This page is the beginning of what hopefully will be a fairly comprehensive list of auction software and bidding providers, products and services. It’s quite possible that there are missing entries or missing components to the tables below. Please help add vendors or correct the information listed by leaving a comment with the feedback form.

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Auction software

Company Product Website
Sebae Data Solutions, Inc. Auction Flex www.auctionflex.com
Symmetric Software AuctionRPM www.auctionrpm.com
CUS Business Systems CUS www.cus.com
SchoolAuction.net Tofino Auctions www.schoolauction.net
JBS Software Maxa www.jbssoftware.com
French’s Software LiveAuctionIT www.frenchssoftware.com
Micro Consultants Multi-Par www.multi-par.com
Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. Auction-Tracker www.nwsoftware.com
Proven Software, Inc. ProvenBenefit www.provenbenefit.org
Proven Software, Inc. SOLD II www.soldii.net
TASS Software TASS www.tass-software.com
LuJohns Enterprises Bidder Central www.lujohnsenterprises.com
Auctionpay Auctionpay www.auctionpay.com
Northwest Benefit Auctions Auction Maestro www.auctionhelp.com
Arsetta, Inc. Ready Set Auction www.readysetauction.com
WaveBid WaveBid wavebid.com

Internet bidding providers

Company Product Website Internet only Pre-auction only Real time Type
Sebae Data Solutions, Inc. Bidopia www.bidopia.com yes no no P
Bidspotter www.bidspotter.com no yes P
icollector www.icollector.com no yes P
LuJohns Enterprises, Inc. Bidder Central www.biddercentral.com P
JBS Software Maxanet www.maxanet.com yes yes yes I
Proxibid www.proxibid.com yes no yes P
Auction Network www.auctionnetwork.com no yes P
AuctionZIP www.auctionzip.com yes yes no P
Rscript RSAuction www.rscript.com
addauctionsoftware www.addauctionsoftware.com no I
NextLot www.nextlot.com yes yes yes I
Ehli Industrial, Inc. Cyber Auctions www.cyberauctions.com P
CUS Business Systems CUS Online Auction www.cus.com yes yes no I
Forres Meadows Auctioneers, Inc. HyBidz.com www.hybidz.com yes yes yes I
AuctionMethod www.auctionmethod.com yes no no I

PDF
Free PDF utilities are ubiquitous, but most are heavily ad supported or come with toolbars or require Java. For PDF viewing and form completion, it’s tough to beat PDF-XChange Editor from Tracker Software. To merge PDFs, the open source PDF Merge Tool is small and simple and doesn’t require Java like PDFSAM.

Disk partitioning
EASUS Home Edition Free partition manager supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista for HOME USER ONLY. You can free enjoy it like the commercial Partition Magic!

System cleaner
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! 🙂

Disk defragmentation
Auslogics Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast optimization of modern hard disks. Use it together with Auslogics BoostSpeed to get the top performance out of your expensive hardware. Disk Defrag is absolutely free.

Window management and utilities
AltDrag lets you hold the alt key and click anywhere in a window to drag it. KatMouse makes the mouse or touch pad scroll function work on the window under the mouse without clicking first to set focus. Winsplit Revolution lets you use hot keys to automatically resize windows on the screen to fit predefined geometries.