★ AUCTION WEEK INFO ★
We reached the halfway point! We’re so impressed by everyone’s kindness and generosity so far; we love seeing bidders and creators cheer on one another as they bid and get bid on...which is why we hope you’ll support our golden needle auctions!
What are golden needles, you ask? These are auctions that are less active but just as wonderful and deserving of bids. With 264 auctions, we want to make sure that no one gets lost in the haystack—hence why we have a dedicated “golden needle” category on our auction site to make these hidden treasures easier to find.
This tag gives everyone a chance to be bid on and allows bidders to find new creators they aren’t familiar with and/or auctions they can afford. We know that some people don’t have much money to spare but still want to bid, and this is a great way to find auctions that are within budget, other than checking out pod bids or making one of your own!
While many of our auctions offer fic or art, we also have exciting offers for beta services (editing, soundboarding/planning, fact-checking, culture-picking, sensitivity reading, and knowledge about specific topics or experiences), crafts, digital works (graphics/edits, gifsets, manips, mood boards, etc.), podfics, and other fan labor. There are several one-of-a-kind auctions on offer, so feel free to browse the golden needle pages in their entirety. To search the golden needles by work type, rating, or special auction categories, use the filters to the right of the page.
For those of you who want to narrow down your search to your favorite fandoms, ships, and characters, you can do so by searching multiple keywords (e.g., ship: stony “golden needle” for Steve/Tony golden needles). Please refer to our tag list to see all of our tags and some search tips and our search guide for instructions on doing a multiple keyword search.
We’d also like to remind creators that your starting bid and bid increment can still be changed if your auction has not yet received a bid. If you’d like to make a change, please email us at
[email protected] or ping a server mod (@mod) on our Discord server with the details.
We hope that you’ll support all of our lovely golden needles. Let’s try to get a bid for every auction!
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Read our daily update posts for more information:
Day 1 - Viewing Tumblr posts on mobile, using our auction watchlist feature, and changing your Discord DM settings
Day 2 - Bidder–creator matchmaking and group/pod bids
Day 3 - Commissioning gifts on a friend’s behalf (fanworks are great holiday gifts!)
Auction spotlights:
Beta services and other fan labor
Craft or merch auctions
Digital and podfic auctions
Poly ships
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