A few weeks ago I had a great discussion with Laura Quinn from Idealware, a website that reviews software applications for use by non profit organizations. In addition to interviewing me, she also spoke with several other consultants and non profit leaders about their experiences with online auction software such as cMarket and eBay.
Her [...]

Has your organization considered taking its fundraising auction online? eBay is great for small auctions and those just looking to get their feet wet in the auction world, but cMarket offers a lot of advantages for groups who are serious about raising funds with online auctions.
I first learned about cMarket over a year ago and [...]

Many community and non profit agencies use auctions as a way to raise funds. This is a fundraising technique that has been used successfully for many years. Often live auctions are the center of attention for a special event. Silent auctions can be a natural add-on to other fundraising plans. And [...]

Keep A Child Alive, a charity that gives anti-retroviral treatment to children with AIDS in Africa held an auction for the first iPhone, two Jawbone Bluetooth headsets, two round-trip plane tickets (domestic flights) and two V.I.P. passess to the Keep A Child Alive Black Ball. The Keep A Child Alive Black Ball will be held [...]

In Georgia this spring, the fires destroyed more than half a million acres. In Fargo, Georgia on the Florida-Georgia line, the small volunteer fire department is selling t-shirts as a fund-raiser. The t-shirts are printed with “The Big Sweaty Bugaboo - Teamwork Is Not An Option, It’s A Lifestyle”.
The Mayor Robbie Lee states that proceeds [...]

Last year, a lunch with the well-known investor Warren Buffett helped to raise $620,000 for charity. Buffett is once more auctioning a lunch to benefit the Glide Foundation.
The Glide Foundation is a social services charity that provides assistance to the poor and homeless that live in San Francisco.
Bidding for the lunch begins on eBay on [...]

What is it the commercials say? You can find “it” on eBay. “It” can be just about anything – from collectables, the latest fashions, comic books and even cars and homes.
Many charities are now diving into [...]

As the mechanics of on-line auctions are refined and streamlined, they have become increasingly attractive options for non-profits.
Putting an auction on-line can extend its life, remove the uncertainty of a live event and vastly expand the audience of potential buyers. Moreover, there are groups such as cMarket and Missionfish who will offer not only a [...]

After four years of casting their lines into uncharted waters, Missionfish founders Sean Milliken and Clam Lorenz landed a whopper in 2003. Or maybe it landed them.

Either way, the “Giving Works” partnership between Missionfish and eBay has transformed both organizations. [...]

The Maryland SPCA successfuly raised over $35,000 with its first online auction using cMarket, a company that specializes in helping non profit organizations stage online auctions. Over the past three years, cMarket has staged over 1,500 auctions — all benefiting charitable organizations. [...]