Top 10 Reasons to Switch From Mobile Bidding to The New Fundraising Platform (Part 3)
- Configurable Event & Campaign Sites
- Integrated Ticket & Table Management
- Sponsors & Sponsorships
- Golf Events
- End-to-End Auctions
- OneCause AI™
- Express Check-In & Checkout
In this third and final blog of the series, we’ll explore how the platform takes giving, donations, and payment processing to an entirely new level.
8. Giving & Donations
If you’ve been using our mobile bidding software for your donation appeals and fund-a-needs, you’ll love the expanded giving capabilities in the OneCause Fundraising Platform. Buckle up — it’s packed with new features to make your donation process smoother and more impactful!
Build the Perfect Appeal
We’ve introduced game-changing giving features that provide even more flexibility, creativity, and innovation to maximize giving. With the platform, building the perfect appeal just got a whole lot easier.
- Donation Moments. Create and configure any number of individual donation moments, each with its own giving levels and scoreboard.
- Donation Commitments. The platform makes it easy to track each commitment leading up to your event—whether from high net-worth donors or corporate partners. You can recognize these commitments during the event to keep the momentum going.
- Configurable Scoreboards. In the OneCause Fundraising Platform, scoreboards are more engaging and customizable than ever before.
- Real-time donor recognition, including names and sponsor logos.
- Custom branding with background images and color schemes.
- Unique thermometer shapes, like stars or ribbons, to match your mission.
- Eye-catching animations to celebrate reaching your goal.
Community & Competitive Giving
Beyond the traditional appeal, the platform introduces new, exciting ways to engage supporters and encourage them to give—and give again. While community giving presents donors with the opportunity to collaborate toward a shared goal with shared impact, competitive giving encourages friendly competition among guests to maximize giving.
Community Giving
- Impact Levels. Show donors exactly how their individual gift makes a difference by linking donation amounts to tangible benefits (e.g., $50 provides dinner for one family, $350 provides a tablet for our classroom).
- Targeted Achievements. Rally supporters to give to larger, goal-oriented giving challenges that impact your mission (e.g., $500 sends one child to camp).
Competitive Giving
- Donate to Vote. Invite supporters to cast votes with smaller contributions—perfect for honorees, chef showdowns, or selecting next year’s event theme.
- Top Tables. Encourage friendly competition and higher participation by showcasing the most generous and engaged tables at your event (e.g., dessert dash).
Raffles & Fixed-Price Items
Looking to drive more proceeds from your raffle and fixed-price item sales? The OneCause Fundraising Platform offers all the valuable features from our mobile bidding software and then some. Here are a few examples:
- Enhanced Tracking. Raffles and Fixed Price Items are no longer grouped together, providing greater visibility and reporting.
- Flexible Bulk Pricing. Set multiple price tiers (e.g., 1 ticket for $25, 3 for $50, 7 for $100) and price ranges to encourage larger purchases.
- Suggestive Selling. Automatic prompts nudge donors toward the next discount tier, increasing both event engagement and proceeds.
- Printable Display Sheets. Use display sheets with images and QR codes to promote raffles and fixed-price items, just like you’ve traditionally done with auction items.
- Automated Winner Selection. The platform makes pulling and messaging raffle winners a breeze.
We haven’t even covered the insights provided in the platform’s donation reporting and analytics yet, but as you can see, giving on the OneCause Fundraising Platform isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a new look at what’s possible in engaging donors, maximizing generosity, and creating unforgettable fundraising experiences.
9. Online Fundraising
Nonprofits need more than just a one-night event to truly engage their supporters, and with the full online fundraising capabilities available in the OneCause Fundraising Platform—at no additional cost —you have everything needed to connect with supporters, expand your donor base, and maximize year-round giving.
Here’s how the platform helps you convert more online donations, create beautiful giving pages, and empower your supporters to fundraise on your behalf:
- Embeddable Donation Forms. Easily add giving opportunities to your main website or landing pages, so supporters can donate in just a few clicks. They never have to leave your page—boosting trust and increasing conversion rates.
- Online Giving Sites. The online giving sites on the new platform are flat-out better. Beautifully designed, mobile-friendly pages create an engaging experience for donors, while offering you more flexibility than ever before.Customize site with images, branding, and storytelling elements.
- Incorporate matching gifts.
- Invite one-time and recurring donations.
- Convert more donors with a complete digital wallet.
- Launch your fundraising campaigns in minutes.
Whether you’re hosting a giving day, year-end appeal, or emergency fundraising campaign, these sites make it easy to inspire donors and drive action.
- Personal Fundraising Pages. One of the most exciting additions to the platform is our Personal Fundraising Pages. In a matter of minutes, supporters can create these pages to rally friends, family, and social networks around your cause. By empowering supporters to be fundraising ambassadors, you can expand your reach, engage new donors, and grow your impact!
- Analytics & Reports. And because nonprofits need insights to optimize their online fundraising strategy, the platform provides robust reporting tools to help track donations, identify trends, and make informed decisions—just as you would expect!
Key benefits include:
- Real-time tracking of donations and campaign progress,
- Donor insights to personalize engagement, and
- Automated reports to save time and drive strategy.
10. OneCause Payments™
In our classic mobile bidding software, nonprofits have access to a single payment processor. In the OneCause Fundraising Platform, however, the options and ease of managing payments are significantly improved—all through OneCause Payments.
OneCause Payments is a new, powerful, integrated payment solution built directly in the OneCause Fundraising Platform, offering an innovative payment experience for both you and your donors. It’s designed to deliver a fast, easy, and secure payment experience.
- Safe & Secure Payments. With world-class fraud prevention, OneCause Payments reduces chargebacks and protects your organization from unauthorized transactions. Knowing that your giving process is safe and secure means fewer headaches for your team and more confidence for your donors.
- More Ways to Give with Digital Wallet. The ability to pay quickly and easily is not only what today’s donors expect, it’s something that could impact whether they give at all. OneCause Payments offers credit and debit card transactions via Apple Pay and Google Pay, as well as transactions through Venmo, PayPal, and ACH transfers
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.- Recurring Donations Made Simple. OneCause Payments also helps you track all recurring gifts. It also provides supporters with a portal where they can manage their own recurring giving, building trust and transparency that fosters your donor relationships for years to come.
- Maximizing Impact with Covered Costs. When we built the platform, we borrowed a few features from our mobile bidding software, including the ability for supporters to cover fees associated with fundraising. As donors make this additional contribution, OneCause Payments tracks this process effortlessly.
- Ease of Enhanced Reconciliation. No more hours spent trying to reconcile payments and fees with your bank deposits! With OneCause Payments, you can view processing, confirm deposits, manage disputes, and more—all without ever having to leave the platform!
Wrapping Up
The OneCause Fundraising Platform offers more than just an upgrade from our mobile bidding software. It transforms how nonprofits engage donors, inspire generosity, and maximize impact year-round.
Ready to reach more and raise more? Let’s get started today!
