Auction software that turns bids into theatre.
The watch, the artwork, the holiday in Fiji. PledgesDone puts every item on the big screen, lets guests bid from their phones, and turns the closing seconds of every lot into the loudest moment of the night.
✓ Money goes straight to your Stripe account✓ PledgesDone never holds donor funds✓ No percentage fees
Bid from the table, celebrate on the screen.
Guests bid straight from their phone — no paddles to hand out, no spotters transcribing shouts. Each new bid lands on the projector display in real time, and the room watches the number climb.
The MC sees exactly where every lot stands and can drive the moment: "We’re at $12,500 for the watch — who takes it to $14,000?"
- Phone bidding via the same QR code guests already scanned
- Live bid feed and current-high display on the projector
- Winner announced and charged the moment the lot closes
Load your lots in minutes.
Add items with photos, descriptions and starting bids before the night — artwork, holidays, sponsorships, signed memorabilia. Reorder on the fly, hold a lot back for the peak of the evening, or add a surprise donation mid-event.
Winning bids become payments, not IOUs.
The classic auction failure is the winning bidder who never quite pays. With PledgesDone, winners pay by Apple Pay or Google Pay on the spot — and any unpaid winning bid enters the same automated follow-up as every pledge, until it’s settled.
Auction proceeds land in your own Stripe account and appear in your reports alongside pledges and donations — one clean total for the whole night.
One event, every fundraising moment.
The auction is one act of a bigger show. Run the appeal, launch a table challenge, open the auction, and close the night on a rising total — all from one system, one screen, one report.
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Questions, answered.
How do guests bid in the auction?
From their own phones. They scan the same QR code they used to pledge, open the auction, and bid in two taps. Every bid appears on the projector in real time.
Can we run a silent auction alongside the live one?
Yes. Items can accept bids quietly throughout the night from guests’ phones, while headline lots get the full live-projector treatment when the MC calls them.
What happens if a winning bidder doesn’t pay on the night?
Their winning bid enters the same automated SMS and email follow-up as unpaid pledges — polite reminders with a one-tap payment link until it’s settled.
How many auction items can we list?
As many as your night needs — from three headline lots to a full catalogue with photos, descriptions, starting bids and reserve amounts.
Is auction bidding included in the price?
Live auctions are included in the Impact tier ($499 per event) and above, alongside challenges, SMS/email follow-up and recurring giving.
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