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"I just wanted to make it easy for charities to run auctions online."
-Tom Kelly, Founder
Our humble beginnings
In 2007, Tom Kelly was trying to set up an auction for his mother to raise funds for a cause near and dear to her heart.
He encountered steep commission fees and a lack of user control.
Tom recognized this represented a real barrier to nonprofits and everyday heroes like his mom, who wanted to make a real difference in their communities.
It was challenging to take their fundraising efforts to the next level due to lack of resources, expertise, and time.
Tom founded CharityAuctionsToday, the online auction platform that lets anyone set up a professional-quality auction or mobile bidding event in minutes.
The platform features customizable templates, multiple mobile bidding options, personalized support from human account managers, and many more user-friendly features.
CharityAuctionsToday is the “click-and-easy” way to grow your bidding pool, increase your fundraising profits and reduce expenses so more money goes directly to your cause.
Look how far we've come
Since its launch CharityAuctionsToday has helped organizations raise over $500,000,000.
The platform has hosted over 250,000 auctions to date and continues to grow every month as people realize the value that Tom and his team bring to their non-profits.
CharityAuctionsToday is truly an extension of your in-house fundraising team.
A message from our founder, Tom
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This has been a truly empowering journey.
I have enjoyed being able to take something that started as a way to help my mother and grow it to help so many more people.
Hearing your success stories is what keeps me getting out of bed every day to create the best online auction platform, period.
I will keep working hard to make sure that everyone who needs help raising funds for causes near and dear to their hearts has the support they are looking for.”
Tom Kelly
Founder/CEO
CharityAuctionsToday is the best online fundraising auction platform for both organizations and bidders.
CharityAuctionsToday helps charities and nonprofits of all sizes host successful fundraising auctions online.
Easy to set and customize, CharityAuctionsToday offers both organizers and bidders a better experience.
And, with competitive pricing, causes can put more of the funds they raise towards their projects and communities.
CharityAuctionsToday Background
In 2007, Tom Kelly was helping his mother set up an auction to raise funds for a cause she cared about.
He encountered steep commission fees and poor user experiences.
Recognizing that this was a barrier to nonprofits and everyday heroes like his mom, Tom founded CharityAuctionsToday.
Our platform that lets anyone set up a professional-quality auction or mobile bidding event in minutes.
With customizable templates, various bidding options, and support from real, live account managers, CharityAuctionsToday is the “click-and-easy” way to grow your bidding pool, increase your fundraising profits and reduce expenses so more money goes directly to your cause.
CharityAuctionsToday Features
CharityAuctionsToday offers online auction settings that can’t be beat. Here are just a few of the most convenient features for auction organizers and bidders alike:
- Run your auction through your organization's Facebook page.
- Customize start and end times for different groups or items.
- Private auctions are only accessible to people with the link while Public auctions are added to the CharityAuctions Today marketplace where any can bid and help your cause.
- Upload items in bulk from an Excel spreadsheet.
- Select your country's currency for your auction prices.
- Choose to require a credit card upon registration or not.
- Embed auctions to your website.
- Pass along a fixed dollar amount or percentage to the winning bidder.
- Select different bidding options including blind bidding and popcorn bidding (extending the bidding period on hot items).
- Include a Donate button on your auction page, so people can support your cause without bidding.
- Display your monetary goal with a thermometer on your auction page.
- Easily manage your bidder data.
What is CharityAuctionsToday?
CharityAuctionsToday makes it simple for nonprofits and fundraising organizations to hold fundraising auctions online.
Not only can CharityAuctionsToday host online-only, mobile-friendly virtual auctions, it can also help you wrangle the details of in-person auctions.
For example, if your gala event includes a line of tables filled with tantalizing gift baskets and other goodies, you can run your silent auction on CharityAuctionsToday’s platform instead of using messy and confusing paper bid sheets.
Free up your organizers’ time and resources for other important activities.
CharityAuctionsToday makes it easy and fast to create online fundraising auctions: you don’t need a tech team to use our platform and it can be ready in as little as five minutes.
And, more of the money you raise will go to your cause.
CharityAuctionsToday is free to get started, and we offer two pricing plans, Flex or Prepaid, that can help you get the most bang for every buck raised.
CharityAuctionsToday Benefits
Simply put, with CharityAucitonsToday you can do more with less:
- Our clients raise more money with CharityAuctionsToday than they did with traditional, fully manual, auctions.
- CharityAucitonsToday offers the most competitive pricing. A lower commission means more money in your pockets for good works.
- Ditching paper bid sheets at a live event means volunteers and staff can spend their time elsewhere, and a mobile- friendly platform with outbid notifications makes bidding, winning, and paying as simple as possible.
How Does a CharityAuctionsToday Event Work?
Upload your organization’s logo or photos to your main auction page, describe the cause you’re raising money for and how bidders’ dollars will help.
