Create sale gca help

E*ay style auctions with a few differences. Unlike other sale types, Bidders will be required to be logged into the site, thus have a verified email address. Anti-Snipe, and dogpiling are optionally available in auction sales. (Note this sale type is currently in development and may have issues!!)

@TODO Will describe required and optional form fields, what each field means, what ramifications it will have...

Create Auction type sale form explained


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
Start price Required   The opening price, currently in US$
Number Available Fixed 1 For Auctions you can only sell one item.
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
Anti-Sniping Required No If enabled, will extend auction if bids received close to the end of the auction. Only makes sense if used with a scheduled end-date-time!
You can configure the time threshold, and the time to add, in your seller account
Allow Dogpiles Required No If enabled, logged in users will be able to dogpile other bidders
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
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.