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The donor management system provided by FirstGiving has proven to be a valuable tool for organizing and streamlining fundraising events and silent auctions. Users have found that the software offers a convenient way to raise funds, making it an effective marketing tool for businesses. Coordinating fundraising campaigns and organizing events becomes significantly easier with the software, eliminating the tediousness of managing multiple platforms and people. The user-friendly interface allows donors and users to easily create personal webpages to raise funds for various initiatives. Additionally, FirstGiving excels in managing auctions with its Quick Sales option, which simplifies tracking different revenue streams. The platform also offers a wide variety of item categories for employee assistance program fundraising, making it easy to gather payments and reload similar items year after year. Furthermore, FirstGiving is commonly used for mobile bidding, enhancing the convenience of fundraising activities. By leveraging their connections, fundraisers and donors have reported bringing in more nonprofit income through outreach efforts. Peer-to-peer fundraising is simplified by consolidating all event information and providing easy report generation within the software. FirstGiving has successfully helped organizations raise money for various events, including photo scavenger hunts and 5K auctions. The software also makes event registrations and live auction bidding more efficient. Volunteers can create fundraising pages in one spot while the platform handles logistics and allows for additional information collection through surveys. Some users did not experience cost savings as expected due to the time spent post-event offsetting potential savings. However, FirstGiving enables seamless auction check-out by linking credit card information to bidder numbers. It provides a turn-key solution for nonprofits to enable their supporters to fundraise online without requiring extensive skills or resources. By using FirstGiving, nonprofits can increase individual and team sign-ups for events, manage donations effectively, and enable crowdfunding with minimal effort. Nonetheless, some users encountered issues with the software not functioning as expected, resulting in a loss of donation dollars.