Auction Types supported by Auction.io

Proxy bid

In Proxy bid, the bidders will have the option to set a maximum price they are willing to pay for a product. They can then allow our technology(Auction.io) to bid for them by the bid increment, until someone places a higher bid than their maximum price.

The bid increment is the amount that a proxy bid must increase by and it is preset by the auction. Auction.io will place a new bid, following the bid increment every time someone else places a higher bid than you and will continue to do that until the auction is over and you win, or the price goes over your set maximum. The bidders will be notified(via email and sms) if their maximum price setting has been outbid and have an option to set a new maximum to continue participating in the auction. The maximum bid is never disclosed to the seller or other bidders.

Proxy bidding allows bidders to win an auction at the lowest price possible.

If also maximizes the benefit for the winning bidder because they would have been willing to pay more for the item but they didn’t have to!

How does Proxy Bidding help the Bidder?
After bidder sets maximum, they don't have to be present live for the auction! They can carry on with their other tasks and let their computer take care of the bidding and still win! Additionally, No stress! They can bid on multiple items, without worrying to track each item!

How does Proxy Bidding help the Seller?
Proxy bidding makes the auction process smooth and easy for the bidders. If your auction is easy for the bidders to participate in, more people will be attracted to it! As bidders don't have to commit to being present, More people will be able to 'attend'. More people would mean the higher final price!

Staggered bid

In a staggered auction, all items are open for bidding, but each item (or lot) closes sequentially until all items are closed. It simply means that each auction section at the event will close at a different time.

How Does Staggered bidding help the seller?
Staggered Bidding frees bidders to focus their attention on winning one or two items at a time.

Staggered closing times will give your bidders enough time to place their final bids when a section closes, then shift their attention to the next round of items that is about to close. More bidders competing for fewer items at once will drive bids higher, and your organization will make more money!

The staggering can be at the Item level or at the Lot level. When a staggered auction is in a Pending status, all items are visible but no bidding can take place. Once the auction changes to an Open status, the first item is highlighted. This item is the focus of the next bids. All other items can receive bids, but the current item is highlighted. The Time Remaining refers to the item that is visible or currently being bid upon. Bidding continues until all items (or lots) have closed.

Hard bid

In Hard bid, its the exact amount you’ll pay for the product. A hard bid is visible to auction participants.

When a hard bid is placed, the computer will automatically raise the current bid to match the hard bid. Remember that the hard bid must be higher than the current bid.

Whenever hard bids are used, the auction needs to be monitored, and the bidding process must be observed to increase the bids as required

The good news is, Auction.io supports all these bids!

To learn more about which one is beneficial for you, contact AuctionSoftware for a personalized experience today!!

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With the help of our trained specialists and outstanding tools, it’s now effortless to develop a phone and tablet-friendly storefront. Our eCommerce site builder is the best way to make your online store look great on any device with no extra coding or design tweaks needed, enabling you to build an online store in a fast, cost-efficient way.

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Browsing our collection of themes will show you 2 FREE color ideas for your store and 45+ clean react.js themes that are stylish, responsive, fully customizable and well-suited to all eCommerce businesses.

Mobile Platform

Due to a responsive, mobile-optimized website design, Auction.io's online shopping cart (in contrast to other eCommerce platforms out there) passes Google’s "mobile friendliness" check without a hitch. This enhanced shopping experience translates into a better user experience and higher conversion rates.

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Rapidly alter designer templates by clicking on the component while browsing the storefront in Webmaster mode. Apply additional styling with custom CSS and JavaScript to construct interesting mail notices layouts.

Assistance from certified experts

Our web designers will make your online store compatible with mobile devices, create a unique custom-made mobile eCommerce design that stands out, optimize it for all browsers and displays, and manifest just about any of your business ideas.

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Compared to other online store builders, our user-friendly interface boosts your conversion rates like no other. Because today’s consumers are not completely satisfied with eCommerce sites that just allow them to shop, we’ve improved the usability of our eCommerce solution to build a competitive advantage.

Smart Search

Let your users find your physical or digital store through super-fast cloud search that enables real-time suggestions, spell-checking, support for synonyms, promotions and statistics. Provided by a strong backend with Node.js for better performance of eCommerce websites.

Mobile Friendly

Mobile devices are now an integral part of our daily lives, with people investing about 90% of their portable time in-app. We deliver an enhanced user experience via interchangeable formats and translations leading to better SEO and compatibility for mobile devices.

AWS Hosting

Authentication & Authorization

Authenticate and authorize your users with our specialized login and registration modules with double verification. We provide users the content they want in an easy-to-read format.

AWS Hosting Server

We leverage Amazon Web Services Cloud platform to ensure the lowest latency and fastest throughput at all times for unmatched speed and robust reliability.

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Pick a hosting plan that fits your eCommerce website needs. Set up your Auction.io store once to easily sync and sell across your website, social media, and marketplaces simultaneously. Get started with one or try them all. We offer a free 2-week trial pack so that you can test things out.

Inventory Management

Keep track of products and variants in stock - find the required item’s current stock level, location and cost in real time - without any paperwork. Save valuable time, see bestsellers and low-stock products on your dashboard to understand what your audience really loves and is looking for.

Intuitive Product Editing, management and Updates

This feature will save you an incredible amount of time and energy normally spent dealing with the monotonous and time-consuming process of making similar changes in multiple products. Auction.io’s Overhaul Stock module allows you to upgrade item amount by SKU in bulk.

Quick and Cost-effective packaging

Processing your items with Auction.io’s eCommerce arrangements, you skip the agent and diminish your bundling costs by up to 30%. You also save valuable time and cash as we offer overnight shipping of these supplies to nearly all US states. And it is completely free.

Search Product Details by UPC and Name

Have item information and pictures included to the catalog at one fell swoop, keeping it exact and up-to-date. Save time and effort while avoiding having to create item portrayals for merely a handful of items or needing to depend on others. Auction.io ensures that you can coordinate your store with external item libraries such as Itemmaster, Aerse, Outpan and Amazon, which contain high-quality item portrayals, pictures and determinations from official sources.

Export/Import Inventory Data

Do you need to import/export information to CSV format? Our eCommerce shopping cart software adds the ability to export and import data in .xls (Excel 5+), .xlsx (Excel 2007+) and .ods (OpenDocument) formats.

Marketing and SEO

Interesting Offers and in-App marketing

Get your customers hooked onto your store and ensure they return by using features and references like "Customers also bought", "Recently viewed", “New arrivals” and "Coming soon", highlighting the bestsellers that will push customers to buy. You can also offer discount coupons and volume discounts, and set wholesale prices based on customer membership levels.

Effective SEO Tools

See your products take a lead against your competitors’ with our SEO service. Auction.io eCommerce business solution gives you all the tools you need to increase CTR and get your store ranking higher in search results with clean and canonical URLs, configurable page titles and more.

Powerful Email Marketing

We provide your own personalized email window for easy approach on market related updates. Also, get your own personalized chats for one-on-one direct contact with customers. Update notifications and more to keep constantly in touch with your customers.

Blog Integration and Social Media Boost

Add a blog to your site to engage with your customers.

We can help you make seamless and high-performance feature-rich mobile applications for better marketing and exposure among users of all types of interests. Use marketing and promotional features like mobile-only deals, location-specific deals, mobile loyalty program and timely push-notification promos that will definitely enrich your marketing arsenal.

Connect your business to social media, make it easy to share content and interact with existing and potential customers on social media. This will help in getting feedback and insight from those who matter the most – your customers.

World-wide Exposure

No Limits on Connectivity

We help you bring your online store closer to your customers no matter where they are around the world. The product prices, shipping costs and totals respective currencies are shown in the language your buyers choose.

Enhanced Reach

Reach new heights in sales by connecting your online ecommerce store with social media networks like Facebook, Instagram and Google Shopping which are trusted by millions of online shoppers - all at minimum rates.

Tax Calculator

Our innovative tax calculator module offers customers and store owners a seamless experience by automatically accounting for and calculating State and Local Taxes as deemed applicable according to the shopper’s location.

Language Manager

Multi Languages in a single front-end for hassle-free translation of the storefront and catalog to 40+ languages and, if needed, with included support for right-to-left languages.

Virtual mall Experience

Two different modes are available to distinguish between those businesses who store their goods in a single warehouse and those who ship products from multi-location warehouses. The process is absolutely hassle-free for your customers - no matter how many vendors there are, the order is collated and the customer needs to pay just once.

Storefront

Several single vendors share a "virtual mall" for selling their products and services with a single storefront, cart and checkout.

Back-End

Each store owner manages their own products and orders independently of other providers via a unique password-protected account ensuring differentiation amongst vendors.

Admin Control

The Administrator account supervises every aspect of the ecommerce website and controls the accounts of individual providers and their products in the store.

Payment Distributor

Accept payments for all products in any currency globally, from different suppliers inside one interface and split the amount into various headers. Store Administrator gets the commission and the vendors automatically get the predetermined component of their payments.

Enhance your Shopping Experience

We provide a range of mini services like advanced product search and filter, a "Shop by Category" feature, vendor info, photos and order messages to make your store more user-friendly and attractive. You can even incorporate a list of Trusted and Recommended vendors to help your customers shop smarter.

Payment Gateways

One Click or Installment Checkouts

Splitting Auction.io checkout into several steps, Multi-Fast Lane Checkout makes the whole buying process easier and more user-friendly. Now you can simplify adding recurring payments and subscription features by hosting the payment page right on your website. Save credit card and payment details in PCI-compliant storage.

