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Handbid Overview

What is Handbid?

Handbid’s fundraising platform powers online auctions, mobile bidding, peer-to-peer fundraisers, crowdfunding, and text to donate. Handbid includes integrated ticketing, registration, live streaming, mobile bidding, donations, automatic payments, and checkout. Event managers can easily set up and manage an event from an easy-to-use backend manager. Whether you are looking to run an in-person, hybrid, or virtual fundraising event, Handbid has you covered!

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Product Description

Handbid is automated mobile silent auction software designed to help manage revenue, bid activity, and auction ROI.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Handbid is the only platform that offers an integrated fundraising platform for mobile bidding, peer-to-peer fundraisers, crowdfunding and text-to-donate. Moreover, Handbid has a native app for iPhone, iPad and Android that generates higher user engagement like no other solution on the market. The result of our platform is that bidders bid more and auction revenue increases. We offer transparent pricing (all pricing published on our website), no hidden fees, and renowned service that is second to none.


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Handbid
Company Website
Year Founded
2011
HQ Location
Centennial, Colorado
Twitter
@handbid
395 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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18 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Handbid is a technology company that specializes in providing mobile bidding and auction solutions for nonprofits and organizations. Their platform allows users to host and manage auctions, raffles, and events seamlessly through mobile devices, enhancing the fundraising experience. Handbid offers features such as real-time bidding, ticket sales, and event management tools, aimed at increasing engagement and maximizing fundraising potential. For more information, visit their website at https://www.handbid.com.


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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Great Product"
I like how easy it is to organize the items. The site is fairly easy to navigate.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"User Friendly System"
The online training and support documentation was excellent. The System is easy to use and support is available when needed.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"user friendly"
easy to keep track of items not being sold, easy to navigate

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What do you like best about Handbid?

ease of use and recognizable throughout our area Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

that this stupid questionnaire won't go away Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

ease of having everything in one place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Stefanie Mason of Handbid

Thanks so much for your feedback. We appreciate your bringing the questionnaire issue to our attention. If you're still receiving the pop-up, please email us right away at service@handbid.com

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What do you like best about Handbid?

Loved using Handbid for mobile bidding and our guests loved bidding via their devices. Loved being able to charge and send receipts very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

The learning curve was steep and there are some quirks. I don't understand why there needs to be separate bidder & guest lists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

Made the event run very smoothly. Loved the check in and check out process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kristen Wheeler of Handbid

Thank you for leaving us this review, Jill! We appreciate that you are a Handbid client, and we're always working to make the software better and easier for you to use.

Rebecca B.
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Director, Revenue Operations
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What do you like best about Handbid?

The training and customer services was a 10/10. The night itself, they answered every call I had during the late hours. I will be choosing Handbid again! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

A lot of the features I needed during the event weren't enabled on the iphone and only on a computer / ipad. I believe they are working on updating their tech to do this! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were able to check in people on our iphones! Bidding on behalf of someone through an Ipad was also a great success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kristen Wheeler of Handbid

Thanks so much for this review, Rebecca! Yes, we are always improving our technology and processes, and feedback like this is helpful. We look forward to continuing to work with you on your future events!

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Insurance Sales
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What do you like best about Handbid?

Handbid is the best. They provide a simple, easy-to-use software to administer our auction and ticketing for our fundraising events. Both using the site self-service and with the assistance of the managers and on-site support couldn't be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

There is very little we dislike about Handbid. We find their fees to be appropriate. The site works well and we will continue to partner with them for the years to come. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

Handbid helps us more efficiently administer and document our silent auction, live auction and ticketing/registration for our events. We have much better historical data to review and analyze year over year to improve our events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kristen Wheeler of Handbid

We are honored for this review and for your business, Reed. We look forward to continuing to work with you on your future events!

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What do you like best about Handbid?

Very easy to collect and close the auction and the staff was great to work with. They really walk yiu through the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

Not much of anything we don't like. We are excited to find out some

New ways to work with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Handbid:

It streamlines the auction process. If you are a small organization like we are with a large event, it makes event day a lot less stressful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of registering, collecting, and checking out the silent auction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Melissa Glissmeyer of Handbid

Great to hear Handbid helped make your event less stressful! That is our goal. While we do have many auction management features on our smartphone app, we would love to hear your specific feedback on what we could improve. Thanks for using Handbid to power your event; we look forward to hosting your silent auction again next year!

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What do you like best about Handbid?

