{"id":6867,"date":"2026-10-21T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/digital-tickets-or-paper-tickets-what-suits-your-campaign\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:57:18","slug":"digital-tickets-or-paper-tickets-what-suits-your-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/digital-tickets-or-paper-tickets-what-suits-your-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital tickets or paper tickets: what suits your campaign?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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An evening with fifty well-known visitors requires a different sales approach than a campaign shared by multiple teams for weeks. Digital tickets and paper tickets each have practical consequences. Use this comparison to choose a format before you have a sales page set up or order printed materials.<\/p>

The differences side by side<\/h2>
Choice<\/th>Digital tickets<\/th>Paper tickets<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Where do you reach buyers?<\/td>Via a link, also outside your event.<\/td>Mainly via a personal point of sale.<\/td><\/tr>
What do you prepare?<\/td>Sales page, payment route, and confirmation.<\/td>Printed materials, number ranges, and stock.<\/td><\/tr>
What does the volunteer keep track of?<\/td>Questions and any exceptions.<\/td>Issued, sold, and returned tickets.<\/td><\/tr>
Which costs do you compare?<\/td>Platform, payments, and setup.<\/td>Printed materials, distribution, and processing time.<\/td><\/tr>
Who needs extra help?<\/td>Someone who cannot buy online independently.<\/td>Someone who cannot reach a seller.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Three examples to test your choice<\/h2>

The neighborhood evening<\/h3>

You sell in one place and the visitors are on-site. Paper can be clear here, as long as someone manages the number ranges and payments. Digital is also possible, but check in advance whether visitors can pay independently and if help is available.<\/p>

The club campaign with former members<\/h3>

You also want to reach people who no longer live nearby. A digital sales route prevents them from having to visit a physical point of sale. Volunteers can maintain personal contact while the purchase goes through the same page.<\/p>

The tournament with different teams<\/h3>

On the grounds, you approach supporters personally; outside the grounds, teams share the campaign. You can then work with paper flyers that refer to digital sales. A flyer with a QR code is then promotional material and not a proof of participation.<\/p>

Both forms at once: one extra decision<\/h2>

If you actually want to issue paper and digital tickets, determine before the start how both ranges will come together. The same ticket number must not be unintentionally linked to different purchases. Also determine who establishes the final draw list and how unsold paper tickets are processed.<\/p>

A hybrid setup therefore requires more coordination. For a broader step-by-step plan, we refer to online or hybrid raffles<\/a>. If you mainly want less loose administration, preferably choose one central purchase route.<\/p>

Make the decision with your volunteers<\/h2>

Ask the team not only which form feels familiar, but also how much time they can spend on stock and processing. The suitable solution is the solution that your target group can use and your organization can manage consistently.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Digital tickets or paper tickets? Compare sales, administration, and reach, and prevent duplicate numbers if you combine both forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-6867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ongecategoriseerd","tag-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6959,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6867\/revisions\/6959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loteraise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}