Charity Auction Software on AuctionWorx

This page maps AuctionWorx and Systenics features onto charity auction software needs, for a gala or an online fundraiser.

Why fundraising events fit Events edition

Events edition organizes inventory into a catalog tied to a scheduled date. You draft lots, set a closing order, and the system calculates staggered closing intervals so the sale finishes in sequence. Enterprise is for listings that each close on their own timeline, which doesn’t fit a single evening.

Systenics’ edition comparison names benefit fundraisers and charity galas among the typical Events users. Operators who also keep an always-open shop sometimes license both editions.

Building the event catalog and lot order

Events edition has CSV batch import, so the item list can live in a spreadsheet and load in one pass. Pre-publish validation catches missing fields before the catalog goes live. You can group lots to close together or let them end one at a time, and auto-extend keeps a lot open while bids keep coming. Leftover lots copy into the next sale in one click.

For large sheets, the Systenics Excel listing plug-in creates listings in bulk, images included.

Live gala and online bidding together

The Live Auctions add-on is built for Events edition and runs online and offline auctions at once. The organizer schedules the event and assigns an offline team to handle room bids. The auctioneer works from a dedicated screen showing bids and who is winning. Systenics cites HD streaming to 1000+ online users at 500ms latency or less, and broadcasts can be recorded and shared afterward. It can be deployed on your own servers or in a cloud region close to your audience.

Systenics explains which edition fits which kind of sale in its Enterprise vs Events edition comparison.

Mobile bidding and push notifications

The white-label mobile apps give supporters real-time bidding and push notifications on iOS and Android. They are published on your own app store accounts, under your brand. Sellers can also upload photos from the camera or gallery when creating a listing, which helps with donated items. For SMS alerts, Systenics lists a Twilio and Nexmo integration.

Payments, invoicing and donor data

Systenics’ customization guide names Stripe and Authorize.Net for payments. Systenics’ edition comparison describes consolidated event invoicing for Events edition. Systenics’ development page names HubSpot and Salesforce among the CRM integrations it builds, and our integrations service page describes how that work is done.

Hosting for a one-night traffic spike

A charity event is quiet for weeks and then busy for a couple of hours. Systenics’ Azure hosting article says Azure can add compute and storage during peak bidding. Our hosting and support page is the service side of that.

How a charity project runs

Systenics works in four steps. A free discovery call produces a ballpark estimate. Requirements and UI/UX mockups tighten it. The build is delivered in milestones, then deployed to your AuctionWorx installation and supported through later updates.

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