Silent auction
Bid escalation with minimum-increment enforcement. Bidders see live highest bid, get notified when outbid.
For auction nights
The auction platform that writes itself.
Silent, live and buy-now items with bid escalation, reserve prices, outbid emails and sponsor footers — plus Claude vision that drafts every item description from a single photo. Import your old Galabid catalog so you don't retype it.
No credit card. 14-day trial of every module. Cancel anytime.
Replaces Galabid.
What you get
The whole auction loop — and a writer that never tires.
Bidder UX, ops dashboards, AI copy and sponsor brand-air-time on every transactional email. Built so a P&C committee can stand one up in an afternoon.
Live auction
Record manual winners from the floor. Auctioneer calls it, you tap the bidder, Salient handles the rest.
Buy-now items
Fixed-price items run alongside the auction. Single tap to claim, immediate Stripe checkout.
Opens-at / closes-at window
Pre-event preview, scheduled open, hard close. Optional staggered closes so the room doesn't go quiet at once.
Hero image + 8-slot gallery
Big hero plus eight gallery slots per item. Carousel on mobile. Optimised delivery via your Vercel Blob.
AI descriptions from a photo
Upload an image, Claude vision drafts the item description. Edit if you like. Or don't — they're already good.
Bulk-fill AI descriptions
Generate descriptions for your entire catalog in one click. 50+ items in under 3 minutes.
Outbid + won-item emails
Bidders get notified the moment they're outbid. Winners get pay-instructions on close, automatically.
Catalog importer
Pull your catalog from Galabid (or your existing spreadsheet). Don't retype 80 items every year.
Per-item reserve price
Set a reserve below which the item doesn't sell. Salient surfaces unsold items to the auctioneer at close.
Sponsor logos in email footer
Tiered sponsors appear in every outbid and won-item email. Free brand reach on every touchpoint.
Modular by default
Turn features on or off per event.
Every module is opt-in from Settings → Tabs. The auction archetype pre-enables silent, live, buy-now, reserves, AI descriptions, outbid emails and sponsor footers. The rest of the platform sits dormant until you need it.
Defaults shown right. Add stalls if your auction is part of a broader fundraiser. Add a volunteer roster for the gala-night ops team.
Event · Settings · TabsAuction archetype
- Silent auction
- Live auction
- Buy-now items
- Reserve prices
- AI descriptions
- Outbid emails
- Sponsor footers
- Volunteer roster
- Stalls
- Live Q&A
Walkthrough
From spreadsheet to settled in five steps.
The whole auction lifecycle, with the boring bits automated.
- 1
Import or upload your items
Pull last year's catalog from Galabid or upload a spreadsheet. Photos drag into the gallery slots.
- 2
Bulk-fill descriptions with AI
One click runs Claude vision over every item. 50+ descriptions in three minutes. Edit anything you don't love.
- 3
Schedule the open + close
Set the preview window, the silent auction open, and the close. Stagger closes if you want a smooth crescendo.
- 4
Bidders bid from the room
Outbid emails fire automatically. Live auction wins recorded by tap. Buy-now items checkout instantly.
- 5
Auto-email won-item pay-instructions
Close the auction. Salient emails every winner their item, total, and pay link — without you lifting a finger.
Replaces Galabid
Auction, on your stack.
Galabid runs the auction. Salient runs the auction and stays out of your way for everything else — and gives you back ownership of the catalog, the images and the email channel.
| Capability | Salient | Galabid |
|---|---|---|
| Item image hosting | Your Vercel Blob, your control | Their CDN owns it |
| AI descriptions from a photo | 50+ items in 3 minutes | Type each manually |
| Catalog importer for your old data | Galabid-specific importer built in | Restart from scratch each year |
| Multi-archetype platform | Auction + fete + conference same login | Auction only |
| Bid escalation with min increments | Yes | |
| Reserve prices | Yes | |
| Sponsor logos in email footers | Tiered, automatic | Partial |
| Per-tenant Resend | Emails come from your domain |
Galabid is a trademark of Funraisin. Salient is not affiliated.
Write 80 item descriptions in the time it takes to brew a coffee.
Try it free for 14 days. See how it fits your next gala night.