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Auction Bidding Styles

Superstars offer various bidding styles, including iPad bidding, QR code bidding, brochure bidding, and pre-event online auctions. Each method has unique benefits, and the optimal choice for your event depends on several factors. Our team carefully assesses your specific needs to recommend the most appropriate bidding style, ensuring a tailored and effective auction experience.

What Bidding Style Will Work Best For My Event?

Ipad Bidding

Our interactive live bidding system adds a competitive edge to your event. Bids are placed on iPads found on each table, with bids displayed in real-time on leaderboard screens.

Brochure Bidding

Our brochure bidding provides guests a tactile way to participate in the auction. The bespoke design of these brochures adds an elegant touch to the event and enhances the bidding experience.

QR Code

Our QR code bidding system uses convenient branded tent cards or stickers, allowing guests to easily access and participate in auctions through their phones. Ideal for events with high mobility.

Online Bidding

Our online auction service offers seamless customisation, transforming it into a natural extension of your brand, allowing your audience to recognise and associate the event with your unique identity.

How It Works Explained

Get In Touch

It all begins with an initial discussion with our team to understand your fundraising target, previous experiences, and event specifications so we can propose the most suitable bidding style.

Select Your Style

We will provide you with a set of case studies from similar events and make recommendations for the bidding style we believe is best for your event to maximise engagement.

Getting Ready

Upon choosing a style, we’ll create your unique bidding brochure or bespoke online auction page, ready by your chosen date. Both options include a pre-online auction!

Charity Clients

Customer Stories

Such a wonderful package and experience. Everything was so well organised and the staff were so attentive. We had the best evening & it was a wonderful venue. Thank you for the amazing hospitality!

Such a wonderful package and…

Succesfully bid on a charity item at the recent Shooting Star Ball and the team at Superstars were excellent in dealing with arrangements and getting us the dates we wanted for travelling. A pleasure to deal with such an accomodating team.

Couldn’t have been more helpful

Superstars are very easy to work with, pro-active, supportive and efficient with great prizes within their inventory.

Superstars are very easy to work with

We set up our Charity Christmas Auction with Superstars after much research and speaking with other charities. Through every stage of the auction process Superstars were amazing, in particular Jude Mawbey​​​​, who was our main contact and helped set up our auction page.

I can’t recommend Superstars enough, we will definitely be using them again in the future.

Amazing. Highly recommended.

Partnering with Superstars charity auctions during the 2023 Formula 1 Season has been an exhilarating journey. The auctions have been a tremendous success raising over £55,000 for Race Against Dementia. The approach of integrating charity auctions amidst the high-energy atmosphere of these races has not only raised substantial funds but also heightened awareness about the urgency of finding a cure for dementia. Everyone we have worked with at Superstars has an amazing collaborative spirit and a shared vision of making a difference. Natalie is a superstar and has really brought the partnership together for us and Mark is extremely diligent…

Race against dementia

Benefits

Account Manager

Fostering client relationships, skillfully organising auctions, prioritising exceptional results, delivering premium customer service, and ensuring your events are expertly managed and successful.

Products

We own all our products, guaranteeing top quality and consistency. Our UACC affiliation and AFTAL membership ensure professionalism, credibility, and the authenticity of our memorabilia.

Post Event Fulfilment

Experience seamless post-event support with our incredible team, expertly handling payments, ensuring timely delivery of physical products, and efficiently distributing email vouchers in a timely manner.

Pricing

We are dedicated to supporting your fundraising goals with outstanding value. Our approach includes offering donations and access to our platform, ensuring affordable solutions and consistent support.

Bespoke Online Auction Platform

As part of our online auction services, we create a bespoke online auction platform for each client. Our platform is fully customisable, meaning we can add your logo and change the colour scheme to match your brand. You will also have your own URL to share with your audience.

What’s more, our platform allows an extended bidding period, meaning you can set your own start and end dates. This increases the chance of more people getting involved and the potential to raise more money. You can also monitor bids in real time!

Frequently Asked Questions

Getting started is simple. Superstars will guide you through the process step by step, helping you choose the most effective bidding method for your event. We’ll handle the setup quickly, typically within a few days, and ensure everything is in place to maximise your fundraising results.

Superstars offers a comprehensive service, backed by over 20 years of industry expertise. You’ll be supported by a dedicated Account Manager who will guide you through every stage of the auction, from the initial call through to completion. For suitable events, our team also provides comprehensive onsite support to ensure the highest possible participation and results.

For digital auctions, we recommend a duration of no more than 1–2 weeks. Time-pressured auctions tend to perform best, as concentrated attention and urgency help drive frequent and competitive bidding. Longer auctions can lose momentum and lead to reduced bidding.

Digital auctions provide a modern, automated platform ideal for larger events or when engaging a broader audience. They encourage competitive bidding and are well-suited to events with high attendance or remote participants.

Sealed brochure bidding offers a more traditional, tactile experience. It often results in higher individual bids from a smaller audience and works well at events where intense competition isn’t expected. This method focuses on securing strong bids from fewer participants.

Superstars ensures your brand and charity remain at the forefront of the auction experience. Our brochures and online platform are fully customisable to your brand guidelines. We can also include dedicated pages about the charity to ensure your messaging and story are conveyed effectively to the bidders.

Securing donated prizes is an important part of maximising fundraising. To complement these, Superstars offers a wide range of exclusive, tried-and-tested experiences that consistently attract strong and competitive bids. These prizes are ideal for filling any gaps and ensuring your auction appeals to the widest possible audience.

The best bidding method depends on your event’s size and audience. Your dedicated Superstars Account Manager will guide you through the options to ensure the most effective approach. As a general rule, sealed brochure bidding works well for events with fewer than 300 guests, while digital bidding tends to deliver stronger results at larger events where higher participation and competitive bidding can be maximised.

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