Plenty of rooms do — the reveal, the bidding war, the hammer. So Bid Burst is part of the platform, with two ways to run it: woven into the full experience (token mode, where everything given at the event becomes bidding power) or straight (a classic winner-pays auction in dollars, standing on its own). Either way, the wheel reveals each lot, bids come from phones, and the hammer price lands on the winner's tab.
Most events run the auction in dedicated software and everything else around it. The Wheel fits that setup: the games and the appeal run on our screen while your bidding tool does its job, and the lot import and results export exist exactly so lists move between systems without retyping. And when you'd rather run one system, Bid Burst brings the auction inside: the same big screen, the same phones your guests already joined on, and one tab per donor at the end.
The reveal — the wheel picks the lot: no catalog order, no lull between items. The wheel spins and the next lot lands on screen.
The war — the going-once clock: bids come from the phones guests already joined on, every bid resets the clock, the leader takes over the screen, and the hammer falls for everyone to see.
Token mode — woven in: every dollar given at the event earns a token, and tokens are what you bid. The fate spins, the matches, the gifts all feed the auction; every bid started as a real gift to the cause, and the auction caps the giving instead of competing with it.
Dollar mode — standalone: classic winner-pays. Bids are dollars, the winning bid becomes the winner's pledge, and everyone else owes nothing. No tokens, no setup around it — it runs on its own.
Bring your lot list from any spreadsheet — map the columns, pick the rows, and they land ready to stage. Afterward, export winners, hammer prices, and settlement status as a clean CSV your CRM can import.
That includes your auction software — plenty of events run bidding in a tool they trust, and Wheel of Generosity plays beautifully beside it. Guests trigger matches and take fate spins while your bids are open, the import and export keep the lists moving between systems, and the event closes with the Unified Moment — so the people who never bid still leave having given together.
Yes — Bid Burst is a live auction built into the platform. The wheel picks each lot so the reveal is part of the show, bids come from guests' phones, and a going-once clock that resets with every bid brings the hammer down. Import your lot list from any spreadsheet; export winners and results for your CRM afterward.
Token mode turns the event's generosity into bidding power: every dollar given earns a token, and tokens are what you bid — so every bid in the war started as a real gift. Dollar mode is a classic winner-pays auction: bids are dollars, the winning bid becomes the winner's pledge, and everyone else owes nothing.
Absolutely. The Wheel runs as a fixture beside your auction — guests trigger matches and take fate spins while bids are open, and in token mode can even win tokens to spend on your floor — then closes with the Unified Moment.
Not in token mode — every bid began as a straight donation, so nothing stands between the gift and the mission: no procurement cost, no markup, no unsold lots. In dollar mode, Bid Burst simply runs your item auction the modern way — phones for paddles, the wheel for drama, and clean records for your books.
Check-in is built in — guests scan a QR code, check in, and land at their table. The pre-event stack is Dream Pilot, our sister platform: sponsorship packets and outreach, invitations and RSVPs, seating and table management. Same maker, built to hand off to event day.
No. It runs in any mobile browser. Attendees scan a QR code or open a link — there's nothing to install.