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Preview your charity auctionon guests' phonesin 2 minutes
Build a private demo auction that only you and your team can see. Use real or made-up items to preview exactly what donors would see on their phones. Nothing goes live until you create your real event, and you can delete your demo in one click.
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BF BRIGHT FUTURES FOUNDATION
SIGN INWelcome toBright Futures Gala
Bid. Give. Make a difference.
Chef's TableBid $450
Weekend GetawayBid $300
Behind the ScenesBid $150
250,000+events completed since 2007
$1B+raised for charitable causes
4.9 ★★★★★rating on Google
Built for organizations people believe in
Less pressure. More clarity.
Get a feel for it before you ever have to run it.
A private demo gives your team something real to explore, without a sales call, a contract, or a hard decision.
See your event take shape
Preview a fundraising experience that feels like yours, from your landing page to checkout, before there is anything on the line.
Keep it, change it, or delete it
Explore on your own time. If it is not right for you, remove everything with one click. No follow-up required.
A private preview in three simple steps
Start with a look at your event, not a form.
You should not have to share personal details before you know what you are exploring. First, see the kind of event experience you could create. Then build your own private preview when you are ready.
- ✓Use real or made-up details: Your first step is simply naming the event you want to explore.
- ✓Set your local defaults: Choose how amounts and test bidding should display for your area.
- ✓Stay in control: Personal information is requested only for security when you are ready, and everything can be deleted in one click.
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Built for event night
From first bid to paid receipt, keep confidence high.
Take a look at the experience your guests could have when every detail needs to work smoothly and feel trustworthy.
Proof from the mission
When the event matters, the experience matters.
From school communities to major benefit events, CharityAuctions helps organizations create fundraising moments people remember.
Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation
A George Strait benefit event raised $648,341.
The Horton Fund
A Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds event raised $179,823.
Trinity Romp & Stomp
An engaging event experience built around a cause people care about.
Williamsburg Elementary
A fundraiser that gave its community an easy way to participate and give.
Clovercroft Elementary
A polished auction moment, designed to keep the focus on the mission.
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Curious what your event could look like?
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have questions, you are not alone. Here are answers to the ones we hear most.
Yes. We have two settings. You can require bidders to pay a fee you set. Or you can give them the option to pay the fee or opt out.
Unsold items stay in your account. You can use them at your next event. You do not pay a success fee on items that do not sell.
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. See our pricing page for the full breakdown.
See pricingYes. 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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