Trading cards & hobby shops
Your allocation is fixed, so a first-come drop is gone in seconds and listed on resale sites by morning. You would run a raffle instead, but tallying entries and mailing winners by hand eats the day.
BETA
Bonafan is in beta and under active development. Features and specifications may change without notice. Feedback and bug reports: bonafan098@gmail.com
TCG / SNEAKERS / FIGURES / LIMITED COLLABS
Deliver to real fans.
A raffle sales app for Shopify
A raffle sales app for Shopify. Drop the race and speed stops mattering, which is the only thing a bot is good at. On top of that, Bonafan turns each customer's purchase history into a fan score and lifts the odds for people who keep buying from you. Reseller entries are removed at draw time. And yes, there is still a separate pool where a first-time customer wins on equal odds.
The good parts
1
Starts at zero
Nothing is charged during the beta
2
One minute to set up
After that it runs itself
3
Regulars win more
Scored from their purchase history
Dashboard / Fan entry page
Your job ends at creating the raffle
how it works
Create one raffle. After that you only come back for the results.
Email only!
Enter
Fans enter with just an email address. An entry counts only after pressing the confirm button behind the emailed link, so bots can't flood the raffle. One-click entry with a store account (App Proxy) is also supported.
Works day one!
Score
Purchase count, total spend and retail purchases become a fan score, frozen at the moment of entry so it can't be gamed afterwards.
Provably fair!
Draw
Winners are picked with cryptographic randomness. A weighted pool rewards loyal fans, and a separate equal-odds pool keeps newcomers in the game.
Paid automatically!
Win
Each winner gets a checkout only they can open, delivered as an invoice email from your store. Reminders before the deadline and runner-up promotion after it are automatic.
Selling a limited run first come first served?
FOR LIMITED DROPS
The manufacturer sets your allocation. The collab contract caps the run. Neither number moves for you. Sell that on a first-come basis while demand still exceeds it, and the fastest buyer is not a person. It is a bot. Bonafan is built for that kind of sale.
Sneakers & streetwear
Your allocation will not grow. Every drop becomes a speed contest against bots. The regulars who buy from you all year never get a pair, and they leave quietly.
Figures & garage kits
Limited runs and event exclusives are never reprinted. The high price tag makes them prime resale targets. Every release ends with you deciding what to do about the orders above the cap.
Limited collabs & apparel
The contract fixes the run, so making more is not on the table. Every release fills your mentions with fans who could not buy, and that enthusiasm is what wears down.
If you can make more, you do not need a raffle. Print-on-demand and made-to-order already sell to everyone who wants one. Bonafan earns its place only when the stock genuinely runs out.
Spreadsheet raffles do not scale
BEFORE / AFTER
Most stores already running raffles collect entries in a form, sort them in a spreadsheet, then email winners one at a time. Bonafan takes that chain off your hands.
Form + spreadsheet + manual work
Bonafan
Taking entries
Form + spreadsheet + manual workYou eyeball the list for duplicates and throwaway addresses, and bots can still flood it.
BonafanEmail verification pins entries to one per person, aliases of throwaway addresses count as the same person, and rate limits are built in.
The draw
Form + spreadsheet + manual workSort by a spreadsheet random function. Even if you want to favour regulars, you cannot show it was fair.
BonafanCryptographic randomness, weighted by purchase history, with a separate equal-odds pool reserved for newcomers.
Removing resellers
Form + spreadsheet + manual workReject them at entry and you get a public argument. They come back with another account anyway.
BonafanEntries are accepted at the door and quietly removed at draw time. Resellers never learn they were caught.
Notifying winners
Form + spreadsheet + manual workWork down the winner list, sending DMs and emails one at a time.
BonafanA checkout only the winner can open is issued automatically and delivered as an invoice email from your store.
Payment & runner-ups
Form + spreadsheet + manual workCheck payments by eye. Slots that go unpaid simply end up as unsold stock.
BonafanReminders before the deadline and promotion of runner-ups after it both happen automatically.
Following up with losers
Form + spreadsheet + manual workYou have their contact details but no practical way to use them before the next drop.
BonafanWon/lost tags land on customer records automatically, so Shopify Email can send priority invites for your next drop.
