# OpenGiving: Shop & Fundraise — Shop and fund real campaigns > Marketplace for selling and buying to fund charitable causes. (iPhone/iPad app by OpenGiving LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/opengiving-shop-and-fundraise/id6756851957 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [OpenGiving LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1863261011) - Category: Shopping, Social Networking - Price: Free - Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 85 MB - Languages: American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Mexican Spanish - Released: 2025-12-22 - Data updated: 2026-10-30 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/opengiving-shop-and-fundraise/id6756851957/reviews.md ## What is OpenGiving? OpenGiving is the marketplace that funds what matters. Buy and sell physical goods, digital downloads and freelance services—and sellers send a share of every sale to a campaign they choose. OpenGiving is personal fundraising and commerce. Campaigns are created by individuals for their own needs: a medical bill, an emergency, a move, a school trip. Contributions go to the person running the campaign. They are not charitable donations, they are not tax-deductible, and OpenGiving is neither a nonprofit nor a platform for nonprofit fundraising. HOW IT WORKS SHOP & SUPPORT Browse goods, instant digital downloads and services from independent sellers. You see the exact share going to the campaign before you pay. CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY Back a campaign you believe in with a secure, one-tap contribution. Track your history and see exactly where your money went. SELL FOR A CAMPAIGN List anything you can sell: things you no longer need, files you have made, or your own time and skills. You choose the campaign, and you choose how much of each sale it receives—at least 5% on goods and services. START A CAMPAIGN Create a fundraising campaign for what you need. Get a unique campaign ticker and invite supporters to list products on your behalf. WHY OPENGIVING? - Transparent Totals: the full amount, processing fees included, shown before you pay - You Set the Share: at least 5% of each sale on goods and services, shown before anyone buys - Sell Anything: Physical goods, digital files, and freelance services - Secure Payments: processed by PayPal, or by Stripe for card payments where offered. OpenGiving never sees your card details - Real-Time Tracking: Watch campaign progress as contributions come in - Zero Platform Fees on Contributions: OpenGiving takes no cut of what you contribute MADE FOR: - Medical bills and health emergencies - Getting back on your feet after a fire, a flood or a storm - A family, a team or a class raising what it needs - Makers and freelancers who want their work to fund something - Shoppers who want a purchase to matter to someone Download OpenGiving and turn what you sell into support for someone who needs it. Questions? Visit opengiving.us/faq ## Key features - Buy and sell physical goods - Sell digital downloads - Offer freelance services - Directly fund verified campaigns - Create fundraising campaigns - Transparent donation tracking - Secure PayPal payments ## Is OpenGiving safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess OpenGiving. ## Is OpenGiving legit? OpenGiving: Shop & Fundraise has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for OpenGiving is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Recent user reviews (1 of 1) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/opengiving-shop-and-fundraise/id6756851957/reviews.md ### 5/5 — New method to raise money *2026-08-31* Opengiving helped raise money through a completely new channel where as traditional fundraising sites only accepted “cash”. I really like how they found a transparent way to conduct their business, I know exactly who the money I donated is going to and how much! ## Frequently asked questions about OpenGiving ### What is OpenGiving? OpenGiving is a marketplace where users can buy and sell various items and services, with a portion of each sale going directly to a chosen verified campaign. It also allows for direct donations and the creation of fundraising campaigns. ### How does OpenGiving ensure transparency? The platform shows users the exact percentage of each sale (between 20% and 100%) that will go to the campaign before they make a purchase. OpenGiving also takes zero platform fees on donations. ### What can I sell on OpenGiving? You can sell physical goods, instant digital downloads, and freelance services. You also choose the percentage of each sale that your chosen campaign will receive. ### How are payments processed on OpenGiving? All transactions on OpenGiving are securely processed by PayPal, ensuring a safe and reliable payment experience for both buyers and sellers. ### Can I start a fundraising campaign on OpenGiving? Yes, you can create a fundraising campaign for your cause on OpenGiving. You will receive a unique campaign ticker and can invite supporters to list products on your behalf. ### What types of causes can be supported on OpenGiving? OpenGiving is designed for various causes including health emergencies, natural disaster relief, community initiatives, schools, sports teams, and any cause that makers and freelancers wish to support through their work. ### Is OpenGiving available on multiple devices? Currently, OpenGiving is supported on iPhone devices. The app was last updated on September 7, 2026, with version 1.14.0. ### Does OpenGiving have ads? No, OpenGiving is ad-free. The app is free to download and use, with no advertisements displayed to users. