1. What you are opting into
By entering your mobile number and checking the optional SMS consent box on a Shareathon signup, waitlist, or account form, you consent to receive account and service (transactional) text messages from Shareathon (Hogwild Fundraising LLC) at that number. Message types include:
- One-time login and verification codes (two-factor authentication).
- Waitlist, invite, and early-access status updates.
- Campaign account alerts (goal reached, payout scheduled, refund processed).
- Donation receipts and confirmations tied to your account.
- Two-way replies from Cottontail, our AI support assistant, when you message us first or ask about your own account.
Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out and HELP for help at any time.
2. We do not send promotional text messages
Shareathon does not send marketing, promotional, or advertising SMS. Launch news, fundraising tips, and product updates are sent by email only, and only to people who opted into marketing email. There is no promotional SMS program and no promotional SMS consent box on our forms.
3. How we obtain consent
Consent is obtained through a clear, optional and unchecked-by-default checkbox inside the Shareathon platform. Consent is never a condition of purchase or service — you can join the waitlist, create an account, donate, and use every feature of Shareathon without agreeing to receive text messages. Every consent event is logged with a timestamp and the form it was captured on.
- Early access form (shareathon.com/early-access): The phone field is optional. Directly beneath it is a single unchecked box: "Optional. I agree to receive account and service text messages from Shareathon (Hogwild Fundraising LLC) at the number above — one-time login codes, waitlist and invite status, and campaign account alerts. Msg frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help. Consent is not a condition of joining the waitlist or of any purchase or service."
- Account signup (shareathon.com/signup): The same optional, unchecked account-SMS box appears when signing up with a phone number. Leaving it unchecked does not block signup; login and account notices can be delivered by email instead.
- Share-by-text (sent from your own phone): When a participant shares a fundraiser by text, Shareathon prepares the message and a personal link. The participant picks each person and presses Send in their own Messages app, one at a time. These texts come from the participant's own number, never from Shareathon's number, and we do not send follow-up texts to the people they contact.
- Member invitation (sent from the admin's own phone): When an organization admin invites someone by text, the invitation opens in the admin's own Messages app and the admin sends it personally. Shareathon's number does not send invitations.
We do not purchase phone-number lists, we do not send cold outreach, and we do not share mobile opt-in data with any third party for their own marketing.
4. Why sharers send their own texts
We designed sharing so the person you know is the person who texts you. Texts arrive from a familiar name rather than an unknown business number, and each one is a personal message the sender chose to send. Shareathon's own number is reserved for account and service messages to people who opted in. Ongoing reminders to friends and family are sent by email, where every message includes an unsubscribe link.
5. Message frequency
Account and service messages are sent as needed — typically a few per active campaign, plus occasional login codes. Personal shares and member invitations are sent one at a time from the sharer's or admin's own phone — never from Shareathon's number. Message frequency varies, and message and data rates may apply.
6. How to opt out
You can stop receiving SMS messages from Shareathon at any time. Just reply STOP, STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, or QUIT to any message. We will remove your number from our active SMS list and reply with a confirmation.
To start receiving messages again, reply START or YES to the same number, or update your preferences in your Shareathon profile.
For help, reply HELP or INFO. You can also contact us at help@shareathon.com or hello@shareathon.com.
7. Data use and privacy
We store phone numbers only to send the messages you requested and to honor opt-outs. We do not sell, rent, or share phone numbers with third parties for marketing purposes. SMS delivery is handled by Twilio, our messaging provider, subject to our Privacy Policy and Subprocessors page.
Standard carrier messaging and data rates may apply. Shareathon does not charge recipients for SMS messages.
8. Contact
Questions about this policy or a specific text you received? Email us at help@shareathon.com or write to:
Hogwild Fundraising LLC
Attn: Shareathon Messaging Compliance
Email: hello@shareathon.com