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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/auction/travelpledge-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/auction/travelpledge-profile/alternatives/) # WinningBidder.com User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 133 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.7/5 - Customer support: 4.8/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Functionality: 4.7/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 112 reviews (84%) - 4 stars: 18 reviews (14%) - 3 stars: 3 reviews (2%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - I also liked how you can add a logo for those who sponsored the added item. - I love the many options for travel experiences and gaining a percentage of prizes listed. - It was extremely easy for me to create all the items, manage the shipping, and deal with the purchases and payments after the event. If we were to ever get more serious or have more regular auctions, I would hope for some more bells and whistles, but that's not what I needed this time, and winningbidder.com was the perfect solution. ### Most mentioned 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. - Living in the country we don’t have any options or opportunities to offer for a silent options. - That people had to use their credit cards and scan qr codes, older people got confused and didnt end up bidding because of it ## WinningBidder.com customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 133 (page 1). ### Make more money in less time with winning bidder! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michelle L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Luckily, we could see what the bidders won and allowed them to pay by cash, venmo or check to avoid fees. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This was the easiest and most efficient silent auction ever - it allowed folks - no matter where they were or what the were doing - stay in the game of bidding. even folks who didn't attend the event were invited to bid - this increased bidding exponentially meaning more money was raised. #### Cons I hate that there was a service fee (quite high) for credit card payments. Luckily, we found a work around by letting those present pay in person. --- ### Helped Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Criston K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Fund-Raising - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great Experience. Know how to use it now and thought the tie-in with TravelPledge was an asset. Easy, efficient, reasonably priced. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to Use platform. The site gave us the opportunity to manage the event up to closing when we saw a big increase in activity. It definitely was an asset to our fundraising effort. #### Cons As a small 501c3 we thought the expenses from using the site were a little drastic, especially with the percentage taken out for any of the TravelPledge items we sold. #### Reasons for switching to WinningBidder.com Because it was linked with TravelPledge, so seemed to make sense to use it. --- ### Folds of Honor at Stoney Point - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Kyle D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Once we straighten out the problem of establishing the account and having Travel Pledge to verify my checking account, no problems. They need to make it easier to set up the account. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Easy to place bids. Easy to add or subtract items. #### Cons Very difficult to set up the account. I was originally told that the account was set up and I had starting the LIVE AUCTION only to find that my authorization and account set up had not been approved and was not set up. Had to get my daughter (I am terrible with computers) to straighten everything out. Took more than 8 hours and several phone calls to resolve this problem/ #### Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com I actually am doing both. --- ### The easiest and most successful auction that we ever held. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Diane F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Great fundraising site for a non-profit - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: William A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Great Product from a Repeat User - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lindsay M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Fund-Raising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Love this Platform! Will use again and continue to be impressed with functionality. Great payment integration. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is the second auction that I have run through Winning Bidder - it's very easy to use and incredibly cost effective in comparison to other products. I consult with nonprofits and continue to recommend this product. #### Cons I had no cons with this product. Only surprised that more nonprofits continue to use expensive software. --- ### First time ever - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kelly D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. A great experience and will add a lot to our future fundraisers. Living in the country we don’t have any options or opportunities to offer for a silent options. This brightens our horizons. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It was very easy to use, there were a lot of options and things that could be used for the community that we were involved with #### Cons Since it was the first time using this for our nonprofit, I was just afraid to offer a lot so but I like the least about it is just my skepticism nothing about the site --- ### Excellent experience, will use again! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Felicia G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Easy to Use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Torey C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Sports - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. WinningBidder.com is a great tool to use to set up your online auction! The customer experience is easy and efficient. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros WinningBidder.com is easy to us to set up your online auction. It has great customization ability for each item. #### Cons WinningBidder.com could be event better if it had more viewing options and filters for a consumer to look at. --- ### LOVE THIS SITE - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brittaney H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Super user friendly. I like that you can offer vacation package options as well as copy from paste events. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This was very user friendly! It was my first time to use Winning Bidder and it will be my go to moving forward! #### Cons NOTHING! There were no negatives so far. This was my first time to use the site and I found it extremely user friendly. --- ### First time user experience was great - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Angi F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What we liked most about WinningBidder.com was the overall ease of use and integration with TravelPledge auction items. #### Cons That one of our bidders the night of the auction was not able to get his bid to go through. #### Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com We chose WinningBidder because it is free to use and is integrated with TravelPledge. #### Reasons for switching to WinningBidder.com For this event, we were only auctioning TravelPledge items and we wanted to test it to use for our future online auctions after our current subscription with GiveSmart expires next year. --- ### Excellent Auction Website - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jonathan H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civic & Social Organization - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My experience overall was very positive. Very positive. I would happily use the site again for a future auiction. