Component Library Instructions
Each section below has a symbol associated with it. To access the symbols select the "Symbols" icon in the left sidebar (it looks like a cube).
Here you will find all the symbols that are listed below.
To use a symbol:
1. On the page you want to use it, open the Navigator panel in the left (all symbols act as a "section" class so you can compare where the symbol should go.
2. In the Navigator click on the "main-wrapper" class.
3. Open up the symbols and select which symbol you want to use (this will nest the symbol inside the "main-wrapper" class).
4. Edit the text and images to update that component (background images are not editable as they are positioned in a specific way).
Components
Are these problems keeping you from raising more money at your auctions?
paper bid sheets
- Do guests have to wait in long lines to bid or pay?
- Have your guests ever cheated or intimidated one another?
- Are you worried that guests won't use mobile bidding software?
clunky bidding software
- Do you get low quality vendor support on event night?
- Have guests been frustrated by apps that won't work properly?
- Does the vendor know next to nothing about fundraising?

"Hanbid is the perfect platform to run a successful auction.
Our last auction had a record-breaking night by netting more than $65,000 in one evening. If you’re not using Handbid then what are you even doing??”
- John Johnson
Hear what our clients say

Sarah R. Collins
Marketing Director

Kristen wheeler
Product Developer

Bob Iger
Former CEO of Disney
Testimonials
What clients say about Handbid’s fundraising tools

“Handbid is the perfect platform to run a successful auction.
When we used paper bid sheets our auction raised $3,000. When we started using Handbid, our auction raised over $23,000."
- Bob Iger

Two ways to use Handbid for your virtual auctions
Custom Theme
With this option, you also get custom landing pages for your event!
We manage the event
We can re-tool the entire interface, integrate with your backend technologies, and even list “Handbid” as your own, properly-branded auction app! Just tell us what you have in mind.
Fear not! You will pull off a successful event with Handbid
Give your guests the time of their lives
Motivate guests to bid higher and raise more money
Simplify registration for volunteers and guests
Reduce check-in times and accelerate checkout
Help guests spend more partying and less time waiting
Get day-of support from experienced fundraisers
Turn more ticket holders into bidders
Look good for your guests and your Board
More time for the important
work you do
Who wants to fight with yet another fundraising app?
The result? More engagement, more donations, and way more time for your core activities.

One
Long lines at check in, check out, and auction tables

Two
High likelihood of human data entry errors

Three
Guests’ frustration with sluggish auction administration
To address these issues, we drew from Jeff’s decades of experience as a media and technology executive and Kari’s experience as a software engineer to build a mobile bidding application. Handbid was born, and PWSACO never looked back.
Neither have over 5,000 of other Handbid clients
