Easy to use and manage the auction from behind the scenes. Very professional platform and great support from Galabid staff.

We were supposed to be auction my prints at an event in London that was cancelled duu to Covid and then had to either postpone the idea for ages or do it online.

Great customer support from the moment we starting planning for our online fundraising event.

It was easy to use and upload items and it was easy for people to register and use. I was fundraising in lockdown for my best friend and i had no idea how i was going to run and distribute my auction.

For a small non-profit that cannot afford higher end online auction/fundraising platforms, GalaBid was the perfect solution.

Ease of use, ability to host an event and raise funds.

The team are great to work with, overall the simplicity is great, text function words well.

Managing the software (while relatively easy) on the night while knee-deep in event management would have been additional stress and burden.

Easy to use for both administrators and users, great customer support.

This was an incredible platform and i am so pleased that we used it.

Highly recommend Galabid, great platform and support from staff.

All my contacts found it easy and a lot of fun to use.

It was easy to use and navigate. The Galabid team answered any questions I had as they came up and were very helpful.

We love using Galabid each year for our Gala Dinner. The guests really enjoy using it and it is a very simple piece of software to use.

The customer facing site was attractive and its ease of use resulted in excellent engagement and results. The automated alerts to the bidders helped raise additional funds for our charity.

This is the first time we had someone buy one of the high-priced buy it now items. Really great to be able to copy and paste things from previous years.

Found it difficult to get the colour options for the main page and the lot items right - it gives several options but none showed.

This put off a lot of guests as they deemed it too much information or too much hard work when they didn't 'plan' on buying anything.

Could of had clearer information on having a silent auction and live auction integrated. This was quite difficult to understand and was not set up until the event start time.

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Great service, great user-friendly system and great customer experience.

Easily customisable, excellent functionality, great account management.

I am not an IT expert, so this was great). Follow up directly before and after the auction was much appreciated as it reassured me that we were on target.

We managed to raise a lot of money through the silent auction, enjoyed working with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], and found the platform was aesthetically pleasing and worked well.

I love that these kind of solutions exist. I'm sure it will be a good fit for many events.

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Front end very slick and professional, easy to share across socials. Text messages and prompts sent to bidders helped build excitement on night.

First time in the online auction scene - very happy with the Galabid experience.

Much better than the systems I used to run events at much larger organizations.

Event website design themes are limited and look a little dated. Yet it's functional and we can't make it too ugly either, which I appreciate!).

Data entry also went very quickly and with minimal errors, thanks to good software design. ReadySetAuction allows many people to share the load of data entry, check in and checkout.

It was easy for my team to enter in kind donations and package them into appropriate auction packages. The site was fairly intuitive and easy to use.

It takes a bit of time to set up an auction or event, and the flexibility/customization of the program is a bit limited.

We are excited to use more of the features of this software going forward over the next 6 months. The users shared their experiences with us and said it was very user friendly to use.

This is my 11th year using ReadySetAuction - I love it. I'm able to integrate past events into the current one which allows me to not have to re-enter repeat guests every year.

The ease of checking out winning bids when the auction closed was wonderful.

Guests registering online so that their contact information was entered by them. The receipt feature of the system is fantastic.

First and foremost, ReadySetAuction is amazing solution for non-profits looking to run auctions. RSA integrates perfectly with DonorPerfect allowing you to keep track of everything under one roof.

The help desk was wonderful to work with as we quickly set things up and then closed.

I like the simplicity to get the auction page set up and running.

One thing I like most about RSA is that they are very responsive and if you have an idea or a request for a change, they are very likely to listen and actually change it.

I love Ready, Set, Auction and have not only recommended it to many people but have also had many people who participated in my events ask me about it.

One of the features we miss from our old online auction is the advance arrow to the next item when you are in the description view of the item.

We finally realized we need to put prices into the main text of our event website to shrink this barrier.

My only complaint is that there is not an easy way to see which package a donation has been placed in. Since we held a relatively small event, it wasn't a huge problem, but it was mildly annoying.

Overall the customer support was amazing. I wish there was more flexibility and options in packaging pricing.

Ease of use, check in and check out were the best they have ever been.

The on-call support for RSA really was able to help us out in that instance. They are really spectacular.

I honestly think that should just be added into the cost and included, because you can save yourself hours of stress and frustration with one quick call. Their phone customer service is very good.

The product is easy to use. There are many great features to this software; the text notification that the bidder has been outbid on an item.

Customer service is great - they take your suggestions for improvement seriously and have implemented many of my suggestions. And the price is right - you don't pay a %age of your revenue.

ReadySetAuction has enabled us to raise money for significant growth projects at our school.

It is a little difficult on the Patrons to have them have to sign in and make a password every year. Many people ended up getting confused and making a duplicate profile with a different email.

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GalaBid is a cloud-based fundraising solution that helps fundraisers streamline bidding, donation tracking and auction management operations. It enables participants to bid on live or silent auctions, attend online events, purchase tickets, process payments and track event progress through the leaderboard.

GalaBid provides a host of features such as event broadcasting, absentee bidding, remote access, automated notifications, online payments and event analytics. The application allows users to conduct live Q&A sessions, manage campaigns and interact with other members, coordinators and participants.

GalaBid lets administrators collect donations from attendees, manage volunteers, track current contributions through the donation screen and share tax receipts with donors via text or email. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via phone, email and other online measures.


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Product Catalog

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Event Tracking

Buy Now Option

Bid Management

Mobile Giving

Membership Management

Silent Auction

Absentee Bidding

Social Media Integration

Real Time Updates

Email Management

Image Editing

Invoice Processing

Alerts/Notifications

Reporting & Statistics

Reverse Bidding

Event Management

Auction Management

Billing & Invoicing

Image Library

Dashboard

Pledge Management

Website Management

Online Bidding

Online Auction

Donor Management

Campaign Management

Online Catalog

Search/Filter

Real-Time Monitoring

Credit Card Processing

Invoice Management

Mobile Access

Real-Time Notifications

Event Ticketing

Activity Dashboard

Support Ticket Management

Attendance Management

Registration Management

Shipping Management

Event Scheduling

Website Integration

Receipt Management

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ReadySetAuction is a cloud-based bidding management software designed for small and midsize nonprofits. It offers donation management, guest management, event websites, mobile bidding, cashiering and payment processing within a suite.


ReadySetAuction features donation management, which allows users to select items for bidding, list them on the bidding portal and track in-kind gifts, consignments, sponsorships and cash donations. The product also allows users to design mobile-responsive bidding sites using built-in templates. ReadySetAuction supports three different types of bidding: standard, max bidding and immediate purchasing.


The seating management feature lets users track and sell tickets for bidding events. The software updates ticket availability in real time, which can help avoid overbooking. Users can also track the status of tickets sold using the dashboard.


Pricing is per year. Support is offered through an online portal.



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