Win-Win with GiveCentral's Auction Platform!

Learn how GiveCentral can help your next Auction and Special Event. We have more than 20 ways to help grow your event and build your donor base that no other tool can provide. Look below to see how we compare.

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Auctions are fun and exciting fundraising events engaging guests with a competitive spirit. Your guests bid to win auction items; the highest bid wins the article, and your organization receives the proceeds. If you plan to host an auction, or if this is the first time you're hosting an auction, our platform is user-friendly and has everything you need to make your auction a huge success!

Set & Achieve Your Goals

We understand the unique goals of each organization, and everyone's goals are different. Online auctions allow you to reach a broad audience throughout your community while remaining cost-effective.

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Easy to Bid in Seconds

Your donors are also consumers and are making many transactions online. 85% of them are on mobile devices. Donors expect giving online to be the same as buying goods. Buying goods online is not a 10-step process, and sharing should be optional. Giving must be accessible and efficient, or else it will cause donor friction.

At GiveCentral, we remove the donor friction by allowing you to create an auction with these features


  • Checklist icon Raffles, auction, paddle raise, and ticket sales
  • Checklist icon Able to recognize your donors and user-friendly for them
  • Checklist icon Bidding within seconds
  • Checklist icon Guest preregistration
  • Checklist icon Easy check out
  • Checklist icon Capable of adding dynamic photos and content
  • Checklist icon Advanced reporting post event
Multiple screens of GiveCentral's auction platform displaying features that simplify donor experience

Our auction platform is also great for a fund-a-need. This type of fundraising event has the capacity to raise a significant amount of money where donors submit their funds towards a specific cause.

How Does GiveCentral Compare to Other Auction Platforms


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Almost all auction platforms allow for online auctions, silent auctions and text bidding.

GiveCentral is
so much more!
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  • Checklist icon Live auction bidding
  • Checklist icon Crowdfunding support
  • Checklist icon Real-time leaderboard
  • Checklist icon Customizable giving pages
  • Checklist icon Support for raise the paddle
  • Checklist icon One-click follow-up via text and email
  • Checklist icon Outbound texting to promote your event
  • Checklist icon Payment pre-authorization
  • Checklist icon Integrated communications which allow for one-click registrations
  • Checklist icon Integrated database support which will allow you to build relationship beyond your event with everyone who participates
  • Checklist icon Personalized support with GC SmartQR, GC SmartText, and GC SmartLinks
  • Checklist icon Mobile card reader
  • Checklist icon Mobile app
  • Checklist icon Android Integration
  • Checklist icon GooglePay and ApplePay support
  • Checklist icon Digital media links and QR
  • Checklist icon Best-in-Class pricing
  • Checklist icon Live customer service and training with GC SmartSupport
  • Checklist icon Customizable email templates to promote your event
  • Checklist icon Automated check-out - no line, no wait!
  • Checklist icon Integrated, personalized accounting support. Your donations will show up on the donor statement with your charity’s name, not a generic organization.

GC Auctions is so much more than a simple auction platform, it allows you to do comprehensive event planning all in one place. Auction tools often have three challenges that GiveCentral can help solve.

First

You want to do an auction, but you also want to support registrations, raise the paddle, live auction, and raffles all at the same time and with GiveCentral you can do this! We will share our expertise in making your event a huge success!

Second

At most events only one third of the people coming to the event have registered. With GiveCentral you can now follow-up with 100% of the people to build a long term relationship. Even better, you can do this without having to type the auction event information into your database.

Third

In person events are expensive to run and the best fundraising executives realize that it is critical to move from friend-raising to fundraising. After your event, you can follow up with your donors to become involved by sending in a prayer request, signing up as volunteers, supporting Giving Tuesday, and supporting Sunday giving all with one click.

Learn more about GiveCentral can help with your next Auction and Special Event

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