Charity Auctions

Charity auctions are a great excuse for a media fest. And, by extension, they
are great publicity opportunities for your auction business. Local media
love interesting, colorful local stories and an Internet charity auction is
definitely different.

eBay for Charity is an easy way for buyers and sellers on eBay to support their favourite charities. Buyers can shop for items knowing they’re supporting a good cause, be it an everyday bargain or a special auction. Sellers, whether they’re individuals or businesses, can donate a percentage from any sale to a charity of their choice and add Gift Aid to their donations. Charities can also sell their own items directly on eBay.co.uk.

In addition, all eBay for Charity items will qualify for a fee credit on basic insertion and final value fees equal to the percentage donated.
When you’re selling, the real beauty of eBay for Charity is that there’s something for everyone - yourself included. You decide exactly what percentage of your final selling price you’d like to give to charity (that’s good causes sorted), and what percentage you’d like for yourself (that’s you sorted). You also get to choose which charity you’d like to support.

It's seen by everyone

eBay for Charity listings are the same as any other eBay listing, except for the blue and yellow eBay for Charity ribbon in search results and your chosen charity’s mission statement and logo in your listing. This means your listing can be seen by everyone who searches through eBay.co.uk. It’ll also get extra visibility through the eBay for Charity pages.
It’s the perfect way to make a difference – while doing what you do every day on eBay, whether you're a fishing enthusiast selling angling gear or a big business trading electronics.
Go to http://pages.ebay.com/charity and you will see the huge number of
charity auctions that are on the sites. If you would like to make money this way,
you can arrange these auctions - and handle the details - for various groups
who have never considered this idea and don’t have the expertise to handle it.
You make your profit by charging a certain percentage of the total revenue.
If this type of auction business appeals to you, specialize in handling auctions
for all kinds of groups. You can stage charity auctions for schools, athletic
organizations and church groups, as well as regular charitable causes.

Here are the steps on eBay for creating a charity auction.
1) Get approval from eBay for your organization or cause. They also will
require some information at the time of the auction such as the name of a
contact person, a brief synopsis of your organization and examples of items
you would like to list.

2) Create an “About Me” page, explaining your organization and what it does.
The only difference between your auction page and your personal page is that
you should change Feedback to “Show no feedback” and change “Items for
Sale” to “Show all items.” eBay further suggests that you may want to include
your logo for your organization at the top of your About Me page.

3) Have e-Bay link your listings to the “Charity page” which gets a lot of
attention.

The 1-2-3 of selling for charity
1)Once you’re ready to sell your item, go to the Sell hub and select ‘Advanced Sell’. If you're stuck, you can get some tips on how to list

2)As you’re filling out the details, look out for the charity box just below where you set your price. Select a charity to support and the percentage (10%-100%) of your final selling price that you'd like to donate. Note: There is a minimum donation per listing.

3)A week after your item sells, MissionFish (eBay's charity partner) will automatically collect the donation from you. You can also manage your donations through the 'My Donations' section of My eBay, under the My Account tab. Any fee credits will appear on your next invoice.

If you are really ambitious, you can often find celebrities who will participate by donating items, their name or their time.