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SchoolAuction.net Overview

What is SchoolAuction.net?

SchoolAuction.net is the fast, simple and secure platform to help plan, manage, and run your next successful fundraiser--- whether it’s live, silent, online, mobile or hybrid. We’ve been helping schools and non-profits run productive fundraisers for over 18 years and look forward to working with you! Visit us at www.schoolauction.net to schedule a demo of our software or start a free trial today.

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SchoolAuction.net is a web-based software to help school auction teams plan, manage and run school fundraising auctions. The platform offers tools for both silent auctions and live auctions; whether in-person, online, or both.

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SchoolAuction.net has helped our customers raise over $980,000,000 and counting! We’ve got the experience, knowledge and expertise to help reach your fundraising goals. In addition to all the features you need to run any type of auction, SchoolAuction.net includes fully customizable, comprehensive tools to run a multitude of other fundraisers including easy check-out (avoid lines), unique event sites, amazing customer support, credit card processing options, text to give, online store and pre-orders, voting contests, membership dues, and so much more.


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Year Founded
2006
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Portland, OR
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@schoolauction
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Description

Schoolauction.net simplifies all the aspects of silent, online, virtual, and live auctions by offering all the fundraising tools you need at a price you can afford.


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Recent SchoolAuction.net Reviews

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5.0 out of 5
"Great, easy to use product!"
Easy to use, great help guides, great polished website/user experience for bidders, great reporting functionality
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"School Auction was easy to use for our school auction!"
Very user friendly and simple to organize all of the items and donations. Also easy to collect payment at the end of the night. Very easy to custom...
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"We love this product!"
We have been using SchoolAuction for six or seven years, and we love it! We did everything manually before, and it was a total nightmare. School...
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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

We're able to use it for our annual auction as well as ongoing donations and smaller sales and its really easy for our event night volunteers use - 15 minutes of training and they're up and running! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

The setup can feel a little overwhelming at first because there are so many options to customize it so it matches the way we like to run our auction. That was mostly an issue our first event - because now we just copy our settings for new events. The support was exceptional though - we always received an immediate response - even on evenings and weekends - who even does that anymore? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

We rely on volunteers - this software allows everyone to work on their own time, from home to prepare for our events - and we can all see what the rest of the team is working on - in real time. It makes communication and tracking so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Thank you for your review! We're thrilled that you use our software for multiple things and your event night volunteers find it easy to use. We acknowledge the initial setup can be overwhelming due to the customizable options, but we're glad migrating settings has eased this for your team. We also now offer 4 free weekly webinars and every Tuesday's is called Getting Started - many people find it helpful. It's great to hear our support team has been there for you and that you appreciate our late hours - we know most people working on these events are doing so after their day job or on weekends, so we aim to be available exactly when you need us most. Thanks again for choosing us and for your recommendation!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

Very easy to add items, donors, and print materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

Sadly, not being able to access the old site once membership is expired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

All in one auction management solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Thank you for your feedback! We're pleased to hear that you find it easy to add items and donors. We understand the frustration of not being able to fully access the old site after account expiration, but as an auction chair you should still be able to download and export donor info, user info, sales info, and more. Please email support@schoolauction.net if you're not seeing that option. I hope we get to work with you again in the future!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

We've loved the way schoolauction.net streamlines our check-in process, allows us to group guests according to table, and works efficiently with both a silent auction and live auction at our annual gala. The support team is incredibly responsive and helpful via email. It also includes excellent templates for guest commmunications pre-event, during the event, and post-event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

The most difficult part for us was that the tool doesn't automatically sync with Kindful, our organization's CRM. We also wished we had more ownership over editing our invoices/receipts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

Schoolauction.net solved our problem of a cost-effective event management tool. This allowed us to easily communicate with guests, check in guests, facilitate a silent and live auction, and process payments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Carolyn Dasher of SchoolAuction.net

Thank you for taking the time to review our software, Nicole! We're delighted that you found it helpful for communicating with and checking in your guests. Good news! We've recently added more ability for your team to edit unpaid invoices. As for integrating with your CRM, there are so many great CRM options out there, we simply don't have the resources to integrate with all of them. But please reach out to our support team before your next event and ask them to explain how you can use supporter tracking numbers to export and import data from your CRM to your event site and back. They'll be happy to help!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

Setting up an auction website can feel daunting if you are a volunteer and part of a duct-tape-chewing gum organization that is trying to do some good. We were happily surprised that as a non-tech, non-millenials, we were able to get setup in just a couple of hours. And with the support of help videos and email support, schoolauction.net was able to do everything we needed at a reasonable cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

We were not a fan of the name (SchoolAuction.net) as we are not a PTA or a school affliated organization. However, tha's how we know about the platform (gateway?) from our elementary-volunteer days. Thankfully they has the solution for this - Tofino, so win-win.

