Standard02:14
Sunset tasting menu for two
Valletta 2 guests
Top bid · 14 bids
€58Worth €120
Now forming · Malta launch waitlistFill every spot.
Fill every spot.
Auction your slot.
Bidla turns your empty and off-peak hours into paying guests. Or float a brand-new experience and let real bids prove the demand. List it, locals and tourists bid, the winner pays and books. Commission-only. Zero upfront cost.
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Sunset wine tasting for 2 · Valletta terrace
Top bid
€48
Empty spots are missed income. Bidla makes it pay.
Every quiet seat, room or slot is revenue with an expiry date. Here's what putting it on Bidla does for your business.
Fill off-peak & last-minute gaps
That empty Tuesday table or unsold sunset slot becomes a paying guest, instead of lost revenue you can never get back.
Reach locals + 3.5M yearly tourists
Put your experience in front of Malta's locals and the millions of visitors searching for something to book tonight.
Commission-only. Zero upfront.
No fixed fees, no subscription, no listing cost. You pay just 8% when you win a booking, and nothing when you don't.
“Verified business” badge
Your luzzu-eye verification mark signals trust, so guests bid with confidence and show up ready to spend.
Delivered as a voucher
The winner pays through Bidla and receives a booking code to redeem. No deposits to chase, no admin hassle for you.
€0
to list, to join, to start. You risk nothing, you only pay when a booking is won.
Three steps from empty to booked
No new systems to learn. If you can post a photo, you can run an auction.
- 01
List an experience
Pick what experiences and what timeslots you sell, you decide the rules. Like when a coupon is valid to be used or what service is included or not.
- 02
Guests bid
Locals and tourists across Malta place bids. Demand sets the price, and the buzz of a live auction fills your quiet slots.
- 03
Winner pays & redeems
The top bidder pays through Bidla and gets a booking voucher. They show the code, you welcome them in. Done.
No deposits to chase. No no-shows to absorb.
Your guest has already paid through Bidla before they arrive. They show the booking voucher, you scan the code, and welcome them in. Money in the bank, table filled.
Three ways to sell
Pick the auction that fits your business
Different businesses require different auctions. Bidla offers three auction models for you to choose from to increase your revenue.
- Standard
Open ascending auction
The classic auction. Bids climb in the open until the timer ends, and anti-sniping extends the clock on last-second bids, so it stays fair. Highest bid wins. Runs 1 to 7 days.
Best for: signature tables, tasting menus, rooms with steady demand.
- FireSale
Fast, hours not days
A short, urgent auction you can set from 1 to 24 hours, with a floor price you set. The countdown moves perishable, last-minute inventory before it expires tonight.
Best for: same-day cancellations, tonight's empty seats, off-peak slots.
- Mystery
Sealed bids, second price
Everyone bids once, in secret. The highest bidder wins but pays only the second-highest bid (or your reserve). Bidders bid their true max, so you discover what your experience is really worth.
Best for: demand-testing price, premium or one-off experiences.
Every model ends the same way: the winner pays through Bidla and gets a booking voucher to redeem. You just welcome them in.
See it in action
What a Bidla auction looks like
Here's how your listings could appear to guests browsing Bidla, one for each auction model. Illustrative examples, not live auctions.
- Bid
- FireSale00:21
Tonight only: chef's table, 8pm
Marsaxlokk 4 guestsBidTop bid · 9 bids
€96Worth €200
- Mystery05:47Bids hidden
Two-night boutique stay, Gozo
Victoria, Gozo 2 nights · 2 guestsBid21 sealed bids · Reserve €220
Bids stay secretwinner pays 2nd price
Your real listings, your prices, your rules. You set the start price, the reserve and when the auction closes.
More than filling tables
What Bidla can do for your business
Whatever you sell, Bidla does two jobs. It finds paying customers for slots that would otherwise go empty, and it lets you test demand for new experiences before you commit.
1
Find customers for empty slots
Empty tables, quiet rooms, off-peak tours, last-minute cancellations. Auction them and fill them with paying guests instead of earning nothing.
2
Demand-test new experiences
Got an idea for a new offering? List it and let real bids show you the appetite and the price. Proof before you invest, not guesswork.
Boat trips & water sports
Beyond fuel, an extra passenger costs you almost nothing. Set your start price in profit and every winning bid is pure extra income, on a seat that would have sailed empty.
Restaurants & bars
Package a romantic dinner, a chef's table or a themed night and put it in front of thousands of locals and tourists. Exposure and paying guests, in one listing.
Hotels & guesthouses
An empty room tonight earns nothing, and you can't sell that night back tomorrow. Auction off-peak and last-minute rooms and turn idle nights into revenue.
Tours, dives, spas & wineries
Thinking of a new experience? Run a Mystery (sealed-bid) auction and let real bids tell you what people will actually pay, and demand-test it before you build it out.
