WinningBidder.com Reviews

4.8
Overall rating
Reviews

4.8
Overall rating
Reviews
Learn More

User Reviews Overview

About WinningBidder.com

Are you running an online fundraising auction and don't know where to begin? Look no further than WinningBidder. WinningBidder is free online auction software perfect for your simple online auction or golf outing fundraiser. Winn...

Learn more

Feature ratings

Value for Money
4.9
Functionality
4.7
Ease of Use
4.7
Customer Support
4.9

Browse WinningBidder.com Reviews

106 of 106 reviews
Sort by:
Jennifer
Jennifer
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 12/04/2023

Great Value and Easy To Use

Great!

Pros

Inexpensive, easy to use, easy to manage the bidding process, easy to collect payment.

Cons

Not sure yet; have used only twice. I haven't found anything that I don't like yet.

Melina
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 08/05/2024

Winning Bidder

Very user friendly and a great resource for our Nonprofit Event.

Pros

Ease of use and very efficient. Was able to display bids and then see bids placed.

Cons

there was nothing that I didn't like about WinningBidder.

Michelle
  • Industry: Individual & Family Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 26/05/2024

WinningBidder.com allowed for more monetary support for our cause.

WinningBidder.com brought more of a mix of items to bid while also contributing to the overall appeal to the online auction with the ease of use of their platform.

Pros

The best thing about winning bidder.com was that we could utilize not only their products of our choosing but it was a simple and efficient platform to post our other donated products. It was a great way to have a mix of products for our audience to bid on.

Cons

The difference in pricing was a little difficult because we had to figure out how to price our donated product vs. the prices that were set by the platforms donated product we couldn’t adjust.

Top WinningBidder.com Alternatives

Carol
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

4
Reviewed on 13/05/2024

Easy to use

Pros

The variety of auction items offered were attractive to bidders.

Cons

Some travel sites did not offer enough dates to reserve

Cindy
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 10/05/2024

WinningBidder is a winner!

Great platform! I highly recommend it, especially for nonprofit organizations.

Pros

It's very simple to use and set up. The cost was very affordable. I also received positive feedback from bidders on the ease of reviewing items up for auction. I also love the option to have bidders pay the platform fees, which almost all the bidders did. I've already started to recommend the platform to other organizations.

Cons

Nothing that I can think of. It was all positive.

Mark
  • Industry: Fund-Raising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 20/05/2024

Excellent service

Great results and money sent to the non profits🎁

Pros

Percentage that comes back to the organization

Cons

Nothing at this time! All was perfect and very good communication with Al!

Ellen
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 02/05/2024

Great Auction Platform!

Pros

Everything! It was easy to use, convenient, low processing fees; it was everything we were looking for.

Cons

Would like the option to mark paid inboxes as “paid in cash” or “paid by check”

Morgan
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 15/05/2024

So easy for our auction

Pros

We recently used winningbidder for a silent auction for our non profit Foundation. It was simple to add items and set up the auction. It was also extremely easy to print off certificates to display on site with the QR codes.

Cons

There really wasn't any negatives. I will say some of our guests don't know how to use online auctions but that's on us not on WinningBidder

Renee
  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 07/03/2024

Easy to use!

Pros

The ease of finding items, selecting items, and ease of closing out.

Cons

I did not find any cons when using WinningBidder.com

Amy
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 03/06/2024

It’s a winner

Pros

It was great that I could set up the admin side and then work through it both on the go via mobile and while at a regular desktop computer

Cons

Once in a while I had a question and while the support via chat and email is fantastic, if I had a question over the weekend, that are not available and I’d have to wait to hear back on Monday.

Terry
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 25/10/2023

Best online auction site ever!

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

Pros

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!

Cons

What cons? Great overall online auction site!

Virginia
  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 27/06/2023

Great for first time Silent Auctions

Overall, It helped us solve the issue of not getting enough silent auction donations. We were looking for some big ticket items to draw attention and TravelPledge did that, and provided an auction platform all rolled into one.

Pros

This made creating a silent auction really easy. This was our first silent auction event, and while it didn't quite go as we had hoped, it was easy, intuitive and provided a lot of great items for guests to view and select from.

Cons

The closing time was disappointing as we had set a 9:40 time and it closed at 9:40. We had guests that wanted to submit some last minute bids and they were not able to.

Morgana
  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 11/01/2024

Fast, easy and very affordable

Pros

Super simple to set up and create online auctions

Cons

Could look a little prettier but works great

Kelly
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 28/05/2024

New Winning Bidder User

I will definitely use it again and will suggest Winning Bidder to friends and colleagues.

Pros

It was easy to set up and monitor, and as a new online auction user, I was very satisfied.

Cons

It took me a few minutes to figure out how to edit my listing.

Jennifer
  • Industry: Events Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 30/10/2023

Great Option for Non-Profits

Very positive experience. Would like to see more local experiences available. Would like the ability to do golf tournaments and walk-a-thons in addition to silent auctions.

Pros

Ease of use and professional presentation were key factors. The ability to have offline payment processing was a key deciding factor. Winning bids paid within 48hrs of close of auction.

Cons

Would like to see more notifications and the ability to add another user who also receives same notifications.

Kurt
  • Industry: Fund-Raising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 13/08/2023

Extremely happy with our first use of Winning Bidder!

Extremely happy with the results of our first online Auction Fundraiser.

Pros

So easy to use and run your online auction event.

Cons

We did not have any issues with the process.

Miranda
  • Industry: Events Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 24/10/2023

Totally would use again

Pros

The flyer and keeping up with the bids was so easy

Cons

I wish it was easier to login and you could stay logged in

David
  • Industry: Civic & Social Organization
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 11/05/2023

TravelPledge took our Golf event silent/ live auction $$$ from $1300 in '22 to over $6,100 in...

We may have a follow-up event in about 30 days and may follow up with TravelPledge for an additional live auction with a different audience.

Pros

The TravelPledge Golf, Travel, and Special Interest Items were added to our locally donated items to make it a success.

Cons

If TravelPledge would have assistance with the initial landing page for our Website or content that we could easily copy and paste it into Constant Contact.

Melissa
  • Industry: Sports
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 25/02/2023

First-time User Loves Features

This was a great experience. I would definitely use this product again. It was easy, fun, and rewarding. Even though this is a small, quick auction, the excursions really added to the experience.

Pros

The website was easy to set up and intuitive. The customer service was exceptional.

Cons

It would’ve been nice to have a direct communication option.

Jeff
Jeff
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 28/01/2023

Easy to use auction software

We used this for a recent auction - only 16 items, all but one item exceeded the bids we hoped for. The last 1/2 hour the bidding was very active. In the past, we used sign up sheets. Having bidders notified that they were outbid really kept things going higher.

Pros

This was our first time using this software. It increased our participation in our auction by 500% and increased our money received by 400%.

Cons

Some of the tools are hard to find. Some users had problems getting their credit cards to load and stick. It sometimes took 2 or 3 times for them to enter their credit cards.

Marcus
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 02/05/2022

Silent Auction Success

Excellent

Pros

I work for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and used TravellPledge to put on a silent auction. First, this product being free for Non-Profits was huge, I was trying to raise money to send coaches and athletes to camp and this product made that possible. The software was so easy to use and had so many aids to help. They partner with some pretty impressive companies that donate for auctions so that you can use them as you try to raise money. Most of these I would have had no chance at procuring but TravelPledge made it easy to use these and helped in reaching my goals. Also there were some questions I had and their team answered so quickly and helped me make sure the experience was awesome.

Cons

I wish there was a way to customize it a little more, maybe just change the background color and make it more appealing visually.

Marisol
  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 14/12/2022

Great platform

I will definitely use it again

Pros

I have used other platforms for silent auction, but Travelpledge was easy, attracted more people with the vouchers and was very professional

Cons

Easy to upload information, but I wished that I could drag the items and be able to organize them

Mo
  • Industry: Religious Institutions
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 20/09/2022

Youth Fundraiser a Success!

Very pleasant. We are excited to use it again at next year's event.

Pros

I like that our group was able to select from many trips. There was no obligation accept to advertise for each company. It was really easy.

Cons

Nothing. It was easy and very convenient. I like that I could add our on products to the webpage. I like that you can share a link with friends and family. It was great.

Cory
  • Industry: Sports
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 19/05/2022

Foundational Auction

Great customer service. Super simple. Glad to have experienced it.

Pros

It was easy to set up and activate. There weren't too many confusing settings that can possibly be overlooked or messed up.

Cons

I would liked to have received bid and payment alerts. Also, some financial reporting would be good. Creating categories across the entire site would be beneficial. It would allow TravelPledge customers to search for all items within the category regardless of who's auction they're in (e.g. live events, sporting events, hotels, etc.).

Derek
  • Industry: Civic & Social Organization
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 01/10/2022

Youth Sports Online Auction

Pros

Ease if use combined with timely updates, good pymt options and easy to organize.

Cons

I really disliked nothing for a 1st time user!

106 reviews