Understand: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Learn about RallyUp’s Peer-to-Peer options and how to customize them.
Peer-to-Peer fundraising, also known as team fundraising, is a way for your supporters to help raise funds on your behalf. It gives supporters the ability to share your fundraising Experience with their family, friends, and social media network. This maximizes your Experience's outreach, which can boost the amount of funds you raise.
Peer-to-Peer is compatible with the following Fundraising Activities:
- Raffles/Sweepstakes (supporters can get credit for entries sold)
- Events and Ticketing (supporters can get credit for tickets sold)
- Crowdfunding (supporters can get credit for donations made)
- Store (Sale) (supporters can get credit for items sold)
- Auctions (supporters can get credit for Buy It Now items; please note that Peer-to-Peer can only be enabled for Auctions if you're also running another fundraising Activity)
RallyUp provides many tools and customization options to help you run a smooth and successful Peer-to-Peer fundraiser. The links below will take you to other Knowledge Base articles with further information.
Peer-to-Peer Examples
Crowdfunding with Peer-to-Peer
Peer-to-Peer vs. A-Thons
Peer-to-Peer fundraising is similar to but not quite the same as an A-Thon. Both allow supporters to help you fundraise, but in different ways:
- Peer-to-Peer: Supporters sign up as participants to help spread the word about your fundraiser. When someone makes a donation or purchase, they can credit the participant that sent them to your fundraiser
- A-Thons: Supporters sign up to complete units of a specific activity (e.g., walking laps) and earn donations for each unit completed (e.g., someone pledges one dollar for each lap their friend walks)
Enable Peer-to-Peer
You can enable Peer-to-Peer in Experience Setup:
- Select Experiences from the left menu.
- If you have chosen a list view, click on the Experience title. If you have chosen a grid view, click on the Experience image.
- Select Experience Setup*.
- Go to Basics in the timeline at the top.
- Scroll down to Select which fundraising activities you want to include in your Experience and select Peer-to-Peer:
Choose Which Fundraising Activities Will Use Peer-to-Peer
If you add more than one Fundraising Activity to your Experience, you can apply Peer-to-Peer to one, several, or all Activities:
- Go to Peer-to-Peer in the timeline at the top.
- Scroll down to Enable Peer-to-Peer for one or more Activities:
- Select the Activities you want by clicking on the checkboxes. You can select one, all, or some.
Participants and Teams
You can allow supporters to sign up as individual Participants, fundraise together in Teams, or both. If a supporter creates a Team, they can invite others to join their Team.
How to Add Participants and Teams for Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers
How to Limit the Number of Participants That Can Join a Team
How to Invite People to Join Your Fundraising Team
Customizable Terminology
The following Peer-to-Peer terms are customizable:
- Participants
- Teams
- Participant Center
How-to: Customize Experience and Activity Terminology
How-to: Rename Your Participant Center
Pre-Registration
Pre-registration allows donors to create a RallyUp account, save a payment method, and sign up as a Participant before your Peer-to-Peer fundraiser begins. When your Peer-to-Peer fundraiser starts, they can check out quickly and easily:
Understand: Experience Pre-Registration
Public or Private Registration
If you opt for public registration, anyone who visits your fundraiser can sign up as a Participant and/or Team. If you opt for private registration, you'll need to manually add Participants and/or Teams instead of allowing them to sign up on their own.
Understand: Public vs. Private Registration
Prizes and Leaderboards
One effective way to generate excitement and healthy competition among your participants is to display leaderboards and offer prizes to top supporters. You can also add different leaderboards or prizes for different criteria, such as highest amount raised vs. most unique donors.
How-to: Add Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Leaderboards
How-to: Add Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Prizes
Participant Center
You can add a Participant Center to your Experience where supporters can learn how to participate, register as a Participant and/or Team, and view leaderboards and/or prizes.
Understand: Peer-to-Peer Participant Center
Personal Fundraising Pages
You can also enable Personal Fundraising Pages for each Participant and/or Team that can be customized, shared on social media, and sent to family and friends. If a donation is made to a specific Participant of any Team, the Participant's amount raised and the Team’s total amount raised will reflect the donation.
Understand: Peer-to-Peer and A-Thon Fundraising Pages
Crediting a Participant or Team
When someone donates or makes a purchase, they can choose which Participant and/or Team gets credit for the donation, or donate without crediting anyone:
If the donor can't find the Participant and/or Team they're looking for, RallyUp allows write-in donations by default. However, if you allow write-in donations, you'll need to credit the appropriate Participant or Team manually. You can disable write-in donations anytime.
How-to: Disable Write-In Donations for Peer-to-Peer Experiences
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