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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. You will bid using your smartphone or tablet on silent auction items. Also, you can easily track Packages by “following” their activity without having to continuously return to a table or bid sheet. 

Online Bidding laptop and mobile side by side with menu.

How to Bid with Online Bidding

Once you have been invited to join Online Bidding, you have a number of options available to you.

  1. Select the Package you wish to Bid on.
  2. Select either the Bid option to bid the next increment, or select Bid More to choose your increment.
  3. Or, if available, select Buy Now to purchase the Package for the price listed.
  4. Click the star icon to save the Package to your Favorites.
  5. To make a donation, click the Donate button on the home page and enter your amount.
  6. Use the menu in the top left to view Packages you have bid on, favorited, or to browse by Category.
  7. When the auction closes, the high bidder can find Packages they have won in the Bids area of the menu.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the differences between various auctions?

LIVE AUCTION
The Live Auction is what most people think of when they hear the word “auction”. The auctioneer directs the Live Auction during the dinner and guests raise their bid cards to participate.

SILENT & WINE AUCTION
These are similar to a Live Auction, but without an auctioneer directing the bidding. Through Greater Giving Online Bidding on your mobile device, you will be able to easily search for and track packages you are interested in, as well as place bids. If someone outbids you, you will be notified on your device and can choose to bid higher. Visit the Online Bidding registration link sent ot your email or mobile device to find a simple explanation of how to bid, or visit one of our Bid Assistants around the room.

What is a guaranteed bid?

You can guarantee a successful purchase of a Silent, Grand Silent or Wine Auction item if you are the first to commit to the guaranteed bid price. Select “Buy” under the item you are interested in on its Online Bidding page to purchase it at the listed price.

Why aren’t all of my receipts in my envelope?

The closing of an Auction is a large process. Volunteers do everything they can to ensure that you leave with all of your receipts. Within the week after the event, we will email you a receipt for all of your evening’s purchases, along with your credit card receipt if you elected to use express pay.
If we do not have a receipt on file for you, but we do have a mobile number, we will call or text you to inform you how to access your receipt.