Auctria Voting
One of the most straightforward approaches to Voting using Auctria is to set up Donation Items representing what will be voted on. For example, Voting on which group decorated the best Christmas tree (also see our webinar: Christmas Under the Clocktower: Using Auctria for Voting).
Pre-Requisites
- Create A Donation Event (see How To Set Up A Donation-Only Event) (optional)
- Add A Donation Page To An Event (see How To Add A Donation Page (optional))
Recommended Reading
Auctria Voting is essentially how Peer To Peer works in Auctria. In general, the idea of "Peer To Peer" is often more fundraiser project focused.
Create Donation Items
Create a donation item for each item that will be voted on. It is also generally recommended that these items have a tiered donation structure using the Donation Levels feature, including an open donation option.
In most cases, the item with the most donated dollars will be considered the winner, where one dollar equals one vote.
IMPORTANT
To close the polls on the voting items, you must set their respective Override Online Bidding End Time.
Suppose your event has multiple approaches to the fundraiser aside from the Voting idea. In that case, it might be helpful to Tag or set a Category for each voting item so they can be grouped together both on the Event Website and within Reports.
Finding The Winner
To find the Winner after the polls have closed, you can look at the all items list report, although it will need some additional columns. You can add the $ winning bids column (for the total funds raised) and, if you like, the # winning bids column (for the number of individual votes that were placed).
See Choosing Columns for more information.
With this information, you can filter the list by displaying the All Donation Items Group and/or the Category you added to each item to identify it (suggested above).
As a secondary fundraising opportunity, the items being voted on might also be set up as something voters can purchase after Voting closes. Create an appropriate For Sale item for each of the Donation Items made available for purchase and display them as needed in an appropriately configured Item Catalog.
See Sales Transactions for more details.
Last reviewed: June 2023