Auction / Banquet Computer Software

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Auction / Banquet Computer Software
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Specialized Software Allows You To

• Improve organization
• Streamline functions such as
• Donor letters, Thank you letters
• Invitations, Brochures and Auction
• forms, such as bid sheet.
• Checkout is simplified

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Also

• Simplifies the learning curve for the next years
  event.
• Helps you track successful and unsuccessful parts
  of your auction
• Helps to keep useful structure - get away from
  re inventing the wheel each year
• May cut down on volunteers needed

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Three Types Of Computer Based Auction Programs

• Home grown approach
• Stand alone specialized
• Web based

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Home Grown Approach

• Excel Spread Sheets, Word Documents,
  Publisher Presentations
• Requires expertise
• Often spread out over a number
• of programs
• Not easy to pass on

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Stand Alone Specialized Software

• You purchase it and you own it
• Often Higher expense going in
• Future costs may include upgrades
• or multi user versions
• Data bases stay with the owner
• Good continuity and succession

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Stand Alone Continued

• No yearly fees
• No online Registration, on line donations or on
  line pre bidding

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Web Based Software

• You pay a yearly or event fee to use the
• program
• Access to program is by password on
• a company web site
• Information is stored on the web site

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Web based Continued

• On Line Benefits
• - On Line auctions or pre bidding
• - On Line Registration and ticketing
• - On Line Donations
• - Ease of Networking
• - Integrates with credit card swiping
• (all of above may be add on modules)

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What Will It Cost?

• Web Based
• Ready Set Auction (readysetauction.com)
• Base Price 350.00 per event
• - Deluxe packages 599.00 per event
• - On line ticketing , bidding and credit
• card use based on a of revenue

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What Will it Cost?

• Stand Alone Software
• Auction! (Auctionsystems.com)
• Single user 375
• Multi user 575
• Net Work user 750

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• What you use will depend on the size of your
  event, how much you want to spend and the
  computer literacy of the folks putting on the
  event.