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Item
Description
Pricing
Availability
Online Availability
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Other
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Notes

Paper Bidding Type Details

The Paper Bidding Type item is generally used for items that will be auctioned at in-person events.

The Paper Bidding Type item is generally used for those items that will be auctioned via "paper" Bid Sheets.

Item

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An example from a demonstration event.

Item

See Item# when adding a new item -- this is a required field.

Title

See Title noting this as a short amount of text describing the item -- this is a required field.

Type

See Donation Items for more information about this item type.

Item category

See Item Categories for more details on their usage.

Description

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An example from a demonstration event.

Description

See Description -- this is used for the long description of the item to expand on the Title detail.

Terms and Conditions

This is used to describe any specific Terms and Conditions bidders should be aware of.

See How To List Terms And Conditions as an example application.

Reference Number

This can be used for any external reference for the item.

Pricing

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Value

A monetary value of the item. See Pricing for more information.

Taxable value

See Taxable Value for more details on how to use this field.

Shipping Cost

Amount to charge for shipping to winners of this item.

Sales tax category

This is generally only used when you are charging Sales Tax on the item.

See Sales Tax Categories for more details.

Availability

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Quantity

This value is used to denote how many of the item will be available.

Allow multiple winners

This option allows for multiple winners (when there is more than one of the item available). See Multiple Winners for more information on using this field.

Max per bidder

This option, when Allow multiple winners is enabled, will restrict the quantity a bidder may win.

IMPORTANT

The Max per bidder option is only applied to the specific item.

It will not pass through to Baskets items.

Online Availability

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Override online visibility start

Override online visibility start time is optional and can be used to control when this item is visible on the Auction Website in Item Catalog elements.

Override online visibility end

Override online visibility end time is optional and can be used to control when this item is visible on the Auction Website in Item Catalog elements.

Override online bidding/sales start

Override online bidding/sales start time is set if the item will have a different scheduled start time than the default auction Online Availability time.

Override online bidding/sales end

Override online bidding/sales end time is set if the item will have a different scheduled end time than the default auction Online Availability time.

Starting Bid

This is the value where you want the bidding for the item to start. This is the lowest Bid that will be accepted for the item. Leaving this blank will use a default value of $1.00.

Bid Increment

This value is the (minimum) amount you want your bids to increase with each successful Bid after the initial Bid for the item has been made. Leaving this blank will use a default value of $1.00.

Buy It Now Price

This value is what you would consider the maximum bid amount. Once this value is reached, bidding for the item will be closed immediately.

Reserve Price

This is the minimum Bid required for the item to be won at auction.

See Pricing Examples for ideas on what values to consider for the above.

Online Bidding

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An example from a demonstration event.

Participate in online bidding

This is set to No by default for all items. For Online Pre-Bidding, toggle this to Yes.

Online Bidding Closing Mode

The Default mode for Paper Bidding is Manual. In this mode, an organizer would need to close the bidding on the item as required.

Override online bidding/sales start

This value is set if the item will have a different scheduled start time than the default auction Online Bidding start time.

Override online bidding/sales end

This value is set if the item will have a different scheduled end time than the default auction Online Bidding end time.

Donor

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Donated by

This is used to show the Item Donors Dashboard of the item.

Solicited by

Used for the name of the person who approached the donor about this donation.

This information is generally only used internally.

Receiptable value

This is used for the item receipt-able value, which is the value that will show on the Donor Receipt if it is different from the item value.

Receipt required

This is an informational checkbox only. It does not have any functionality attached to it. However, organizers might use it as a reminder that their item donor asked for a receipt. Still, otherwise, this does nothing more for them.

Options

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Is basket lot/package?

Enabling this checkbox will, once saved, add the Contents tab to the item. This checkbox indicates the item is a basket or package containing Partial Items and/or For Sale Items.

Is gift certificate

Enabling this checkbox will allow for Gift Certificates to be printed from Auctria.

Is event

This item represents a scheduled event, eg. a concert or dinner party, that is happening on a specific date. When this option is enabled the Scheduled Event panel will open allowing you to enter the relevant details of the event.

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Enabling the Is event option for any item will, in turn, add the Grid view | Calendar view toggle button in the Item Catalog views.

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An example taken from a demonstration event.

Scheduled Event

This section is used for items that represent Scheduled Events, like a concert or dinner party on a specific date. These properties are only visible when the Is event option is enabled.

  • Event Start Time

    For items that are Scheduled Events, this is the Start Time of the event.

  • Event Location

    For items that are Scheduled Events, this is the location where it will take place.

Highlight item

Enabling this checkbox will allow you to display the item in an Item Catalog configured to display Items Marked Highlight.

Exclude from website & catalog

Enabling this checkbox will always exclude this item from all printed and online catalogs.

Other

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Location

This is an informational value only.

This field is often used as a means to note the specific physical location of the item.

Bidsheet Closing Time

This is an informational value only.

For Paper Bidding Type, this is the time when the item bidding will be closed.

Consignment

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Consignment category

See Consignment Categories for more information.

Consignment Minimum

The minimum cost of the expense generated when this item is sold.

Consignment Maximum

The maximum cost of the expense generated when this item is sold.

See also Introduction To Consignments for more information about this section.

Form Wording

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Display page text

If set, this text is used on the Display Pages instead of the description.

Bid sheet text

If set, this text is used on the Bid Sheets instead of the description.

Certificate text

If set, this text is used on the Gift Certificates instead of the description.

Catalog text

If set, this text is used in the Printed Event Catalog instead of the description.

Statement text

If set, this text will be shown on the Participant Statements.

Ticket title

If set, this text will show in place of a ticket item's title in any place that a participant will see the tickets they have purchased, such as the Ticket Hub and on e-Tickets.

Advanced Tagging

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The Advanced Tagging property of an item allows the tags assigned to it to pass through to the purchaser or winner of the item.

Notes

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This is an internal only information area that can be used to make notes for the items. This information is not displayed anywhere.


Last reviewed: November 2024
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