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What is WinningBidder.com?

WinningBidder.com provides low cost online auction software specifically designed for fundraising activities. Our intuitive platform allows event organizers to set up an auction in just a few minutes, boasting a comprehensive suite of features. Bidders have access to options like maximum bidding, notifications for outbids, and an engaging "popcorn" bidding experience.

Instead of necessitating an app download, we offer a personalized auction link that supporters can use to view items and place bids from any device. This approach ensures fast operation, making it especially effective for events in locations with spotty internet connectivity, such as charity golf tournaments.

WinningBidder.com places no limits on the number of items, bidders, or events, positioning it as the perfect online auction solution for any fundraising needs all year long.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
2.5% per transaction
Price Overview:
WinningBidder charges 2.5% per transaction (in addition to payment processing fees of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction).
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
WinningBidder.com
Date Founded:
2011
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
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Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Video Library
Support
Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Nonprofit
Supported Languages
English

WinningBidder.com Categories and Features

Fundraising Software

Alumni Management
Auction Management
CRM
Campaign Management
Contribution Tracking
Donor Management
Event Management
Gift Matching Management
Grant Management
Membership Management
Mobile Giving
Payment Processing
Pledge Management
Prospect Management
Raffles / Lotteries
Recurring Giving
Volunteer Management

Auction Software

Absentee Bidding
Alerts/Notifications
Bid Management
Billing & Invoicing
Buy Now Option
Dutch Auction
Inventory Management
Live Auction
Membership Management
Nonprofit / Fundraising
Online Auction
Online Bidding
Online Ticket Sales
Proxy Bidding
Reverse Bidding
Silent Auction
Watch List
Website Management
White Label
  • Reviewer Name: AJ G.
    Position: President
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    User-Friendly and Efficient Auction Platform

    Updated: Feb 17 2026
    Summary

    Considering everything I would use WinningBidder.com again due to the ease of use, as well as, taking the stress out from the technical side of the auction. It allowed us to focus on the silent auction and our mission.

    Positive

    Ease of set-up with uploading and organizing items; very straight forward for our team. User Registration was frictionless and we did not receive any complaints or issues with signing up to bid. The platform was able to handle the volume of bids without any technical glitches.

    Negative

    Platform Fees with the service but we understand that is the industry-standard; but just a consideration for smaller non-profits or if the ease of use justifies the cost for you.

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  • Reviewer Name: Hannah L.
    Position: Community Engagement Specialist
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Solid Silent Auction Choice

    Date: Dec 16 2025
    Summary

    We use it for our annual silent auction, and it makes the process so straightforward. Being able to add details, images, etc - it really makes the difference!

    Positive

    Really appreciated the east of use, and how straightforward adding and managing items was! Also the bid flyers autocreation was helpful.

    Negative

    Honestly no big complaints - we had an easy time using it!

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  • Reviewer Name: Chrissy P.
    Position: Advancement Coordinator
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Hassle Free Auction

    Date: Feb 26 2025
    Summary

    I selected the items, WinningBidder set up the auction site, took payments, and contacted the winners with claim instructions

    Positive

    Site was easy to use. Hassle Free. No complaints from auction participants. Site was user friendly.

    Negative

    Once I got comfortable with the dashboard there wasn't anything I didn't like.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Administrator
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Great functionality

    Date: Feb 18 2025
    Summary

    The overall user experience is wonderful even for first time users. Everyone feels accommodated and easy to understand.

    Positive

    Everything works smoothly. I was able to handle my business properly and ensured the satisfaction of the involved parties.

    Negative

    Nothing, everything was perfect I loved the process.

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  • Reviewer Name: Laina B.
    Position: Executive Director
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Great Customer Service

    Date: Sep 02 2025
    Summary

    This was wonderful and we will continue using this service. When we had a problem, it was immediately fixed. Thank you so much!

    Positive

    I was so impressed with the customer service. We will definitely be using this service for next year's auction!

