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Money for Charity

The future of fundraising has arrived with the Galabid softwaredeveloped by Crowdcomm. In May of 2014, Crowdcomm launched inthe United States. The software is used by a number of charitiesworldwide to facilitate live and silent auctions on site at gala events,encouraging bidding wars via mobile devices.

A Look at Galabid

With Galabid, gone are the days of live auctioneers who rattle off namesand prices of auction items while attendees raise their paddles to bid.

A Look at Galabid

Designed for mobile devices—primarilysmartphones—Galabid uses themobile phone as a unified tool andutilizes text messaging, social mediaplatforms, and mobile browsing toproduce results during live and silentauctions.

A Look at Galabid

“if you can textmessage, then you

can use this system.”

Ray Hansen,Crowdcomm

While Galabid sees most of its actionduring live and silent auctions atcharity galas, the tool is also used atevents such as 5ks, walk-a-thons, golftournaments, and any event hostinglive donations.

A Look at Galabid

Data reveals thatGalabid has

increased donationrevenue on

average by 40%.

Life Cycle of an Event

A common trend Hansen has noticed among Galabid users is takingauction items that have been re-donated by winners and opening upa new bid after the event—bringing in more donation dollars.

Galabid also enables bidders to:

Register prior toevents througha mobile device

Engage in last-minute bidding warson their smartphone via 30-secondand one-minute warnings

VS.

Pay for itemsthrough theirsmartphones

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How Galabid Stands Out

Through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter,attendees can share information about both the charity they aresupporting and the auction items they are bidding on.

Simplicity

The Galabid software starts at $1,999 and varies in price depending onwhich package the user prefers. As the product continues to evolve,Crowdcomm looks toward enhancing Galabid’s social mediacapabilities and introducing a new raffle module.

Hansen says that one extremely useful feature ofthe program is its ability to keep track of data forusers during events. Organizations are able to saygoodbye to Excel spreadsheets and base futuredecisions regarding auction items, etc., on thedata Galabid provides.

"This is truly asystem that an

organizer can pick upand run on their own.They don’t need us."

Ray Hansen,Crowdcomm

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