We ended up using airauctioneer.com it was great. It was $100 to setup an online auction with over 3 baskets. Then we opted to take payment with Givebutter. I included the payment instructions in the congratulations email for auction winners. Then I went into give butter and pre-added the baskets as a “ticket type” then had Customer Success change it from a ticket to a product. And set the price as $100 and kept them inactive. As soon as the auction closed. I went into each basket. Corrected the amount from $100 to whatever the final big price was and then made that product active. Then I made sure to add the “value” in the title of the basket name. And In the thank you note that’s generated after someone pays I made sure to call out that the tax deductible amount is the value subtracted from the final bid price. Ideally it would be nice to have a field that allows you to enter the value and then auto calculates how much of the amount paid is tax deductible. Unfortunately because the Givebutter receipt doesn’t into the product description I had to add the value to the title of the basket. This worked very seamlessly. Our auction coordinator was able to go into Givebutter and confirm who had paid and who had not and who had opted to write a check to know to collect that before handing over the basket. I really loved using airauctioneer and being able to use Givebutter to collect payments allowed us not to have another platform collecting donor data and also avoid transaction fees.

We used Rally Up this year for our silent auction and it worked extremely well if you want a platform to compare to.

I would love to see this feature on Givebutter. We currently use Accelevents and are doing more auctions post-covid than standard fundraising campaigns. Accelevents is good in many many ways. The developers are responsive and fast. But, it's not connected to our CRM and it is UGLY. There are definitely some hiccups which I've heard is true of all the auction website options. Can't wait to see what you all decide.

[Request for Feedback] - Hi everyone, I am excited to share that we are actively exploring the viability of adding virtual auctions to the Givebutter platform. Auctions have quickly become our most requested feature set of all time, with over 90 upvotes in the past year! We value your feedback tremendously, which is why we would love your input as we consider what Givebutter Auctions might look like.

AUCTIONS SURVEY: https://forms.gle/nMidTr2RryU8t8N26

The survey linked above is very comprehensive, but shouldn't take more than 15 minutes to complete. as most questions are optional by design. There is also an opportunity at the end of the survey to indicate whether you'd like to be a Beta tester, which is a perk typically reserved for Pro customers. 🙂

Thanks so much, and we can't wait to hear what you think!

Hi, what is the status of this feature? We are running a tricky tray and looking for options to allow virtual attendees to purchase tickets and put them in a basket to bid on.

Features we're looking for include:

DONORS

ORGANIZATION