

Use as a standalone service or combine with raffle, auction and donation tools.

Choose free or paid ticket types,
or a mix of both.

Early bird, general, VIP, student, table: cater for every guest.

Collect meal choices, dietary needs and anything else you need at registration.

One link and QR code for email, social media and print.

Table purchasers assign seats, send invites and manage their own guest list.
Sell table tickets and let purchasers assign the seats at their table, at the point of purchase or later. Pre-fill answers to custom questions such as meal or beverage preferences.
Once a seat is assigned, GalaBid sends the invite. Guests edit or accept pre-filled fields and accept or decline. If a guest cannot attend, the ticket transfer feature reassigns the seat in seconds.
See how easy it is to set up ticket types and custom questions, manage your guest list in the dashboard, let table purchasers invite their own guests, and run a smooth check-in on the night.




A branded event page with banners, logos, images, info pages, shareable links and a venue map.

Free admission, general admission or table. Table tickets include multiple seats and can be named to suit your event.

See who has arrived and checked in, who has accepted or declined, and any unassigned tickets.

Payments through Stripe Canada. Connect an existing Stripe account or set one up from the dashboard. Ticket proceeds settle to your bank without delay.

Guests pay from any phone or computer by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

Ask for meal choices or dietary needs. Text, checkbox or multiple choice, as many as you need.

Ticket creation, sales and check-in in one place, with participant details in one simple view.

Use on its own or connect to GalaBid's fundraising features. Registered guests are instantly ready to bid, buy raffle tickets or donate.
✅ Free and Paid Tickets
Distribute free tickets or sell single and multi-tickets.
✅ Payments and Tax
Secure payments through Stripe Canada; add GST/HST to tickets where applicable.
✅ Pass on Stripe Fees
Absorb or pass on processing fees.
✅ Custom Questions
Choose the data you collect.
✅ Social Sharing
One URL for ticket purchasers.
✅ Branding
A professional event page.
✅ Comment Feed
Purchasers post messages and build excitement.
✅ Event Check-In
Check guests in on laptops or phones.
✅ Table Sales and Guest Lists
Purchasers manage their guests; export all data for your seating plan.
✅ Round-the-Clock Support
Five-star chat team, help centre and video library.

✅ Combine with Event Fundraising
Run silent auction items, a raffle and donations in the same campaign. Every ticket holder is already registered to give.

Individual tickets or multi-tickets (tables). Both can be free or paid. For a table, set the number of seats; purchasers buy the table and manage their guest list in GalaBid.

Yes. Set up a free ticket type. Guests reserve a ticket at your link and receive a confirmation email with the ticket attached.

Yes, for the event overall and for each ticket type.

Yes. As many checkbox, multiple choice or open questions as you need.

Guests show their PDF ticket. Staff mark them checked in from a volunteer account or the dashboard.

Yes. Checked-in numbers, acceptances, declines and assigned or unassigned tickets are all visible in the dashboard and on volunteer accounts.

Yes. The ticket purchaser or campaign administrator can transfer a ticket to another guest.

Only for the donation portion. Under CRA's split-receipting rules, a receipt can cover the amount above the fair market value of the dinner or event, when that advantage is 80% or less of the ticket price. GalaBid gives you the data; the receipt is yours to issue.

No. Anyone who bought a ticket or was assigned a seat is ready to bid, donate or buy raffle tickets. Invited guests complete their profile as part of the invite.

Through Stripe Canada only. Stripe accounts are easy to set up from within GalaBid. Stripe fees can be passed on to purchasers as an optional or mandatory fee.

As tickets sell. Payments settle to your Stripe account and pay out to your bank on the schedule you set in Stripe. GalaBid never holds ticket revenue until after the event.

Yes. Add tax to ticket types where it applies. GalaBid does not determine your tax position; check with your accountant on whether your tickets are taxable.

Tickets are paid through Stripe online or offered free. Marking tickets as paid by cash or cheque is coming.