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Silent Auction Pro

BiddingOwl.com

Overview

Online event management software for charitable fundraising, with all the tools you need from start to finish. Great for an auction event, gala, dinner, giving campaign, golf tournament and so much more!

BiddingOwl is nonprofit auction and fundraising software for silent, live, online and hybrid auctions. Manage mobile bidding, ticketing, donations, Fund-A-Need, paddle raises and payments, with Stripe and PayPal integrations and Stripe-integrated credit card vaulting.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

449

Per year

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Free

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

402

334

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

96%

would recommend this app

4.8

132

100

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

95%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Silent Auction Pro allows us to manage all phases of our event: creating contacts, ticket purchases, seating, live and silent auctions, raffles, donations, and all after event tasks and reporting.”

Jeanine C.

Event Coordinator

“The Staff does an excellent job coaching you throughout the entire event process; from setting up the event, creating tickets, posting auction items and ultimately closing out the event.”

Frank P.

Director of Finance and Operations

“Need a few more customization options for quick buttons or easy finds.”

Nick P.

President

Pros

“This is my 6th time using BiddingOwl and I can’t say enough about how much I appreciate the ease-of-use to setup and manage an online auction, and the responsive support team behind BiddingOwl.”

Lynne H.

Art Director

“BiddingOwl support is a phone call or email away and you can expect efficient, courteous responses to any question, big or small.”

Lynne H.

Art Director

“It's easy to use and manage your auction, there are no fees up front, and you only pay for the online auction totals (NOT ticket sales or general donations) so that really helps your fundraising.”

LA N.

Volunteer, Chair of Silent Auction Committee

Cons

“However when I entered a number that was already used, I was presented with an error messaage stating it was a used number. If I was more dilligent, I would have kept a list of numbers as I used them, but for us lazy folks it would be nice if the sytem displayed the last used number.”

Dennis W.

Marketing Support

“I sometimes still struggle with finding contacts (searching "MY" contacts vs. "all" contacts) but I understand why the system is created that way.”

Jamie H.

Executive Director

“I did not get help from my event team so had to do things much on my own. If not for the Silent Auction platform, I would be in rehab now.”

Dennis W.

Marketing Support

Cons

“We had some users that had difficulty finding our auction on their mobile phone, finding that a search for BiddingOwl came up with legacy.biddingowl site instead of the new version that included our auction.”

Lauren L.

Administrative Coordinator

“New version lost features the old version had and while the new interface looks better it doesn't necessarily perform better in some areas. ”

Cherie K.

Secretary

“Some of the instructions are a bit hard to understand-ie at the top of Item Management.”

BARBARA E.

VOLUNTEER