Free auction software for nonprofits
Run your dream fundraising event with seamless online auction software that's easy for you and fun for your supporters.
Exciting and intuitive bidding experiences
Your supporters can easily browse, favorite, and track items they're interested in. When they're ready, bidding is just a click away.
A stress-free auction for you and your team
Seamlessly add, categorize, and manage auction and buy-now items. Keep track of bids, winners, payments, item fulfillment, and important donor data all in one place.
Our Trust & Safety team has you covered
Givebutter does the heavy lifting when it comes to fraud. Our systems ensure your auction runs smooth as butter and free of spam.
Real-time auction updates
Auction pages automatically update in real time, letting participants see all new bids and items as they go live, all without ever having to refresh a page.
Mobile bidding notifications
Gamify your auction through instant bid notifications that allow bidders to be notified when they’ve won or are outbid.
Oh no, you've been outbid! Increase your max bid before time expires.
Congrats! You’ve won the bid for $2,500. We’ll take care of
gb.com/claimx
Hi, the Cooking Class for Two you tracked is now open for bids. Place your bid!
Congrats! You've won Super Salted Butter for $180. View your won item.
Oh no, you've been outbid! Increase your max bid before time expires.
Congrats! You’ve won the bid for $2,500. We’ll take care of
gb.com/claimx
Hi, the Cooking Class for Two you tracked is now open for bids. Place your bid!
Congrats! You've won Super Salted Butter for $180. View your won item.
Oh no, you've been outbid! Increase your max bid before time expires.
Congrats! You’ve won the bid for $2,500. We’ll take care of
gb.com/claimx
Hi, the Cooking Class for Two you tracked is now open for bids. Place your bid!
Congrats! You've won Super Salted Butter for $180. View your won item.
Oh no, you've been outbid! Increase your max bid before time expires.
Congrats! You’ve won the bid for $2,500. We’ll take care of
gb.com/claimx
Hi, the Cooking Class for Two you tracked is now open for bids. Place your bid!
Congrats! You've won Super Salted Butter for $180. View your won item.
Fully customize your auction items
Make each item feel special with individual starting prices, start and end times, buy-now functionality, photos, and videos. Create and sort custom categories to help bidders find items of interest even faster.
Raise the bar
(and your bids!)
Elevate your auction without any extra legwork. Add high-value auction travel packages with modest reserve pricing that will have bidders buzzing. Givebutter partners with leading auction package providers to make building the auction of your dreams as seamless as possible.
“The event went well, and the items we listed on the online auction sold for more money than in previous years! Additionally, we received an extra $1K in donations by posting the campaign with the auction online. Overall, it was a very successful event. As we discuss next year's event, I am sure Givebutter will be a part of it.”
Camp Zion
Take your charity auction to the next level with seamless event management
Automated Bids
Bidders can specify a max bid amount, allowing for bids to automatically be made in the configurable bid increments up to a bidder’s max bid amount.
Easy checkout process
Automatically charge bidders after they’ve won an item or send automated reminders for bidders to complete payment.
Butter Bread for All
Automated bids
Bidders can specify a max bid amount, allowing for bids to automatically be made in the configurable bid increments up to a bidder’s max bid amount.
Built for scale
Sell a handful of items or hundreds—our auction platform is built for scale and can handle high volumes of bidding activity in real time.
Givebutter focuses on the customer. They're responsive to feature requests and they listen to users. As a one-stop shop for nonprofits, it can replace a CRM tool, a text blast tool, a ticketing platform, and more. It has saved our organization quite a bit of money.
Special Needs Respite, Inc.
Raise funds better, faster, and for free with Givebutter
Frequently asked questions
Create your free account to get unlimited access to Givebutter's auction solution. To learn more about how to set up your first auction, check out our Help Center.
Like all Givebutter features, auctions are free thanks to optional tips we receive from donors. If you'd prefer to disable tips, enable Auto-Charge, or manually charge winners via the dashboard, a 5% platform fee applies instead. Smooth as butter. 🧈
With Givebutter, you can run an in-person or online charity auction—or a hybrid of the two! Our silent auction software lets you set up your event based on what you need.
Nope! You can add as many auction items and categories as you’d like.
You can auction physical items, digital downloads, experiences, gift cards, and so much more. The sky is quite literally the limit.
Absolutely! Check out our Bid & Butter demo auction or watch the video walkthrough explaining Givebutter's auction tools below: