A full solution - creating an auction, running an auction, shipping goods to winners, and getting paid.
Fill Business Information
In order to sell on Auctibles, you need to provide some information, in accordance with tax regulation, and banking regulation.
We need your business information and VAT ID.
Our payment processor requires your bank account details, and business and personal identification documents, as is common in banks.
Create an Auction
Enter the auction name, a short description, and a cover image.
Specify whether the auction is live or timed. Decide on the start and end times of the auction.
For a live auction, enter the location details, so your audience can reach the auction.
A fully virtual auction is a possibility.
Add Items
Add as many items as you wish.
But note there are limits on the time duration of a live or a timed auction.
For each item, give a name, a short description, at least one photo.
Specify a starting price. After saving the details, you should publish the item for it to be shown to the audience.
Publish the Auction
Your auction should be published in order for your audience to reach it.
Once you publish an auction, you get a link to share to your audience on your website, via email, via chat, and on social networks.
Your Audience
A buyer visiting the auction page is your audience.
You will get the emails and names of these buyers.
We do not share these details with other sellers.
Run a Live Auction
Go to the Preview Auction screen.
Run the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
Enter bids from audience in the hall using the The Clerk screen.
Project the auction in the hall to a big screen
from the Projector screen.
Broadcast a live stream of video and audio from The Video and Audio screen.
Track the audience in the auction from the Audience screen.
Audience in Hall
A buyer gets a number to use when bidding from the hall.
The buyer can print this number from the auction screen.
You can print these numbers to distribute them to your audience at the hall.
Run a Timed Auction
A timed auction runs automatically from the start time to the end time.
Run the auction from the Auctioneer screen.
Chat with your audience from the Chat screen.
Track the audience in the auction from the Audience screen.
Earnings
After the auction the items that were sold appear the Earnings screen.
For each item you see the winning price, and how much you will get after Auctibles takes its commission.
In this screen you can track when winners made a payment.
Shipping
Once a winner pays, you will get an email from the Auctibles.
You should then order a pick up from the Earnings screen.
You must observe the maximum time to ship. Buyers already paid for the shipment.
Shipments are insured according to the value of the item.
Getting Paid
When the item is delivered to the buyer, we wait for the allowed time to return items.
After that, our payment processor will transfer the money to your bank account.
Returns
Buyers can return an item according to the consumer laws within 14 days from the time of payment.
A buyer pays the shipping cost to return an item.
Shipments are insured according to the value of the item.
Bring Your Team
Invite your team members via email from the Team screen.
Have them operate the different screens of a live auctions on their computers.
Entering business and banking information is limited to you.
But team members can create and edit auctions.
Email List
We collect the name and emails of the audience of each auction.
We record all emails of people interested to be notified about the auction beforehand.
You can download the email list from the Email List screen.
We do not share this email list to anyone.
Simply Bid
Fair and Transparent
Sign up, bid, win, pay, and have it delivered to your door.
Sign Up
Just full name, email, and country.
We ask you for a photo and a few lines about you, so the seller can get to know you.
Bid Live Online
In a live auction, watch the video stream, bid as prices go up, and chat with the auctioneer.
Bid in Hall
You raise your hand with the number when you want to bid.
Your bid is recorded at the price declared by the auctioneer.
Print you number at home and come to the auction hall to bid.
Bid in Timed Auction
Bid while the auction lasts.
Price go up as you bid.
Chat with the auctioneer.
Wins
Your wins appear when the auction ends in the Wins screen.
You will be asked to pay within a set a period.
You pay the price at which you won the item and the cost of shipping including insurance.
Bidding is Binding
If you do not pay for the items you win on time, you will be prohibited from any future bidding in auctions.
Pay for Items
Payments are handled through our payment processor Stripe.
You can pay via credit card, and other common methods.
The suggested methods of payment depend on the amount.
There is no possiblity to pay with cash or with cryptocurrency.
Shipping
You will be asked for your shipping address before you pay.
Once you pay, the seller will ship the item to your door.
We use well known shipping carriers for the shipping.
Returns
According to consumer laws, you can return items within 14 days from the time of payment.
Arranging for a return is done via the Wins screen.
You need to pay for the shipment back, including insurance.
Once the item is returned in satisfactory situtation, you will be refunded in full for the price in which you won the item.
Cost of shipping and return is not refunded.