WinningBidder.com Reviews

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.

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!

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

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.

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

The optional auction items were not very well explained.

Already planning on using them again next year for our auction. Also LOVED the items they were able to provide for our auction, we had a great event and raised more money than last year. PLUS no hosting fees so all money goes to you not to the web hosting company.

Easy to use platform, loved that I could use more than 1 picture to showcase an item. Fast response when I had a question, very easy to set up and use. LOVED the option to have "popcorn bidding" at the end of the auction to have a bidding war to help make more money.

I would like to charge people all at the end not send invoice and ask them to pay. I would like to not make it an option for them to pay the credit card fees.

I would most definitely use Winning Bidder again and suggest it to colleagues. The listing got the attention we hoped and we were able to raise money for our non-profit.

I loved the ease of use and ability to upload pictures.

Editing the listing was a bit challenging at first, but once I figured it out, it was simple.

It was nice that the setup and auction was so seamless. It’s so great that there are auction items available to select or request plus you can input additional donated items you’re gotten separately.

It was super helpful, as the admin person setting up our auction, that I could work through things via mobile on my phone in addition to a desktop computer.

It was just a slight con but questions sent to support via message and email are not addressed over the weekends and you have to wait until Monday for a response. The support was really great though and was always able to answer my questions.

We should have started earlier in order to have a greater variety of offerings. A few items were not confirmed by the time of the event.

The offerings increased the donations at event by nearly 25%. Some offerings were pricy but bidders were not discouraged.

None at this time. We have not received any negative feedback from bidders. The test will be if the winning bidders report satisfaction with the items they won.

Overall it was great! Only one or two people had some issues, but they were quickly resolved with customer service. We will likely be using it again next year.

We loved everything about winningbidder.com! It was easy to use and set up, and it did all of the work for us!

Would like to be able to mark invoices as paid in cash or by check.

We tried out and tested two different sites after completing a paper auction at our event last year. We decided on winning bidder and it did not disappoint! What drew us to winning bidder is of course that there were no platform fees, but also that it had many features other free products did not. We loved that people could enter an automatic max bid, that we could have categories, and acknowledge sponsors. We also love that bidders were text updates.

WinningBidder was very easy to set up. We could have multiple users so everyone could enter the item details of the items they brought in. We could add more than one picture, allocate sponsors and distinguish who donated the item, along with uploading their logo. Hyperlinks were automatically added to links within the descriptions. The site looked personalized and the url had our company name at the beginning to make it feel more legitimate and personalized for bidders. For the flow of the auction, we loved that we could set categories to help people find items they were interested in. We used the max bid feature, and loved that they bidders were sent text updates about their bids. We used the dashboard to refresh and see our progress, as well as what hadn’t been bid on yet. Reporting was simple and quick which allowed for a quick item pickup flow at the conclusion of the auction. Features we liked but didn’t use included popcorn bidding, switch to live auction, and making the auction available nation wide. Bidders received one invoice for all products won at the end of the auction. Of course, a major pro was that the price for our nonprofit couldn’t be beat. Payout was linked with Stripe, a payment process we already use so that was quick and easy.

We thought the site looked a little outdated, but we didn’t mind that. It also made our bidders create an account and enter in their information to be able to bid (pro) but then they had to re-enter everything including their card number at the end of the event. We also wished there was a place to mark items as picked up.

The ease of setting up the auction was great. The printing poster feature could be changed a little bit - we had to re-create our own posters to include a QR code so that bidders could bid in person. The online auction platform was very user-friendly and easy to navigate. I enjoyed that I could pay directly through the emailed link (after winning) and it's nice that they offer for the winning bidder to pay the credit card fee. We're a non-profit so having the bidders pay their own fees is ideal! We really enjoyed that you could mark multiple winners for some of the items. Overall, I would say that we enjoyed this platform better than who we used last year (Accelevents) and we will most likely be using this platform for next year's auction!

Simple set up. Clean format. User-friendly. Excellent features (paying online, printable posters, allowing bidders to pay credit card fees)

Some people who were bidding liked to see the names of people who they were bidding against; some people did not want to see the names. I enjoyed the fact that it sent me a simple message letting me know that I was outbid.
The printing poster feature was a little off - we had to re-create our own posters - the image was cropped funny on some of the posters.

Our foundation has used this site for 3 years. We will continue to use this site in years to come. It's easy for the administrator and bidders.

Very user-friendly. The company was very communicative and easy to get ahold of when we had questions.

Just wish the auction site for bidders automatically started low to high in price.

What more can I say? I researched so many online auction options before choosing WinningBidder. And I am so happy that I did! I will be using this platform for our non-profit fundraiser again!

Super easy to use, absolutely no learning curve!
Putting in multiple pictures for each item was a breeze!
Extremely customizable!
Started when I scheduled it and ended when I scheduled it, no glitches!

I can't think of any cons. Everything worked as advertised!