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Guest Blog: Consignment Items

This is a guest blog, by our friend Mike Hanley. Thanks, Mike! Read More

25 Jul 2014

Roger Devine

Help Us Spread The Word

If you’re already a customer of ours, you probably know a few things about us: Read More

07 Jul 2014

Roger Devine

Update Coming

In the next couple of weeks, we will begin updating all SchoolAuction.net event sites that have been established for future events. This update (two years... Read More

10 Jun 2014

Roger Devine

We Wrote A Book!

True facts: I was an English major in college (Trinity University, class of 1988), and after graduating, I moved to New York City to work... Read More

08 Jun 2014

Roger Devine

On Selecting A Benefit Auctioneer

If you are going to hold a Live Auction, you really should hire a professional auctioneer. You may think that there’s not much to it... Read More

14 May 2014

Roger Devine

More On High School Auctions

I talked a bit the other day about how in high schools, the auction-team is often a coalition of volunteers supporting specific clubs or teams,... Read More

18 Apr 2014

Roger Devine

The Difference with High-School Auctions

My son (my only child) is a High-School Freshman this year. Which means that this is the first year that I was On The Team... Read More

16 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

Talking Auctions

I talk to auction chairs just about every day. And although we do talk a lot about the SchoolAuction.net software, we also talk about general... Read More

09 Apr 2014

Roger Devine

Something I Love: Mobile Hotspots

There is really only one downside to web-based auction software - you need an Internet connection at your venue. Most of the time (here in... Read More