I really love the text feature - you can send out mass messages quickly and we found that it really increased engagement with our auction. I also love that it is a percentage of your earnings fee rather than a flat rate, that way you can manage your costs better. It looks great, and you're able to mix around the order of items and update things easily.

Overall, super easy software to use! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did receive some negative feedback about the check out process, as it was super easy, they are prompted to pay additional fees to support Event.Gives software. You can get rid of it, but our donors were a little put off by that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The auction went very smoothly, and I loved their text functions for registered attendees. It meant when attendees were staying too long we could send a text that the event was over. Also the texting function for the auction bidders meant increased competition among attendees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It felt like a lot of features weren't clear to administrators. For example we did not know that there was an automatic tipping function. When we needed to issue refunds we had to contact event.gives to get that money back to individuals. Also we had difficulties with Stripe so getting out payout from event.gives was much more difficult then necessary even though we requested an early payout due to fiscal year end dates. They were late by their own standards. The day of the event we had some wifi issues and we were unable to scan tickets and had to type them in. Rarely were we able to bring up individual tickets if a person registered under their name and also under a sponsorship. We won't be using this service again primarily due to the financial issues surrounding stripe and their tipping practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most beneficial aspect of Event.Gives is how easy it is to navigate. From ensuring each guest at our event has all the registration info needed, to getting them checked in at the event, to filling in any missing bits of info, to being a platform they're able to navigate to bid on items at the event- it's all very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With everything, there are always hiccups. Guests will always resist utilizing an all-online platform, but this is a minor setback and not something that reflects on Event.Gives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Event.gives increased the revenue from our fundraisers significantly once implemented it. A no-brainer for our organization to use it. Keri Scougle is the best! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have one fundraising venue that has limited cell service which kept folks from being able to donate unless they were tapped into wifi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's user-friendly for attendees and the staff. Being able to sell tickets and run the auction on the same platform solved a lot of our issues from previous events. We were also able to track donor information in the platform because we sold tickets on the site. Their customer support was very helpful. I booked calls for free leading up to the event, and I ended up purchasing remote support, which was essential the night of our event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There was a bit of a learning curve for our attendees when we switched, but having the remote support helped. Our attendees will be better prepared next year since they will be familiar with the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User friendly is an understatement. The platform itself was so intuitive that my event website practically built itself. We were able to do everything all in one place, rather than using multiple platforms which is really what we were looking for: tickets, silent and live auction, paddle raise, assigning table numbers, merch sales, and collecting credit card payments. Their text messaging feature was super convenient and allowed me to send out the ticket QR codes right before my guests arrived so we could scan them in.

Their support team was so helpful and I felt like they really just wanted to make sure I got the most out of all the features their site had to offer. They even scheduled a video call with my volunteers free of charge to train them on the software and make sure everyone was prepared for event night. This resulted in a seamless check-in experience for my guests with no long lines, which started the night off on a really positive note. The silent auction raised so much more money this year, because my guests could bid right from their phones while they mingled and had a good time. You can tell that the focus is all about the guest experience, which is what has won us over. We will be using Event.Gives for our fundraisers from now on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There was nothing I really disliked - I just wish I'd heard about them sooner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pretty simple to upload images and information. The "Live" feature is excellent! Easy to "open" and "close" auction items and tickets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not user-friendly for more complex Gala-type events. Had to figure out ways to try and add menu options, etc. Reports are NOT user-friendly at all. When exporting reports, any additional options added to tickets are not easily found nor can you run them by date. Unable to "package" auction items together - causes it to be more time-consuming when packaging items in auctions later on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The mobile bidding component for our live and silent auctions allowed us to DOUBLE our fundraising goal this year. Notifying bidders when they were outbid kept them engaged while they mingled with other guests and increased bid counts by 197%, which was huge for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We wished they had a max bid feature, but after speaking to their customer success team, they informed us that, based on feedback, they are currently developing this feature. I like when software companies listen to customers and build products to meet our needs. They seem hungry to keep innovating this platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have used Event.Gives for our annual gala for the past two years. It has made the attendee experience so much more smooth and because of this we have seen an increase in donations. The platform makes it easy for the attendees to donate and place online bids. It is also the most affordable platform we have used. Others have had contracts and hidden fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no max bid feature, and they did not integrate with our CRM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used Event.Gives for the first time this past spring, and now I couldn't imagine doing another event without them. Our annual event consists of about 400 attendees and a tight timeline in which we present our annual awards, host a live auction, and finish with our appeal, so checking people in quickly and efficiently is crucial for this to be a success. We used to use Greater Giving, but getting people in the door before the program started was always challenging because of the long and complicated process. This year we sold our tickets and sponsorships through Event.Gives and it was easy to set up and for our attendees to purchase them. The communication was also very helpful, in that we could text everyone with their tickets right before our event, which helped the process move along much faster. Our volunteers did not have to download anything to their phone they could simply scan everyone's ticket using the camera on their phone, it was SO FAST! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish our sponsors updated all their guests' information before the event. We had some attendees show up as guests of our sponsors, but they didn't have their tickets, so we had to register them using a computer. This isn't Event.Gives fault, but it is always a common issue among our events. Next time I will use the platform more to communicate more ahead of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.