For venues
Your rates stay your rates.
Bidwell is not a race to the bottom. You win bookings by bundling what you already offer — an upgraded bar package, extended hours, the ceremony lawn, off-peak flexibility. Your published rate card stays whole, the couple gets more for the same number, and your brand stays yours.
8%
Founding Partner
Priority placement on every matching request, and 8% commission held for the life of the account.
15 partner venues per market, chosen for fit rather than for signing first.
No listing fee · Commission only on a booking
Launch milestone — venues from any market can join now:
Requests · this week
Representative · your dashboard shows live requests once your area opens.
12
new fits
#A7K2
Jun 14, 2026
High fit150 guests$25K – $40KGarden · estate
#B3M9
Oct 4, 2026
Medium fit200 guests$30K – $50KEstate · winery
#C1P5
Sep 20, 2026
High fit80 guests$15K – $25KGarden · chapel
Bid your number, in writing — binding both ways.
Active couples
Joining now
Upfront cost
$0 — commission only
Market status
Live updates
How the House protects you
Built to venue-grade standards.
Verified couples only
Identity-checked profiles with real dates, guest counts, and numbers — confirmed before any request reaches your dashboard.
Binding contracts
Every booking is signed through Dropbox Sign with inclusions locked. Changing terms after the fact gets a venue removed.
Stripe Connect payouts
Escrow and direct deposit on enterprise-grade rails. Your first payout lands within three business days.
Founder-operated
Built by an operator who has sat on both sides of the table. We answer the phone.
Better than pay-to-play
Directories want thousands up front for leads that never book.
Bidwell costs nothing until a couple books and pays. You see the whole request — date, guest count, budget, must-haves — before you decide whether to bid at all.
| Comparison point | Directories | Bidwell |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | $3,000 – $5,000 a year | Nothing |
| Lead quality | Browsing, possibly serious | Date, guest count, and number stated up front |
| When you pay | Before a single lead arrives | After a confirmed booking |
| How you win | Undercut the room down the road | Bundle value — upgrades, hours, inclusions |
| Pricing control | A static listing, and hope | Your rate card stays whole; you bid your number |
| First payout | Not applicable — you're the one paying | Within three business days |
| Guidance | None | Fit scoring, market benchmarks, bid coaching |
Upfront cost
- Directories
- $3,000 – $5,000 a year
- Bidwell
- Nothing
Lead quality
- Directories
- Browsing, possibly serious
- Bidwell
- Date, guest count, and number stated up front
When you pay
- Directories
- Before a single lead arrives
- Bidwell
- After a confirmed booking
How you win
- Directories
- Undercut the room down the road
- Bidwell
- Bundle value — upgrades, hours, inclusions
Pricing control
- Directories
- A static listing, and hope
- Bidwell
- Your rate card stays whole; you bid your number
First payout
- Directories
- Not applicable — you're the one paying
- Bidwell
- Within three business days
Guidance
- Directories
- None
- Bidwell
- Fit scoring, market benchmarks, bid coaching
What happens
Four steps, in order.
Set up your room
Photos, capacity, what's included and what isn't, your real rate card. About ten minutes. Verification runs automatically the moment your profile is complete — no queue, no review wait — and your setup is kept even if your area hasn't opened yet.
Receive matched requests
Verified couples describe their wedding once. You only see the requests whose date, guest count, style, and number are a genuine fit for your room.
Bid your number, bundle your value
Your rate card stays whole. You win by layering in what you already have — extended hours, a premium bar, ceremony space, vendor credits — as a binding offer with locked inclusions. The couple weighs the offer before they see your name.
Get paid as the couple pays
Staged payouts through Stripe Connect. The first lands within three business days; the last, seven days before the event. Commission applies only to confirmed bookings.
The commission math
Paid as the couple pays. No invoices, no surprises.
Couple pays the $10,000 booking fee
Within 3 business days
You receive $9,000
Couple pays $14,000 at 90 days
Within 3 business days
You receive $12,600
Couple pays the $16,000 balance
7 days before the event
You receive $14,400
$36,000
Total to venue · $40,000 booking · 10% standard
$36,800
Founding Partner · 8% held for life
Commission
8% for life
Against 10% standard
Placement
Priority
On every matching request
Badge
Founding Partner
Shown to couples on every offer
Full detail on tiers, timing, and cancellation lives in fees & policies.
Meet Bidwell House
Walk through a real bid with your side's coach.
Bidwell House reads each request for fit, shows what comparable rooms in your market are including, and flags when a bid is leaving margin behind or chasing a booking that won't close. It helps you pick the right things to bundle — without touching your rate card.
Always disclosed by name, and it always signs off the same way: — Bidwell House.
Try the AI Venue Advisor — no signup needed
Ask the advisor about an example venue's week.
You're advising Oakwood Manor, a fictional 100–180-guest historic estate we created for this demo. Three example requests just landed on their dashboard. Ask which to bid on, what to charge, and why they keep losing to someone else.
Demo scenario. Your real dashboard shows live requests scored against your own venue profile.
Try asking the advisor:
Questions
Honest answers for venues.
You pay nothing without a confirmed booking. No subscription or listing fee. Browse and bid free. Lose the bid? Still $0.
Still deciding? See what setup actually involves.
Apply
Fill your calendar. On your terms.
Keep your rate card. Bundle your value. Win the couples who are ready to book. Setup takes about ten minutes.
Nothing to pay until an event books