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Auctria

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Auctria Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find Auctria extremely easy to use, appreciating its flexibility and user-friendly interface for online auctions. (4 mentions)
Users appreciate the easy-to-use interface of Auctria, finding it intuitive and effective for their needs. (4 mentions)
Users appreciate the flexibility of auction management in Auctria, enjoying both online and paper auction options. (2 mentions)
Users appreciate the helpful and responsive customer support of Auctria, enhancing their overall experience with the product. (2 mentions)
Users commend Auctria for its efficient fundraising capabilities, with responsive support and user-friendly features enhancing their experience. (2 mentions)
Users find the auction functionality unintuitive, requiring careful setup and lacking desired customization options. (2 mentions)
Users find the checkout process time-consuming, citing delays and interruptions during events that hinder efficiency. (2 mentions)
Users find the clunky interface of Auctria limits customization and complicates event management and communication. (1 mentions)
Users find the checkout process confusing, noting it requires multiple steps that slow down operations. (1 mentions)
Users find the clunky website and email editors frustrating, especially for customization and managing auction item visibility. (1 mentions)

5 Pros or Advantages of Auctria

1. Ease of Use
Users find Auctria extremely easy to use, appreciating its flexibility and user-friendly interface for online auctions.
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Chantelle E.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Perfect for fundraiser!"

What do you like about Auctria?

This was so easy to use and I loved all the different options available to allow us to make an auction website that was specific to our needs. The w

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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Auctria was an invaluable tool for running my organization's online auction"

What do you like about Auctria?

Auctria is quite easy to use, and their customer service is extremely helpful and responsive. My non-profit organization has used Auctria now for two

2. User Interface
Users appreciate the easy-to-use interface of Auctria, finding it intuitive and effective for their needs.
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Chantelle E.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Perfect for fundraiser!"

What do you like about Auctria?

This was so easy to use and I loved all the different options available to allow us to make an auction website that was specific to our needs. The w

Verified User
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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Auctria was an invaluable tool for running my organization's online auction"

What do you like about Auctria?

Auctria is quite easy to use, and their customer service is extremely helpful and responsive. My non-profit organization has used Auctria now for two

3. Auction Management
Users appreciate the flexibility of auction management in Auctria, enjoying both online and paper auction options.
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Chantelle E.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Perfect for fundraiser!"

What do you like about Auctria?

This was so easy to use and I loved all the different options available to allow us to make an auction website that was specific to our needs. The w

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Allen P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"We have used Auctria for several years now and love it!"

What do you like about Auctria?

We like the flexibilty of using online auctions or using paper, The system can accomodate both.

4. Customer Support
Users appreciate the helpful and responsive customer support of Auctria, enhancing their overall experience with the product.
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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Auctria was an invaluable tool for running my organization's online auction"

What do you like about Auctria?

Auctria is quite easy to use, and their customer service is extremely helpful and responsive. My non-profit organization has used Auctria now for two

Jeanette W.
JW

Jeanette W.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Great auction software with excellent support!"

What do you like about Auctria?

The user interface for bidders! I also love how responsive the customer support team is.

5. Fundraising
Users commend Auctria for its efficient fundraising capabilities, with responsive support and user-friendly features enhancing their experience.
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Tammy A.
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Tammy A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"Flexible, well-rounded software with some flaws"

What do you like about Auctria?

Once you get used to it, it's quite customizable and can handle the full breadth of activities associated with fundraising events. It also has an expo

CCS A.
CA

CCS A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Best software for our annual online auction fundraiser"

What do you like about Auctria?

