Sensible Development

Alliance for Coffee Excellence’s new site is now live

Anais — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:32:38 +0000

Last month saw the launch of a quite large project we’ve been working on, the new website of the Alliance for Coffee Excellence. The Alliance for Coffee Excellence is a non-profit organisation supporting the development and promotion of high quality gourmet coffees, whilst also being committed to helping the farmers who produce these coffees. The Alliance’s [...]

Stephen Fry tweet is a success for our client Giving Lots

Anais — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:27:20 +0000

If you’re one of Stephen Fry’s many Twitter followers, you may remember his Valentine’s Day “marriage proposal” tweet on the behalf of the lucky winner of an online charity auction. This auction was held by one of our “Enterprise” charity clients, Giving Lots. Giving Lots enables a wide variety of charities and non-profits to use [...]

The Big Egg Hunt is back, using our platform the second year running

Anais — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:09:26 +0000

We’re pleased to announce that The Big Egg Hunt has returned to us the second year running for another online auction. Last year, the Big Egg Hunt used our platform to great success, with the Hunt raising over £1 million altogether. This year’s Hunt is sponsored by Lindt and will be raising funds for Action For [...]

Our charity auctions over 2012

Anais — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:25:45 +0000

We look back at some of the fundraising auctions we were involved in over 2012… The Big Egg Hunt Over Easter 2012 we worked with agency Home Made Digital on The Big Egg Hunt’s online auction. Over 200 egg sculptures created by famous artists were displayed around London from February to Easter weekend, with 80 [...]

eBay’s new Cassini search engine causes consternation amongst sellers

Anais — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:23:59 +0000

Many eBay sellers will have noticed the frustrating side-effects of the latest changes implemented by eBay over the past few months. The gradual rolling out of eBay’s new Cassini search engine has seen sale drops of 50% or more for some sellers, causing much annoyance and frustration. According to Hugh Williams (eBay Vice-President of Experience, [...]

The Prince’s Trust are holding their Invest in Futures preview auction on our platform

Anais — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:27:15 +0000

Up until 13th February, The Prince’s Trust is holding their Invest in Futures preview auction on our platform. Invest in Futures is a campaign raising awareness in the financial services industry of the difficulties faced by young people today. The funds raised by the campaign in previous years have helped huge numbers of young people into [...]

Is the art world ready for a digital revolution?

Anais — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:59:45 +0000

The art market is one of the very few sectors yet to succumb to the digital revolution – perhaps unsurprising in an industry in which exclusivity, elitism, personal interaction and a certain opacity are the distinctive features. For various reasons the art trade has managed to cling on to its traditional methods of selling, with [...]

Motor Sport Magazine launches Hall of Fame charity auction

Anais — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:19:27 +0000

2013 sees Motor Sport Magazine’s fourth annual Hall of Fame awards. For the first time ever readers of Motor Sport Magazine will be able take in part in the glittering, invitation-only Hall of Fame evening. From now up until midnight 24th February, readers can bid online for a variety of once-in-a-lifetime lots donated by Formula [...]

True real time bidding with our new “push” technology

Anais — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:45:43 +0000

The interruption caused from continually needing to refresh a page can be a huge annoyance for online bidders – especially during the final stages of an auction, where every second is crucial. The last thing bidders need is to be distracted from an auction at a vital moment. Thankfully, our new “push” technology resolves this [...]

Waste Web – an innovative new marketplace for the waste management sector

Anais — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:39:07 +0000

A rather large long-term project we have been working on went live yesterday. Waste Web is an online waste trading website, providing an ethical and open trading platform to the flourishing waste management and recycling sector. The site is in a marketplace format – waste processors, producers and intermediaries can log in, create their own [...]