# Need advice on fundraising group

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298 "2011-07-25T18:55:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298/1 "2011-07-25T18:55:01Z")

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A non-profit I work with is considering using [_Bidding For Good_](http://www.biddingforgood.com/online-auction-services/index.htm), an online auction service, to raise money. Have any of y’all used this site and if so, how did it work out?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298/2 "2011-07-25T19:05:20Z")

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I’ve never used it. Nor have I head about any others. As long as the platform achieves what you guys want it to do, it sounds good. You’ll still need to advertise the hell out of it. I wouldn’t necessarily expect to get traffic from people just randomly hitting the site.

Looks like they charge 9% up to $20,000 worth of goods sold. Isn’t ebay 10%? Seems like you’d get more casual traffic from there.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298/3 "2011-07-25T19:44:56Z")

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Ready Set Auction and Bidding for Good are the frontrunners for non-profits to host their own auctions. I think they are about equal in price and functionality for paid services, there are others but without knowing what non-profit CRM you use it would be difficult to point you in the perfect direction.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298/4 "2011-07-25T19:46:21Z")

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> [@Phlosphr](#):
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> Ready Set Auction and Bidding for Good are the frontrunners for non-profits to host their own auctions. I think they are about equal in price and functionality for paid services, there are others but without knowing what non-profit CRM you use it would be difficult to point you in the perfect direction.

It’s for a food bank run by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fundraising-group/590298/5 "2011-07-25T23:54:30Z")

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Go with your first choice - it’s the cheapest even with the 20%.