What You Can Expect
This year’s event will use Online Bidding – allowing for a paperless bidding system. You will bid using your smartphone or tablet on silent auction items.
You can easily track Packages by “following” their activity without having to continuously return to a table or bid sheet.
How to Bid with Online Bidding
As part of your registration, you will also be registered for the online auction on September 28 – October 2 and will receive a personal bidding link via email and text. Once you have been invited to join Online Bidding, you will have a number of options available to you:
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Select the Package you wish to Bid on.
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Select either the Bid option to bid the next increment, or select Bid More to choose your increment.
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Or, if available, select Buy Now to purchase the Package for the price listed.
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Click the heart icon to save the Package to your Favorites.
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Use the menu in the top left to view Packages you have bid on, favorited, or to browse by Category.
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When the silent auction closes, the winning bidder can find Packages they have won in the Bids area of the menu.
Benefits of Online Bidding
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Online bidding allows for a completely paperless bidding system.
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You can bid with any mobile device. When registering your device, you will be provided with a custom URL for bidding purposes.
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Online bidding eliminates overcrowding and hovering around auction packages and bid sheets.
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Once bidding starts, you will be alerted on your mobile device when you have been outbid, so you can instantly respond with another bid.
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Bidding can occur at any location within the auction itself, whether you are in line for the bar or mingling with friends. You do not have to be at the display tables to make a bid.
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You are notified via text when you are outbid and can rebid immediately from your phone without going back to the auction package on the display table.
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At the close of the silent auction, you will receive a text message if you are a winning bidder!
