How to Choose an AuctionWorx Development Partner
AuctionWorx is a .NET platform with a deep, mature codebase — which means the difference between a good customization and a mess you'll pay to undo is entirely in who you hire. The pool of developers who genuinely know the platform is small. Here's how to vet them.
Seven questions to ask
1. Are you a RainWorx partner — and can RainWorx confirm it?
Partner status means the vendor works with the platform's maker, gets early access to releases, and has a reputation to protect inside the ecosystem. We're a RainWorx Premium Partner and happy for you to verify that directly. Anyone can claim AuctionWorx experience; partner status is checkable.
2. How many years and how many installations?
Ask for numbers, not adjectives. Ours: 15+ years on the platform across Enterprise and Events editions.
3. Will my customizations survive an AuctionWorx upgrade?
The single most expensive mistake in this ecosystem is a customization welded into core files. Insist on extension-based approaches that survive version upgrades, and ask the vendor to explain theirs.
4. Is the pricing fixed before work starts?
Hourly billing on an unfamiliar codebase is a blank check. Look for published product pricing and fixed-cost quotes per milestone — here's ours, in the open: /auctionworx/pricing/.
5. Can I see it running?
Live customer sites and demo videos beat screenshots. Ask to see the actual add-on running on an actual marketplace.
6. Who handles deployment and what happens after?
A price that excludes deployment isn't a price. Every published price on our pricing list includes deployment; ask any vendor the same.
7. Do they understand the auction business, or just the code?
Soft closes, buyer's premiums, consignor settlements, lotting workflows — a partner who's built for estate sales, car auctions and livestock rings solves in domain language, not just C#.
Red flags
- No verifiable partner status
- No published pricing anywhere
- "We'll modify the core files, it's faster"
- Portfolio is all generic web work with one auction site
- Deployment billed separately as a surprise
Vet Us With the Same List
Vet us with the same seven questions — book a call and bring the list.
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