I would recommend GiveSmart 100. They are professional and have a great product.

The second best feature are the sponsor ads. We like how they are not only on the homepage but integrated through the software.

There is often fear of losing donations during that down time, but their staff is always more than willing to make things right.

It has been a great relationship for us. We had onsite support for our first event and she was fantastic (and kept me sane).

The account managers are really fantastic and willing to help you through any questions or customizations you want to try.

I love how user friendly it is. It is professional looking and I love that I can manage from my phone.

The customer service at Give Smart was great. Whenever I had issues, placing a call to them was very easy and they were very responsive.

This is a great way to keep your guest up to date with auction information and send text to encourage them to donate.

Overall we have had a very good experience and recommended to others for events.

They have a great costumer support team as well as on site team. Have had nothing but good experiences with their software and team.

Seems to be missing some basic options for customizing.

Give Smart is easy to use and has a great support staff to help you through the entirety of your event and use of the software.

The seating chart functionality is very difficult and inconvenient to use.

We recommend GiveSmart to all of our clients. Overall the experience has been a good one.

Clean presentation and good aesthetics. Great functionality and quick to respond.

We have been looking for a mobile auction software service for a long time and finally found a good one within our price range.

My nonprofit ended up eating the tax that should have been charged to the purchaser (according to the law) and we lost over $1000 having to pay that bill ourselves.

Sad to think they are willing to lose a customer rather than even attempting to work with us.

Similarly, their on site staff for night of events were fantastic and super helpful - they made the service even more valuable.

We are grateful for the ease of pulling comprehensive reports. This allows to easily and accurately move the data into our data collection system.

GiveSmart is an easy way to integrate fully functional auction and bidding management software in any organization.

We enjoy the ease of use and the fact that there are Give Smart team members at our event to assist the guests.

The customer support team is fantastic. I am excited to use the new Champions feature for peer-to-peer fundraising.

Their platform, help team, resources, and webinars will motivate you to do more and be better for your organization and its mission.

It has benefited our nonprofit in many ways;  ease of use, reaching more supporters, and great record keeping.

Great text-to-give feature. Quality customer service.

And when I ran into something I needed help with, the tutorials were great, and if I still needed help, the customer support reps responded very quickly with exactly what I needed.

As an organization that turns over every year, this software has been instrumental in helping us keep the continuity for a successful event.

What I like most about this software is the customization capabilities and just how easy it really is to use.

Reporting is easy, POS/refunds are a dream, and I really like how easy it is to set up every year.

Much better than the systems I used to run events at much larger organizations.

Event website design themes are limited and look a little dated. Yet it's functional and we can't make it too ugly either, which I appreciate!).

Data entry also went very quickly and with minimal errors, thanks to good software design. ReadySetAuction allows many people to share the load of data entry, check in and checkout.

It was easy for my team to enter in kind donations and package them into appropriate auction packages. The site was fairly intuitive and easy to use.

It takes a bit of time to set up an auction or event, and the flexibility/customization of the program is a bit limited.

We are excited to use more of the features of this software going forward over the next 6 months. The users shared their experiences with us and said it was very user friendly to use.

This is my 11th year using ReadySetAuction - I love it. I'm able to integrate past events into the current one which allows me to not have to re-enter repeat guests every year.

The ease of checking out winning bids when the auction closed was wonderful.

Guests registering online so that their contact information was entered by them. The receipt feature of the system is fantastic.

First and foremost, ReadySetAuction is amazing solution for non-profits looking to run auctions. RSA integrates perfectly with DonorPerfect allowing you to keep track of everything under one roof.

The help desk was wonderful to work with as we quickly set things up and then closed.

I like the simplicity to get the auction page set up and running.

One thing I like most about RSA is that they are very responsive and if you have an idea or a request for a change, they are very likely to listen and actually change it.

I love Ready, Set, Auction and have not only recommended it to many people but have also had many people who participated in my events ask me about it.

One of the features we miss from our old online auction is the advance arrow to the next item when you are in the description view of the item.

We finally realized we need to put prices into the main text of our event website to shrink this barrier.

My only complaint is that there is not an easy way to see which package a donation has been placed in. Since we held a relatively small event, it wasn't a huge problem, but it was mildly annoying.

Overall the customer support was amazing. I wish there was more flexibility and options in packaging pricing.

Ease of use, check in and check out were the best they have ever been.

The on-call support for RSA really was able to help us out in that instance. They are really spectacular.

I honestly think that should just be added into the cost and included, because you can save yourself hours of stress and frustration with one quick call. Their phone customer service is very good.

The product is easy to use. There are many great features to this software; the text notification that the bidder has been outbid on an item.

Customer service is great - they take your suggestions for improvement seriously and have implemented many of my suggestions. And the price is right - you don't pay a %age of your revenue.

ReadySetAuction has enabled us to raise money for significant growth projects at our school.

It is a little difficult on the Patrons to have them have to sign in and make a password every year. Many people ended up getting confused and making a duplicate profile with a different email.

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GiveSmart is the easy-to-use, innovative, and modern online fundraising and donor management platform that elevates any fundraiser. 

From mobile-friendly silent auctions to dynamic peer-to-peer events and guest management to donor engagement, we’re the solution to turn your mission into something that moves donors. 

We’ve helped thousands of nonprofits, schools, and associations raise $5.7+ billion. Our full suite of solutions and expert support helps you exceed your fundraising, event, and donor management goals. 

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Activity Tracking

Watch List

Contribution Tracking

Sponsorship Management

Credit Card Processing

Attendance Management

Mobile Ticketing

Communication Management

Registration Management

Onsite Ticketing

Proxy Bidding

Shipping Management

Promotions Management

Contact Management

Online Ticketing

Email Marketing

Mobile Access

Buy Now Option

Ticketing

Bid Management

Mobile Giving

Membership Management

Silent Auction

Absentee Bidding

Event Scheduling

Social Media Integration

Real-Time Notifications

Event Ticketing

Email Reminders

Email Management

Image Editing

Activity Dashboard

Alerts/Notifications

Reporting & Statistics

Attendee Management

Seating Map

Reverse Bidding

Event Management

Auction Management

Billing & Invoicing

Pledge Management

Website Management

Real Time Reporting

Customizable Branding

Ticket Reservations

Reporting/Analytics

Contact Database

Summary Reports

Visitor Registration

Social Promotion

Point of Sale (POS)

Gamification

Online Bidding

Online Auction

Donor Management

Campaign Management

Inventory Management

Online Catalog

Confirmation/Reminders

Web browser (OS agnostic)

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ReadySetAuction is a cloud-based bidding management software designed for small and midsize nonprofits. It offers donation management, guest management, event websites, mobile bidding, cashiering and payment processing within a suite.


ReadySetAuction features donation management, which allows users to select items for bidding, list them on the bidding portal and track in-kind gifts, consignments, sponsorships and cash donations. The product also allows users to design mobile-responsive bidding sites using built-in templates. ReadySetAuction supports three different types of bidding: standard, max bidding and immediate purchasing.


The seating management feature lets users track and sell tickets for bidding events. The software updates ticket availability in real time, which can help avoid overbooking. Users can also track the status of tickets sold using the dashboard.


Pricing is per year. Support is offered through an online portal.



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All pricing bundles include non-concurrent unlimited events for one year:

Essentials: $1,099/year

Select: $1,499/year

Complete: $1,999/year

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