a visual guide to our auction system
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A Visual Guide to our Auction
System
Lot listings
Auto-bidding
Add items to
watchlist
Incremental
bidding
Lot
description
The interface displays lots in a visual way, accompanied by lot descriptions and information about
current bid, increment, end date, etc. Lots can be divided into categories and specific lots can be
found by users via our search tools.
Auto-bidding
Multiple images
Real time bidding
Bidders can
add lots to
their watchlist
Incremental bidding
Detailed lot information
Selecting a lot will bring you to a more detailed page giving the lot’s complete description, terms and
conditions and bidding information, as well as any additional images.
Our auction system offers a number of different
bidding features as standard:
Incremental bidding
Auto-bidding
Buy Now
Reserve
Overtime bidding
Sealed bidding
If required, we can also adapt the auction system to
any other form of auctioning. In the past we have
adapted our auction software to:
Multi-unit auctions
Combinatorial auctions
Dutch auctions
Bidding features
This feature
allows you to
make invoice,
publish lots,
etc.
Date at which
auction of lot
finishes
Order in
which lots
appear on
auction site
Search
tool allows
you to
narrow
down
results
Lot management
Lot management provides the ability to manage the stock held within the system. Items can be easily
located using the search tool or by making use of the built in filters. Additionally custom reporting can
be built in to provide business specific stock control.
Adding lots
Adding lots to the system is simple and easy. The following fields can be
added/edited:
Name
URL
Status (Draft, publish, archived)
Start and end date
Lot number
Sort order
Description
Category
Tags
Images
Opening bid
Increment
Reserve price
Buy Now price
Overtime period
The editing page allows you to modify all of the fields above, as well as
mark lot as paid for, suspend bidding and add final sale price (after a
preview auction).
Rogue bids
can be
deleted
Data can
be
exported
Search tool
allows you
to narrow
down results
Bid
amount
Date bid
was made
Bidder IP
address –
allows you
to track
bidders
Bid management
Bid management provides the means with which to manage bids of all types. All bids are time-stamped and
all bidding can be traced by IP Address and removed if required. Bids are searchable and they can also be
filtered by auction, lot, user or any custom reporting format required. Bid information can also be exported
for reporting.
Date on which
user account
was created
User’s email
address –
other contact
details
(telephone
etc.) can be
found on the
user’s full
profile
Is the user
active?
Misbehaving
users can
be banned
Export users
to third party
software
Search for
users
Users can be easily located and managed using the admin tools. Users can be found by searching for them.
Users can also be exported and this data can be used for marketing purposes.
If a user becomes a nuisance they can be prevented from bidding on the system by banning them.
The user will have to provide a complete set of details upon registration prior to bidding. All fields can be
customized as the business requirements dictate. This means they can be changed or additions can be made.
User management
Invoice management
Date of
invoice
Username of
customer
The total
price of
lot(s)
included
in invoice
Name of
auction
in which
lot(s)
were
included
This allows
you to export
data to third
party
software
Search
tool
allows
you to
narrow
down
results
It is simple to manage all invoices created in the system. A search tool allows you to find the invoices you
want, and invoice data can be exported to third party software for reporting purposes. Invoice date, customer
name and lot price are all clearly indicated, as well as invoice ID and number. It is also possible to make
credit notes for selected invoices.
The absentee bid table gives you an overall view of how the auction is going and allows you to keep
track of bidding.
Absentee bid table
Number
of bids
made for
lot
Username
of current
highest
bidder
Lot’s
name
Reserve
price of lot
Our enterprise product is aimed at enterprises seeking to base their auction presence online. The
system is placed on a highly optimised server capable of handling many thousands of bids over
short periods of time. You will be able to add lots, look after and track users, and manage all
aspects of your auction.
Examples of our Enterprise clients
We can rent our auction system to you for whatever duration of time needed. We supply, host and
manage the auction software and provide you with an admin account to upload lots, manage
bidding and users and keep track of the progress of the auction.
Examples of our Rental clients
