Smart Bid is a proxy bidding system on Nonprofit Bidding. Each time you place a bid by entering your maximum bid amount (which is the most you are willing to pay for an item), you will be using our Smart Bid bidding system. Smart Bid will then bid automatically on your behalf and at the lowest possible bid increments, until your maximum bid amount is reached. The goal with Smart Bid is to win an item at the lowest successful price. However, since Nonprofit Bidding is a fundraising tool for nonprofit organizations, we provide the opportunity for each bidder to Bypass Smart Bid if they choose. When you click the Bypass Smart Bid checkbox the current bid will immediately bump up to the value of the amount entered. To win, you must be the bidder who placed the highest maximum bid at auction close. You will be notified by e-mail if your maximum bid has been surpassed by another bidder. The winner is determined by the highest bid placed at the earliest time.