BiddingOwl.com 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

BiddingOwl.com

4.8

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About BiddingOwl.com

BiddingOwl is a cloud-based auction and fundraising solution designed for hospitals, churches, foundations, universities, animal shelters and more. Key features include donor management, volunteer management, event management, contribution tracking, payment processing and mobile giving.

BiddingOwl helps users to plan nonprofit charity auctions, manage their items and solicitors, print bid sheets and catalogs and keep track of various fundraising efforts. Additionally, the solution enables users to create auction websites and customize them as per their business requirements.

Additional auction features offered by the solution include a buy-now option, proxy bidding, reserve price, live auction, silent auction and buyer notifications. Services are offered on a subscription basis or for a one-time fee.

Support to users is made available via phone and email.

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BiddingOwl.com Pricing and Plans

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Free Version

Traditional Auctions

$0.00

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Online and mobile bidding auctions

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BiddingOwl.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 BiddingOwl.com
ACH Payment Processing
API
Auction Management
Bid Management
Catalog Management
Contribution Tracking
Credit Card Processing
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Donation Tracking
Donor Management
Electronic Payments
Event Ticketing
For Nonprofits
Fundraising Management
Membership Management
Mobile Access
Mobile Alerts
Mobile Giving
Online Auction
Online Bidding
Real-Time Reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Reverse Bidding
Shipping Management
Social Media Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Volunteer Management
Website Management

BiddingOwl.com Integrations

PayPal

Stripe

BiddingOwl.com User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

75%

25%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.5

Jill L.

Verified reviewer

Primary/ Secondary Education

2-10 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

No bells and whistles, but a quality vendor that will get the job done!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We like that our auction homepage is customizable, and that we can add "Fund-a-Need" items for a la carte purchase in addition to bidding on our live and silent auction items. We also appreciate that purchases can be made via PayPal or directly with a credit card. The site is user-friendly provides concise direction for setup. Every time I've called in for support, I've spoken with the same representative (Hi, [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]), which has given me a nice sense of continuity through this endeavor. The fact that the pricing is the lowest in the industry is such a great bonus!

Cons:

I experienced an issue with the payment integration with PayPal, that I wish Bidding Owl could have resolved on my behalf. Instead, I spent several hours, over the course of multiple days, working through it. After all was finished, I was pleased with the outcome, but it was definitely a flustering experience.

Reasons for choosing BiddingOwl.com

The value and positive reviews online swayed our decision toward GiftSmart.

Jessi F.

Verified reviewer

Primary/ Secondary Education

2-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2020

A life saver in the middle of a pandemic!

We will definitely be using Bidding Owl again and recommending it to other non profits in similar situations like us. Now that we know how wonderful online auctions are we’ll never go back to paper!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Our school has had silent auctions in the past, but never an online one. When the Covid19 pandemic sent everyone into quarantine our school scrambled to find an alternative spring auction we had already started planning. Bidding Owl’s software made it so easy to set up, edit, and promote before the auction started. While our 3 day auction took place we received a lot of feedback from our school’s families on how easy they felt it was use and how professional everything looked. Post auction we have made more money than any of other other auctions in the past and the checkout process has been simple and straightforward. I can’t wait to do another one!

Cons:

I wish that it would show the opening bid before users had to click on the item to see its details. It would also be nice to have the option of more than 3 photos on some items.

Reasons for choosing BiddingOwl.com

Auctria felt like it had a lot of hidden costs that would ultimately make it an expensive product. We are a small non profit with a smaller auction and were concerned too much of our earnings would be used to pay for Auctrias software.

Jacqueline C.

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Great Experience with Bidding Owl. 2nd year user.

Wonderful!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to Use, wonderful customer service, Very professional look to the site.

Cons:

Nothing bad to say. We had a great experience.

Lynne H.

Verified reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

A win-win for auction hosts and bidders!

Very positive! BiddingOwl.com is a solid auction platform with a dedicated support team behind it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Loved the ability to test it out, then convert it into my live online auction event. Easy setup with knowledgeable, responsive support when questions arose. Bidders can view items larger to see details and receive an email or text message if outbid.

