Platform / Auctions

No clipboards. No check-out line. Just higher bids.

In person, online or both at once. Guests bid from their phones, hear about it the moment they're outbid, and pay when the clock runs out.

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Set up in an evening

Add photos and descriptions for each item, choose bid increments, and set the countdown. Open bidding days ahead of the event to build momentum before doors open.

  • Unlimited items and bidders
  • Custom bid increments and close times
  • In-person, hybrid or fully online
02

Bidding that keeps itself going

Supporters get a text or email the second they're outbid, with a link straight back to the item. Bidding wars no longer depend on someone walking past a sheet of paper.

  • Outbid alerts by text and email
  • Bid from any phone, no app required
  • Item sponsors shown alongside each lot
03

Paid before they reach the car

When the auction ends, winners receive instant receipts and a payment link. Your team gets a clean report rather than a shoebox of bid sheets.

  • Instant receipts and online payment
  • Bid and revenue reporting
  • Winners saved to your supporter list
“We literally couldn't have met our event revenue goal if not for Snowball.”
Megan S. Habitat for Humanity
$25,000 → $41,000+

Friends of Franklin Parks' auction, the year they moved from paper to Snowball. Read the story

Fair questions

About auctions.

Is there a limit on items or bidders?

No. Every auction includes unlimited items and unlimited bidders.

Can people bid if they aren't at the event?

Yes. Share the auction link and anyone can bid from wherever they are, before or during the event.

What does an auction cost to run?

It depends on your plan, and in most cases it comes to less than organizations pay elsewhere. Bring your current bill to the demo and we'll put ours next to it. There are no hidden platform fees either way.

Book a demo

See auctions set up for your organization.

  1. Tell us what’s coming up. A gala, a year-end appeal, a capital campaign, a Sunday offering.
  2. See it run in Snowball. Thirty minutes, your scenario, your questions.
  3. Leave with a plan and a price that fits. We work with your budget. No hidden fees, and no pressure to decide on the call.

Next step: choose a 30-minute slot on our calendar. No card, no commitment.

Book a demo