We have used Auctria for 5 years now for our annual auction fundraiser and it does the job well. -Staff are very responsive and very helpful - I have

5 Cons or Disadvantages of Auctria

1. Auction Functionality
Users find the auction functionality unintuitive, requiring careful setup and lacking desired customization options.
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Tammy A.
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Tammy A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"Flexible, well-rounded software with some flaws"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Website and email editors are a bit clunky, especially if you're going for a highly customized look. It's also quite annoying that, every time you add

Verified User
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Verified User

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"Auctria was an invaluable tool for running my organization's online auction"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Some of the backend setup isn't always intuitive. As an admin, you need to triple check that the settings for different aspects of the auction (ie, it

2. Time-consuming
Users find the checkout process time-consuming, citing delays and interruptions during events that hinder efficiency.
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Heather G.
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Heather G.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"Overall Good Experience with Auctria at Nonprofit Auction"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

A few times during our event Auctria stopped processing credit cards, which caused a slowdown in the flow of the line. We don't think this was an inte

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Allen P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"We have used Auctria for several years now and love it!"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Checking people out is not as smooth and streamline as it should be. It seems to require a couple of steps that take a bit longer.

3. Clunky Interface
Users find the clunky interface of Auctria limits customization and complicates event management and communication.
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Tammy A.
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Tammy A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"Flexible, well-rounded software with some flaws"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Website and email editors are a bit clunky, especially if you're going for a highly customized look. It's also quite annoying that, every time you add

4. Confusion
Users find the checkout process confusing, noting it requires multiple steps that slow down operations.
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Allen P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"We have used Auctria for several years now and love it!"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Checking people out is not as smooth and streamline as it should be. It seems to require a couple of steps that take a bit longer.

5. Donor Management
Users find the clunky website and email editors frustrating, especially for customization and managing auction item visibility.
See 1 mentions

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Tammy A.
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Tammy A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"Flexible, well-rounded software with some flaws"

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Website and email editors are a bit clunky, especially if you're going for a highly customized look. It's also quite annoying that, every time you add

Auctria Reviews (114)

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Tammy A.
TA
Owner
Consulting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Flexible, well-rounded software with some flaws"
What do you like best about Auctria?

Once you get used to it, it's quite customizable and can handle the full breadth of activities associated with fundraising events. It also has an export format designed for use with Little Green Light, which can make post-event gift import that much easier. The built-in reporting is quite useful, and the bulk edit tools enable organizations to make global changes if they have decided to reorganize an element of the event. Documentation is reasonably thorough, and training videos are helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Website and email editors are a bit clunky, especially if you're going for a highly customized look. It's also quite annoying that, every time you add an item category, it gets added to the navigation bar on your public site automatically. If you're not ready for your auction items to be visible - or don't want your navigation bar to behave that way - you have to manually hide the link immediately. I do wish there were a bit more customization available for event registrations, such as custom fields during participant registration/account update.

I also wish it were possible to schedule emails and texts for night-of communications so we didn't have to assign someone to push "go". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CCS A.
CA
Chair of Auction Committee (volunteer)
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best software for our annual online auction fundraiser"
What do you like best about Auctria?

We have used Auctria for 5 years now for our annual auction fundraiser and it does the job well.

-Staff are very responsive and very helpful - I have truly been most impressed by this. Weekends, evenings, I get a response fairly quickly and it is almost always helpful and solves my issue.

-Software is fairly user friendly (I'd give it a 4 out of 5); there's a bit of a learning curve but there are lots of user guides or a response from staff usually comes within minutes of asking.

-Online auction platform is very easy for our school community to use, many of which are not overly technically literate. In a survey we conducted last year, almost everyone said Auctria was very easy to use.

-I can batch upload items and pictures and they have great reports, all of which save me many many hours Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

- There's a few minor things I would have liked added such as the ability to add notes to the bidder statements we use after the auction (e.g. person A is picking up person B's items) and the ability to sort the items by closing time (we stagger the closing time of all of our items but there's no way to have a separate tab where they can be sorted in this manner). Both of these items I mentioned to the staff and they said they would forward to the product development team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeanette W.
JW
Gala & Sponsorship Chair
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great auction software with excellent support!"
What do you like best about Auctria?

The user interface for bidders! I also love how responsive the customer support team is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

I wish the app would include ability to enter a new item or item or edit existing items and participants. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heather G.
HG
Development Coordinator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Overall Good Experience with Auctria at Nonprofit Auction"
What do you like best about Auctria?