We would like to see more look/feel customization options in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ticket sales and online bidding at a reasonable cost. If moblie access hadn't been smooth, we would have been sunk. For small non-profits, every $ counts! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Carolyn Dasher of SchoolAuction.net

Thanks so much for your review! We're glad you found the software easy to use, and that using it under the Tofino brand name (exact same software, but branded for nonprofits rather than schools) worked well for your organization. We're always building out new look/feel customization options. In fact, we recently released some new looks for the homepage and additional color customization for various site elements. We hope you'll check it out for your next event.

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

I have loved our experience using SchoolAuction.net and would 10/10 recommend to others! The initial training, how to videos and tutorials are spot on and if I'm ever unable to figure something out their customer service is fast and friendly. The software itself is very intuitive and easy to train volunteers to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

None! Still figuring out what "level" is perfect for our school, but have had great experiences with both over the last two years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy to use and integrate. Love that it's web based with no downloads! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

We're thrilled to hear that you've had a great experience with SchoolAuction.net! Our goal is to provide intuitive software and excellent customer service, so we're glad to hear that's been your experience. We look forward to working with you on your next fundraiser!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

I have been able to get answers even when I'm not sure how I should be wording my question! Support has been excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

Interaction with support isn't instantaneous, but still speedy enough to be effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

All in one place to run our auction and our raffle! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Alicia, thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear that you've found our support to be excellent and that our platform has been beneficial for running your auction and raffle. We look forward to helping you with your next event!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

The ability to sell tickets, list silent and live auction items as well as allow donors to enter the donation information directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

The limited options for design of item description sheets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

Online donations direct for the the donor as well as the ability to easily generate gift certificates, bid sheets, bid numbers etc. Ability to take payments and have non contact closing out of orders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with SchoolAuction.net. We understand your concern about the limited options for design of item description sheets and will take that into account for future updates to improve the user experience. We look forward to working with you for your next event!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

This system was extremely user friendly, easy to configure, and great for our contrinuters. Excellent customer service. This made our school auction so much better and we earned 50% more than the year before! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

Wish the sponsor site was not connected to seats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were able to reach more people! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Thank you for your positive review! We're delighted that SchoolAuction.net helped make your school auction a success and increased your earnings. Also, you'll be pleased to know that we recently rolled out an update that allows you to sell sponsorships independently of online ticket sales. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.tofinoauctions.com/hc/en-us/articles/22684057963803-New-Offering-Sponsorships-via-Campaign-Page or reach out to our Support team and they can assist you.

Julie V.
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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

User friendly, affordable, ability to customize as we need. Customer support has a quick turn-around in answering questions, making suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

Since this is a program we use only once a year and will use again in Jan/Feb, I cannot remember any dislikes at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

To have a reliable and accurate system that is web-based has been huge for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Hi Julie,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We're happy that you find our software to be user-friendly and that you get assistance quickly from our support team when needed. If you'd like any suggestions on how to get the most out of your annual software plan with us (which allows for unlimited event sites during the year), reach out to info@schoolauction.net - we'd be happy to show you how to use our software for an online store, jog-a-thon, fundraising campaign or more. We look forward to helping with your next event!

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What do you like best about SchoolAuction.net?

User friendly. The fact that information can transfer to the next event. Customer service is amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolAuction.net?

Pictures in emails would be nice. But I really can't think of much else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SchoolAuction.net solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having to mail out tax receipts etc. the automations are amazing. Not hanjng to have an in person auction that takes so much time and recourses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vanessa Beyers of SchoolAuction.net

Hi Steph,

I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. In terms of adding pictures to your outgoing emails, our software does allow you to add banner images or logos to the email header and footer, but we don't currently support adding images to the body of the email templates. I've passed your suggestion on to the team for consideration though. I'm elated you find our software to be user-friendly and that you had a great experience with our customer service team. We all look forward to helping with your next event!