Auctria vs Fish Auctions

Auctria is an event fundraising platform for managing auctions and fundraisers from donation intake through receipts and bidding. It supports silent, live, and online auctions, mobile bidding, raffles, ticket sales, sponsorships, and paddle raises. Each event can have a website built from a template or customized core template, with branding, images, and video. Payments can be processed through Stripe or Authorize.Net, while cash and checks can also be recorded. Optional Admin and Bidder mobile apps support guest check-in, checkout, sales and bid recording, mobile bidding, and alerts. Auctria offers more than 100 customizable report templates and filters, and event data can be exported for CRM use. Its Automations feature uses Zapier for event-triggered notifications to tools such as Slack, Gmail, and Google Calendar. The free Explorer plan allows $10,000 annual income, 250 bidders per event, and three team members. Emerald costs $375.00 per year, and Diamond costs $750.00 per year. Texting is available only in the United States and Canada.

Fish Auctions is a free web service for clubs running auctions for fish, reptiles, amphibians, food cultures and other pet-keeping supplies. Clubs can hold traditional in-person auctions or run them online. Online bidding supports proxy bids, and an auction can extend when bids arrive in its final 15 minutes. Organizers can manage lots, set reserve and buy-now prices, add labels, and project lot pictures during in-person events. Auction creators can give other users admin permissions to add users, edit lots, and view or export invoices. The site generates invoices automatically, but clubs handle payment collection themselves. Square payments are available to approved accounts, and invoices can be exported for PayPal import. CSV exports include breeder-point information, and lot images can include YouTube links. The site says online auctions can accommodate 200–300 simultaneous users without slowdowns in practice; larger use may slow it. Direct person-to-person sales outside a club auction are not permitted.