Straightforward interface--I feel like I was able to learn Auctria fairly quickly on my own Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

A few times during our event Auctria stopped processing credit cards, which caused a slowdown in the flow of the line. We don't think this was an internet issue, since we were still able to check people in and out. Required a restart, so that was frustrating in the moment but solveable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laurie Hochman of Auctria

Thanks for noting the ease of use and how quickly you were able to learn how to use Auctria.

CE
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect for fundraiser!"
What do you like best about Auctria?

This was so easy to use and I loved all the different options available to allow us to make an auction website that was specific to our needs.

The website was very user friendly and did not take long to set up. I would definitely use this in the future for any other events that would need an online auction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

I wouldn't really say there was anything that I disliked! I didn't run into any issues or complications, I am very happy with this website! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laurie Hochman of Auctria

5-stars and no dislikes! Thanks for talking the time to leave a review. Double thanks for using Auctria for fundraising for your cause.

RJ
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Have used for years - continues to improve."
What do you like best about Auctria?

We have used Auctria since 2016 - it continues to be the best way we've found to organize donors, bidders, and auction items for our small church's annual auction. In 2021, we had an all-online auction, and began to use the online auction tools on Auctria to great effect. People had so much fun using it that we have incorporated the online auction each year since. It's easy to set up, and saves our auction team a huge amount of work setting up a silent auction in person on the night of our live auction. Our auction night includes an online auction during the week prior to the night, a mini-silent auction in person, a gift card pull, sign-up parties, and a live auction. Auctria makes it easy to add all of these different items and categorize them in a way that makes sense. The registered credit card option finally eliminated the terrible checkout line overload at the end of the evening, which was a problem we'd tried to eliminate for years. Each year we find new ways that Auctria can help us streamline our efforts. Additionally, customer service at Auctria is stellar. There is an in-program chat, and they also have webinars focussed on various topics. Auctria is truly a boon to us and at this point we couldn't imagine holding an auction without it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

It is sometimes difficult to search for a help topic, although recently this has become easier, and you can always ask a question in chat if you get stuck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laurie Hochman of Auctria

Nothing better than a LONG-term user with a 5-star review here. Thank you for the detailed information.

Love this, we are always trying to make it easy - "The registered credit card option finally eliminated the terrible checkout line overload at the end of the evening, which was a problem we'd tried to eliminate for years."

David K.
DK
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy for Small Non-Profits"
What do you like best about Auctria?

Auctria is a super simple program to use from start to finish. From creating an event website to checking guests in day-of, these simple things can be done with a couple clicks of a button. Their support staff is also super helpful and speedy to respond. It was my first year creating an auction website and any question that I had was answered in minutes.

As a single person setting up our event for the organization, Auctria was super easy to work with! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Sometimes I would have a hard time with gathering people's information especially when it came to corporate sponsors. This was more on me than Auctria, but better options for required sections of forms would be great. Some of my patrons were also confused by the functions of auctria. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashley I.
AI
Office Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great for Small Buisnesses"
What do you like best about Auctria?

We use Auctria for our employee holiday bonus program, makes everything streamline and easy to follow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

Everything is great, no dislikes with Auctria Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laurie Hochman of Auctria

Glad you were able to save time!!

Jill H.
JH
CEO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Auctria will Help your Auctions Soar"
What do you like best about Auctria?

I like the helpfulness of the staff. They are so patient and talented. Auctria has helped both of my Clubs fundraiser income grow. People enjoy the ease of use. They give the biggest bang for your buck.The program is very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

It takes time to enter items and pictures if you want the professional look.I suggest to get in items as soon as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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AB
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great product for a fundraiser!"
What do you like best about Auctria?

I like how easy was to use from a user or somoene that attended the event. The product was easy to review and was easy to manage on the back end with updating items, bidders, etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Auctria?

There is nothing that I don't like about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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