A professional benefit auctioneer will raise more money for your organization while entertaining your guests.  Presenting exciting, enthusiastic, and energetic bid-calling and presentations, a professional benefit auctioneer manages your event, entertains your supporters, and will raise the maximum revenues possible for your auction.

While hiring a professional auctioneer will  always pay for itself with increased revenues, Auction Legacy offers the following compensation methods to hire a professional benefit auctioneer. 

Option 1: The No Cost Option
Nationwide, many non-profit organizations, schools and churches prefer to use the standard Buyer’s Premium at auction. This is a set percentage added to the final bid and payed by the highest winning bidders.  It is standard in the auction industry and your organization receives all the benefit of hiring a professional benefit auctioneer while paying nothing for the service.

Option 2: Flat Fee
In the case of larger and more experienced fundraising organizations a budget is pre-determined for their auction services. The flat rate is designed for those clients who budget annually for auction services and choose to pay for auction services internally. In many cases a graduated bonus system is implemented to motivate the auctioneer to push the events proceeds above previous records.

Option 3: Percentage of the Proceeds 
Many smaller organizations who are new to fundraising auctions my choose to take a portion of their profit to compensate a professional benefit auctioneer.  This option is perfect for organizations who have not previously utilized auctions or a professional auctioneer before and are not sure what revenues their event will produce.  Utilizing a set percentage of the auction to compensate the auctioneer gives the organization the benefit of a professional auctioneer with no risk as the auctioneer is only paid on results.