Dec
23

Christmas 2009 Ignite Updates

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On behalf of the AuctionServices.com Team, Merry Christmas to all of you and yours. Last night, we introduce some special holiday treats to the Ignite system. Please read on for more about these exciting changes and new features:

  • Quick Add Form
  • eRealInvestor Integration
  • New Chat Support System
  • Organizational Calendar Control
  • AuctionZip Integration Limited Beta
  • Improved Assets for Sale Ordering
  • CAPTCHA

Quick Add (One-Page) form

Auctioneers asked for a faster means of adding new auctions to the Ignite system. The new “Quick Add” option brings up the auction essentials on one screen for quickly and easily inputting the basic information for an upcoming auction event. Input all from just one page. For auctioneers on the go, this timesaving feature will let them get back to business and worry about the fine print details later!

Quick Add Auction form

Quick Add Auction form

eRealInvestor Integration

AuctionServices.com is proud to announce a new partnership with eRealInvestor! These new tools allow in-depth analysis of real estate directly from the auction listing and are free as our gift to you from now until late January. For more information about this exciting new feature, please click here.

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New Chat Support System

The AuctionServices.com Team always stands ready to help and support any auctioneers who should ever require our assistance. To better facilitate that support, we introduced our new chat support system into the Ignite system. This improved support system is more stable and robust than the previous version, but also offers advanced functions to better enable us to assist with problems or questions of any sort. Just click on the button pictured below next time you’re in Ignite and our team will be happy to assist you.
Live Chat Support

Live Chat Support

Organizational Calendar Control

Executive administrators of state auctioneer associations now have better administrative control over the auctions that appear on the association’s auction calendars. This seamless integration allows the administrators to edit, review, and even remove auctions on the association calendar that members publish to the system. If you are a state association executive director or administrator and want a personal guided tour of this new system, please contact us at your earliest convenience to schedule a mutually convenient time.
org-admin

AuctionZip Integration Limited Beta

After months of testing, AuctionZip activated the hub integration to the Ignite system. For those of you using the AuctionZip interface, you may have even seen the Ignite option on their system. We are excited to announce that this evening, a select number of accounts will be activated with the AuctionZip hub system directly integrated into their Ignite interface in return!
AuctionZip Hub Limited Beta

AuctionZip Hub Limited Beta

Improved Assets for Sale Ordering

This exciting new feature allows for drag-and-drop item sorting across all Assets for Sale catalogs. This new feature is only available to customer who have completed their Assets for Sale training and been migrated to the new Ignite Assets for Sale System. If you are still using the legacy Assets for Sale product, please contact AuctionServices.com at your earliest convenience to schedule your training so we can migrate you to the new system and to take advantage of these new advanced features.

CAPTCHA

To help eliminate the amount of form spam received by our customers, all “Contact Us” and “Email this auction” forms in the Ignite interface will soon have CAPTCHA. This technology is often seen on websites and requires the typing of letters and numbers to confirm that the form is being completed by a live person.

Merry Christmas!

The AuctionServices.com Team will be closed Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th in observance of the Christmas holiday. On-call emergency support will be available through our phone system, and our office will re-open on Monday, December 28th.
The AuctionServices.com Team


AuctionServices.com Partners with eRealInvestor to Integrate Property Analysis Solution into Ignite Suite

eRealAnalyzer Tool will integrate directly in Ignite listings, allowing buyers to evaluate a home or commercial property before bidding or buying.

“We are pleased to partner with eRealInvestor to offer this integrated property analysis solution to companies using the Ignite Suite to list real estate auctions and properties for sale on their websites ,” said Romanus. “eRealInvestor has developed a powerful solution to simplify property analysis, and we are confident their solution will generate more revenue for auctioneers and real estate professionals alike.”

Roanoke, VA – AuctionServices.com, Inc., (www.auctionservices.com) announces a partnership with eRealInvestor to bring an integrated property analysis tool to Ignite Suite, according to Richard Romanus, President and CEO.

“We are pleased to partner with eRealInvestor to offer this integrated property analysis solution to companies using the Ignite Suite to list real estate auctions and properties for sale on their websites ,” said Romanus. “eRealInvestor has developed a powerful solution to simplify property analysis, and we are confident their solution will generate more revenue for auctioneers and real estate professionals alike.”

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The net result is more bidders participating, making higher bids because they realize instantly how much cash flow a property can generate and ultimately paying more for the property.

The eRealAnalyzer provides web-based access to all the financial modeling and graphs needed to make investment decisions without having to buy or install software or manage spreadsheets. This solution generates more revenue by driving more bidders per auction, more bids per auction and higher final selling prices.

Mike Genstil, founder of eRealInvestor, said that eRealInvestor is already working with several companies in the property auction category, such as Williams Auction, as well as powering thousands of real estate sites. He noted, “On certain sites more than half of buyers are using eRealAnalyzer to evaluate a home or commercial property before purchasing. Winning bidders are using eRealAnalyzer several times before winning the auction.”

He added, “eRealAnalyzer makes property evaluation simple and instantaneous. Buyers and investors are drawn into the listing and can experiment with different scenarios. The net result is more bidders participating, making higher bids because they realize instantly how much cash flow a property can generate and ultimately paying more for the property. It’s a win-win-win for buyers, sellers and auctioneers / real estate brokers and we are excited to bring that opportunity to the Ignite users.”

“The eRealAnalyzer tool integrates directly with the auction or real estate for sale listing in Ignite Suite,” explained Romanus. “We plan to launch the integration by Christmas and offer a 30-day free trial for companies to try the tool on their listings.”

For more information about eRealInvestor and to view a demo of the eRealAnalyzer tool, visit www.erealinvestor.com/ignite. For information about Ignite Suite call (540) 206-3311.

eRealInvestor, Inc., has developed eRealAnalyzer(TM), the real estate industry’s first one-click away financial analysis application. eRealAnalyzer(TM) powers the online analysis of thousands of properties listed on real estate portals and real estate agent websites. The website lists over one million resale, for sale by owner, and foreclosure properties, all easily searchable by cash flow and other key financial criteria. The company was founded in 2007 by executives with decades of real estate investment and software development expertise to simplify the process of identifying and analyzing the best real estate deals. Visit: www.erealinvestor.com.

Founded in 1994, AuctionServices.com provides cutting-edge professional web design, secure, reliable web hosting, marketing and the Ignite Suite of tools and services, a web-based enterprise resource management system that enables companies to proactively manage their organizational memberships, employee access, marketing, web content and syndication.

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Media Contacts:
Mike Genstil
Founder and CEO
eRealInvestor
(415) 205-3686
mgenstil@erealinvestor.com

Richard Romanus
President and CEO
AuctionServices.com, Inc.
(540) 446-5541
rick@auctionservices.com

Source: AuctionServices.com, Inc.

Oct
22

Ignite Upgrade and Changes

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Based on feedback provided by our auctioneers and other recent events, we upgraded Ignite early this morning to introduce new functions and changes.

1. Faster image gallery uploads

2. Grid-style gallery organizer

3. Property Information Package Tracker module improvements

4. Removal of Scribd iPaper

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