Items for Fundraising Auction - Guide
Procuring the best items for your Fundraising Auction
Procuring items for your fundraising auction breaks down to making two key decisions:
- Should you accept only donated items?
- Should you accept both donated items as well as consignment items?
The answer to these two decisions is generally based on how your organization ‘accounts’ for the consignment items. Many organizations ‘account’ for consignment items by recording their consignment costs as an ‘expense’ to the organization or to the fundraising auction. This can prove to be a deterrent for consignment items because many organizations do not want to show such significant expenses associated with their fundraiser. In these cases where the ‘accounting’ process of the organization limits your ability to take consignment items we recommend a creative and aggressive effort to fill your auction with fully 100% donated items. When securing fully donated items it becomes imperative to find donators, as well as committed sponsors for the auction items you seek. The very best way to find sponsors for auction items is to find great items for people to sponsor. Whole Auction Registry stands ready to help in this effort with their sponsorship program and their catalog of fantastic items. Whole Auction Registry sponsorship program is designed specifically for organizations that cannot accept consignment items but need fully donated items to make their auction successful. |
