Donors can submit donation items online and they go straight to the catalog after review. We can quickly email receipts. We can attach gift certificates automatically to email receipts.

We've been using SchoolAuction since 2017 and we love it! SchoolAuction is an online platform that was created to be self-taught and user-friendly. There is a help widget on every page with access to support documents and videos. On the auction side: It's easy to track items, make lots, print bid sheets & signs, send donor thank yous, etc. It has everything you need, including the option of hosting online auctions and mobile bidding. On the ticket sales side: It's easy to set up sponsor packets, create linked accounts (with one bidder number), track unassigned tickets, etc. Guests vault a credit card during the self-check-in process. During the event, all sales are tracked with bidder numbers; at the end of the event, everyone who made a purchase is sent a self-check-out payment link so they can settle their account using their phone. It makes things so easy! I'll be forever grateful to this software for saving us from the nightmare check-out lines we used to have at the end of an event. Since cards are vaulted, processing payments after the event for anyone who didn't do it themselves is also easy. The landing page is simple for our guests to navigate, and the catalog page allows them to get a sneak peek of the auction items. I also appreciate that they have other platform names which are more appropriate if you aren't a school. Our platform is called Tofino, but it's the same product. Another fantastic feature is that they allow access to all your databases of past events. I have found this to be extremely helpful. Every year I find myself looking back at one thing or another. You can also migrate your data from one year to the next, so you don't have to start from scratch when creating a new event. After the event, there are reports which can be generated to see all sales. We use it for our main gala as well as several online fundraisers. Every year they seem to add new things that improve the product. This year they added an AI feature to help write auction item descriptions! That's my favorite new feature. It can be hard to come up with creative ways to describe items over and over.

I have been running school silent auctions for over 10 years and have used a variety of tools to do so. This is by far the best product we've ever used. From guest management to ease of checkout to donor item entry, everything is a breeze. The customer service is outstanding....questions and concerns are answered promptly and every "emergency" situation has been well thought out and solutions provided. Thank you, SchoolAuction.net for an amazing product that exceeded our expectations!