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BiddingOwl.com

Overview

All‑in‑one auction software for nonprofits and schools. Speed check‑in with Go Time, drive mobile bidding and paddle raises, and finish with instant receipts. Payments are secured with PCI Level 1 processing for accurate, audit‑ready closeout.

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

No pricing info

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

4.4

100

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

70%

would recommend this app

4.8

132

100

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

95%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Event management capabilities were apparent and data reports that can be generated after an event are useful.”

Daniel C.

Benefits and Compliance Manager

“Volunteers pick up on the program quickly, sometimes day of an event and it all around lifts so much stress.”

Yemisi O.

Event Specialist

“There's a section for each feature I need, and there are lots of options if I need something specific for my event.”

Ashton N.

PR and Communications Coordinator

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

“In general, I like the system, but some things didn't go well for us (e.g., date of fundraiser event was incorrect, even though comms to GG about this were not acted upon, therefore credit card readers did not work - a disaster for check-in.).”

Rex B.

Treasurer

“It is just not very user-friendly changing some aspects of your published website, but otherwise there are not really any complaints.”

Rebecca C.

Administrative Assistant

“I would like to have the option to enter in an item number when adding items to packages, not just words. When you have multiple people getting packages ready, not everyone uses the same wording and it is putsy and annoying to have to go out of Packages and into Items to find what I'm looking for if I don't use the same words that someone else used to identify an item. If you are going to have us assign numbers, maximize that. ”

Carey H.

Fundraising Coordinator

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.

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