Procuring During A Pandemic, Part 2
Let’s talk about how procuring auction items has changed in the time of COVID-19. Read More
10 Jun 2020
Roger Devine
Why We Include Multiple Events in Our annual plans
The most common conversation I have with prospective customers surrounds one particular aspect of our product design: it’s a annual plan, which allows you to... Read More
14 Jan 2019
Roger Devine
New! Import items from DonationMatch!
Have you checked out DonationMatch yet? I’ll give you a moment. Do come back, though: we have a very cool program going on with them... Read More
07 Jan 2019
Roger Devine
New Catalog Image Setting Option + more
We’re rolling out new code this afternoon, including an adjustment to our new catalog display. Some of you have been unhappy about the way item... Read More
16 Jan 2018
Roger Devine
Big Upgrade News: Rolling Out Now
So in my last blog post, I told you about some new code that we have been working on. Most of the time, we release... Read More
04 Oct 2017
Roger Devine
Should You Use Mobile Bidding For Your Special Appeal?
Special Appeals (aka Paddle Raises or Fund-A-Need) are a staple of fundraising auctions. Mobile Bidding is a popular auction trend. Are they compatible? Read More
30 May 2017
Roger Devine
Outages today related to Amazon's AWS
We use Amazon’s AWS service to serve the item images on your auction sites. We also use two other services that rely on it heavily:... Read More
28 Feb 2017
Roger Devine
Selecting a annual plan Level
Last summer, we re-jiggered the feature sets for our annual plan levels, adding significant new mobile-bidding features to our Plus and Premium annual plans. We... Read More
12 Jan 2017
Roger Devine
FAQ: "Limited" Mobile Bidding
From time to time, I’m going to post questions sent to me from auction chairs about our product or company, along with our answers. Read More
14 Nov 2016
Roger Devine
Three Big New Enhancements For All Subscribers - 11/2/2016
Last night, we rolled out three greatly-anticipated upgrades to our software that should make your life as an auction chair easier. We’re excited about these,... Read More
02 Nov 2016
Roger Devine
Introducing Contests
Auction longevity is certainly a sign of success, but it can also lead to stagnation. After a few years of hosting the same event, your... Read More
05 Oct 2016
Roger Devine
Software (and Pricing Changes) Coming...
Here at SchoolAuction.net, we’re continuously upgrading our auction software throughout the year, and this summer, we will be rolling out some awesome upgrades. In addition... Read More
20 Jun 2016
Roger Devine
New Feature: Quick-Bid Buttons
This summer, we’re going to be rolling out many improvements to our mobile-bidding system; we’ve received some excellent feedback from the mobile events of this... Read More
13 Jun 2016
Roger Devine
Selling Scrip Online
We’ve been asked often by the schools who use our software how to set it up for online scrip ordering. We used to discourage this,... Read More
24 May 2016
Roger Devine
Case Study: Eastern Washington University
The second edition of our blog series Case Study comes from way out east in the great state of Washington. Laurel Hosmer, Assistant Athletic Director... Read More
17 Dec 2015
Miranda Hansen
Read What Other Customers Have To Say About Us
If you have used our software in the past 7 years (and you aren’t based in our hometown of Portland), you probably found us through... Read More
23 Nov 2015
Roger Devine
Application Update 11/2015: Bulk-Edit Donors and More...
Most weeks, we release a code upgrade. We don’t blog about these regularly (although I probably should), because most of the time (at least during... Read More
18 Nov 2015
Roger Devine
Mobile Bidding 101
No doubt about it, Mobile Bidding has been the topic of the past couple of years around here. We spent a lot of time thinking... Read More
31 Oct 2015
Roger Devine
Mobile Bidding for Small Fundraising Auctions
First of all, my apologies - this is long for a blog post. But I want to put it here, so we can engage in... Read More
06 Sep 2014
Roger Devine
Alert: Issues with Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo made some changes to their security settings in the past two weeks - which is blocking emails being sent with a Yahoo “from” address,... Read More
29 Apr 2014
Roger Devine
Security Update: Heart Bleed
The widely-publicized vulnerability in Open SSL has affected most e-commerce web applications on the Internet, and our software is no exception. We have been working... Read More
10 Apr 2014
Roger Devine
Credit-Card Processing: Planning for the Future
Over the next 20 months or so, most merchants in the United States who accept credit-card transactions will be upgrading their card-reading equipment, to enable... Read More
22 Jan 2014
Roger Devine
Maximizing Results with an Online Auction
Online auctions may appear to be an easy, convenient way to raise money for your school or organization. But the truth is that online auctions,... Read More
26 Nov 2013
Roger Devine
Auction Planning 101: getting the most out of the software
From the moment you purchase our software, we’ll offer you opportunities to learn how to use it. However, we know that regardless of how much... Read More
05 Nov 2013
Roger Devine
Lots of Exciting New Features in 2013!
Running a school fundraiser can be a lot of work – we know; we’ve done it ourselves. We’ve also helped a lot of other fundraising... Read More
24 Oct 2013
Roger Devine
Announcing our newest feature: Advance Check-in!
Our one-of-a-kind fundraising software is designed to make guests happier and results better for hard-working volunteer teams. To that end, we are excited to announce... Read More
15 Jun 2013
Roger Devine
Many Ways to Use our Software
We’ve developed software that will effectively support you in carrying off a successful school auction fundraiser. And… it has lots of other wonderful bells and... Read More
11 Apr 2013
Roger Devine
Smoothing out Auction Night Snags
In our last blog we talked about the most important pieces of information to have with you on Auction night. In today’s post, we’re adding... Read More
06 Apr 2013
Roger Devine
Online Auctions Boost Results
The Auction is over… but what about the leftover items? Read More
03 Apr 2013
Roger Devine
New Features: February 2013
This week, along with several security- and performance-enhancements, we’ve enabled the following: Read More
27 Feb 2013
Roger Devine
Square & SchoolAuction.net, Pt. 2
A couple of weeks ago, there was news that Square, the innovative payments processor that makes those iPhone-based card-readers one sees at coffee shops everywhere,... Read More
29 Aug 2012
Roger Devine
Square & SchoolAuction.net, Pt. 1
Square has been a disruptive force in the merchant-processing business since its emergence a couple of years ago. And since you can use just about... Read More
17 Aug 2012
Roger Devine
Top Product!
We got some very exciting news this week - SchoolAuction.net was named a Top Product of 2012 by Christian School Products magazine. Read More
12 Jul 2012
Roger Devine
About Online Auctions
Many of our customers are either gung-ho about doing an online auction, or curious about it. It’s one of the reasons they like our software... Read More
