What is an Online Garage Sale Fundraiser?

An Online Garage Sale Fundraiser is a modern digital way to do what used to take hundreds of hours of volunteer time, was dependant on good weather / buyer turnout and lots of other uncontrollable factors.  Supporters list their items under your fundraiser online on a site like reraiseit.com.  The buying process is very similar to Facebook Marketplace - a prospective buyer

Create a fundraiser on ReRaiseit.com (under 2 minutes).  You send your supporters the link to your fundraiser explaining that they list their new or used items under it.  Usually people list items they no longer need or want (Very Similar to FaceBook Market Place). Interested buyers message you with any questions or pick up time/location (just like Facebook). 

Upon inspection of the item the buyer then pays for the item online. The buyer then receives a six digit code that will be asked for by the seller to complete the sale (This is an antifraud measure to ensure only the buyer that has paid for the item takes possession).  The second the sale is completed the money minus any platform fee 14% (currently free) & processing fee of 3% is sent directly to the Fundraiser Account.     

No it cost nothing to setup an Online Garage Sale Fundraiser. Currently ReRaiseit.com has a platform fee of 14% and paymenty processing is 3% approx.  ReRaiseit.com is launching their app so they are waiving the platform fee to get new users.

NO! Your supporters list their items online under your fundraiser.  No phyiscal collecting of products ever.  No wasted time, fuel, volunteers or energy. No depending on good weather or buyer turnout.  ReRaiseit.com has a digital marketing team that helps buyers find your listings to help you sell items fast.  

Yes, you have complete control over what is listed. You can deny any listing for any reason as it's your fundraiser.  Any listing can be flagged by your users for any reason so its not a one person job. You always have complete control.   

An online Garage Sale Fundraiser can easily make anywhere from $2000 to $20,000.  It depends on the price and quantity of items listed. Take a school with 400 students. If 200 families list 2 items at $40 each that results in $16,000 minus payment processing of 3% ($480) and a platform fee of 14% ($2240) giving a net profit of $13,280.  As of now ReRaiseit.com is waiving their Platform fee to get new users on board. 

Pro Tip - Anyone can support your cause by listing items under your fundraiser. They can be neighbours, businesses, professionals or anyone that wants to support your fundraiser. Reaching out to your community can give you a huge boost in funds.

Facebook Marketplace is great for getting rid of "your" stuff. But when you try to use it for fundraising, things get messy fast:

• People ask: “Where do I pay?” “Who gets the money?”
• Payments happen off-platform (cash/e-transfer/awkward handoffs)
• No fundraiser goal tracker
• No centralized reporting for PACs/teams
• Hard to prove what was raised
• Easy for supporters to get confused and stop participating
• 47 - "Is it Still Availble" requests and no one responds back  
• Everyone offers 50% of the price posted and some want free delivery 40 minutes away
• The Reraiseit difference - Reraiseit is built like Marketplace — but designed for fundraising.

ReRaiseit.com

✅ One shared fundraiser page
Everyone lists under one fundraiser, so it feels like a community campaign—not random individual sales.

✅ Online payments that support the fundraiser
Buyers pay through the fundraiser experience, reducing “where do I send money?” confusion.

✅ Built-in tracking & transparency
See total raised, sales activity, and momentum in one place—perfect for PACs, School Councils, teams, and nonprofits.

✅ More listings → more momentum
When a fundraiser launches with 25–50 items, it builds trust and energy fast. Marketplace can’t create that shared momentum.

✅ Less admin work for volunteers
No spreadsheets. No chasing. No reconciling dozens of messages and payments.

✅ A fundraiser people actually understand
It’s simple: List → Sell → Support the cause