SignUpSale.com Help: Create sale fcfs

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Describe item(s)
Field	Required?	Default	Field Description
Title	Required		A short title which describes your item.
Description	Required		A longer text description of your item and terms of sale. Ideally a couple of paragraphs. You should fully describe the item itself, and list any price variations, plus domestic and international shipping options, if appropriate. Also your personal sale terms and conditions, i.e. How quickly winners are expected to pay, and your accepted payment method(s).

Describe item(s)

Field

Required?

Default

Field Description

Title

Required

A short title which describes your item.

Description

Required

A longer text description of your item and terms of sale. Ideally a couple of paragraphs. You should fully describe the item itself, and list any price variations, plus domestic and international shipping options, if appropriate. Also your personal sale terms and conditions, i.e. How quickly winners are expected to pay, and your accepted payment method(s).

Item Details
Field	Required?	Default	Field Description
Item price	Required		The price for each item, currently in US$
Suppress price	Optional	No	This is intended to be used when you don't have one simple price due to either product options or postage options. If you select this then the base price you entered above will not be displayed in the sale status panel at the top of the sale, and your pricing MUST be clear in your main description
Number Available	Required	1	The number of items available for sale
Note, the old site did not automatically display the item price, that was used purely for internal site accounting. You Had to enter it in the text description. This new site Does list the price in the status panel at the top of the sale page. (as well as use it for site accounting).

Item Details

Field

Required?

Default

Field Description

Item price

Required

The price for each item, currently in US$

Suppress price

Optional

This is intended to be used when you don't have one simple price due to either product options or postage options. If you select this then the base price you entered above will not be displayed in the sale status panel at the top of the sale, and your pricing MUST be clear in your main description

Number Available

Required

The number of items available for sale

Note, the old site did not automatically display the item price, that was used purely for internal site accounting. You Had to enter it in the text description. This new site Does list the price in the status panel at the top of the sale page. (as well as use it for site accounting).

Sale Details
Field	Required?	Default	Field Description
Maximum Entries	Fixed	Items available	For FCFS type sales, maximum entries is set to the number of items
Items per user	Required	1	For FCFS type sales you can optionally allow people to buy more than one item with their entry by entering a number greater than 1
Public	Optional	Public once open	If a sale is Public then it will be visible in the public sales list and potentially the site homepage to any visitors. If the sale is Private then visitors will only be able to get to the sale via a link you provided "Fully Public" - Sale will appear to site visitors as soon as it is created. "Fully Private" - Sale will stay private, ie will not be publicized by the SUS site. "Public once open" - You can create the sale and no-one but yourself can view the sale until the sale opens for entries, at which point it will go public.
Note, the old site had no concept of public/private sales, all sales were private. By default, sales on this new site are "Public once open". If you do not want your sale to appear on the public sales list, or potentially on the site homepage once it is open for entries, please ensure you set this to "Fully Private".

Sale Details

Field

Required?

Default

Field Description

Maximum Entries

Fixed

Items available

For FCFS type sales, maximum entries is set to the number of items

Items per user

Required

For FCFS type sales you can optionally allow people to buy more than one item with their entry by entering a number greater than 1

Public

Optional

Public once open

If a sale is Public then it will be visible in the public sales list and potentially the site homepage to any visitors. If the sale is Private then visitors will only be able to get to the sale via a link you provided

"Fully Public" - Sale will appear to site visitors as soon as it is created.
"Fully Private" - Sale will stay private, ie will not be publicized by the SUS site.
"Public once open" - You can create the sale and no-one but yourself can view the sale until the sale opens for entries, at which point it will go public.

Note, the old site had no concept of public/private sales, all sales were private.
By default, sales on this new site are "Public once open". If you do not want your sale to appear on the public sales list, or potentially on the site homepage once it is open for entries, please ensure you set this to "Fully Private".

Scheduling
Field	Required?	Default	Field Description
Start Date	Optional	No scheduling	(Can only be used in conjunction with start time) If set, sale will not open for entries until set start date/time
Start Time	Optional	No scheduling	(Can only be used in conjunction with start date) If set, sale will not open for entries until set start date/time
End Date	Optional	No scheduling	(Can only be used in conjunction with end time) If set, sale will automatically close for entries at the set end date/time
End Time	Optional	No scheduling	(Can only be used in conjunction with end date) If set, sale will automatically close for entries at the set end date/time
If scheduling is not set, you will have to manually start your sale. Sales can end either by scheduling, by maximum entry count being reached, or if neither of those options is enabled, then you will need to manually end the sale

Scheduling

Field

Required?

Default

Field Description

Start Date

Optional

No scheduling

(Can only be used in conjunction with start time)
If set, sale will not open for entries until set start date/time

Start Time

Optional

No scheduling

(Can only be used in conjunction with start date)
If set, sale will not open for entries until set start date/time

End Date

Optional

No scheduling

(Can only be used in conjunction with end time)
If set, sale will automatically close for entries at the set end date/time

End Time

Optional

No scheduling

(Can only be used in conjunction with end date)
If set, sale will automatically close for entries at the set end date/time

If scheduling is not set, you will have to manually start your sale. Sales can end either by scheduling, by maximum entry count being reached, or if neither of those options is enabled, then you will need to manually end the sale

Pictures
Field	Required?	Default	Field Description
Find Pictures	Optional		Simply click the button, which will open a browse window on your computer. Locate your image and either double click on it, or select it and click OK. The picture will be uploaded.
Although pictures are optional, you should upload at least one good picture of the item for sale. A lack of any pictures will put off some potential buyers. Note only JPG and PNG images with a maximum file size of 2Mb can be uploaded.

Pictures

Field

Required?

Default

Field Description

Find Pictures

Optional

Simply click the button, which will open a browse window on your computer. Locate your image and either double click on it, or select it and click OK. The picture will be uploaded.

Although pictures are optional, you should upload at least one good picture of the item for sale. A lack of any pictures will put off some potential buyers.
Note only JPG and PNG images with a maximum file size of 2Mb can be uploaded.

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