Charity Auctions Today Reviews & Product Details

This is the second year we have used Charity Auctions Today for our silent auction. We were impressed with the communication as we were setting up our site (it was very easy), and the whole event was a huge success. Charity Auctions Today was even easier to use than I expected! I've recommended them to others as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes navigating the set-up/admin page can be a bit confusing, so if there would be a way to clean that up a bit, that would be my only suggestion. Thankfully, there are easy tutorials on the site to answer my questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The simplicity of the platform and how much reach it provides. Charity Auctions Today has definitely given us the option to reach beyond to the people who are unable to attend the actual event and to try different things. In the past two years using CAT we've been able to do silent auctions, a paddle raise, and a live auction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The downside is the closeout process. While simple and easy, it is difficult to closeout without a hitch. There also isn't help onsite-- you can pay to have remote help via phone call but sometimes it can feel like you're alone during the actually auction process and it can be intimidating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We weren't sure we'd have very many auction items, but had a few worth a lot of money. Charity Auctions Today enabled us to hold an auction, reaching bidders beyond attendees at our event. The pricing structure (free + processing fees) made it more cost effective for us as well. Customer service was very helpful in setting up the auction and answering questions as we went along. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We found the site to be user friendly and the only issue we had was rolling over from one year to the next. I had to call customer service for assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was pretty simple to set up and go live. Bidders seem to have no problems signing up and making bids. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I had some trouble adding some content to items but was helped through the chat box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That there was a free (no subscription) option for the platform which gave us everything we needed to run our auction. It was really easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not really any dislikes. Some additional features would have been nice, but we could have had them if my org had opted for the paid version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I loved the text feature that we were able to use before, during , and after the auction. This increased the number of bidders that actively participated, which then increased our total amount raised from the event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only issue that we had was that we had to log into the site to see any messages or monetary donations from bidders. It would have been nice to have an email notification when these occurred. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was easy to use and everything synced well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Purchasing additional tickets at check in took a long time. I wish there was a stripe feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform was really easy to use and this year we used the text message feature to register guests at our pancake breakfast. This allowed us to just place flyers on the tables and we didn't need volunteers to help register bidders..We actually saw an increase in the number of bidders this year. Everybody commented that it was so easy to use. Thank you for a great program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For the type of auction we run every year, this is a great solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Site was easy to use and set up and looked great with minimum fuss! Lots of controls if you want them. Price was inline with what we could afford. Our attendee's thought it looked and worked great on their mobile devices! Made us feel like we made the right decision to use CAT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most was great. Could see some tweaks in the reporting options. It was a little hard to match winners with auctions afterward based on the reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am a veteran of live and online charity auctions. This year I moved from BiddingforGood to Charity Auctions Today. Charity Auctions Today is easy to customize, items can be batch uploaded or manually entered in a simple way, and it integrates well with FB, Constant Contact and our sales processor, Stripe. Their client support is AWESOME. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is little to dislike other than moving to a new platform has a little extra work. But next year should be very easy once since you can copy items from auction to auction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.