Time per drop
Form + spreadsheet + manual workHours to days, from tallying entries to confirming payment.
BonafanAbout a minute to create the raffle. Everything after that is automatic.
BONA FIDE = GENUINE
Not a tool for blocking.A tool for delivering.
Reject an entry at the door and the reseller learns exactly where the wall is. They come back with a different account. So Bonafan lets every entry through and removes the bad ones quietly at draw time. There is nothing to learn from, and nothing to argue about in public.
Paid automatically!
Winner notice
Winners are sent straight to a checkout only they can open, from your store.
Each winner gets a checkout only they can open, delivered as an invoice email from your store. Reminders before the deadline and runner-up promotion after it are automatic.
Let the system handle the resellers
features
Score-weighted draws
A fan with score 20 is about 5× more likely to win, while score-0 entries can still win. Nobody wins twice, and the boost and newcomer quota are adjustable per raffle.
Silent blocklist
Suspicious entries are accepted at the door and removed at draw time. Resellers never learn they were caught, so there is nothing to work around.
Scores that work from day one
Fan scores are built from your last 60 days of orders the moment you install, so they work on day one. New orders add to them and cancelled ones are deducted.
Automatic follow-through to payment
Winners get their checkout link as an invoice email from your store's own address (even if it leaks, nobody else can buy), an automatic reminder before the deadline, and missed slots pass to runners-up.
Losing entrants are your next regulars
After each draw, won/lost tags are added to entrants' customer records automatically. Use Shopify Email (10,000 free emails/month) to send loser announcements and priority invites for your next drop.
Bot- and alias-resistant entries
Entries are confirmed by email, and throwaway-address aliases count as the same person. Rate limits are built in, with optional Cloudflare Turnstile bot verification.
Fan scoreBuilt from purchase count, retail purchases and total spend. It keeps growing between drops.
Specification
SPECIFICATION
- Draw
- Score-weighted pool plus an equal-odds pool
- Randomness
- Cryptographic
- Fan boost
- About 5x at score 20 (adjustable per raffle)
- Duplicate wins
- None
- Initial scores
- Built from the last 60 days of orders on install
- Score updates
- Added per order, deducted on cancellation
- Score freeze
- Stored as of the moment an entry is confirmed
- Entry methods
- Email verification / one-click with a store account (App Proxy)
- Bot defence
- Email verification, rate limits, Cloudflare Turnstile (optional)
- Blocklist
- Entries accepted, removed at draw time
- Winner notice
- Invoice email from your store with a winner-only checkout
- Payment window
- 48 hours by default (adjustable per raffle)
- On expiry
- Promoted to a runner-up automatically
- Result tags
- Won/lost tags added to customer records
- Export
- Entrants and fan scores as CSV
Set up in 3 steps.
SHOPIFY APP
With a Shopify store, you can run your first raffle the same day.
- 1
Install
Replace the end of the install link with your store domain, open it, and approve the permissions in your Shopify admin.
- 2
Automatic setup
Order data sync is configured on approval, and fan scores are built automatically from your last 60 days of orders.
- 3
Create a raffle
Create a raffle in the dashboard and share the entry page URL with your fans. Entries are open.
Install link
https://bonafan-worker.bonafan098.workers.dev/shopify/install?shop=your-store.myshopify.com
Bonafan is a public beta
BETA — IN DEVELOPMENT
We are building Bonafan together with a small group of stores. Before installing, please note the following.
Free during the beta
Nothing is charged until paid plans launch. Limits do start at the Free tier though: 100 entries a month, 20 winners, and no email-verified entry yet. Tell us if that is too tight and we will lift them. We will announce billing in advance and give existing stores a transition period.
Things will change
The dashboard, entry pages and plan limits may change without notice based on feedback. Raffle results and entry data are preserved across changes.
Usable for real sales, but verify first
The raffle engine and winner checkout are built and tested for production sales, but please run a one-winner test raffle end to end before your first drop.
Feedback is welcome
Tell us what kind of raffle you want to run, or what is confusing. That is what shapes the next release.
Contact
Questions about setup, bug reports and feature requests are welcome by email. We usually reply within two business days.
Start with a test raffle
No setup fee and no monthly fee to start. Creating a raffle takes about a minute. Both the entry page and the dashboard work in English and Japanese.