We’re fast approaching the holiday season. This is important for one key reason- fundraising auctions primarily tap into discretionary spending budgets vs. charitable giving. Three ways to take advantatge of this timing;

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Always good to call out successful usage of our platform. Brimmer and May is a private school in the Boston area that just closed out their online auction at $55,462.

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The silent auction makes no sense if you are trying to raise money. To put it context- if Sotheby’s was trying to aauction off a piece of impressionist art to get the highest price do you honestly think they would even remotely consider doing it in the middle of a party? No, they would not.

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A new survey by The Conference Board and the research firm TNS shows that planned online holiday spending will be up 9 percent from last year, to $42.5 billion. According to that survey, 36 percent of people polled said they planned to spend $100 to $499 online this holiday season.

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Clever idea. BiddingForGood, which holds auctions for non-profits, is hosting one for Grateful Nation, the online volunteer site associated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. BIDMC CEO Paul Levy kicked the auction off yesterday on his blog.

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