Online Bidding with Greater Giving
What You Can Expect
This year’s auction will use Greater Giving Online Bidding – allowing for a paperless bidding system by using your smartphone to bid on silent auction items. Also, you can easily track Packages by “watching” their activity without having to continuously return to a table or bid sheet.
How to Mobile Bid with Greater Giving Online Bidding
- Register your smartphone and credit card information on our registration page in advance of the event or upon arrival.
- Once your smartphone is registered and bidding opens, you will receive an automated ‘Welcome’ text with your bidder URL. If you do not receive a text message, see a volunteer or staff member.
- After clicking the URL in the text, confirm your name when prompted.
- Begin scrolling or searching for silent auction packages by number, keyword, or category.
- Select the package you wish to bid on.
- You can bid the next increment, set a max bid, or simply “Watch” packages. If you enter the highest max bid on a package, the system will automatically place bids in your favor until your max bid is reached or until the silent auction closes. If your bid is lower than the highest max bid on that package, you will be prompted to enter a higher bid.
- If you’re outbid at any point before the silent auction closes, you’ll be notified by text message.
- Keep an eye on packages you’ve bid on or are watching by selecting the menu button and selecting “My List”
- As soon as the silent auction closes, the guest with the highest bid will win - go to "My List" to check your winning packages.
