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ONLINE (SILENT) AUCTION INFORMATI​ON

What You Can Expect

  • This year’s online silent auction will use Greater Giving Online Bidding. You can bid using your smartphone or tablet on silent auction items and be able to easily track online auction items by “following” their activity. 
  • Our online auction will open on Monday, November 30th at 8:00 AM and close on December 5th at 8:00 PM.
  • We highly recommend using your phone or tablet to bid or donate and watch our virtual experience on a smart TV or computer. 
  • Please watch for an email inviting you to bid and a separate email inviting you to watch our live virtual event.
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How to Register as a Bidder and How to Bid

  1. Register your mobile number and credit card information on our registration page in advance of our online auction. By registering through our registration page you will bypass having to create a "Greater Giving" account. If you registered and did not include a credit card or mobile number please watch the video below and then click here to create a Greater Giving account.  
  2. When the auction is open, you will receive an automated ‘Welcome’ text with your bidder link.
  3. After clicking the link in the text, begin searching for packages by name, number, or category
  4. Select the package you wish to bid on.
  5. You can Bid the next increment or Bid More than the next increment
  6. If you choose to Bid More you can choose to set your Max Bid. If your max bid is the highest, the system will automatically bid in your favor until you are outbid 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.
  7. To purchase a package at the Buy Now price, select the Buy button.
  8. To "watch" a package, select the star icon on the package.
  9. If you’re out-bid at any point before the silent auction closes, you will receive a text message.
  10. To view packages you are bidding on, click the menu button and select Bids.
  11. To view packages you are watching, click the menu button and select Favorites.
  12. Once the auction closes, the guest with the highest bid will win.
  13. Under the Bids area you can check your winning packages.

HOW TO REGISTER/CREATE AN ONLINE BIDDING ACCOUNT INSTRUCTION:

 

INTRODUCTION ON HOW TO BID: