WinningBidder.com 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

WinningBidder.com

4.8

(126)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About WinningBidder.com

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

WinningBidder.com is exactly what you'd hope it would be. Specify your auction period, add your items, and let us know where to send the money you raise. Launch your auction in minutes!

If you're short on items and bidders, we've got you covered. We partner with generous experience providers so you can add a vacation, golf round, or other fabulous items to your auction with a single click. We'll even promote your auction to the WinningBidder.com Community, our database of cause-minded bidders.

There is no limit to your number of items, bidders, or events.

Get started with WinningBidder.com today!

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WinningBidder.com Pricing and Plans

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WinningBidder.com Features

Popular features found in Auction
Absentee Bidding
Alerts/Notifications
Billing & Invoicing
Buy Now Option
Event Management
Inventory Management
Live Auction
Payment Processing
Proxy Bidding
Silent Auction
Watch List
More features of WinningBidder.com
Activity Dashboard
Bid Management
Catalog Management
Credit Card Processing
Customizable Branding
Electronic Payments
Mobile Access
Mobile Alerts
Online Auction
Online Bidding
Real-Time Monitoring
Reporting & Statistics
Search/Filter

WinningBidder.com User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

85%

13%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.7

Charlene S.

Verified reviewer

Performing Arts

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed April 2024

First time using an online auction platform, it was a great experience!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of set up and management. Can have the auction running for longer and bidders don't have to be present at the event. You can categorize your auction items. Also, Winning Bidder sends out the invoices and collects the payment, but you can also do it yourself.

Cons:

There wasn't anything I didn't like! It was easy to set up and to use!

Johanna B.

Verified reviewer

Civic & Social Organization

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed May 2024

Best choice for nonprofit online auctions

Outstanding experience with them... I'd use them again in a heartbeat when I next have the need for an auction, and I also would READILY recommend them to colleagues in the industry. They should be more widely known as I'm sure many non-profits would prefer to utilize a system that didn't cost them a percentage.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Absolutely the thing I was looking for most was low-cost way of doing our online auction, that would hopefully not be too difficult to use. WinningBidder.com is free to use other than the credit card processing fees, and even those are optionally paid by your winning bidders when they pay...which 100% of our winners did, so it ended up being completely free for us as an organization. With that, I expected to encounter issues like it being difficult to use or having to navigate through 100 ads in order to get there... or that my auction bidders would, too. Instead, I found it easy to use and get set up for my items, and easy to set the features. I also really appreciated the ability to supplement the auction with items from winning bidder where we generated 40% or 80% of the sales price. While not everything we posted sold at that minimum price, the things that did still helped our bottom line.

Cons:

The "item value" line -- it isn't shown to the bidders, and yet it's mandatory to complete. I did a lot of research about the reasonable value of items that don't have a prescribed value (such as an autographed hockey puck), and then it was frustrating to feel like I did that for nothing... wish there was a way to opt out of using that line, but it's minor in the grand scheme of things. Also, DURING the auction, you cannot view the current bid on the back end of the site without hitting a separate bid report or going to the front end to look. It would be a nice addition to have a place you can go for an overview of your auction's current status. Recommendation for future change, but overall just a minor inconvenience.

Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com

We chose WinningBidder.com due to the right combination of price, features, and function to serve our needs.

Kezia B.

Verified reviewer

Philanthropy

2-10 employees

Used daily for free trial

Reviewed November 2022

First Time user

It was good.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was easy to set up, great trip options. Easy to name and share.

Cons:

Poor photo quality, wish it was a bit more modern, would love to see an option for QR code to be printed and shared more easily.

Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com

The trip options

Reasons for switching to WinningBidder.com

BidBeacon too expensive for a 501C3.

Hannah L.

Verified reviewer

Individual & Family Services

201-500 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

Solid Silent Auction Option

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use! It was simple and straightforward to enter items and track bids. I really liked the formatting as well!

Cons:

Nothing comes to mind - we really did have an easy and effective time using it for our silent auction!

Sarah J.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed September 2024

Winning Bidder Won in our book!

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 sent text updates. The closing process was smooth, and reporting was quick and easy to pull. We wish it would have had a “sign out” or “pickup” reporting option, but searching the list and handing them out was easy enough!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was simple, but had so many features like allowing the user to max bid and text updates.

Cons:

People assumed that since they entered their card at the beginning, they would be automatically charged.

Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com

Winningbidder had more functionality that we were looking for to increase bidder experience.

Adam H.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

201-500 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2024

First time with WinningBidder

Very good experience with WinningBidder.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to use and helpful to have additional packages in our auction.

Cons:

The only thing I didn't like was that bidders had to enter their credit card information both in the beginning as they were bidding as well as the end after they had won an auction item.

Reasons for switching to WinningBidder.com

Dd not work as well as I'd hoped and WinningBidder allowed for additional packages.

Diane F.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed May 2025

The easiest and most successful auction that we ever held.

As with any new experience, there are always a few questions that one cannot seem to find the answers to in all of the FAQs. The fact that the staff is so willing to speak with you on the phone for as long as you need goes a long way in getting your project going smoothly. The staff is friendly, helpful and very prompt in keeping phone appointments. We could not have asked for nicer folks to do business with.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There are so many things that we like best about WinningBidder.com, but having to pick just one, we must say that the software was so easy to use and setting up the auction was flawless.

Cons:

The overall experience was so good that we cannot find anything to complain about. We do not see how the process could be improved.

William A.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2025

Great fundraising site for a non-profit

The customer service was fantastic. Whenever we had a question they were so helpful. On the initial call they helped us get it all set up.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was so easy to use and had every feature we were looking for. Our bidders loved it. The reporting was fantastic.

Cons:

They do ask for a donation as each person pays which helps pay for the site. We only used a few of their vacation options.

Felicia G.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2025

Excellent experience, will use again!

Winning Bidder was super easy to set up and get going. Very user friendly interfacing when entering "donated" items. The flyers that it creates are aesthetically pleasing and look very professional for displays. Patrons scan the QR code and it is very easy for them to use as well. Everyone raved how fantastic the online option was this year compared to years past with in person/paper silent auction style.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Super user friendly and easy to set up, all patrons seemed to enjoy the overall accessibility and how easy it was to use.

Cons:

there were no cons specifically, we did note the option to pay cash or check via donated items but automatically invoices so most people just paid with their card. I did make sure to turn on the ask patrons to cover the fees option, which all of our winners did.

Torey C.

Verified reviewer

Sports

11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Reviewed November 2025

Easy to Use