Then, start uploading pics and descriptions of your auction items.
Set the date and time your auction and individual items will start and close, determine payment and delivery options, select bidding settings, and then start sharing your auction’s details far and wide.
Event attendees, whether you’re having a real-life event or purely virtual one, can start browsing your items even before bidding opens.
It’s easy for bidders to create a CharityAuctionsToday account and pre-register their personal and even payment information.
Once bidding starts, event attendees can watch items, ask questions, and bid, all from their smartphones or desktop (and no, they don’t have to download an app).
If bidding on a particular item gets hot, you can extend the bidding period to maximize profits.
Check out is easy and seamless.
We partner with third-party integrations like Constant Contact, Kindful, Stripe, and PayPal to make it simple for your organization to spread the word about your auction and for you to get paid.
Our platform can also provide detailed reports on your attendees, bidders, and funds raised, so you can measure your success and maintain a database of donors.
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Does CharityAuctionsToday Really Help Nonprofits Raise More Money?
Yes, since its launch CharityAuctionsToday has hosted over 250,000 auctions and helped organizations raise over $500,000,000.
Our small commission fees and flexible pricing plans mean that organizations pocket more of the funds they raise than when they use other online auction platforms.
Additionally, online auctions take less manpower and oversight than “in real life” silent auctions.
Finally, CharityAuctionsToday is easier to use than other platforms and offers Auction Success Managers who can help with set up, troubleshoot issues, and advise on how to get the most bang for each donated buck.
CharityAuctions Today Pricing
CharityAuctionsToday offers two pricing plans, Flex and Prepaid, so that you can choose the one that will work best for you and your organization.
Both plans are free to start: we don’t get paid if your auction doesn’t raise any funds.
Flex
The Flex plan will cost you up to 5% of your total auction earnings.
This percentage depends on a number of factors such as Donor-Covered Fees, a feature that will allow bidders to cover your platform fees.
With the Flex plan you are allowed an unlimited number of bidders but some live auction features, such as text message credits, will be limited.
You are guaranteed to net between 92%-100% of your auction proceeds.
Prepaid
The Flex plan will cost you up to 5% of your total auction earnings.
This percentage depends on a number of factors such as Donor-Covered Fees, a feature that will allow bidders to cover your platform fees.
With the Flex plan you are allowed an unlimited number of bidders but some live auction features, such as text message credits, will be limited.
You are guaranteed to net between 92%-100% of your auction proceeds.
CharityAuctionsToday Reviews
Consider our online reviews as windows into CharityAuctionsToday’s skill and commitment to your online fundraising success.
You’ll get a feel for what it’s like to work with us and why you should.
We selected a handful of our most recent online reviews for you to learn what people like yourself say about our online auction platform.
“We used CharityAuctionsToday to put our school’s silent auction online and we are never going back to the old way! The entire process was SUPER easy and any time I had a question, all I had to do was ask in their chat feature and I got an immediate answer. You also have a dedicated Account Manager that is there to help, too. There are reports that you can generate and I was able to keep an eye on our profits in real-time. This was an absolute dream!” -Kelly Miller, 5-star reviewer
“Our club has used CharityAuctionsToday for the past two years (prior to that we did an annual in-person silent auction). We weren’t even sure we wanted to do an auction during the pandemic, but we figured it was worth a try, and we are really glad we did. Their site is easy to use and convenient, and it’s helped us raise more money from our auctions than our in-person-only events. The fees are reasonable, and the ability to collect fees immediately makes the check-out process a snap. It’s a 5/5!” – Linda Copeland, 5-star reviewer
“CharityAuctionsToday was a great platform to work with, very easy to add items. Any time I had a question, they were there to help. The end of the auctions was very easy as well. I was able to access a clear report of the winners and contact information. We will definitely use again. Thank you” – Vector Rehab, a 5-star reviewer
Flex
Start for Free
Prepaid
Start for Free
Subscription
No Fee
$297 – $1500
Platform Fees
0% – 5%
0% – 3%
Processing Fees
3% + $0.30
3% + $0.30
Donor-Covered Fees
Optional
Optional
Donor Tipping
Optional
Optional
Donation Net Amount
Guaranteed 92% to 100%
Guaranteed 92% to 100%
Live Auction Features
Restricted Access
Unlimited Access
Number of Bidders
Unlimited
Unlimited
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Is it Worth the Price?
Well, you could go old school and have volunteers not only gather donated items and package them, but also watch bid sheets like eagles on high-value items, and basically stand in one spot for the duration.
Or, you could take some or all of your silent auction online with CharityAuctionsToday and have just one organizer upload items and describe your cause, then email and message your donors and attendees and allow them to browse items on their own time.
Ultimately with CharityAuctionsToday you’ll raise more funds with less effort and stress.
