Host your own online silent auction, fast

Bid Beacon’s online auction platform works on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. Start your first auction in 5 minutes or less!

Funds Raised

Auction Items Sold

Causes Supported

Increase auction participation

Move your fundraiser online

Import your guest list to send out the invitation, or use your custom link to invite guests through social media or your website

Bid on your favourite items from the comfort and security of your own mobile device

Reach more donors

Promote your sponsors by adding their logos & URL to your auction, shown as a linked banner

Create donation levels to encourage guests to add a monetary donation

Thank item donors with their name, logo & URL within the item setup

Raise more funds

Accept payment directly through the app with one of our three integrated payment partners: Stripe, Square, PayPal.

Guests receive live notifications if they are outbid to encourage more bidding!

Try Bid Beacon for FREE!

What our clients say

We used Bid Beacon for a Gala and Celebrity Golf Tournament. The app was easy to use and our event attendees really enjoyed the convenience. Bid Beacon staff did a great job of answering any questions we had in a timely manner.

Lisa WolanksyEA/Communications Specialist

Thank you so much for creating something that even technologically challenged people can use. I was really hesitant to put everything online and promote as my team and I have never done anything like this before. However, after receiving an invite for a different auction, we decided to "go all in". We are so thankful we did and that your product was so easy to work with.

Cherie GroenRCS Promotions

Launch57’s, Bid Beacon mobile app provided a unique mechanism for us to maximize silent auction dollars while making it convenient for our supporters to participate. Great contribution from Launch57.

Tom SidesPartner

Using the Bid Beacon app was a great customer service experience. Throughout the entire process, a Bid Beacon representative was readily available to walk me through auction set-up to going live. I definitely plan to use Bid Beacon for future event silent auctions.

Mia WrightPresident & Director

If it weren’t for Bid Beacon, we would have missed out on a successful fundraising opportunity! Bid Beacon is like getting all our invitees in one room, at one time, to hold a live auction, whenever we want! Many thanks, Bid Beacon! We’ll definitely do this again!

Lorraine WhaleyPresident

The Rotary Club of Acton Ontario had to move our traditional auction online in 2021 due to the pandemic. We used Bid Beacon and we were completely satisfied with the ease-of-use and flexible features. When we did encounter some user problems, the email support was incredible. In the end, our first online auction was incredibly successful with lots of positive feedback, and we could not have pulled it off without Bid Beacon.

Rotary Club of Acton

Bid Beacon was a huge hit! Gala guests and remote participants were able to navigate the Bid Beacon online site with minimal issues, and it created a lot of buzz at the tables as the bidding and competing was underway. We will certainly use it again for our next silent auction!

Adele Challis

Start your auction

Start a free auction to try it out with your team, or go straight to the real thing! Add auction details, build in the items you're auctioning, payment integrations, sponsor and organizational details. If you get stuck, refer to our support pages or reach out to us.

Invite your guests

Import your guest list to the app, share on social media or to your website, and observe the action!

Get Paid

At the end of the auction, guests will be prompted to pay for their winnings. You can track payments, respond to guest messages, and facilitate distribution of items utilizing our robust analytics dashboard and exports.

Features

Hosting an auction? Try Bid Beacon™ for free!

Zero Hidden Fees. No Subscriptions.

With Bid Beacon™, you’re always in control of your costs. Unsure of your needs? Start with our free package, or explore our options on our pricing page.

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About Bid Beacon™

Bid Beacon™ was created when a local charity came to us unsatisfied with their traditional silent auction participation at events. They were looking for a modern silent auction app.

The team at Launch57 created Bid Beacon™ and has since helped thousands of fundraisers raise millions of dollars through our easy to use, self-managed program.

Bid Beacon™ is owned and managed by the team at Launch57, a mobile software development company located in Canada. We are very hands on with the solutions we create and can’t wait to help you raise more at your next fundraiser.

Host your own online silent auction, fast

Increase Participation

Reach More Donors

Raise More Funds

Increase auction participation

Reach more donors

Raise more funds

What our clients say