Schokman & Samerawickreme Managing Partner Navinda Samerawickrema (right) and Orel IT Chief Marketing Officer Kalinda Wickramage

Schokman & Samerawickreme, the premier charted auctioneers in Sri Lanka, along with Orel IT, the forefront of the Sri Lankan IT industry, developed a state-of-the-art online auctioneering portal with an array of features integrated into it. Users can live-stream auctions with this platform. Also, they can enjoy all, admins can provide real time support for the users of this platform.

Auctioneering is no longer a business limited to traditional forms of operation. Owing to the cutting-edge technologies in the millennia, auctioneers are swiftly transforming their business to be handled online. This is basically done to ensure the continuity of business, even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby retaining the usual customer influxes.

Additionally, this platform enables Schokman & Samerawickreme to display their wide gamut of products to a global customer base and allows the auctioneering pioneer to host multiple auctions at the same time for customers aspiring different items.

Schokman & Samerawickreme Managing Partner Navinda Samerawickrema said: “Our company is delighted with Orel IT’s outstanding solution, as it had enabled us to increase sales and smooth function our business. Especially managing live auctions had been a wonderful experience since we started using this solution. We take immense pleasure to wish all the best for team Orel IT.”

Above all, this platform has a huge contemporary relevance as it can effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus due to obvious reasons. Owing to this fully-fledged system by Orel IT, delivering a stress-free auctioneering experience with increased flexibility and transparency is no longer an unthinkable activity, despite the ongoing pandemic. “We always believe that it is our corporate responsibility to provide full-fledged IT solutions to address all the business needs of our clients functioning in dynamic business environments. Aligning with the notion we developed this solution for Schokman & Samarawickreme and we are completely pleased to hear that our online auctioneering product could easily revamp their auctioneering business,” said Orel IT Chief Marketing Officer Kalinda Wickramage.