GoFundMe alternative — built for recurring fundraising, not one-off emotional appeals.
GoFundMe is a crowdfunding page. Play Fund Win is a prize-led fundraising platform. On GoFundMe, a £10 donor pays £11.50 to give £9.50 — most don't notice the default tip. On PFW, a £10 ticket costs the supporter £10. Every figure on this page is sourced from GoFundMe's own published rates.
None · donor tips
We don't prompt voluntary contributions at checkout.
5% + VAT · platform fee
Only when you raise. Card processing at cost.
Recurring · revenue model
Compounding monthly income, not one-shot appeals.
On GoFundMe, your £10 donor pays £11.50.
GoFundMe defaults a 15% donor tip at checkout. Donors have to manually slide it to zero — most don't. So a £10 donation costs the supporter £11.50, of which the cause receives approximately £9.81 after the platform's payment processing. On PFW there is no tip prompt: a £10 ticket costs the supporter £10. Sourced from GoFundMe's published UK pricing page (May 2026).
Move from one-shot to recurring
GoFundMe campaigns peak in week one and decay. PFW is built for weekly 50/50 draws, monthly prize draws and ongoing memberships that compound month after month.
Your donors pay what they intended to pay
GoFundMe defaults a 15% tip at checkout. PFW doesn't, so a £10 ticket costs £10. Across 500 supporters at £10 each, that's £750 your donors didn't intend to spend.
Prize-led engagement, not emotional fatigue
GoFundMe relies on a powerful story to drive a one-off ask. PFW supporters come back month after month because they want to win, and your cause keeps the recurring revenue.
A different model: your supporters pay what they intended, with no tip prompt.
GoFundMe charges no platform fee and defaults a 15% donor tip, so a donation page passes almost every pound to the cause. On PFW our 5% + VAT platform fee and card processing at cost (1.5% + 20p) come off ticket sales, and what is left splits 50/50 between the winner and your cause. You are not choosing the cheaper option; you are choosing a draw supporters come back to every week. Sourced from GoFundMe's published UK pricing (May 2026).
See your exact numbers — CalculatorWhen GoFundMe is the right choice
If you need a one-off emotional crowdfunding appeal — a personal cause, a community emergency, a single project with a finite story — GoFundMe's reach and brand are hard to beat. Their viral mechanics work for one-shot causes. If you want a fundraising engine that runs month after month for a club, school or charity, that's where PFW wins.
“Stuck? Email us directly. Most clubs are live in 10 minutes — if yours takes 11, we want to know why.”
Dean Lynn · Co-Founder · hello@playfundwin.com
Email reaches Dean and the customer success team — typical reply within one working day.
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Switch from GoFundMe — migration help included
Our team handles your migration, rebuilds your fundraising pages, and gets you live on PFW — typically in under 10 minutes. Nothing up front. No lock-in. No donor tip pressure.