BiddingOwl.com
About BiddingOwl.com
BiddingOwl is an open-source fundraising software, which helps organizations design personalized websites with custom logos, colors, themes, images, and event information to run and manage online auctions. The platform lets administrators sell raffle tickets, print bid sheets, and catalogs, preview auction items, promote sponsors, and accept online donations.
BiddingOwl allows bidders to participate in auctions using mobile devices, record silent, and live auction bids, and receive notifications for wins or outbids. It offers a host of features such as bidders’ community, checkout management, online recording, in-room bidding, volunteer tracking, gift certificates printing, and more. Nonprofits can also manage information related to donors, items, and solicitors and accept payments via credit and debit cards, cash, check, or other modes.
BiddingOwl allows users to monitor charity auctions and view donors and solicitors’ contributions through real-time reports. It also offers integrated PayPal service, which allows organizations to accept instant payments and print invoices or receipts.
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- Industry: Fund-Raising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Amazing customer support for the most effective bidding site
Reviewed on 2018/11/26
I have used BiddingOwl.com for 2 separate school fair auctions (2017, 2018) and i'm about to use it...
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.
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
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Super easy and fun way to set-up an auction to fundraise for our non-profit
Reviewed on 2019/10/30
Bidding Owl made our online auction run smoothly. It was easy to set-up and manage plus our bidders...
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.
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.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Makes auctions so much easier
Reviewed on 2020/02/05
We've been able to (more easily) raise a lot more money through out online / fundraising auctions...
We've been able to (more easily) raise a lot more money through out online / fundraising auctions when using this software. We've also had comments from our supporters that it has made things easier on their end.
Pros
We don't do many auction based fundraisers throughout the year, but we still always dread them as they approach. That is, we did, before finding biddingowl.com. Gone are the nightmares of using a paper-based auction system that we spent oodles of time organizing, tracking, reconciling, etc. Bidding Owl makes it easier for us to organize, but also for our users to engage in the auction. With tools like the 'auto bid up to a certain amount', people are more willing to spend money, meaning we raise more.
Cons
It's not the most visually appealing software on the market. Granted, we haven't used other auction tools specifically, but the ui / visual design of the software just feels a bit dated. Like early 2000s look. Design trends across the industry have moved on, and there's little excuse these days for not having a service that is visually attractive for the users to engage with.
Response from BiddingOwl.com
Thank you so much for your review! We appreciate your great comments and constructive feedback. We agree it is time for a refresh of the site. We are currently working on a refreshed look while keeping our user-friendly platform. We have listened to our auction chairpersons and bidders and will even be adding some additional enhancements! Thank you for letting us be part of your success!
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Bidding Owl a great product!
Reviewed on 2018/12/06
I used this software for our elementary school online auction. It was great to use for bidders,...
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!
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.
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Bidding Owl Review
Reviewed on 2019/04/12
Pros
For the most part it is easy to navigate. I taught myself all I needed to know about the program and did get everything set up on my own.
Cons
I have yet to run into any issues as previously stated I taught myself how to set up our auction.
BiddingOwl.com FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for BiddingOwl.com.Q. What type of pricing plans does BiddingOwl.com offer?
BiddingOwl.com offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Available
BiddingOwl is available for free with a 5% fee on highest bids in online fundraising auctions.
Q. Who are the typical users of BiddingOwl.com?
BiddingOwl.com has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does BiddingOwl.com support?
BiddingOwl.com supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does BiddingOwl.com support mobile devices?
BiddingOwl.com supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does BiddingOwl.com integrate with?
BiddingOwl.com integrates with the following applications:
PayPal, Stripe
Q. What level of support does BiddingOwl.com offer?
BiddingOwl.com offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep)
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