    Negative

    I wish there were more affordable travel options.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Chairperson
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    Highly Recommended for Your Next Fundraiser

    Date: Sep 13 2025
    Summary

    Our recent event was a great success, and we couldn't be happier with our partnership with WinningBidder. The enormous variety of high-quality items offered for bidding was a key highlight and truly impressed our attendees. Now that our participants are more familiar with the WinningBidder platform, we are confident that our bids will easily double next year. Thank you, WinningBidder, for helping us make our event a triumph.

    Positive

    Great Success: The event itself was a triumph.

    Abundant Variety: We had a huge and impressive amount of items for bidding.

    High Quality: The items provided were of high quality and truly impressed the attendees.

    Future Growth: I anticipate that future bids will increase significantly as people become more familiar with the platform.

    Negative

    Technical Issues: The online bidding platform was difficult for several attendees to access due to security settings on their computers, limiting early bidding.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Administrator
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Use IT - You won't regret the Purchase

    Date: Oct 11 2025
    Summary

    Will definitely consider it for future fund-raising events, because of the ease of use and the convenience.

    Positive

    Easy to use. Intuitive even for using it for the first time. Provided the necessary tools to enable us to have a successful auction.

    Negative

    Transaction fees were a little high for a small 501c3 with a small budget

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Junior Golf Tournament Manager
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Easy to Use

    Date: Nov 11 2025
    Summary

    WinningBidder.com is a great resource for any organization holding an online auction! It is easy to use and navigate.

    Positive

    WinningBidder.com was easy to use and navigate. Each item is very customizable for the consumer to easily see what that are bidding on.

    Negative

    Wish WinningBidder.com has more view options and filters for the consumer.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Fund Raising Chairman
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    First Time Silent Auction

    Date: Oct 28 2025
    Summary

    Fairly smooth set up, I was able to add donated items in addition to the Travel Pledge trips. Easy to add photos and starting minimum price

    Positive

    Ease of setting up, ability to add donated items, coordination with Travel Pledge, on-line visibility, ability to start auction prior to the scheduled event.

    Negative

    Difficulty in talking with staff at WinningBidder, I wish they left a contact phone number.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rob O.
    Position: President and CEO
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Incredible Online Auction Platform

    Date: Sep 12 2025
    Summary

    Excellent, wonderful and very satisfied. Would definitely use this platform again! Great experience.

    Positive

    Ease of use, especially for setting up the online auction.
    Customer service was outstanding and very responsive if you had a question.
    Site looked very professional.
    Great, organized reporting.

    Negative

    Didn't think the "optional" credit card processing fee and "optional" donation to the platform were as clear as it could have been.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Director of Communications and Special Events
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    WinningBidder.com was easy to use

    Date: May 26 2024
    Summary

    The ease of use and the customer service really were the best parts of the platform. It was easy to upload donated product as well as having the auto bid function that allowed for bidding to increase slowly.

    Positive

    The site was user friendly for both setting up and also the audience bidding. The customer service helped me immediately when I needed by phone and email. WinningBidder.com allowed for me to gain more funding for our mission because we were able to reach a more vast audience because of being online.

    Negative

    One thing that we found was that some people didn’t like feeling as though that had to enter their email right away to even look at the bid site.

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  • Reviewer Name: Adam H.
    Position: Director of Community Engagement
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    New User on WinningBidder

    Date: Dec 19 2024
    Summary

    Very good experience overall. I will definitely use the product again next year when we have our annual silent auction.

    Positive

    Ease of use of the product was very important. I also appreciated the additional packages that were offered.

    Negative

    I disliked that supporters had to put in credit card information twice.

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  • Reviewer Name: Melina G.
    Position: Administrative Assistant
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Winning Bidder

    Date: May 08 2024
    Summary

    We will continue to use Winning Bidder in the future. We enjoy it's features and ease of use and are grateful for it.

    Positive

    Ease of use and efficient. We were able to use Winning Bidder during our Nonprofit Charity event and it was a success.