Cons:

I look forward to the new release coming soon. Hoping for more customization of fonts, colors and backgrounds. Also the ability to change the title of “Fund-a-Need and More” non-biddable items, easily reorder them, and see an improved user-friendly interface for checkout.

Reasons for choosing BiddingOwl.com

BiddingOwl.com was chosen because an upfront subscription fee was not required and the service fee on winning bids charged at the end of the auction was lower than other companies. It allows us to maximize fundraising for our cause.

Caitlin F.

Verified reviewer

Performing Arts

2-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Parity Productions Review of Bidding Owl

Overall, our experience with BiddingOwl.com was positive and met our needs for this particular event.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We were able to customize the schedule & pricing of auction items to meet our specific needs. We had access to live customer service via email, phone and even got on a Zoom call for a walkthrough. We were able to direct people to the site easily via social media and our e-newsletter marketing. Set-up & management was relatively easy and we were able to track progress on items in real time and easily manage items.

Cons:

That our users had to register separately for the site in order to bid.

Reasons for choosing BiddingOwl.com

The layout, functionality, and customer service options for Bidding Owl were more in alignment with our needs than alternative products.

Aude S.

Verified reviewer

Fund-Raising

2-10 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

Amazing customer support for the most effective bidding site

I have used BiddingOwl.com for 2 separate school fair auctions (2017, 2018) and i'm about to use it again in May 2019 for an other association. As I use Bidding Owl for fundraising and volunteering activities, I would love to see the 5% decreased for non-for-profit activities, however, BiddingOwl.com has been the most effective, helpful, bidder friendly online auction site I have ever used. The auction set up is easy enough but it's the bidding side which is the highlight and main benefit as the bidders are the most important part of the auction. The support is exceptional, diligent and prompt. I would definitely recommend BiddingOwl.com to any enterprises looking for a auction site.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of sharing website with bidders and user friendly bidding Great advertising inserts for donors Extremely helpful customer support

Cons:

Cheaper fees Website creation and pulling out can be labor intense Bids sheets and certificates templates could be a little fancier

Melanie J.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Super easy and fun way to set-up an auction to fundraise for our non-profit

Bidding Owl made our online auction run smoothly. It was easy to set-up and manage plus our bidders had a positive experience as well. Would definitely use Bidding Owl again.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy step by step process to set-up an auction. Allowed for multiple pictures of the items. Easy to use and manage the auction. Easy to close out the items and locate shipping information for winning bidders. Connects with PayPal for easy and quick payment.

Cons:

We had one bidder who backed out of the purchase and I couldn't locate a place on the bidding site to cancel his bid and select the next highest bidder. I had to call customer support and they handled it quickly.

Reasons for choosing BiddingOwl.com

We couldn't upload multiple pictures of our auction items on the 32auctions site. Some of our items had several components so we needed to have more than one picture included. With Bidding Owl we could include multiple pictures of the items which I believe helped the items to sell better.

Jennifer G.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Bidding Owl a great product!

I used this software for our elementary school online auction. It was great to use for bidders, visually really bright and pretty! The cost was wonderful too for what you receive! Im a huge fan!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I loved the ease of use for this product. Set up was extremely easy, support was quick very responsive and helpful! The product has reports you can run and emails you can send to bidders and winners. Easy to download to excel as well. I also loved that it works on your mobile as well for easy access. Great for the price.

Cons:

Only con would be if it would ask users for their childs name as well so it would appear on the invoices since im using this for school.

Ashia A.

Verified reviewer

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

Effective Fundraiser

I raised funds to donate with this site.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

If you have products you would like to Auction off, extra inventory even, then this is the tool to use. Very User-friendly, setting up was easy.

Cons:

Item management could use a hand. You really have to be careful there once you update a product. Other than that, a great tool.

Cyndi B.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

Easy to Use, Great Addition to our Event!

Increased auction revenues for a non-profit

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Super easy to set up -- just the functions you need, not a ton of extra super fancy stuff. It does exactly what it should. The online help is super-useful and it's also a great thing that you can set up test accounts so you know the flow and can teach others.

Cons:

I would like for them to have an app, but I completely understand why they use a website. Older users would have benefitted from an app.

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