes.

Create your raffle now, pick a template and generate the first art. Then it is just sharing on WhatsApp and watching the numbers fill up.