Silent, live, and hybrid fundraising auctions on one platform — no per-event fees, no percent-of-raise skim, no surprise charges after the room goes home. Every dollar bid goes to the mission.
No credit card required. Nonprofits of every size welcome.
Set up a gala auction in a single afternoon — no IT team, no per-event platform fee.
Greater Giving, OneCause, BidPal — the big "nonprofit-friendly" platforms typically charge $1,500–$5,000 per event, plus a percentage of what you raise, plus payment processing markups. A school fundraiser that nets $80,000 hands back $6,000–$12,000 before the principal even thanks the volunteers.
Selling Lane is flat-fee. $995/month or $9,995/year. Run the spring gala, the summer golf outing, the fall silent auction, the holiday giving Tuesday drive — all on one subscription. Every dollar you raise is a dollar for the mission.
Silent auction ($40K) + live auction ($45K) + paddle raise ($15K). Here's what leaves the room with the platform.
Numbers reflect typical BidPal/Greater Giving/OneCause pricing for mid-sized galas. Exact fees vary. Your finance committee will thank you for running the comparison.
Most nonprofit platforms charge per gala. Run a spring auction, a golf outing, and a giving-Tuesday drive and you're paying three times. Selling Lane runs unlimited events on one subscription.
"Our fee is only 3% of what you raise" sounds small until your capital campaign clears $500K and the platform walks away with $15,000. A flat monthly fee scales with your operations, not your success.
Mobile bidding in the basic plan. Live paddle raise? That's a premium add-on. Text-to-donate? Another upcharge. Selling Lane includes every auction format, every feature, every event — in one price.
Run every fundraiser on your calendar — gala, golf outing, giving Tuesday, online-only silent, paddle raise — on one platform, one price.
Independent K-12 school, 240 guests, 80-lot silent auction, 12-lot live auction, a paddle raise for the science wing, and a virtual ticket tier for out-of-town parents.
Volunteers import the donation sheet directly from a spreadsheet. Selling Lane tags each lot with donor name, fair market value, and acknowledgment letter info. Photos upload from phones or DSLRs. Lot descriptions auto-format for the catalog booklet and the mobile bidding view simultaneously.
Silent auction opens a week before gala night. Guests register from their phone, get outbid alerts, proxy bid if they'll miss the room. By the time dinner is served, half the lots already have real competitive bidding — momentum that carries into the live portion.
Live auctioneer calls the ring from the stage. A TV display shows the current lot, the high bid, and the next increment — visible from every table. Paddle raise runs on the same screen: $5K, $2.5K, $1K, $500 levels with real-time counters of donors at each level.
Guests tap a link, pay by card or ACH, download their acknowledgment letter before they get in the Uber home. No clipboard volunteers, no Monday-morning ledger reconciliation, no "did that check clear?" emails.
Run a fully in-person gala, a virtual-only event, or a hybrid with remote paddle raise bidders — the platform adapts. No "virtual event module" upcharge.
Gross raise, net raise, per-lot performance, donor acquisition (new vs returning), ticket-to-raise ratios. One dashboard, exportable to PDF or CSV for the next board meeting.
Auto-generated IRS-compliant acknowledgment letters with fair market value, paid-above, and tax-deductible portion calculated per guest. Bulk export to your CRM or Mailchimp/Constant Contact.
Every guest registers with your nonprofit, not a third-party platform. After two galas you have a segmented list: the paddle-raise champions, the wine-basket buyers, the experience-lot lovers. Next year's invite list is already built.
If you run more than one fundraiser a year — or you're tired of paying a platform a percentage of your mission — this is built for you.
| Feature | Why it matters for charity auctions |
|---|---|
| Silent auction (timed) | Pre-event bidding warms up guests and builds momentum before the room opens. |
| Live auction (with auctioneer) | Real-time bid entry by auctioneer or volunteer, synced with room and online bidders. |
| Paddle raise / fund-a-need | Tiered giving levels with live donor counts on a TV display. |
| Text-to-give / text-to-bid | Capture last-minute gifts without a clipboard. |
| Mobile bidding (PWA) | No app download, no app-store friction for older donors. |
| Outbid alerts (SMS + email) | Keeps guests engaged all evening and through the pre-event week. |
| TV display for the room | Current lot, high bid, next increment, paddle levels — on any screen. |
| Tax-acknowledgment letters | IRS-compliant fair market value + paid-above calculations, auto-generated. |
| Donor CRM | Every guest stays in your database, segmented by giving level and behavior. |
| Self-serve checkout | Card, ACH, Apple Pay. Same-night clearing, no Monday reconciliation. |
| Unlimited events | Gala, golf, silent-only, virtual, giving Tuesday — all on one subscription. |
| Flat-fee pricing | $995/month or $9,995/year. Zero percent of raise taken. Ever. |
Run one gala a year or a dozen events — same price.
Cancel anytime. Month-to-month if you prefer.
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No percent of raise. No per-event fee. No feature tiers.
See Full Pricing & CompareSelling Lane also donates 5% of every subscription back to charitable causes — so even our fee helps a mission.
"Our charity events have raised 40% more since switching. The platform handles online bidding seamlessly, and our donors love the experience."โ David M., Non-Profit Events Director
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Bid simple. Sell smart. — Selling Lane