Online Services

Blacktie offers over 35 proprietary event planning and communication tools, most of which you will not find anywhere else, including:

• Sophisticated online registration, ticketing and RSVP capability
• Online donation and recurring donation ability
• We don’t take a percentage of your proceeds for any service (ticketing,
• donations, etc.)
• Detailed event calendar for planning and scheduling events
• Comprehensive online, silent and live auction packages
• Easy to use software for seating charts, check-in sheets and nametag printing

We go the extra mile to ensure that your awareness building and fundraising efforts are maximized. We’ll help your nonprofit get noticed:

• Photojournalist coverage of events with photos posted to our website so your donors and prospects can view, purchase, email or add photos to Facebook
• Ability to create email blasts and personalized newsletters
• Database management system that allows you easy access to your information
• Exposure on the Blacktie website that averages over 300K visitors monthly

Take Blacktie for a Test Dance
We think that when you see our online suite of services, you’ll notice what a difference we can make for your organization.

• Explore Blacktie suite of services with an expert to guide you
• See demonstration of key features that will make your life easier
• Learn how you can enhance your event planning and execution

To learn more about Blacktie Webinars and schedule dates, click on the “Webinar Navigation Bar” on the “I’m a Nonprofit Organization” page.

Online RSVP’s

• Add OFFLINE ticket purchases to create one central database of ALL attendees
• Supports up to 15 different ticket levels
• Pay by credit card or electronic check
• Customize the receipt for online purchasers (logo, instructions, etc.)
• Cap specific ticket levels (VIP) or total amount of tickets available
• Ask meal choices (beef, fish, vegetarian) or 15 other questions
• Print nametags on different Avery labels
• Automatically print check-in sheet
• Assign bid numbers for auction

Auctions

• Blacktie is the only company to allow you to move from offline to online auctions
• Take bids online and maximize your revenue (taking a bid from someone who can’t be there the night of your event)
• Create master list of all items in an Excel spreadsheet
• Allow multiple people to enter items simultaneously
• Create the auction catalogue
• Print “thank you” letters to donors and winning bidders; will also print your bid sheets automatically
• Set minimum bid and incremental raise amounts. Expedite checkout the night of the event (internet access required) by entering in bid #, item # and $ amount, automatically creates invoices and charges credit cards; creates a report of which items were paid for by cash, check and credit card, which items had no bids, and which items weren’t paid for

Seating Chart

• Names from Blacktie RSVP area are automatically inserted into your seating chart area, no data re-entry
• Sponsor tables are automatically created
• “Sit With” Information displayed
• Print all tables to see where people are sitting
• Create master lists by last name, table name, table number or company

Email Blast

• Completely revamped. Our new blast allows you to track how many people
• actually opened your email.
• Allows you to create electronic internet newsletters with pictures, logos and hyperlinks. No html programming skills are required!
• Blacktie software keeps you off of Spam lists. We send your email, in groups every five minutes regardless of how large it is. We also track your bounce-backs for you.