WHY PEARL BIDS?

Personalized attendee registration
Personalized attendee registration
Personalized attendee registration

Personalize your attendee sign-in & collect payment information.

Display donations by table names
Display donations by table names
Personalized attendee registration

Organize donations by tables (Spa-table, Travel-table, etc.)

Be Organized
Be Organized
Personalized attendee registration

Built for people who value their time.

Accountant donation report
Accountant donation report
Personalized attendee registration

Display all donations on one report for your accountant.

Breathe Easily
Breathe Easily
Personalized attendee registration

Silent Auctions are a breeze with Pearl Bids. Now you can breathe easily...

Register bids by attendee
Register bids by attendee
Personalized attendee registration

You only need to register your attendee once - to assign them a bid number and to contact them for your next auction.

Attendees Can Preview Auction on their Phones!
Attendees can preview auction on their phones
Personalized attendee registration

Stir up excitement by giving attendees mobile access to donations in advance!

Thank You's Are a Snap
Thank You's Are a Snap
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Use the preset template to easily compose Thank You letters. You can one, multiple, or to all your donors at once!

Record Ticket & Non-Auction Sales
Record Ticket & Non-Auction Sales
Personalized attendee registration

Keep track of non-auction purchases as well!
Pearl Bids allows you to record the method of payment, amount, add details. All is added to the attendee's account.

Pre-filled or Blank Bid Sheets - Your Choice
Pre-filled or Blank Bid Sheets - Your Choice
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You choose whether your bids sheets will have the dollar values pre-filled or not.

Creating Certificates is Easy
Creating Certificates is Easy
Personalized attendee registration

It's easy to create a certificate which provides all the info the winner will need redeem their win.

Hold up your bidding number now!
Hold up your bidding number now!
Personalized attendee registration

Print large bidding numbers on the personalized attendee auction sheets.

Pearl Bids works for you...
Pearl Bids works for you...
Personalized attendee registration

We keep you organized, so you can relax ...

Preview Receipts
Preview Receipts
Personalized attendee registration

Who are your auction's highest bidders?

Beautiful Bid Sheets
Beautiful Bid Sheets
Personalized attendee registration

Automatically generate branded bid sheets.

Full Auction Interface
Full Auction Interface
Personalized attendee registration

View how your auction is doing, all in one blink.

Include Non-Auction Items
Include Non-Auction Items
Personalized attendee registration

Add pre-event or non-auction items into the attendee's account. These items will be reflected on their final invoice, reflecting payments made.

Invite to register & preview in advance
A Mobile Link Allows Attendees to Register & Review Auction in Advance
Personalized attendee registration

Send out an email and invite your supporters to register and/or preview your auction in advance!

Donations listed for each auction
Donations listed for each auction
Personalized attendee registration

View all donations in your auction in an iTubes-like interface.

Multiple Winners for One Item? No Problem!
Multiple Winners for One Item? No Problem!
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Have items with multiple winners - such as a Mother's Day Out? No problem! Pearl Bids will keep track of the winners and alert you when you're sold out!

Love It!
Love It!
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You are going to love it! Silent auctions have never been easier.

Print Fliers
Print Fliers
Personalized attendee registration

Pearl Bids generates your auction flier on the fly.

Preview Receipts
Preview Receipts
Personalized attendee registration

Who are your auction's highest bidders?

Email Receipts with PayPal Button
Email Receipts with PayPal Button
Personalized attendee registration

Easily email receipts that include a PayPal Buy-Now button.

Generate Display Sheets in a Snap
Generate Display Sheets in a Snap
Personalized attendee registration

Add a few more details to your item description and - snap - you have a display sheet ready. Perfect for those live-bid items or any donation that requires a bit more detail then you'd like to include on thebid sheet.

View Past History of Donations and Attendees
View Past History of Donations and Attendees
Personalized attendee registration

Easily see what your attendees have donated in the past, and what items they have bid on at this auction.

Print Receipts
Print Receipts
Personalized attendee registration

Make printing your winners' receipts a breeze.

Register Bids by Table
Register Bids by Table
Personalized attendee registration

Enter your winning bids by the closed table.

Multiple Users Can Enter Bids Using Their Phones
Multiple Users Can Enter Bids Using Their Phones
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ith Pearl Bids Rapid Bid Entry feature, the administrator can invite others to enter bids as well, allowing volunteers to enter bids into the system using their phone, making your auction closing fast and easy.

ith Pearl Bids Rapid Bid Entry feature, the administrator can invite others to enter bids as well, allowing volunteers to enter bids into the system using their phone, making your auction closing fast and easy.

Simple as 1 - 2 - and 3; the bids are recorded!

Bid Sheets with Multiple Winners
Bid Sheets with Multiple Winners
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Pre-set bid sheets allow you to allow for multiple winners all at one price-

or if you have several of the same item donated, choose to have more than one top bidder walk away a winner.

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To transfer your data to a new computer, simply copy the Backup and open it in the new location.

Create a backup of your current data through the File>Backup Now option on your menu bar. You can then copy this file to a new computer or location. 

If Pearl Bids is installed at the new location,  open the backup file. Pearl Bids will open and you will see a pop-up window asking if you wish to continue. If so, choose File>Save my Pearl Bids from the menu bar and proceed.

Alternatively, for a Mac:

To move your Pearl Bids from your old mac to your new mac manually is a two step process: 1) Move the application and then 2) move the data file.

1) To move the application.
Simply copy the Pearl Bids application to your new mac application folder. You can use a USB stick, airdrop, or any other means. Then run it one time. This should give you an empty database with only the example auction.

2) To move the data file.
- In Finder, while holding the option key down, select Go > Library. (Library will only display when the option key is pressed.)
- Then browse in the Library window to find Application Support > Pearl Bids
- Copy the .pbg file to the new mac using a USB stick or any other means. Don't change the name.
- On the new mac, replace the existing file at the same location. again: in Finder, while holding the option key down, select Go > Library. Then browse to Application Support > Pearl Bids Drag the existing file .pbg to the trash, and now replace it with the .pbg file of your old Mac.

When you start Pearl Bids you should have your old data on your new Mac.

Alternatively, you can transfer the Pearl Bids program (without any new data) to another computer. Go to ~/Library/Application Support/Pearl Bids and copy the file called Pearl Bids V7_2.pbg from the old computer to the new computer.

 

 

 

 

Pearl Bids silent auction manager  is the perfect tool to easily set up, keep track, and run your silent auction.

 

Scroll through the feature slides or watch some of the how-to videos to see for yourself why our customers continue to use Pearl Bids year after year for all of their silent auction events. 

 

*The original downloadable Pearl Bids is available as an alternative for those who do not have wifi access at their event.