BiddingForGood

BiddingForGood

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About

BiddingForGood by FrontStream is an online auction platform built for nonprofits, schools, and organizations looking to raise more money with online auctions. A part of the Panorama all-in-one fundraising platform, BiddingForGoodlets users run online, live, and mobile auctions from anywhere. It also offers tools for easy event administration, such as online ticketing, registration, bidding, and check out.

About

Fundraising made simple for your nonprofit. HelloFund’s Virtual Auction solution allows you to conduct online fundraising events from anywhere. Create an Online Auction, Fund A Need Appeal with Thermometer and Donor Display, Text to Give Campaign or add our NEW EventStream for Live Auctions which allows Donors to participate at home or in person. Peer-to-Peer, Crowdfunding and Simple Fundraisers to increase donations. You can use our social fundraising pages to build powerful and effective peer-to-peer fundraising pages that take advantage of the connections and social networks inside your organization. Create Event Ticket Pages to increase conversion for your donors and guests. With event pages you can sell tickets and get sponsors for your event. You can also track the availability and number of tickets and sponsorships that have been sold. Simple Donation. Button for One-time and Recurring Donations. Build simple forms for one time or recurring donations.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Nonprofits, organizations, schools of every shape and size.

Audience

Oganizations looking for a fundraising platform to create an event fundraiser

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$249.00/year
9% fee on auction proceeds raised online 3.8% credit card processing fee
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$79 per month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.8 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 2.8 / 5
design 2.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • The peer to peer software program was reasonable, but still had several issues. Bidding for Good offers certain specs for the art that you can upload to your homepage but they are inaccurate and so it takes several attempts at uploading various files of different sizes before you can find something that works. This problem has been ongoing for years and is still not resolved.
  • Site was okay. Did its job. It’s what I’d expect when paying $950 for a website for once year, nothing special.
  • Easy donor thank yous, good reporting, easy to use overall, easy check out, great online to bid sheet features.
  • It is a pretty good platform for an online auction and ticket sales. Easy to use. I liked that you can use a phone version at the event.

Cons

  • As others have said, the customer service and tech support are really bad. The product is also full of glitches and bugs that have not yet been worked out. Due to a software glitch, they overcharged several of our donors. It took weeks to resolve and almost a year before the glitch was fixed. There were several other problems and inconsistencies. In our auction, sometimes the opening bid price would calculate correctly and sometimes it would not. Several of the customized reports that you can run at the end of the auction did not work at all, such as the disbursement report which tells you amount and date of payouts to your organization. They also charge very high fees to use their platform and many of our donors were upset about having to pay fees on top of the money they are already donating to our organization.
  • They automatically charged us $950 for a second year or use when we stated we were only signing a one year contract. They stated that they notified us that they reached out 60 and 45 days prior, which is an absolute lie as there is no messages in any stated inboxes from the point of contact email.
  • Shipping label feature worthless, tech support poor, knowledge base could have better instructions.
  • Biggest issue is that if you do not cancel the subscription 45 days ahead of your annual initial purchase date, even if you say you only want it for one year, they automatically charge you over $800 again. Also, there was a major technical glitch that automatically upped people's bids on them. Bidding for good never figured it out. Luckily, our bidders were very kind and took it in stride except one that will never give us her email address again.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

FrontStream
Founded: 2007
United States
www.frontstream.com

Company Information

HelloFund
hellofund.com

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Categories

Auction Supported

Categories

Auction Supported
Fundraising Supported

Auction Features

Absentee Bidding Supported
Alerts/Notifications Supported
Bid Management Supported
Billing & Invoicing Supported
Buy Now Option Supported
Dutch Auction Not Supported
Inventory Management Supported
Live Auction Supported
Membership Management Not Supported
Nonprofit / Fundraising Supported
Online Auction Supported
Online Bidding Supported
Online Ticket Sales Not Supported
Proxy Bidding Supported
Reverse Bidding Not Supported
Silent Auction Supported
Watch List Supported
Website Management Supported
White Label Not Supported

Fundraising Features

Alumni Management Not Supported
Auction Management Supported
Campaign Management Supported
Contribution Tracking Not Supported
CRM Not Supported
Donor Management Not Supported
Event Management Supported
Gift Matching Management Not Supported
Grant Management Not Supported
Membership Management Not Supported
Mobile Giving Supported
Payment Processing Supported
Pledge Management Not Supported
Prospect Management Not Supported
Raffles / Lotteries Not Supported
Recurring Giving Supported
Volunteer Management Not Supported

Integrations

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Integrations

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