Anything you want to clear
Surplus stock, ex-display pieces, kitchen kit, old furniture? Bidla's marketplace sells physical goods too, with local buyers, binding bids and quick handover.
Any verified business
If you sell time, seats, rooms or stock that perishes when unsold, Bidla turns it into demand. Get the verified-business badge and start listing at launch.
The revenue case
How you increase revenue with Bidla
Bidla isn't a discount channel, it's a way to capture revenue that's currently slipping away. Six ways it adds to your bottom line:
Monetise empty inventory
An unsold seat or room earns €0 forever. Auction it and that dead slot becomes real revenue you'd otherwise never see.
Let demand set the price
On sought-after slots like sunset tables, weekend rooms and event nights, competitive bidding can push the winning price above your usual rate.
Kill no-shows
Guests pay up front through Bidla. A booked table is money in the bank before they walk in, with no empty reserved seats and no chasing deposits.
Upsell at full margin
The auction wins you the cover; the visit wins you the rest. Wine, courses, extras and add-ons are all sold on-site at your normal prices.
Turn winners into regulars
A first visit at an auction price becomes repeat visits at full price. Bidla is paid acquisition you only pay for when it works.
Tap the tourist wave
Reach Malta's locals and 3.5M yearly visitors looking to book tonight, without spending a cent on ads to find them.
A quiet Tuesday, worked out
He auctioned “a main course of your choice”
An owner listed a “main course of your choice” for six off-peak tables. The winning bids barely covered the cost of the main, so he broke even on the dish. But six tables that would've sat empty filled up, and the guests ordered starters, desserts and drinks at full margin. Illustrative, so your numbers will differ.
- 6 “main course” vouchers woncovers the mains, breaks even
- €120
- Starters, desserts & drinksbought at the table, full margin
- €330
- Extra takings that night
- €330
The auctioned main broke even, but every starter, dessert and drink on top is upside, on tables that earned €0 before. Commission-only: a small fee on the winning bid, nothing on what they spend at the table.
Founder Pro · limited spots
Cut your fee in half. Become a Founder Pro.
Bidla is commission-only: 8% per won auction, no upfront cost. Founder Pros pay a one-time €125 during the waitlist and drop that to just 4% for the whole first year. Spots are limited on purpose, so premium placement stays premium.
Half the fee for a year
Your commission drops from 8% to 4% on every won auction, for your whole first year. On real volume that pays for itself fast.
The verified Pro badge
A Pro mark on every listing, so guests bid with more confidence and you stand out from day one.
Premium placement
Priority spots in browse and search. Kept deliberately limited, so premium stays premium.
Priority onboarding
We set you up first, so you're live and selling on launch day.
Velmaire deal stacked
Keep the €890 founding website offer on top of everything here.
The founders' ear
Shape the product and get early access to new features before anyone else.
Founder ProLimited spots
Your fee, first year
8%4%
per won auction
€125one-time
A single founding fee, not a subscription. Reinvested straight into marketing that brings guests to your listings.
Join free, Founder Pro opens soon- Fully refundable until launch. Zero risk.
- Only a limited number available, first in, first served.
Not ready? Joining the waitlist is always free.
Partner offer · Bidla × Velmaire
An award-level website. A founding-seller price.
Bidla fills your quiet slots, but your own website is where guests find you, trust you and book direct. So we partnered with the best we know.
Velmaire isn't a template shop. It's an award-level design studio that builds exclusively for businesses that sell experiences, the same craft that wins international design awards, pointed at your venue. Their whole philosophy is the art of arrival: turning a first click into a confirmed booking.
Own your bookings
Every guest who books on your own site is one you didn't hand 15 to 25% commission to a booking platform. The site pays for itself in a handful of direct bookings.
Turn Bidla guests into regulars
Bidla brings you new guests. Your website brings them back, direct, at full price, again and again. That's where the real return is.
Look like the best in your class
Award-level design builds the trust that makes people choose you over the place next door, and happily pay more for the experience.
This isn't a cost, it's the highest-ROI marketing asset most venues will ever own.
Limited time · closes at app launch
The Bidla-seller package
- Custom experience website, designed around your venue
- Professional photo direction
- SEO so guests find you on Google
- Booking / enquiry system built in
Normal price€1,399
€890one-off
Save €509 · pay once, own it forever, no monthly fees.
Claim it on the form below →- No obligation. Tick the box, Velmaire reaches out, you decide.
- Founding-seller rate, only while the waitlist is open.
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Join the waitlist
Be first in line when Bidla opens in Malta.
Takes under a minute. No payment, no commitment, just your spot at the front of the queue.
Limited founding cohort, premium placement goes to the first in
- First access to list your experiences at launch
- Founding-business perks and priority placement
- A say in the features we build for Horeca
- Launch-day promotion to Bidla's early audience
3.5M
tourists visit Malta each year, plus every local looking for tonight's table. That's your audience.