Built with skill questions, free entry routes and draw records, for the UK, Ireland and Europe.
*Approval time depends on how quickly we receive your documents. Free website for trading businesses processing £5k a month or more on card with our in-house payments, with start-ups looked at case by case. Pay monthly from £50 otherwise.
Under the Gambling Act 2005, a paid competition needs a skill question or a genuine free entry route to sit outside gambling law. Mainstream providers still restrict competition websites, so operators usually need a specialist. Our in-house payments work with competition websites and eCom Pro builds the site with the skill question, free entry route and draw records in from day one.
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Most competition operators start on a mainstream provider, grow, then hit a wall. The account closes, nobody can say if the format meets the rules, and Ireland and Europe look impossible. We build competition sites around payments that work with them, and we move existing sites across without stopping your live competitions.
Built as product features your customers use, and the features that keep your account healthy once you are live.
A question with a wrong answer path, logged per entry, so the format holds up.
A genuine postal or free route built into the entry flow and the terms.
Every draw, ticket cap and winner logged, exportable for your payment provider and for your entrants.
Entries only from the markets you have cleared, with terms per market in the local language where needed.
GBP and EUR with settlement in the currency you choose, from 150+ currencies processed.
Entrant list, order history and live competitions carried across, switch over planned around draw dates.
Free for trading businesses above £5k a month on card with our in-house payments, with start-ups looked at case by case. Pay monthly below it or for a custom build. Already have a site you like? Use our payments on their own.
Before launch, the same people who handle your payments setup review your competition website and ask for any changes your business needs. Every business is looked at individually, which is why we never publish a checklist and never build to one. The site and the payments go live together.
One form starts your website build and your payments.
We check the site as it is built, so nothing is left to chance at launch.
Payments handled in house, usually live within 24 hours* of your documents arriving. Paid the next working day.
Sharfin designed and built our new website to enable us to accept online payments. The new website looks amazing and navigating around it so simple compared to what we had before. Sharfin and his team have always been available when we have required any technical support or assistance.
Done all our website. It now accepts payments and it was very complex. Reachable at all sorts of odd hours, and had a very simple journey with sharfin. Highly recommend them and their expertise.
Sharfin was an absolute pro. Took time to really try to understand our needs and propose solutions which fit our budget and timescales. He made smart suggestions without being pushy but improving the plan so we didn't waste time or resources on things we don't need.
Every competition website we build is checked by people who work with the sector every day, so the pages a payment provider reads are right first time. Payments are handled in house, so there is no separate application to chase.
The questions founders ask before they apply, including the ones about Stripe, PayPal and Shopify Payments.
A paid competition sits outside the Gambling Act 2005 when it includes a skill question hard enough to stop a significant share of people entering or winning, or a genuine free entry route. Get legal advice on your format before launch, and build both features in from day one.
Not for a genuine prize competition. Under the Gambling Act 2005, a paid competition needs a skill question or a genuine free entry route. We recommend legal advice on your format, and the site is built with both features in.
Download your transaction and customer records first, then talk to a specialist. Our in-house payments work with this sector, the setup is handled by experienced people, and you are paid the next working day. eCom Pro can move your site across while you keep trading.
Stripe restricts prize competitions, sweepstakes and raffles, so UK operators usually need a specialist provider. Our in-house payments work with competition websites, reviews your skill question, free entry route and draw records, and you are paid the next working day.
Yes, with entry controls by country so entries only come from markets you have cleared, terms per market, and EUR settlement. Ireland is the largest competition market outside the UK and we build for it as standard. We recommend legal advice for each market.
No. Ireland has its own law, and the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 set up the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. We build Ireland specific terms and entry controls, and payments can be taken in EUR. Take Irish legal advice on your format before you open entries to Ireland.
Often, with changes. Rules differ by country, so we set entry controls by country, write terms for each market and help you get the format checked before you open entries. Take legal advice in each market you sell into.
Competition websites are a specialist category that mainstream providers restrict. Our in-house payments work with UK and European competition operators, with 150+ currencies and next working day payouts.
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Read the guideOne form. We build the site and set up your payments in house, usually live within 24 hours* of your documents arriving.
*Approval time depends on how quickly we receive your documents.