Putting together the perfect fundraising auction can be a challenging task for any nonprofit. Developing strategies, communicating with donors, asking for sponsorships, all while trying to come up with creative auction ideas can be daunting. However, with the right fundraising tools and guides, it doesn’t have to be!
Auctions should be a fun experience for your supporters and for your organization! That is why FrontStream, and our exclusive BiddingForGood digital fundraising platform have you covered! We developed a comprehensive guide to help you plan fun and engaging auctions for your nonprofit with 101 inspiring ideas!
Here are just a few strategies to help you engage participants and raise more funds for your next auction:
Online Fundraising Auctions
Adapting to the ever-changing digital world can be a challenge for some nonprofits. However, from what the last two years have shown us, adding online and virtual aspects to your fundraising strategy is now a must. Creating online auctions is a great and easy way to share your fundraising efforts to your followers as well as supporters from all over the globe. Online auctions can help your nonprofit spread your message to a wider audience and increase donations and donor support.
With FrontStream, you will have exclusive access to BiddingForGood, the industry’s largest online cause-minded shopper community. BiddingForGood has helped over 40,000 charities raise donations and expand their reach! In fact, there are over 2.2 million unique visitors to the BiddingForGood’s homepage each year, and a growing community of 1.7 million registered bidders. Nonprofits, like you, can benefit from using an online fundraising platform BiddingForGood to help your organization increase awareness and access new donors from across North America!
Mobile Bidding
Mobile bidding is a paperless way for supporters of your event and organization to bid on auction items right from their smartphones. And who doesn’t have a smartphone these days, anyway? Why not make it easy for them to bid on your auction items using their smartphone or tablet, too? Mobile bidding gives your auction supporters the ability to participate entirely right from their mobile device or smartphone — and from anywhere.
Mobile bidding can attract bidders from all over the world to your auction no matter how big or small.
Fundraising Technology
Investing in the best fundraising technology for your nonprofit can be crucial to your organization’s success! At FrontSteam, we know having platforms that are easy to use and manage all your fundraising efforts is important. Through BiddingForGood and its cloud-hosted auction management capabilities, nonprofits can quickly launch and manage live, silent or online fundraising auctions to drive donations. When you succeed, we succeed!
To get inspiration for your next auction
Additional Resources:
On-demand Video: Online Auctions
On-demand Video: Panorama Auctions
Blog: Mobile Bidding: A Must-Have For The Giving Season
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