I played on various sports teams throughout my K-12 school years, which meant that I also had to participate in more fundraisers than I care to remember. It seemed that whenever the team needed some extra cash for new uniforms or equipment, or to travel to an out-of-state tournament, I’d end up with a couple of cases of candy bars that I would then have to try to sell to my friends and family.

Well, I think anyone who has participated in these types of fundraisers, either as a buyer or a seller, will tell you that this whole routine gets old pretty quickly. I hated asking the same people to buy stuff over and over again, and I was far too shy to go around selling my candy bars door-to-door.

As a result, I always ended up buying a few bars with my allowance money, begging a few of my closest friends to do the same, and then returning to my team with only about $20 in sales.

That type of system hardly benefited anybody, which is why I think the fundraising options offered over at Shoutback.com are far superior to selling candy bars, candles, cookies, rubber wristbands, and other stuff that nobody really wants to buy.

Shoutback.com allows you to set up auctions for the merchandise you want to sell, which gives you a lot more flexibility in terms of product quality and price points. So instead of having to push 20 candy bars to raise $20, you can auction off one higher-quality item and get the same results.

The Shoutback.com auction system would be perfect for schools, sports teams, churches, and any other organizations that rely on fundraisers to generate much-needed cash.

Shoutback is still a relatively new site, so there’s not much detailed information about how the system works (yet). But I have a feeling that it’s going to develop into a very popular fundraising hub in the near future!