MobilBid is silent auction and mobile bidding software for Canadian charities, schools and nonprofits. Guests bid on their own phones, get outbid alerts by text and email, and the auction closes on time. Every account gets every feature, and the price is a share of each event with a $220 minimum and a $2,500 maximum.
The same software runs a school's spring gala, a volunteer group's first auction and a hockey charity's seventeen auctions a year. What changes is how each event uses it. Choose the page closest to yours.
Schools
Public and private school galas run by parent volunteers, with a head start each year from last year's auction.
Small charities
A $220 minimum, no contract and no annual fee, so a small auction costs little and a quiet year costs nothing.
Galas and foundations
Large evenings with silent and live items, donations and a big-screen leaderboard, capped at $2,500 per event.
Golf tournaments
An auction golfers bid on from the course, with outbid alerts by text and a close timed to dinner.
What every organization gets
- Bidding on guests' own phones, with nothing to download.
- Maximum (proxy) bids, so guests can set a limit and keep mingling.
- Outbid alerts and scheduled messages by text and email.
- Silent, live and multi-winner items, and donations, in the same event.
- English and French for bidders.
- A big-screen leaderboard with room for sponsors.
- Copying last year's auction, with its items and settings.
- Phone and email support, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm Eastern, at 1-855-202-4404 x1 or support@mobilbid.ca. Help during your event can be arranged.
See the full list on the features page and what it costs on the pricing page.
Running auctions for several chapters?
Organizations with local branches or chapters can run all their auctions under one account. Account administrators see every chapter's auctions and totals. Read more about one account for several chapters, or see how Hockey Helps the Homeless runs seventeen auctions a year in seven provinces.
Customer stories
- Beyond the Pale Brewing: a record 236 artist-decorated skateboard decks in Ottawa's All Hands on Deck auction.
- Hockey Helps the Homeless: from paper bid sheets to seventeen auctions a year.
- Youth Singers of Calgary: moving a gala auction online in 2021.
More quotes from schools, charities and foundations are on our testimonials page.
Run your next auction on MobilBid
Open a free account and build a test auction, or talk it through with us. You only pay when you run a real event: 5.5% of silent auction sales, $220 minimum, $2,500 maximum.