Here's How It Works...

1. Your Organization's team contacts local businesses who will sponsor (donate) an auction item - for example, a $500.00 air conditioner. In return, this item sponsor will get promotion for each item on the auction web site, an ad in the auction guide for each item and gain valuable walk in traffic to their store to view the item(s) on display. With this system the donated items remain in the store and on display until they are claimed by the Winning Bidder who will provide their paid winning bid certificate once the auction event has ended.



2. Your event can incorporate a colorful "auction guide". This guide shows a photo, description and retail value of each item. The guide is distributed locally and will be a "long-lived" item, as it remains at hand for the next week while bidders browse the auction items and bid when the auction begins. The sponsor of each auction item gains valuable exposure for their product or service and your organization enjoys a buzz of activity leading up to and during the Auction Event!



3. Items to be auctioned are added to the on-line Fundraiser Auction System, again showing a photo, description and the retail value of each item. Bidders can browse items on-line or in the auction guide before the auction opens.



4. As the auction nears its launch, a call center team mans a phone-bank. They are ready to set up accounts, accept phone bids and enter them on behalf of bidders without Internet access. For bidders with Internet access, Auction-Media's powerful auction software allows bidders to open their bidding accounts and browse on-line in real-time.



5. The auction opens at a pre-determined time. The bidding begins both on the auction web site and by phone. Thousands of bidders see your auction guide, visit your organization's web site, visit the auction web site and see the items sponsored by your donors. The auction software tracks bids for each item and displays the leading bid for all to see. Bidders return to the site to browse, and re-bid on their favorite items.



6. The auction can run for any length of time (typically 3 -10 days) and be automatically closed at a pre-determined time.



7. At auction closing, a winning bid report is created and winning bidders are notified by e-mail and/or telephone. Auction items are paid for and winning bid certificates are issued. No items leave the participating businesses premises until the winning bidder has remitted their paid winning bid certificate to the business.

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