    Negative

    I have no cons to report about Winning Bidder. It is a great resource.

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  • Reviewer Name: Cecilia C.
    Position: Board Member
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Super easy to use for nonprofits

    Date: May 14 2024
    Summary

    Made for a very easy and successful silent auction that people enjoyed using and made collecting info very easy

    Positive

    The ease of putting up silent auction items, the ability to utilize travel pledge, the look of the auction site, easy to use for our donors

    Negative

    We had to put in info that wasn’t provided on the listings

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Managing partner
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Excellent service

    Date: May 20 2024
    Summary

    Excellent service easy to use good communication and great results! Will be using them at all of our events🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️💥

    Positive

    Everything! Very simple process to utilize this product! Brought in a nice return back to our non profit⛳️🏌️‍♀️

    Negative

    Ease of use and customer support when I needed it the most.

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  • Reviewer Name: Cindy B.
    Position: Executive Director
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    WinningBidder is a great auction platform!

    Date: May 10 2024
    Summary

    It's a great platform! I highly recommend it, especially to nonprofit organization for their auction.

    Positive

    • Easy to set-up and administer
    • Integration with TravelPledge items - Easy to select and instantly add items to the auction page
    • Easy to navigate for bidders
    • Allows bidders to cover fees
    • Very affordable compared to other auction platforms
    • Quick payments

    Negative

    I don't have anything negative to add. Overall, I found it very simple to use.

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  • Reviewer Name: Johanna B.
    Position: Executive Director
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Best online auction choice for non-profit fundraising

    Date: May 30 2024
    Summary

    My experience was great. It was my organization's first time in conducting an online fundraiser/silent auction, and we were able to do it smoothly and successfully. I'll definitely be using them again in the future, and will recommend to others.

    Positive

    First off, it was the only site out there for charity fundraisers that's completely free no matter what features you use. Even the credit card processing fees have the option to be paid by the people who win the bids, which 100% of our winners elected to do. For the price, an outstanding value that was still easy to use and had plenty of features. Part of the way they make their income is to have optional additional items that you can add to your auction IF DESIRED and your non-profit gets either 40% or 80% of the winning bids. I appreciated that option and also the variety of choices available to add -- vacations but also online experiences, etc.

    Negative

    If I were designing the program myself, I would change a few things in the set up to make it more convenient to use or to be able to quickly access the information that I wanted. Some of the reporting features -- while good -- were not intuitive to me which option to pick to get what I was looking for. But genuinely only minor surface complaints or inconveniences that could be tweaked.

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  • Reviewer Name: Morgan H.
    Position: Treasurer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Super easy auction platform

    Date: May 15 2024
    Summary

    Seriously super easy to use. I would recommend any organization use this platform to set up their auction. People do not need to be present to bid and users get notified when they are outbid. Biggest thing, it closes automatically so you can enjoy your auction!

    Positive

    We recently set up an online auction for our annual Parents Night Out. I love that we were able to supplement the baskets we collected with bigger ticket items from WinningBidder.

    Negative

    I wish we would have been able to keep more of the profits but I understand that each business has a charge.

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  • Reviewer Name: Jeri P.
    Position: Chairperson
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Great bidding site!

    Date: Mar 15 2024
    Summary

    Great and loved the reports! It was easy to learn the program and a lot easier to bid. I think it made the process more fun and helped drive up the dollar amounts.

    Positive

    We used WinningBidder.com for our online auction for a Sigma Chi fundraising event. In the past we have used the paper process but this made it so much easier and even allowed those not in attendance to participate! Great platform and easy to use!

    Negative

    Not really anything. It was chunky to add all of the items we had but that was more of a learning curve.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Director of Operations
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Super easy to set up and use

    Date: May 30 2024
    Summary

    The system was really easy to set up and use. We were able to add donated gift baskets and other items with pictures and descriptions.

    Positive

    Winning bidder was really easy to set up and use. We held a silent auction for supporters and raised over $3,000.

    Negative

    The optional auction items were not very well explained.

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