Auction-Tracker Live! brings auctions online as phase I of MyEventCommunity.com

Auction-Tracker customers now have a simple way to take their auction online with Auction-Tracker Live! The hassle of manipulating spreadsheets and files are history.  With this new component of Auction-Tracker v6.00 event organizers can take their gala event online, for far greater reach, with just a few clicks.

“The goal, integrate and reduce duplication of effort in terms of data management,” said Jack D. Wilson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Software Technologies, Inc.. “Scalability is also a key factor of our design. Nonprofit organizations implement the parts of our application suite that best fits ‘their’ need, not a prescribed event plan with hidden costs.”

The Auction-Tracker Live! interface ships as a part of Auction-Tracker v6.00. There is no additional cost for the interface. For existing Auction-Tracker 6.00 users, the interface will be available in next update release.

For more information on Auction Frogs and Auction-Tracker Live! please call 209.321.5515

Auction-Tracker Live! Services
Services Included With Your Online Auction…

While the Auction-Tracker Live! integration module for Auction-Tracker v6.00 is provided at no charge, there is a cost associated with the hosting of your online event. The following value added services are included with the hosting of your online auction:

• Site Setup
• Site Design Customizations
• Donation Solicitations On Your Behalf
• Access To The Frog Pond
• Publish Sponsorship Advertisements/Endorsements
• Accept Online Pledge Gift Dollars

Final pricing (service fee) for the online auction is based only on the items offered for bid. For complete pricing information contact our sales team at 425.252.7287 or via email at solutions@nwsoftware.com.

Auction-Tracker Live! – Formal Press Release
Issued to the press on Monday 8/9/10…

Northwest Software Raises The Bar For Online Benefit Auctions with The Release of Auction-Tracker Live!
Auction-Tracker and Auction-Tracker Live!’s direct integration technology solves data management challenges, increases productivity.
Everett, WA (August 9, 2010) – Northwest Software Technologies, Inc., the pioneering and leading developer of event fundraising management software designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today the formal launch of Auction-Tracker Live!, the online benefit auction companion to Auction-Tracker.

“This morning I am pleased to announce the release of Auction-Tracker Live!, a powerful and tightly integrated Online Benefit Auction solution for Auction-Tracker v6.00,” stated Jack D. Wilson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Software Technologies, Inc.. “When the Auction-Tracker v6 development project began, it was code-named “One Source”. The goal, integrate and reduce duplication of effort in terms of data management. Generation 3 of the Tracker-Series suite, which Auction-Tracker v6 is a part of, is specifically designed to take advantage of both disk-based and online (web) technologies interactively. Scalability is also a key factor of our design. Nonprofit organizations implement the parts of our application suite that best fits “their” need, not a prescribed event plan with hidden costs. The uniqueness, mystery and special handling of administering and holding an online benefit auction is history!”

Auction-Tracker Live! consists of two powerful integrated components; a Bi-Directional Interface for the market’s leading benefit auction software application Auction-Tracker v6.00 and the full service online benefit auction engine powered by Auction Frogs, LLC.. Users manage and prepare their online event in Auction-Tracker, and populate the online auction engine directly from Auction-Tracker. At the conclusion of the online event, users perform all post event activities such as reporting, billing/receipting, prepare federal tax documents and thank you letters all from within Auction-Tracker. Gone are the unproductive spreadsheets typically provided by online auctions sites that are void of integrated software. With our automated process, users do not have to touch or manipulate exported text files. Information is moved between the software and online site from within the application. Users are more productive and event data is more meaningful long-term. The combination of online auction data with that of live gala events in Auction-Tracker provides the most comprehensive look at your benefit auction fundraising efforts.

About Northwest Software Technologies, Inc.
Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. is the pioneering and leading provider of fundraising event software to the nonprofit sector in the United States and Canada. More than 2,000 organizations – including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (Canada), American and Canadian Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Guilds of the Children’s Hospital of Seattle, March of Dimes, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Rotary International and the Swedish Hospital Medical Foundation – worldwide use the Tracker-Series applications to manage fundraising events. Northwest Software Technologies offers four software applications for fundraising event management: A’Thon-Tracker for sponsor-based pledge type events, Auction-Tracker for fundraising benefit auctions, Banquet-Tracker for fundraising banquets and Tournament-Tracker for benefit golf tournaments. Founded in 1985, Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Everett, Washington with international distribution offices in Canada and Australia.