Tool
Auction
The Auction tool is like having your own personal eBay. It is a tool for auctioning products or services. It can be used in conjunction with Simple Sell to complete winning bids.
Example
Possible Uses
- use as an outlet for excess inventory of limited quantities
- use as a way to sell unique items
- as a contractor, sell your limited time to the highest bidder for your services
- start an auction site for a specific market and charge others to put items up for auction
- setup an auction site specifically for events, where event performers auction their time (e.g., a dinner, lunch, drinks, etc.) to event participants
Features
- events displayed on homepage
- latest auctions displayed on homepage
- designed to attract event organizers to use the auction tool for their event
- integrated with Simple Sell to sell "auction credits" for people who want to auction their products or services with your auction tool
- social media integration to promote auctions and auction website
- an event management system to list events that auctions may be associated with
- auctions can be uploaded by administrators or by registered users
- "charity" option to advertise a charity that the auction may be associated with
- set location and/or exact time information for auction item (if a service or time spent with a person)
- option to automatically renew auctions if no bidders
- registered users of auction and winning bidders complete the transaction privately through PayPal... owner of auction tool is not involved in or responsible for that transaction
- "buy now" amount
- set minimum bids
- define how may top bids win, for example, a band might sell tickets to the top X winning bidders based on venue space
- auction length from 1 to 10 days
- choose when the auction will start
- full bidding history files and auction log files kept
