While live and silent auctions can help you meet the goals of your fundraiser, online auctions are another option that has many benefits for schools and other organizations.
So, why choose online auction software over a traditional auction? Here are six reasons to do so:
1. Business auctions have items for everyone. Even if you do not run a restaurant, salon, construction, or office-setting business, you can still participate in the auctions. Restaurants are more than ovens and tables. You could easily find a quality POS-system for your business, top of the line pots and pans, or antique signs and furniture.
2. Commercial-grade equipment at a wholesale price. Are you building your dream kitchen and in need of a chef’s appliance? An online business auction could get you a restaurant-grade stove, hood vent, or refrigerator. Are you moving to a larger office and need desks, chairs, and filing cabinets to accommodate your growing business? Business liquidation auctions are great places to look.
3. You can shop anywhere for anything at any time. Sure, you could argue the same for online shopping, but chances are that the retail price you pay will be more than what you would pay at an online auction. When you participate in an online auction, you have a wealth of information readily available. Use it to your advantage.
4. You can find virtually anything. Just peruse our calendar of auctions – upcoming and past. You will find bar chairs, boats, desks, shelving, speakers, perennials, bouncy houses, cameras, tents – the list is literally endless. Whether you are shopping for home or business, you will find what you are looking for, or in other cases, something you did not know you were looking for, but needed.
5. You will be supporting local businesses and industry-related professionals. Even if the auction is a business liquidation sale, you will be helping the sellers liquidate their assets and cover certain debts. Many charities also hold online auctions as fundraising opportunities, so you may end up donating to a non-profit.
6. Online auctions are exciting and fun. Few things are as exhilarating as the bidding process of an auction. Even though you are not in a room waving paddles, the excitement remains. Buying an item, you really wanted at an amazing price feels good, too.
While online auctions can be great, remember to keep an eye on our traditional upcoming auctions as well!