To list your item simply click on the “Sell” link found on the header
navigational bar. The listing process is split up into several main sections,
notably:-
- 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.
The first part of the process is to choose the category you wish to list your
item in, this can be revised at any time by using the “Previous Step” navigation
button.
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Step two enables you to enter your item title and description, a full wysiwyg
editor is in place to enable you to use HTML descriptions.
If you have a voucher code to redeem this can be entered just below the
description field.
Moving on to step three, 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, you can
also set a reserve price to ensure you do not sell the item for this amount.
Please see below for more information on this.
· Reserve Price:-
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.
· Buy out (if available):-
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 (if available):-
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 (if available):-
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
§ Category featured
§ Bold text
§ Highlighted background
· Set start/end time:-
You can either opt to list your item right away and set a defined number of
days for it to be live for or you also have the option to define your own custom
start/end time.
· Private Auction:-
Private auction will hide the bidders identity on the item details page
· 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
· Media upload:-
In addition to images you can also upload media files, please note only
.avi/.mpeg/.mov are supported.
· 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.
On the next step you can set your shipping and payment preferences including
your shipping rates and available methods of delivery.
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.
The final step provides you with listing confirmation.