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use with an intuitive interface and all the features needed to organize a smooth-running auction and professional. The ability to provide administrator access to other members of our team was very useful. This was my first time organizing such an event and Winning Bidder provided excellent customer - responsive, patient and helpful. Best of all, the software is free to use! #### Cons The FAQs might be a bit more comprehensive for first-0time users. This would avoid customer support questions. Also, I ran a dummy auction for internal testing and then had to start again with a new auction - it would be helpful to know not to close such a trial in order to preserve the initial entries. --- ### Hockey Team - Cancer Fundraiser Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jeff C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Sports - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent! Also had customer service support that was fantastic. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use as auction admin and simple for bidders #### Cons None. Really has no cons. Easy to use for both admin and bidders --- ### Failure leads to Success! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Robin D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This was our first time doing an online auction for our ministry. I really don't have much to compare it to, but the site was easy to set up and keep track of. I think that making people more aware of our auction site continually until the auction was done would have helped us sell more. Overall it was a good experience, and we look forward to trying it again sometime this year. Next time we will succeed! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I appreciated all the tools WinningBidder provided that not only helped set up the site, but also helped to manage it. #### Cons Being able to contact someone for quick questions that needed to be answered sooner than later. --- ### Review of ACCESS of Wilmington's Auction - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: PAULA C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. great service, terrific auction and had good experience #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ability to register quickly and the updating #### Cons I didn't think that email would tie up a winning bid. Someone entered incorrect email. --- ### Easy and Convenient! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lisa A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent! It was easy and convenient to use and setup. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It’s easy and convenient! It took less than 30 minutes to setup our auction items! #### Cons Nothing. This application was easy and convenient. --- ### Online Auction software exceeded our expectations - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Randy S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The software was easy to set up and manage helping us to have a successful online auction. It was also nice that we were able to add a few travel options supplied by TravelPledge for our members to bid on. #### Cons We had zero complaints about this software. #### Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com After looking at a few other options TravelPledge was the easiest to set up. --- ### Great for first time Silent Auctions - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Virginia N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com Auction Item selection --- ### Super tool for Non-profit Fundraising!!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jenna R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Individual & Family Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. TravelPledge saved us time and extra work outside of regular duties in providing appealing auction packages for many different types of people. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros TravelPledge is extremely user friendly and simplifies the auction process. Rather than going out and begging businesses for donations, this program provides options with transparency of the actual retail value and with how much is automatically donated to the non-profits themselves. #### Cons We had no cons in our initial experiences. It is maybe just a matter of some of our donors growing comfortable with online options. #### Reasons for choosing WinningBidder.com TravelPledge showed the most transparency and makes sense from a donor perspective in supporting a non-profit you care about. Some of the other products did not have the transparency of TravelPledge in showing the outright retail value or how much is donated to the non-profit itself when purchasing the package. --- ### Great product! Will use again! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christy J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Philanthropy - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Amazing. Support was awesome. Setting things up and closing down seemed super easy in comparison to some other sites we have used. Will definitely use again. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The help on this site was phenomenal. Could t have asked for better support for the very minor issues we encountered. Super easy to use and set up. #### Cons Sometimes would get an error that didn’t give me any information on what was going wrong, so that was frustrating. --- ### It was great working with TravelPledge! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Laura R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fantastic. We plan to work with TravelPledge again on similar events. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros TravelPledge's platform was quite user-friendly for our online silent auction. Uploading images and creating item descriptions was a simple and intuitive process, and TravelPledge's customer service team was readily available to help when needed. #### Cons The only issue we encountered was the time-consuming process of having to re-number items according to dollar amount value in the dashboard when new items were donated. What would have made this process much easier is if we could simply click on the item that needed to be re-ordered, and drag it to the proper new place. --- ### First time user is impressed - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rudy P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Events Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very positive; this was just the app we needed to fill a niche need, and I'm glad it'll be in our toolbox going forward. I could see it integrating with other fundraising efforts for our non-profit in the future. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's very easy to set up and manage.The fee schedule is great.It ties into Stripe, which we use. #### Cons Don't have anything to say yet, as this is our first time using it. But I suspect we'll use it again. --- ### Fast, easy and very affordable - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Morgana B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Super simple to set up and create online auctions #### Cons Could look a little prettier but works great --- ### Great TravelPledge experience! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Arica L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Events Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. TravelPledge made it easy to provide great experiences that we don't have to track and follow up with. Once the user pays for the experience, it's all taken out of my hands and the customer must book their experience through TravelPledge. It gives them all the details they need including the timeframe they need to use it by. Also, the fact that it is transferable makes it very convenient. Things come up in life and this allows more flexibility and less risk for the customer. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It was easy to use and provided great experiential options for our silent auction. #### Cons After my event, I could not tell how much of the profit my organization will keep. I remember it saying something along the lines of 40% but now that the event is closed, I cannot find that info anywhere. Will only know how much we kept based on what's deposited in our account. --- ### Excellent Product! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mike S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Public Safety - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very happy with TravelPledge #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This platform was very easy to set up and deploy our first ever auction on line. The updates provided to bidders allowed higher bid amounts #### Cons Would like the ability to mark item as picked up or shipped. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/auction/travelpledge-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- WinningBidder.com Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice