Online Silent Auctions

Making Silent Auctions Easy

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 over ten million 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.

How It Works

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!

Completion

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

What does it cost?

Zero Hidden Fees
No Subscriptions

With Bid Beacon, you’re in control of your costs. Start with our free option and scale up as you need with package options or as needed add-ons available.

We offer three unique packages and a multitude of add-ons that can further enhance your silent auction.

Best of all, you’ll know your total costs right up front as we guarantee zero hidden fees and no subscriptions required.

A Few Of Our Clients

We used Bid Beacon for a Gala and Celebrity Gold 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

When the church I was helping to lead made the decision to wind down, we were left with a large inventory of supplies, equipment, tech gear, kids’ toys, books, furniture, kitchen equipment and other items. We chose to liquidate a large inventory of supplies, equipment, tech gear, and other items using Bid Beacon. We were able to load up over 450 items quickly and efficiently, thanks to the duplicate and edit feature. Every item had one or multiple pictures attached. The whole experience was very satisfying and far more practical that the garage sale/Kijiji alternatives. I would highly recommend Bid Beacon for any fundraising or asset liquidation challenge.

Dave MiltonMember

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

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