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Live charity auctions have been used to raise money for charity since the beginning of time. They’re a great way to raise money, and a way to attract more people to your cause. Even if someone doesn’t buy anything, they often still donate money. But abundant problems come with hosting a live event..
Problems with Live Charity Auctions
You spend hundreds of hours getting ready. You need to find a place to host your event, recruit volunteers, and find auction item donors It takes a lot of time and money. That’s why most non-profit organizations only host one event a year.
On the day of the event, you need to make sure lots of people show up — volunteers, vendors, guests — because the amount of donations you’ll receive depends on how many people show up and how well-run the event is. But these days everyone seems to have mutually-exclusive schedules. Making it to a live charity auction isn’t always possible.
Add an Online Charity Auction
Online auctions are an easy way to run charity events all year long. You can still have your annual face-to-face event, but by adding online auctions to the mix, you include more participants without having to hire a hall or recruit numerous volunteers. You can run an online auction two ways: have people pre-bid on items that will be offered during your live event, or as a stand-alone charity event.
Online Auction for Pre-Bidding
By adding online pre-bidding to your live event, you give everyone an opportunity to bid. By allowing pre bidding one to two weeks prior to your live event, you’ll receive more bids, resulting in more money. When your live event occurs, your bids will be higher than if only the people who are present during the event get to bid. Instead of giving your visitors just a couple of hours to bid, they’ll have weeks to think about the items. And the more they think about the items, the more they’ll imagine owning them. If they’re out-bid online, they’ll be prepared to bid higher at the live event. And if someone can’t attend the event, they’ll take pains to find someone to bid on their behalf, or they’ll make arrangements to arrive before the event closes.
Online Auction Software
By running a stand-alone online auction, you run everything the same way as the pre- bidding auction but at the end of the auction, the highest bidder wins and your auction is over. The greatest benefit of online auctions is that you can run several each year for the same price. All you need to do is have auction items to post in your fundraising storefront. As soon as your items are posted, you can open your auction to bidders.
When you use our online silent auction software, you’ll be able to run online auctions, sell tickets to your live events, collect donations through your store, and much more. If you’d like to test-drive our powerful software, click now for a 7 day free trial.
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