- Category selection
- Item Details
- Auction Settings
- Shipping and Payment
- Listing preview
- Listing confirmation
The listing process is developed in such a way that you are guided through every step seamlessly.
STEP 1a (Select Main Category) - Choose the category you wish to list your item in, this can be revised at any time by using the “Previous Step” navigation button.
NOTE: If you have opened a Store then STEP 1b will the first step when selling an item.
STEP 1b (Choose Where to List the Item) - Choose whether or not you want list your item in the main shop, your store or both.
STEP 2 (Item Details) - Enter your item title and description. A full wysiwyg editor is in place to enable you to use HTML descriptions.
STEP 3 (Settings) - This is the biggest stage of the listing process. On this step you can set the following:
Auction Type:
- Standard Auction - This is a single quantity auction
- Dutch Auction - Dutch auction enables you to list a multiple quantity auction, for example if you have 100 pens to sell you can list all of these together in a single lot. Bidders will be able to select how many they wish to bid for.
Currency: You can select your preferred auction currency using the drop down menu available
Quantity: This field is only active if listing a Dutch auction, please see above for an explanation of this listing type
Auction Starts At: This requires you to enter the minimum bid you are willing to accept. Minimum amount setting is $0.01.
Enable Reserve: Enabling a reserve price affectively means you will not sell the item for less than the amount set, for example you can set the start price at $5.00 but only accept winning bids over $50.00, should a bid be placed for 49.99 the item will close without a winner.
Enable Buy Out: Buy Out allows you to set an amount you are willing to sell the item for – straight out. For example you can set the start price to $10.00 but offer interested parties the option to buy the item immediately for $100.00. You can also list buy out only auctions, these auctions remove all bidding options meaning the listing can only be purchased for a set amount. To set a buy out only auction you need to set the buy out value to be exactly equal with the start bid.
Offer-Range: You can set a price bracket in which you are willing to listing to offer, for example if you set the price brackets from $15.00 to $100.00 interested parties will be able to offer you an amount within these brackets, you can opt whether to accept or decline these offers at any time via the members area.
Bid Increment: This option can be used to set your own custom bid increment if preferred.
Item Featuring: The following options are available to you (fees may apply), these will highlight your item on site to ensure they reach more visitors:
- Home Page Featured
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Category Pages Featured
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Highlighted Item
- Bolded Item
- Sticky Item
Start Time: You can either opt to list your item right away and set a defined number of days for it to be listed.
End Time: Select how long you want your listing to appear on our website.
Private Auction: By enabling this option, bidders on this auction will be hidden to site users, and only you (the owner of the auction) will be able to see the usernames of the bidders. Bid amounts will still be visible.
Item Condition: Select the condition of the item you are selling.
Item Location: Tell buyers where they can pick-up the item you are selling or where it will be mailed from.
Image Upload: To accompany your item you can either upload images from your local computer or enter the URL of an image(s) hosted elsewhere.
Auto Re-List: For convenience you can opt to have your items automatically re-listed for you, options are available to allow you to select whether the item should be re-listed if sold and how many re-list attempts should be made.
Location: This always defaults to the address information you gave when registering for our website.
STEP 4 (Shipping & Payment) - On the next step you can set your shipping and payment preferences including your shipping rates and available methods of delivery.
STEP 5(Preview) - Proceeding on, you can then review the listing and make changes if required, please note you can still edit your listing once live via the members area.
STEP 6(Finish) - The final step provides you with listing confirmation.