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.21.0 — 2026-10-23 Join your school's community. Add a university or club email to shop its market, see the campus ranking, find communities near you, or suggest one that's missing. Businesses are here. A business or nonprofit can sell and raise funds under its own name, with a Business badge wherever it appears and a 501(c)(3) badge once an admin has checked it. Open a business's GivingProfile from any of its items to see what it has contributed and the campaigns it supports, and follow it. Your own business sits under My Business in the menu. OpenGiving now speaks Spanish. Pick it under Language. Your GivingProfile now starts with what you've generated and how. Listing photos open full screen, with swipe and zoom. ### 1.19.0 — 2026-10-09 Counting where buying gets stuck The app now counts each step of buying, and each visit to a campaign or listing page, so we can see where people stop before paying and fix what's in their way. The counts are anonymous. No account, name, email or internet address is kept with them, and nothing is saved on your phone. Our Privacy Policy describes them. ### 1.18.0 — 2026-10-06 A photo on every campaign and listing Creating a campaign or a listing now asks for at least one photo before you can post it. People choose what to open by what they see first, and a title over a blank card didn't give them much to go on. A new campaign or listing is visible only to you until its first photo is up. If a photo doesn't upload, the app tells you and takes you to add one. My Campaigns and My Listings mark anything still waiting for a photo, with a button to add it. Every campaign and listing keeps at least one photo. To change the only one, add the new photo first, then remove the old one. Campaigns and listings you already have stay as they are. ### 1.17.0 — 2026-09-30 Contributing happens on the web Contributing to a campaign now opens that campaign's page on opengiving.us in Safari, and you give there. Buying is unchanged and still happens in the app. Fees you can follow Checkout now draws OpenGiving's 5% as its own line. Before this, that amount was inside the total without a row of its own, so the fees you could see didn't add up to the figure you were charged. Now they do. The fee the payment processor takes has one name — processing fee — instead of two different ones in two places, and there's an "i" beside it that explains what it covers. The worked example on a listing now shows OpenGiving's cut too, so what you read before you buy matches what you're shown at checkout. One box for your city Saying where a listing or a campaign is used to mean two decisions: pick a state, then pick a city from whatever that state offered. It only ever worked for the United States, and it let you save a location with the state filled in and the city empty. Now it's one box. Start typing, pick your city from the list, and that's the whole thing. Addresses start with a search Adding a delivery address opens on a lookup instead of nine empty boxes. Find your address, and the fields fill themselves in — still yours to correct. Telling the payment methods apart Card and PayPal each carry their own mark now, so you can see which is which without reading. Choosing the campaign On listings that leave it open, you pick which campaign your purchase supports, at checkout. Smaller things A contribution you send anonymously now says what that actually hides. The contribution floor reads 5%, matching what the server allows. Categories that were renamed now group under one subject instead of splitting. ### 1.16.0 — 2026-09-20 Make an Offer. On any listing that isn't yours, propose the price you'd pay and add a note. The seller can accept it, counter with their own price, or decline, and you can counter back or withdraw. An accepted offer becomes the price you pay at checkout, for as long as it stands. Offers you've made and offers on your listings each have their own section, so you can see where every one of them stands. Notification settings, in the account menu. Turn email or push off altogether, or pick which kinds you get: campaign updates, donations to campaigns you organize, your sales and deliveries, and offers. Each switch says what it actually stops, and says so when it's already sending nothing. Pay by card wherever the seller takes cards, and pay with Apple Pay in the app's payment sheet. Every fee and total now comes from the server rather than being worked out on the phone, so the cart, checkout, Donate Now and your order details all say the same thing. A sale shows one service fee and one total, and a seller can see where each sale's money went, grouped by campaign. Refunds. Ask for a donation back from My Donations. If you organize a campaign or sell, the requests you're asked to decide sit on My Campaigns and the Seller Dashboard, alongside the ones you've already decided. A seller can release a confirmed sale's payment from the dashboard. Campaign shops. Open a campaign's shop from its link, see its listings on the campaign screen in the shop's own order, and read the contribution total beside the campaign it belongs to. A campaign that has ended closes its shop and its Contribute button rather than taking money it can't use. Sign in with Facebook, and the sign-in screen, the email step, password reset and connected accounts now match the website. Also in this release: the platform tip opens at ten percent and reads as a percentage, a listing can be priced from a dollar and a dollar is a valid gift, Delete Account says when a request was declined and why, tapping a notification opens the screen it's about, support is support@opengiving.us, and more of the app reads naturally in Portuguese. ## Apps similar to OpenGiving | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [DigiMarket](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/digimarket/id6788209722) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Shopping | | [The Pink Buffalo LLC](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-pink-buffalo-llc/id1536946404) | 5.0 (9) | Free | Shopping | | [Thrift Market: Preloved](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thrift-market-preloved/id6758882970) | 4.0 (2) | Free | Shopping | | [Steals](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/steals/id6749649472) | — | Free | Shopping | | [Vogue Fabrics](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vogue-fabrics/id1612709986) | 3.8 (4) | Free | Shopping | | [ThriftAI Pal - Value Scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thriftai-pal-value-scanner/id6761571641) | 4.2 (21) | Free | Shopping | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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