How It Works

Types of Events: 1. Promotion - with a seller video streaming, and audience online, no buying.
2. Sale - running automatically for a period of time without a seller, with audience online, buying at fixed price.
3. Live commerce - with a seller video streaming, and audience online, buying at fixed price.
4. Gauge Demand - running automatically for a period of time without a seller, with audience online, prices increase every set period.
5. Clearance - running automatically for a period of time without a seller, with audience online, prices decrease every set period.
6. A live auction - with an auctioneer in a hall, and audience in hall or online, or just online.
7. A timed auction - running automatically for a period of time without an auctioneer, with audience online.
8. A sealed bids auction - running automatically for a period of time without an auctioneer, with audience online. Bids are not displayed and price obtained not shown.
9. Bargainning - running automatically for a period of time without a seller, with audience online, the top bids win.
Promotion: 1. Audience online
2. A video stream of the event is transmitted to online users
3. Just showcase items without selling
Sale: 1. Audience online
2. Buyers buy at fixed price
Live Commerce: 1. Audience online
2. A video stream of the event is transmitted to online users
3. Buyers buy at fixed price
Gauge Demand: 1. Audience online
2. Prices increase automatically every set period
3. Buyers buy at the price displayed at the time of purchase
Clearance: 1. Audience online
2. Prices decrease automatically every set period
3. Buyers buy at the price displayed at the time of purchase
Live Auctions: 1. An auctioneer in hall
2. Audience in hall and online or just online
3. A video stream of the auction is transmitted to online users
4. Buyers bid the price up
Timed Auctions: 1. Audience online
2. Buyers bid the price up
Sealed Bids Auction: 1. Audience online
2. Bids are sealed
3. The price obtained is not displayed to buyers
Bargaining: 1. Audience online
2. Buyers can bid any price
3. Buyers see the range of bids coming
4. Sellers decide whether to accept the top bids if their value is below the item price
Transparency: 1. There are no hidden commissions or secret deals.
2. Everyone sees the bids coming.
3. When bidders chat with the auctioneer/seller, everyone sees the chat.
4. When you sell, you see the winning price and what you will earn.
5. When you win, everyone sees the winning price.
6. When you pay for the goods, you see the breakdown to the win price and the shipping costs.
Payments: 1. Buyers pay for the items they won in the event.
2. We use Stripe as a payment processor.
3. Auctibles take a very small commission from the winning price.
4. Once buyers pass the allowed return period, money is immediately transferred to the seller bank account.
Shipping: 1. Shipping from seller to buyer is arranged through our platform.
2. A winning bidder pays for the shipping cost and the return cost
3. Shipments are insured according to the value of the item

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Everything you need to run your event

A full solution - creating an event, running an event, selling, shipping goods to winners, and getting paid.

Fill Business Information: 1. In order to sell on Auctibles you need to provide some information.
2. Information is required in accordance with tax regulation and banking regulation.
3. We need your business information and VAT ID.
4. Our payment processor requires Stripe requires information as is common in banks.
5. You will need to provide your bank account details.
6. Stripe requires business registration documents, and personal identification documents.
Create an Event: 1. Enter the event name, a short description, and a cover image.
2. Set the start and end times of the event.
3. Specify the type of the event: promotion, sale, live commerce, gauge demand, clearance, live auction, virtual live auction, timed auction, or sealed bids auction.
4. You will run a promotion as the seller virtually.
5. You will run a live commerce event as the seller virtually.
6. You will run a live auction as the auctioneer from a hall.
7. You will run a virtual live auction as the auctioneer virtually.
8. A sale, timed auction, and sealed bid auction run automatically without a seller.
9. For a live auction with audience in hall, enter the location details.
10. We will display a map of the location to your audience.
Exclusive Events: 1. You can declare an event as exclusive.
2. You upload to Auctibles the list of emails for the buyers invited to an exclusive event.
3. Only buyer you invite can participate or observe an exclusive event.
Publicity: 1. Generally buyers see incoming bids / buys, including the name of buyer and the price of purchase.
2. When creating an event, you can decide to hide names of buyers when a bid / buy is displayed to other buyers.
Add Items: 1. Add as many items as you wish.
2. But note there are limits on the time duration of an event.
3. For each item, give a name, a short description, at least one photo.
4. Specify a starting price.
5. You content will be automatically translated by AI.
6. You should publish the item for it to be included in the event.
Integrations: 1. Upload items to the event from an Excel file.
2. Go to the Event Preview screen, and click the button Upload List of Items.
3. In the Event Items screen, you can see the list of items already in the auction.
4. Click the button Upload Items
5. You can download an example file suitable for the type of the event.
6. Upload your own file.
7. Content will be moderated according to our user terms.
8. You content will be automatically translated by AI.
Publish the Event: 1. Your event should be published in order for your audience to see it.
2. Once you publish an event, you get a link to share with your audience.
3. You can share this link via email, SMS, chat applications, social networks, websites, or advertising.
Malls and Shopping Centres: 1. Create an event for for multiple brands.
2. Each item will show the brand's name and photo.
3. Thus, you can act as a curator.
Your Audience: 1. Buyers visiting the event page are your audience.
2. You will get the emails and names of these buyers.
3. You will get the emails of buyers asking to be notified about the event.
4. We never share these buyers lists with other sellers.
5. We never share the buyers you invited to an exclusive event with other sellers.
Chat: 1. Once you publish your event, you have a dedicated chat group with your audience
2. The chat is through our platform and only for users who are logged in.
3. You can continue to chat with your audience through the event and after the event.
Earnings: 1. After the event the items that were sold appear the Earnings screen.
2. For each item you see the winning price, and how much you will get after Auctibles takes its commission.
3. In this screen you can track when winners made a payment.
Shipping: 1. Once a winner pays, you will get an email from Auctibles.
2. You should then set a pick up from the Earnings screen.
3. You must observe the maximum time to ship.
4. Buyers already paid for the shipment.
5. Shipments are insured according to the value of the item.
Getting Paid: 1. When the item is delivered to the buyer, we wait for the allowed time to return items.
2. After that, our payment processor will transfer the money to your bank account.
Invoices: 1. An invoice on the seller name is issued to the buyer.
2. The invoice lists the amount paid for the item sold and the shipping cost.
3. The seller gets an invoice from Auctibles for the shipping cost and the commission paid to Auctibles.
Returns: 1. Buyers can return an item according to the consumer laws within 14 days from the time of payment.
2. A buyer pays the shipping cost to return an item.
3. Shipments are insured according to the value of the item.
Bring Your Team: 1. You can bring a team to help you run your events.
2. Each member of your team will operate through his/her user account that is associated with your team.
3. Invite your team members via email from the Team screen.
4. Team members operate the different screens on their computers.
5. Entering business and banking information is limited to you.
6. Team members can create and edit events.
7. Team members can run events.
Email List: 1. We collect the name and emails of the audience of each event.
2. You can download the email list from the Email List screen.
3. We do not share this email list to anyone.

As simple as a video conference

How to Run Each Type of Event

All you need is your ordinary computer. Use your browser for everything. For a live video streaming, you need a computer with a camera and a microphone.

Run a Timed Auction: 1. A timed auction runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
2. Control the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Track the audience in the auction from the Audience screen.
Run a Live Auction: 1. Go to the Preview Event screen.
2. Run the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Enter bids from audience in the hall using the The Clerk screen.
5. Project the auction in the hall to a big screen from the Projector screen.
6. Broadcast a live stream of video and audio from the Video and Audio screen.
7. Track the audience in the auction from the Audience screen.
8. Print the numbers for the audience in hall from Audience screen.
Audience in Hall: 1. A buyer gets a number to use when bidding from the hall.
2. The buyer can print this number from the auction screen.
Run a Promotion Event: 1. Go to the Preview Event screen.
2. Run the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Broadcast a live stream of video and audio from the Video and Audio screen.
Run a Live Commerce Event: 1. Go to the Preview Event screen.
2. Run the event from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Broadcast a live stream of video and audio from The Video and Audio screen.
5. Track the audience in the event from the Audience screen.
Run a Sale Event: 1. A sale event runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
2. Control the event from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Track the audience in the event from the Audience screen.
Run a Gauge Demand Event: 1. A gauge demand event runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
2. Set the period prices change.
3. Prices increase automatically every set period in percentage you specify.
4. Control the event from the Auctioneer screen.
5. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
6. Track the audience in the event from the Audience screen.
Run a Clearance Event: 1. A gauge demand event runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
2. Set the period prices change.
3. Prices decrease automatically every set period in percentage you specify.
4. Control the event from the Auctioneer screen.
5. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
6. Track the audience in the event from the Audience screen.
Run a Sealed Bids Auction: 1. A sealed bids auction runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
2. Control the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Track the audience in the auction from the Audience screen.
Run a Bargaining Auction: 1. A bargaining auction runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
2. Control the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
3. Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
4. Track the audience in the auction from the Audience screen.

