Learn about DoJiggy’s Auction options and how to customize them for your Campaign.
Running an online auction may seem complicated, but we provide powerful tools and customizations to help your auction proceed smoothly and efficiently.
The links below will take you to other Knowledge Base articles with further information.
Types of Auctions
DoJiggy offers two auction types: English-style and proxy-bidding. Learn which type may be best for you in this Knowledge Base article: Understanding Auction Bidding Styles
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Auction Demo
See how a DoJiggy Auction works from a donor’s perspective in our demo: View a sample auction fundraiser.
Item Limits
You can add as many Auction items as you like and customize how your items are organized. If you have a lot of items, consider putting them into categories so donors can quickly find what they’re interested in:
If you want to highlight a particular Auction item, you can create a link specifically for that item:
How to create a unique link for your auction items
Promoting Your Auction
DoJiggy has tools to help you get the word out about your auction and make it easy for people to participate.
- Share the link to your Auction through social media or email to increase exposure to potential donors.
How to find and share your Campaign URL
- Enable Text-to-Give, which allows people to text a keyword and receive a link to your Auction on their phone.
Promote your Campaigns with Text to Donate (Text to Give)
- Create QR codes for each Auction item and add them to your organization’s website or promotional materials.
How to Create QR Codes for Your Auction Items
- Add a livestream element to boost engagement. This KB article can give you some ideas.
Turn your fundraiser into a virtual event with livestreaming.
Bidding Process
DoJiggy helps you manage all steps of the bidding process on one site.
- Donors bid directly from your Campaign page.
- When donors place their first bid, they’re asked to enter their credit card information and create a DoJiggy account. This makes it easy for donors to increase their bids later if they are outbid.
- Donors can bid as many times as they want on as many items as they want.
- DoJiggy charges the winning bidders after the Auction ends.
Buy it Now
You can let a bidder buy an item immediately if they don’t want to risk losing the item to another bidder. Buy It Now allows donors to skip the bidding process and purchase an item for a set price. Buy It Now can also be enabled or disabled at your preference. See this KB article to learn how.
Can I add Buy It Now to my Auction Items?
Auction Gifts
If a donor doesn’t win an Auction item, you can allow them to give an Auction Gift so they can still support your cause. This feature can seriously increase the amount you raise since you could potentially receive donations from all Auction participants, not just the winners:
Outbid Notifications
Donors automatically receive email notifications when they’re outbid, but they can also opt to receive text notifications when they place a bid or re-bid:
- Both email and text notifications include a link that allows donors to easily update their bids.
- If you choose to let our system automatically notify the winners when the Auction ends, winners who opted to get text notifications will receive both an email and a text.
Tax-Deductible Receipts
When the Auction ends, we charge winning donors’ credit cards and send them a receipt. If you include the Auction item’s Fair Market Value, the receipt also acts as a tax receipt that donors can use to claim tax deductions.
How to designate ‘fair market value’ for auction items to appear on the winner’s receipts.
If you need to verify any tax implications, contact your tax advisor.
Auction Reports
DoJiggy provides several reports you can use to manage Auction details and analyze data.