There is so much to like. From the easy check in of guests, to the check out and reconciliation of purchases but the #1 thing is it make us look professional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

I've been a customer of Handbids for over 3 years. They are always improving the platform. So it's hard to say what I don't like at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using Handbid for my second annual best wa seventh smoother than the first. Their upgrade to mimic my organization's colors on their app was genius. Kept or message consistent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EM
Volunteer auction co-chair/HandBid Queen
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What do you like best about Handbid?

We like the reporting and the item templates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

Google address lookup was an intensely frustrating and on-going problem for our potential ticket purchasers and registered bidders. We have no idea how many people didn't continue to pursue browsing/ticket purchases because it was so difficult. It was very hard on the staff to try to troubleshoot, make purchases from the back end and not introduce errors when purchasing tickets for others. Exhausting and time consuming and potential loss of income. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Aside from the Google Address lookup and a Caribbean cell provider blocking password reset requests, new users probably found it easier to register than those who had accounts they tried to reactivate from the two prior years. We also had people register without buying tickets but show up to the event thinking they had purchased tickets.

We also had some phones at the event get stuck in a category and couldn't get back to the rest of the categories without closing the app and going back in. Prevented some bid placement and standup scholarship bids. Not convenient for some of our elderly, low tech benefactors.

Our hybrid livestream event with Virtual Asststant was great last year, but This year was far more glitchy than the last two years.

If the school stays with Handbid next year, we will probably not do the live stream. Last minute equipment change led to very poor and slow transmission quality. No bids generated through livestream participation.

Want to continue with Handbid but the next administration will probably streamline. Reporting is great. Support was helpful but couldn't solve all of our challenges.

Great program if all going smoothly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

Handbid is planning to have the next update include an option to disable the Google address lookup based on our issues with many non-standard addresses. Note that our benefactors have addresses from all over the country that were affected. This was not limited to St John, USVI addresses. Fix us too late to help us this year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Melissa Glissmeyer of Handbid

Thank you for your review, Elaine. We are glad to hear that you enjoy our reporting and item templates. Touche on the Google address lookup issues. Our goal was to improve the quality of addresses captured from registered users. However, we quickly realized (too late in your case) that Google does not have the best coverage for addresses in the US Virgin Islands. We have since corrected this process so that users can either opt to use Google address lookup or enter their address manually. Now that this solution is in place, we are confident your users will not have issues adding their addresses in the future. Also, as you mention, Hybrid events can be tricky if you do not have adequate internet where you are generating your livestream. We appreciate your business over the years and our team is committed to making your next event even better!

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What do you like best about Handbid?

Ease of use internally and externally. It was very easy to upload items. In our previous software, the items had to be uploaded more than once and on more than one platform. It was also a good experience for our guests - the mobile view was high quality and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

*donation increment amounts - We would have preferred to be able to also add those to the mobile auction and change the way the increments were.

*reports -The CVS reports were done well and had the information that we needed, but the PDF reports were too long (took up too many pages). We would prefer to have a detailed report showing all bidder purchases but not taking one page per bidder.

*deposit after - It took longer to process the deposit from Handbid after the event than we would have liked. The email response from Handbid after they sent the settlement report was signed took close to two weeks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

*More cost-effective solution than with previous vendors

*Ease of use internally for adding items and people

*Ease of use for bidders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heather J.
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Teacher/Auction Co-chair
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What do you like best about Handbid?

The customer service is top notch, and the Handbid auction program is user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

Some of the fields could be described better. I feel like Handbid has so much to offer, and I have only used it on a minimal basis, instead of taking advantage of the opportunities it has to help our auction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Handbid:

Handbid is a great price for excellent service. The staff makes you feel like you are a part of the Handbid family. Our bidders for our auction enjoy using Handbid as our online auction supplier. I have used Handbid for 6 years and would recommend Handbid to anyone. Great company with great people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a small Catholic school in central Illinois, and I feel Handbid allows us to reach further then our own community. Grandparents and friends from different states have been invited to bid on items for our auction from people in our school community. The benefits I have realized from using Handbid for the last 6 years is that it is: customer friendly, user friendly, reasonably priced, great customer service, and perfect to serve our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Melissa Glissmeyer of Handbid

Thanks Heather! We will share your compliments with our Client Services team. Thanks for being a longstanding Handbid client.

Genna R.
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What do you like best about Handbid?

Handbid was very userfriendly. We loved the push notification that it used. We also had customer service phone support which was very nice! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Handbid?

It was a little too expensive for us. We are a small non-profit and don't have almost $800 for one event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Handbid solving and how is that benefiting you?

Handbid was able to give us a mobile bidding platform for our auction! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kristen Wheeler of Handbid

Thanks for taking the time to leave us this review, Genna. We wish you all the success for your future events and hope for the chance to continue to earn your business!