How Overtime Bidding Works for Silent Auctions

When Overtime Bidding is enabled, any bid placed within the final 2 minutes of the auction will trigger a 2-minute extension for that individual item.
Once the auction officially ends, the countdown timer starts for each applicable item.
Any new bid during this time resets the countdown back to 2 minutes.
Bidding continues until there is a full 2-minute period with no additional bids.
All participants, including auto-bidders, can place bids during overtime.
If the item has a Buy Now price, it can still be purchased outright during this period.

From your Fundraiser Builder, go to Silent and Live Auctions.
Select Auction Settings, then under Auction Upsells, toggle on Overtime Bidding.

That’s it! The system will automatically manage overtime for any qualifying silent auction items.

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Overtime bidding helps prevent last-minute “sniping” by automatically extending the bidding window on popular items.