Easy category selection

Sellers can easily select the right category for their item.

Where to list

Users with a store can select whether to list their new item in their store, auction only or both (available if seller has an active store)

Item title

Sellers can enter their own item title

Custom Fields

Sellers can enter their selection for any custom fields. Custom fields can be setup via the admin area and allow you to customise the item listing process. If your auction site is being targeted towards a specific marketplace you can add fields relevant to that market. For example a car auction site would be able to easily add fields to request the seller to confirm the engine size, car age, colour and mileage etc

Auto-Relist

Sellers can select whether or not to have their item automatically re-listed, they can select whether the item is listed if sold, un-sold and also how many times the items should be re-listed.

Vouchers

Users with a voucher can redeem it during the listing process. Vouchers can be setup and managed via the admin area.

Item descriptions

Sellers can use HTML or plain text in their item description or enjoy the benefit of our new WYSIWYG editor.

Custom Start & End Time

Sellers can choose to list right away or choose a custom start time for their item. A custom end time can also be set.

HTML Editor

Create HTML listings directly through PHP Pro Bid with our built in WYSIWYG editor

Picture upload or remote hosting

Sellers can upload pictures of their items to be displayed next to their listing. The admin user can edit the amount of allowed pictures. Users can also choose to use remotely hosted images with their auction

Media upload

In addition to images users can upload one media file (.wmv/.avi)

Quick or Full Listing

Sellers in a hurry can select the "Quick Listing" option which removes all of the non-mandatory fields from the listing process.

Two types of Listing

Sellers can sell in standard auction format or Dutch format which is ideal when listing several of the same items in a single listing.

Reserve price

Sellers can add a reserve price to their auction.

Buy It Now

Sellers can enter a Buy It Now price.

Listing enhancements

Sellers can enhance their listing by:-

• Featuring on the home page
• Featuring on the category page
• Adding bold text
• Adding a highlighted colour band

The admin user can charge for these extras via the admin area.

Auction duration

The seller can select how long the auction should run for.

Private Auction

Sellers can choose to hide the ID of the bidders on their auction

Auction currency

Sellers can select which currency the item should be sold in

Swap Offers

The seller can choose whether or not to accept swap offers on their item

Postage/Shipping

PHP Pro Bid features an advanced postage system. The seller can select who should pay for the postage costs and whether or not they will post worldwide. They can also enter specific postage costs and services.

Listing Drafts

On completion of the listing process the seller can save the listing as a draft. Drafts are saved in the members area and the seller can retrieve these at any time and list or edit them.

Sell similar item

List a similar item to your other auctions easily via the members area

Payment methods

Sellers can select which payment methods they accept. The corresponding methods are then displayed on the item details page.

Current bid

The current highest bid is displayed prominently

Bidders Username

The current lead bidder(s) is displayed along with their feedback rating and link to their profile.

Sellers Details

Displays sellers username, feedback rating as well as location and registration date as well as a link to their profile.

Time left

Amount of time left to run on the auction is displayed.

Item Location

The location of the item is displayed.

Make an offer

If selected by the seller the buyer can use the available option to make an offer on the item.

Ask seller a question

Potential bidders can ask the seller a question directly from the item details page. All messages are managed via the members area.

Other items for sale

Browsers can easily lookup other items for sale from the same seller

Send Auction to a friend

Users can send details of any auction to their friends via the item details page.

Watch this item

Bidders can add any item to their "Watch List" which they can track from inside the members area.

Item Description

The item description is fully displayed along with any available pictures and media.

Payment

The sellers accepted payment methods are clearly displayed below the item description

Shipping instructions

Before bidding users can check the sellers postage instructions to see how much postage they will have to pay.

Auction counter

The number of hits each auction has received is displayed.

Proxy Bidding

Buyers can place a maximum bid on items, the software will then automatically re-bid for them should their bid be overtaken by a rival bidder.

Place a bid

At the top and bottom of each item details page a bidding box is displayed allowing buyers to place a bid quickly and easily.

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The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain keywords? you have chosen. For example if you are looking for a Playstation 2? you could enter in those keywords from within your member area. Each time a new auction is listed containing the term Playstation 2? you will be notified via this web-site. You can enter in as many keywords as you like.

The item watch features lets you keep a close eye on any auction without having to place a bid on it. This feature means you can be kept up to date on how an auction is doing and prepares you to place a winning last minute bid. You can watch any auction by clicking on the “Watch this item? link on any auction page.

Once a sale has been processed, both the seller and the buyer will be able to leave feedbacks for each other. The feedback rating is from one star to five stars, and a feedback comment can also be left. The feedback can be left from the “Feedback??? tab from the Members Area. The feedback can only be left once, and it cannot be edited afterwards.

The site admin will reserve its right to delete malicious or untrue feedbacks.

On a Dutch Auction, the auctioneer has more items of the same product for sale. The bidder will enter a maximum bid he is willing to pay for an item, and the number of items he wants to purchase. The highest bidder(s) will receive the number of items they have bid on, and the remaining bidders will receive the number of items still available. Buyers are able to bid more than once for the same item.

