*for charity
*auction software
I will be running a small, charity auction in mid-March (3rd year running now) and need some reliable software to auction off around 100 or so items. The auction will last for 3 weeks and will be an on-line auction similar to eBay with proxy bidding.
I am looking for something that will allow me to list items in advance with a 'start/go live' date that I can specify; that will allow the currency to be GBP (if it can also convert currencies so much the better!); will allow me to set how long the auction will last for from 1 day to 30 days; will allow small jpg images of the item to be displayed; allow for proxy bidding with notification to highest biiders and if someone has been outbid, will help generate a custom invoice (I'd like a link to be added to this so people know where to pay) or will auto-inform people they have won any items at the end of the 3 weeks etc. I'm not interested in fancy whistles and bells and all payments for items won will be made direct through [login to view URL] so don't need a shopping cart or paypal or other ecommerce type facilities.
Only registered users will be able to bid and I will be the only one able to post items up for bidding (though this isn't essential as I have worked around this before).
I'm not set on it being php if there is anything better and more reliable on offer. It's the only one I know from the choice above having had a horrible experience with this last year for the same auction! I am also hopeless at installing phps scripts so if it is that, then installation will also be required.
This is a very small project that I am paying for myself so the budget is not big at all, I'm afraid.
We are a small company from Romania. We just started on this domain but we have smart designers with more than five years of experience. This is our first bid on GetAFreeLancer, we used to work by posting on forums.