The essential, must-have, fund-raising software for charities and worthy organizations.

Features

1. Super Simple Setup

   With Dempsi, setting up your contest is a breeze. In just a few steps, you'll have your contest up and running. No technical expertise required – just the passion to see your favorite rise to the top! But if you need help or want to discuss the how to optimally setup your contest, we always here to help.

2. Complete Contest Control
   As a contest creator, you maintain full control over your contest. You get to oversee the progress and ensure fairness, all while enjoying the thrill of the competition.
3. Automated Communication
   We value your time. That's why we automate email notifications for contestants right from registration through to contest updates. You focus on the contest, we'll take care of the rest.
4. Free Votes and More
   Get everyone excited about voting with free votes for contestants. It's a fun way to get people involved and keep the competition lively.
5. Automatic Tallying and Detailed Analytics
   With Dempsi, you won’t miss a beat. We provide automatic vote tallying and offer detailed analytics of vote patterns and summaries. So you can keep track of every vote and every contestant.
6. Exciting Display Options
   To spice up the competition, choose how to display your voting page - ranked by vote, alphabetical, or random order. Keep your audience guessing by switching the display towards the end of the contest and build suspense for the grand announcement of the winner!
7. Smart Upselling
   Make the most of every transaction with our checkout upsell option. It’s a clever way to generate more votes and create even more excitement in your contest.

Come, join us at Dempsi, and let the competition begin!

Unbiased and Trustworthy

One of the core strengths of using Dempsi is our unbiased, third-party role in your contests. As an independent platform, we have no favorites and no bias towards any contestant. Our primary goal is to ensure fairness and transparency in every contest hosted on our platform.

This means you can assure your voters that the contest is conducted with the highest level of integrity. Every vote truly counts, and the winner is always the genuine People's Choice or Fan Favorite.

When you choose Dempsi, you're not just choosing an easy-to-use contest platform. You're choosing a partner committed to maintaining the trust of your audience and the legitimacy of your contests. After all, nothing is more important to us than providing peace of mind to you and every voter involved.

Pricing

The fees for using Dempsi is 25%

At first glance, a 25% fee might seem substantial, but let's put this into perspective. The value you receive from Dempsi is beyond just setting up a contest – it's about creating a seamless, exciting, and profitable contest experience. From the ease of setting up to the intricate management controls, automatic communications, detailed analytics, and clever upselling features, we handle all the complexities behind the scenes so you can focus on what matters most - your contest and your audience. This fee also covers the costs associated with the servers, software, email, support, maintaining the security, reliability, and constant improvements to our platform. We're dedicated to providing you a top-tier service that not only helps you engage your audience but also drive excitement, participation, and revenue. We believe in the value we deliver and are confident that once you experience a contest with Dempsi, you'll agree.

As a point of reference, the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance suggests that a charity's fundraising expenses should be no more than 35% of related contributions. Dempsi is well within that target. Here is a link: https://give.org/donor-landing-page/bbb-standards-for-charity-accountability

Payments are processes through Stripe (or Square if you prefer) and their fees are not included.