FAQ

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  • About Sortea2
    1. What technologies are created Sortea2?
    2. It is sortea2 an Open Source project?
    3. Do you have to pay taxes for organizing the raffles?
    4. I love the service. I do love it. I would like to donate an huge amount of money for the project. How can I do it?
  • About the authors
    1. How can I contact you?
    2. Who are the authors of Sortea2?
  • Make raffles
    1. The raffle machine is not a perfect machine!
    2. Why disappeared the draw I've done?
    3. I do not have Javascript turned on and Sortea2 does not work.
    4. I am using a quite unusual browser and I can not use the page.
  • What is Sortea2?
    1. But if I can raffle with Excel!
    2. But if I can raffle with a dice!
    3. But if there Random.org!
    4. What things can be drawn with Sortea2?
    5. What have you thought to include in future versions?
    6. What are the advantages of using Sortea2?
    7. Who tells me not going to manipulate the data in the sweepstakes?
  • About the list of raffles
    1. What kind of raffles can appear on Sortea2.com?
    2. There is a raffle with fraudulent information, why you do not delete it?
    3. I want to give more information about a raffle.

About Sortea2

Do you have to pay taxes for organizing the raffles?

We do not raffle. We offer a tool for making raffles. The raffles are solely responsibility of the organizers and therefor they are the responsible to pay the taxes, if apply, for the raffle.

I love the service. I do love it. I would like to donate an huge amount of money for the project. How can I do it?

At the moment we do not accept donations, except for amounts biggers than 500 euros. In that case give us your address and we will present there within minutes.

It is sortea2 an Open Source project?

Although we use open technologies, our code is not available. And not because we are egoist and monopolist people, just because we are still learning and we know we have not made an exemplary code. And we do not want to make thins easier for the hackers, they are already good enough.

What technologies are created Sortea2?

We have used PHP, MySQL and Javascript (with jQuery libraries).

About the authors

Who are the authors of Sortea2?

We're two brothers

How can I contact you?

By email: sortea2[arroba]sortea2[dot]com

Make raffles

I do not have Javascript turned on and Sortea2 does not work.

Sorry, but the service is only available to users who have Javascript enabled in their browsers. Anyway, you can make simple raffles even without Javascript activated.

I am using a quite unusual browser and I can not use the page.

Do not hesitate, send us an email [sortea2 at sortea2 dot com] and tell us your case in detail, we will make our bests to solve it.

The raffle machine is not a perfect machine!

Sorry. Send us a more detailed description of what is not working. We are here to fix it. But just in case, do not forget we are in Beta!

Why disappeared the draw I've done?

The administrators reserve the right to delete a draw or a comment for be inappropriate.

What is Sortea2?

What things can be drawn with Sortea2?

Whatever you want. It is designed to decide among several people one or more winners. For example, if you want to distribute a prize among your coworkers. But use it for whatever you want, feel free to find original uses to the page. For example decide who will clean the house, you or your mate.

But if I can raffle with Excel!

Of course you can. But preparing a raffle with Excel have some technical difficulties, which you avoid with Sortea2. Sortea2 is always online and available.

But if I can raffle with a dice!

Of course you can. Especially if there are just six participants and just have to decide a winner. But is not that simple for sweepstakes with more people, with several winners or when you need an ordered list of prizes.

What are the advantages of using Sortea2?

The main advantages of using our service are:

  • 1. Reliability. Our service guarantees results totally random. You do not have to worry about designing a balanced experiment.
  • 2. Impartiality. The results we offer are computer-generated and because of that we have nothing to do with the results, just the computer decide the winners. So you have a impartial tool for making raffles. Give us a list of names: we give you a list of winners. There is no room for suspicion.
  • 3. Advertising. You can present the results of the draw published and available for any of the participants, he or she can see if has won or not.
  • 4. Credibility. We are not notaries, nor what we want. But nobody trust in the organizer of a raffle. We are an abstract and independent place and we do the dirty work. If someone does not like the result of the draw, he will blame us, not you!

Who tells me not going to manipulate the data in the sweepstakes?

We can not guarantee you anything in writing, but we are people of word. Until they invent technology that allows the sending of hams by e-mail, we will leave no influence in any way. And although it was invented.

But if there Random.org!

Random.org offers an excellent service to obtain random numbers. I recommend it if you want to choose lottery numbers or get random numbers. Random.org but does not offer all the functionality offered Sortea2. That is why we have created it.

What have you thought to include in future versions?

It is still early to talk about the future, but this is only the beginning. We have so many ideas and so important that we suggest you to set www.sortea2.com as your home page. Otherwise, probably you will miss them.

About the list of raffles

There is a raffle with fraudulent information, why you do not delete it?

We have not delete it yet probably because we have not realize it. But please send us an email and we will delete it as son as possible.

What kind of raffles can appear on Sortea2.com?

Any raffle, no matter how little the prize is. If you raffle your vacuum cleaner you can publish it in sortea2. Do not care if other people are there with ten cars and three apartments. What we do not like are fraudulent raffles or with unclear conditions. And of course spam!

I want to give more information about a raffle.

If you are not the organizer of the raffle you are always welcome to let more information or any kind of correction about the given information. Helping others you are helping yourself.