Why we built NoFee

When your people raise four thousand dollars, they should keep four thousand dollars.

Every other place you could run an auction takes a slice of what you raise — a percentage of the youth-group trip, the band uniforms, the family's estate. We thought that was backwards. So we took the cut out entirely and charge a small flat rate instead. Here's what that makes possible.

The problem

The tools that exist were built for auction companies, not for causes.

A big marketplace takes its percentage and a payment fee on top. An auction company takes a commission and a buyer's premium. Even a "free" fundraising app usually clips the donation on the way through. None of it was designed for a church hall, a booster club, or a family clearing a parent's home — it was designed to monetize transactions, and a community's good cause is just another transaction to it.

The result is always the same: the more you raise, the more they take. Your best night becomes their best night.

Our one rule

“We don't earn more when you do. The flat rate is the same whether your auction raises fifty dollars or fifty thousand — so the windfall is yours, all of it.

No commission · No buyer's premium · No cut of the sale, ever

01

No commission, ever

A flat monthly rate for sellers — and nothing taken from any sale. Bidding is always free.

02

Paid directly

Winners pay the seller through their own apps — Venmo, PayPal, cash. The money never routes through us.

03

Free to open

Starting a community costs nothing — your own branded page, your name, your rules, your people's trust carried online.

04

Online + in the room

Run it on the web, in a fellowship hall, or both at once — the same auction, everywhere your people are.

What it can do

A real auction house, not a donation button.

Everything a serious sale needs, and a few things you won't find anywhere else.

Online and in the room

Bid from a phone anywhere, or print QR cards to set beside the items. A projector board shows the whole room what's live and closing.

Real bidding mechanics

Set a maximum and let it bid for you, hidden reserves, and a late-bid clock extension so nobody gets sniped at the buzzer.

Built for a whole group

Organizers, sellers, and helper crews who can photograph and draft listings without ever seeing payment details. Belong to as many communities as you like.

Kept honest

Members can flag a bad listing; organizers can pull it. Two-way reviews after every sale, and anyone removed from a community can't keep bidding in it.

The handoff, handled

Once a lot sells, buyer and seller connect directly — shipping address shared, contact revealed at payment, and every common payment app supported.

Keepsakes, not receipts

Every winning lot earns a printable Certificate of Notoriety; every estate sale, a Book of Buyers — verifiable, with a QR back to the record.

Who it's for

Anyone with people and a reason.

If your group can gather things to sell and people to bid, it can run a NoFee auction. One subscription covers every kind.

Churches Schools Booster clubs Scout troops Estates Inheritances Garage sales Block sales Nonprofits Veterans' posts Animal rescues Alumni groups

Especially good for estate liquidation — the heirloom that means something finds the person who'll treasure it, and the family keeps every dollar it brings.

Pricing, plainly

Free to open. Free to bid. Sellers pay a flat rate.

Starting a community costs nothing, and always will. Bidding is free for everyone. The only subscription is for the people selling — one plan that works across every community they sell in.

What a seller pays

Starter

$10/mo

Up to 300 active listings. Everything you need to run real sales.

Most pick this

Standard

$25/mo

Unlimited listings and helper crews — the whole estate team on one account.

Pro

$50/mo

Custom branding, bulk import, advanced analytics, and live auction streaming.

And every seller starts free — their first 30 days or first 10 listings, whichever comes first. There's never a commission on a single sale.

Get early access

Free to open · No card required

Not open just yet

We're building this out. Want in early?

Leave your email and we'll send you an early-access pass — your spot for the moment communities open and bidding goes live. Got a question? Ask away.

We'll only email you about NoFee, and only when it matters. Your pass is a one-tap sign-in link — no password to make.