Wanted ads are a new and increasingly popular feature. As an advertiser you can list adverts for items you want and sellers can submit offers for items they are selling. It’s a quick, simple and hassle free way of sellers being able to meet buyers demands.

Advertiser (Buyer)

List a new wanted ad and wait for sellers to contact you with offers. If you receive an offer your happy with you can bid on the item!

Sellers

Browse the wanted ads and if you see one that matches an item your selling make an offer and tell the buyer you have just what they are looking for!

Registration is simple and only takes a matter minutes. To start the signup process, click on the “register??? link at the top of this page. Only users with the age over 16 years are able to register.

The next step is to fill in all your information, failure to supply all the required information will result in an error.

By clicking on the “Register??? button from the bottom of the page, you will be redirected to a page with a link to the payment gateway if the signup fee is activated, or to a confirmation page, if signup is free.

Your account will be activated instantly if there is no signup fee, or once the payment has been confirmed by the payment gateway.

Members Area

Once you have successfully logged in using the login forms from the main page or from the login page (click on the login? button from the page header), you will be redirected to the members area page. This page is divided into four tabs:

a. Bidding

On this page, you will be able to see the items your currently bidding on, as well as the status of the bids, items you have won, and watched items. By clicking on the Auction Watch? link, you will be able to add keywords for auctions your interested in. An email will be sent to your email address every time an auction that will contain the keyword in its name or description will be submitted.

By clicking on the View Details? link from the Won Items area, you will be able to see the details of the seller, and make contact with him in order to perfect the sale.

b. Selling

There are three areas available on this page.

The My Opened Auctions? area, where you will see details of auctions you currently has open; if no bids were submitted yet on an open auction, you are able to edit the auction.

The My Closed Auctions? area, where you will see the auctions submitted by yourself, and that were closed. You can choose to edit, delete or re-list a closed auction.

On the Sold Items? area, you will see the items you have sold, and by clicking on the View Details? link, you will be redirected to a page where you will see the details of the buyer. If an end of auction fee is set from the admin area, then the seller will have to pay for the end of auction fee in order for you to see the buyer details.

If, after the seller has contacted the bidder, and no sale has been made, you can claim back the end of auction fee. By clicking on the Claim back end of auction fee?, a claim back request will be sent to the site?s administrator, and will be evaluated for fee refunding.

c. Feedback

From this page, you will be able to see the feedbacks you have received, and leave feedbacks to other users.

d. Personal Info

You can edit your personal information using this page, except for your username. You can also change the password for the account. If the password and confirm password fields are left empty, and then the password will remain the same.

Once you have signed up for an account, you will be able to sell items through the site.

In order to do that, you will have to click on the “Sell??? link, and you will be redirected to a page, you can then select the main category of the product or service you want to sell. This feature has been made in order to ease the subcategory choosing process. No items can be sold by choosing only the main category; you will have to choose a subcategory for it.

The second step is entering the auction details, settings, payment methods available, and choosing a category. An image that will come with the auction is free of charge, but the admin may charge for adding additional pictures.

On the Auction Settings tab, you can choose the type of the auction, the start price, whether to activate buy now or set a reserve price.

Also, you will be able to choose what type of bid increment to use, the progressive one implemented into the site (that can be edited from the admin area), or a custom one. If you choose the custom one, you will have to enter an increment value.

You will also be able to choose whether to feature the item, and the duration of the auction.

After setting the location, shipping and payment and subcategory, and by clicking on the “Next Step??? button, you will be redirected to Step Three, where you can review the auction before submitting. If everything is in order, you can click on the “Submit??? button, and will be redirected to the payment page, or a confirmation page, if no fees have to be paid. The auction is activated once the payment is confirmed by the payment gateway, or instantly, if no fees need to be paid.

If you have spotted on item you would like to place a bid on you can do so quickly and easily by following these steps:- (1) Login to your account . If you have not registered you can do so within 5 minutes (2) Visit the auction page (3) Towards the bottom of the auction description page you will see a bidding box?, you can use the shortcut link to the bidding box if you wish. (4) Enter in your bid, note you must bid above the minimum bid required (5) Click on the ?place bid? button (6) You will then be asked to confirm you bid, once you have done so your bid will be entered, if successful you will receive a confirmation message. If you bid fails to outbid the current high bidder you will be offered the option to place a higher bid. Proxy bidding can aid your chances of winning an auction and help avoid you being outbid at the last moment. To place a proxy bid enter in the maximum price you are willing to pay for the item. If another user places a bid on the same auction automatic bids will be placed on your behalf in accordance with your maximum bid amount. With proxy bidding you will pay the lowest possible price until someone else places a higher bid. There is another way of bidding: Buy it now auctions. Buy it now prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the ?Buy Now? button which is displayed on the auction details page. After clicking on the button you will be re-directed to a confirmation page. On a standard auction that auction will end instantly as the item has been sold via Buy it now. On a Dutch auction, you can enter the amount of items you wish to buy (depending the quantity available).

If you purchase less than there are available in total, the auction will remain open with the number of items left available after you have purchased the amount you want.