Use the table below to compare Auction Flex to the
other software packages available. Remember that all the features
listed below are included in Auction Flex's rental/purchase price
because our software is not modularized.
This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of
Auction Flex's features but rather an overview to give you an idea
of the vast capabilities of our software.
| |
Auction
Flex |
Other |
| General
Features |
 |
Windows based |
Yes |
|
|
Modularized |
NO |
|
|
Inexpensive rental plan available
with no long term commitment (cancel at any time) |
Yes |
|
|
Provides wireless handheld
solution for clerking, etc. with a 3000 foot range |
Yes |
|
| Purchase
Order System |
|
Allows you to track
the cost of purchased inventory rather than having to set
yourself as a consignor. |
Yes |
|
|
Cost by item or set
total by PO. |
Yes |
|
| Consignment
Order System |
|
Multiple commission
structures supported including:
Calculate commission by:
Each, Invoice Line Item, Consigment Order
Commission structures include:
sliding-scale, incremental, and fixed with support for
percentage/fixed amount or mixture.
|
Yes |
|
|
Buyback commission structures
supported including:
Calculate buyback by Each:
Buyback structures include:
sliding-scale, incremental, and fixed with support for
percentage/fixed amount or mixture. |
Yes |
|
|
Tracks payments to
consignors |
Yes |
|
|
Allows for manual adjustments to be made to the
consignment order balance (monies owed to consignor). |
Yes |
|
|
Provides true inventory so that
consignments can be easily tracked across multiple auctions. |
Yes |
|
| Inventory
System |
|
Unlimited
description length. |
Yes |
|
|
Unlimited images per
item. |
Yes |
|
|
Advanced Imaging
Capabilities including automatic image optimization, TWAIN
support (allows you to scan an image directly into Auction
Flex), image captions, etc. |
Yes |
|
|
Built in image
editor. |
Yes |
|
|
Tax status can be set per
inventory item in case item is always taxable or non-taxable
regardless of the buyer's tax status. |
Yes |
|
|
Inventory History
Search |
Yes |
|
| Straight
Sales |
| |
Allow you to sell
inventory separate from an auction. |
Yes |
|
| Absentee
Bids / Phone Bids |
|
Allows absentee
bidders to specify bid start & bid max |
Yes |
|
|
Provides auctioneer's screen to
let auctioneer see highest & second highest bids from the
block |
Yes |
|
|
Provides Integrated Web Service
which allows you to seamlessly take internet absentee bids on
your website starting today! No lengthy setups, no delays. |
Yes |
|
| Buyers |
|
Buyers' premiums can
be equal to the auction, set to a fixed percentage, or set to
a relative percentage (allows for discounts/premiums). |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to track
deposits and apply to invoices or return to buyer. |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to print bid
cards or bid card labels at check-in with buyer's name. |
Yes |
|
|
Imaging capabilities
provide ability to take a picture of the buyer or to scan a
driver's license or any other form of identification. |
Yes |
|
| Auctions |
|
Provides capability for lot#'s
with as many as 8 #'s and two letters (not limited to 10,000) |
Yes |
|
|
Two letter lot#'s
supported (ex: 1aa). |
Yes |
|
|
Provides Auction Presenter for
use with projectors or large screen televisions to
automatically show the lot currently being auctioned. |
Yes |
|
|
Provides visual tool for lotting
an auction via drag-and-drop |
Yes |
|
|
Export auction to HTML, Excel,
Tab-delimited text file, comma delimited text file, paragraph
style text file, or dBase file. |
Yes |
|
|
Integrated Web
Service (a seamless solution for posting your auctions to the
internet complete with auction information and web-optimized
images and also provides internet absentee bidding on your
website) |
Yes |
|
|
Prorate expenses
across all auction items |
Yes |
|
| Clerking Activity |
|
Provides an easy to
use data entry screen that still contains the power to adjust
the flow of the auction as required. |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to easily split
lots with choice. |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to easily group
lots including non-sequential grouping. |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to clerk auctions on the fly. (Non Lotted auctions) |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to easily mix
pre-lotted & non-lotted modes without changing clerking
screens. |
Yes |
|
| Invoicing |
|
Provides ability to
change buyer's premium and tax rates per invoice. |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to
specify tax status by invoice line item. (Allows for taxable
items and non-taxable items to be on the same invoice.) |
Yes |
|
|
Provides ability to add taxable
or non-taxable charges to an invoice. |
Yes |
|
|
Unlimited number of receipts per
invoice so that buyer can check-out with any combination of
payments imaginable. |
Yes |
|
|
Surcharge/discounts
depending on payment type including ability to charge the
surcharge/discount just on the amount paid not on the entire
invoice amount. |
Yes |
|
|
Ability to charge the
surcharge/discount to the buyer or to the consignor. |
Yes |
|
| Trust
Accounting |
|
Tracks how much is
owed to your consignors, yourself, & taxes. |
Yes |
|
| Mailing
Lists |
|
Advanced builders for building
your mailing lists dynamically based on auction attendance,
geography, purchases, etc. |
Yes |
|
|
Export mailing lists or print
mailers or labels directly from the software. |
Yes |
|
| E-Mail |
|
E-mail to your mailing lists directly from
within the software. |
Yes |
|
| Reporting |
|
Advanced reporting
capabilities including cash projections, cash transactions,
invoice summary reports, etc. |
Yes |
|
| Customizable |
|
Provides numerous
master settings that can be changed to accommodate how you run
your business. |
Yes |
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