Common situations

When to use each type of event?

Unique Items: Each item is considered unique. Use a timed auction or virtual live auction.
Reprints of Paintings: Multiple copies of each item on auction. Use a timed auction of quantities.
Merch: A quantity of each item on auction. Timed auction of quantities.
Audience in Hall: Wish to assemble your audience in a real world hall? Audience will bid from the hall with numbers. Online users can bid from their computer.

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Sign Up: 1. Just full name, email, and country.
2. We ask you for a photo and a few lines about you, so the seller can get to know you.
Watch a Promotion: 1. Watch the video stream
2. Chat with the seller
Buy in Sale Event: 1. Buy while the event lasts.
2. Buy at fixed price.
3. You can buy as long an item is not fully sold.
4. Chat with the seller.
Buy in Live Commerce Event: 1. Watch the video stream
2. Buy at fixed price.
3. You can buy as long an item is not fully sold.
4. Chat with the auctioneer
Buy in Gauge Demand Event: 1. Buy while the event lasts.
2. Prices increase automatically at the rate set by the seller.
3. You can buy as long an item is not fully sold.
4. Chat with the seller.
Buy in Clearance Event: 1. Buy while the event lasts.
2. Prices decrease automatically at the rate set by the seller.
3. You can buy as long an item is not fully sold.
4. Chat with the seller.
Bid Live Online: 1. Watch the video stream
2. Bid as prices go up
3. Chat with the auctioneer
Bid in Hall: 1. Print you number at home and come to the auction hall to bid.
2. You raise your hand with the number when you want to bid.
3. Your bid is recorded at the price declared by the auctioneer.
Bid in Timed Auction: 1. Bid while the auction lasts.
2. Price go up as you bid.
3. Chat with the auctioneer.
Bid in Sealed Bids Auction: 1. Bid while the auction lasts.
2. Your bid is sealed and not displayed to other buyers.
3. The price displayed is not changed after any bid is received.
4. The winner is the bid with the highest price that arrived earliest.
5. Chat with the auctioneer.
Bid in Bargaining Auction: 1. Bid while the auction lasts.
2. Range of bids is displayed.
3. The seller may decide not to accept the top bids if they are below the item price.
4. Chat with the auctioneer.
Wins: 1. Your wins appear when the event ends in the Wins screen.
2. You will be asked to pay within a set a period.
3. You pay the price at which you won the item and the cost of shipping including insurance.
Bidding is Binding: 1. The buyer is obligated to fulfil the sale contract made with the seller.
Pay for Items: 1. Payments are handled through our payment processor Stripe.
2. You can pay via credit card, and other common methods.
3. The suggested methods of payment depend on the amount.
4. There is no possiblity to pay with cash or with cryptocurrency.
Invoice to Buyer: 1. You will get an invoice from the seller.
2. The invoice lists the amount paid for the item and the shipping cost.
3. The invoice will be addressed to the buyer and include the details of the buyer.
4. The details will include the buyer business name and VAT ID if provided by the buyer to Auctibles.
Shipping: 1. You will be asked for your shipping address before you pay.
2. Once you pay, the seller will ship the item to your door.
3. We use well known shipping carriers for the shipping.
Returns: 1. According to consumer laws, you can return items within 14 days from the time of payment.
2. Arranging for a return is done via the Wins screen.
3. You need to pay for the shipment back, including insurance.
4. Once the item is returned in satisfactory situtation you will be refunded in full for the price of the item.
5. Cost of shipping and return is not refunded.