Your event does not have to be fully planned to begin. Build a private demo for free, then choose the approach that fits your fundraising goals when you are ready.
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Every plan is designed around making your event easy to run and easy for donors to support.
Build today with no upfront cost.
Perfect when you are tight on funds and want to start right away.
Add-ons available
Reduce your success fee as your fundraising goal grows.
Made for organizations that aim to raise $25,000 or more.
Add-ons available
For major events that need a true event partner.
Made for large events raising $50K to $500K per year.
That is exactly what your private demo is for. Start with a free preview, see what your event could look like, and make pricing decisions when your team has more clarity.
On the Free plan, the 7% success fee applies only to funds raised. Prepaid plans reduce it to 3%. Custom plans include a 0% platform fee. Bidder pass-through options are available on Free and Prepaid plans.
Whether you want to test an idea or are preparing a major gala, CharityAuctions helps you begin with confidence.
Begin with a free private demo. Explore the experience before your auction is live or your plan is final.
Build my free demoUse Prepaid plans to lower the success fee and bring more of your online and live event work into one place.
See how it worksChoose Custom when you want event setup, design services, and on-call help on the night that matters most.
Start the conversationYou can start with a private demo and take your time deciding what your event needs.
Yes. The Free plan lets you build your auction with no upfront cost. You pay a 7% success fee only if you raise money.
Yes. Free and Prepaid plans offer bidder pass-through options. The Prepaid option can lower your success fees to 0%.
Unsold items remain in your account for use at a future event. You do not pay a success fee on items that do not sell.
Start by building a private demo. When you are ready, choose Free for a no-upfront-cost path, Prepaid for a reduced success fee, or Custom for a large event that needs deeper support.
Yes. You can export bidder names, emails, bids, and totals any time.
On the free plan it is 7% of funds raised. Prepaid plans drop that to 3%. Custom plans have a 0% platform fee. You can also pass the fee to bidders so your organization pays $0.
Yes. We can send your funds by check or deposit them to your account.
When your auction closes, we subtract the success fee and send you the rest. If bidders cover the fee, you keep the full total.
Yes. You can mark items as paid offline. Those sales still count in your reports.
Yes. You can run online bidding, then close it at a live event. Same auction. Same checkout.
Talk to us. We will walk you through the plan that fits your event.
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