Silent Auction Software: Your Own Silent Auction Site
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A silent auction site lets supporters of a charity, school or gala bid online on donated items, and Easy.Auction includes charity and fundraising functionality for running one. Each donated item runs as a timed auction with a chosen start and end time, so organisers decide when bidding on each lot opens and ends. Bidder privacy settings can hide bidders' usernames, which keeps the quiet character of a silent auction when it moves online. Winners pay through PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, Square or Authorize.net. Easy.Auction is continued as Auctify, which offers a dedicated charity and fundraising starter site and a 7-day free trial. Easy.Auction packages cost 99 to 299 USD a month and are no longer sold; its successor Auctify has plans from $49 a month, with zero commission.
Frequently asked questions
Can guests bid on their phones during our charity gala?
Yes. Easy.Auction sites are responsive on desktop, tablet and mobile, so guests can open the silent auction in their phone's browser and bid during the event. Outbid emails tell them when someone has placed a higher bid, and watch lists keep track of the items they want.
Can a donor buy a silent auction item outright instead of waiting for bidding to close?
Yes. Each Easy.Auction listing can have a Buy Now price, so a supporter can secure an item immediately at a set amount. Organisers can also add fixed-price listings for items that should not be auctioned, such as event merchandise.
Is there a ready-made starter site for a school or charity silent auction?
Yes, on Auctify, which continues Easy.Auction for new sites. Auctify has a dedicated starter site for charity and fundraising, with soft close, proxy bidding, and Stripe and PayPal payments. It can be tried for 7 days without a credit card.
Planning your first sale? Read the step-by-step guide How to Run an Online Charity or Silent Auction on Auctify, the successor to Easy.Auction.
Easy.Auction: the key facts
What Easy.Auction is, who makes it and what it offers, in one table.
| Status | Continued as Auctify since 2021. Easy.Auction stays online for its existing customers and takes no new subscriptions; new auction sites start on Auctify with a 7-day free trial and no credit card. |
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| Company | Auctify B.V., Enschede, the Netherlands (EU), Chamber of Commerce no. 92337139. Auction software since 2015; 4,000+ customers across Easy.Auction and Auctify. |
| Domain and hosting | Your own domain, with hosting and SSL included. A “Powered by Easy.Auction” notice on the StartUp package only. |
| Payments | PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, Square and Authorize.net. |
| Auction formats | Timed auctions with a chosen end time, fixed-price and Buy Now listings, reserve prices, absentee (automatic) bidding and anti-sniping. Procurement reverse auctions on the Business and Enterprise packages. |
| Sellers | Single-seller mode, or multi-seller mode where members list their own items and the owner may charge them a commission or listing fees. |
| Languages | Site text translatable into any language. Auctify, the successor, has 20 languages built in. |
| Track record | Rated 4.5/5 on Capterra from 64 reviews. More than 3 million auctions held for customers in 35+ countries. |
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“I am with limited computer skills, yet they enabled me to set my auction site up within hours and I was up and running. My customers praise it for ease of use. People that use it like it, more business for me!” -Eden, site owner