Compatibility with Payment Processing Providers and Flexible Checkouts

PayPal, Sage Pay, Authorize.net and many more payment gateways are integrated to allow you to accept payments from all over the world in any currency and language. Auction.io makes PCI compliance straightforward whether customers checkout right from your store via a merchant-hosted payment page (PCI Level 1 certified via X-Payments app) or are redirected to an associate external payment resolution hosted checkout page.

Safe and Secure Transactions

Utmost security measures are taken in all financial transactions. HTTPS/SSL support for secured connections and safe checkout as well as industry-standard cryptographically strong SHA 2 is used to encrypt your customers’ sensitive data. Enable "Pay with Amazon" and "PayPal Express Checkout" buttons to make the checkout process speedier and reduce customer wait times.

Fraud Proof

Your Data is of the utmost importance. Our eCommerce platform is built with powerful anti-fraud tools which help secure your business against online scams and keep your store safe at all times.

Privacy and Advancements

Easy Upgrades

Upgrading your eCommerce shopping cart software is as easy as ever. With just one-click, you’ll have a secure, nicely designed website that will boost traffic and credibility of your enterprise, medium, or small business. Our flexible modular architecture allows you to tailor the eCommerce platform to your precise needs without affecting the core.

Handy Installations

Install add-ons and design templates, applications and themes in just one click, and instantly enjoy new opportunities for your eCommerce store!

Additional Store Security Features

Outage support
PCI Compliant
Database backup and restore feature.Two-step authentication to add an extra layer of security
HTTPS/SSL support for secured connections and safe checkout, cryptographically strong SHA 2 sensitive data encryption XSS and CSRF-attack protection, and protection against SQL-injections meaning that each query to DB is secure and all variables are checked
Failed login attempts notified by email

Secure Setup and Upgrades

Simple, Secure, One-Click Installation with Seamless Upgrades

Stage for your Developer Skills

Open Source, Developer-Friendly Ecommerce Platform

Equipped with the latest architecture in web technologies, your back-end portal supports MVC with hierarchical widgets. The front-end, encompasses fast and dynamic client-side widgets built with MVVM in mind. X-Cart shopping cart also provides several caching layers (data cache, widget cache, query cache) to ensure outstanding performance.

Secure Developer Tools

REST API module works securely with the store data without direct access to the server.

WebmasterKit Development and Debugging Module

This visualizes the hierarchy of templates and shows different kinds of logs such as script execution time, SQL queries and memory usage.

REACT JS

NODE JS

MY SQL

BOOTSTRAP

SASS

24/7 Support

Dedicated Support Team to Offer Real-Time Help

Auction.io tech guys are ready to give you a hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round at an affordable price. Unlimited requests. Up to 30 min response time.

Reaching Us is Simple!

Phone support and live chat options are available for speedy replies.Alternately, email us your detailed problems, discuss projects, brainstorm ideas and much more with our virtual Help-Desk from anywhere, anytime. All your communications are safe and secure.

eCommerce Tech Support Package includes:

Scheduled Speed & SEO Checks to boost search engine rankings and improve UX
Security patching and logs analysis to keep your store healthy
Improved Design
Security patching and logs analysis to keep your store healthy
Assistance with upgrades to keep your site refresh at all times
Auction.io software solution installation and store set up services
Guidance on upcoming new data protection rules (GDPR)
Assistance Request and Change Request

Apps & Themes Marketplace

Browse through curated highlights to ensure the look that matches your vision for the store. Choose between a minimalist or a feature-rich appearance that synergizes with your brand and marketing goals.

Auction.io Know-it-all

We provide a step-by-step instructions manual with video tutorials on almost anything related to Auction.io

eCommerce Blog

Tons of shrewd tips about how to offer products online effectively with Auction.io and develop your client base. A dive-in eCommerce web mini-journal is always on-hand.

Auction.io Experts & Industry Partners

Work with a designer, developer and SEO experts who can help grow your eCommerce store. Make use of our partners’ expertise to your benefit.

Event Management, Thoughtfully Built!

Flexible & Relevant technology to Improve the event and fundraising experience for everyone involved!

For users looking to build successful events, Auction.io provides effective services for end-to-end auction, fundraising event planning and management. We work with your team to deliver world class results, freeing your team to focus on their strengths while letting us handle the finer details of your events in a timely fashion. Since every event is unique, and no event is one-size-fits-all, we offer highly personalized and customizable a-la-carte services to best fit your event needs.

The scope and depth of our Auction Event Management is flexible and is worked on to adapt the timeline of your planning process and your budget. We will work with you to map your needs for a custom built package. Our goal is for you to make the most money with the least stress!

With Auction.io you can customize the display of your auction items, have notifications sent out as needed, track real-time performance of your event, and provide your bidders an intuitive checkout. You will have greater control of your event data while getting all management details in one place. The event can be white labelled in main site and managed in your own secure and custom microsite.

We guarantee your bidders and your expense sheet's happiness, with our top quality services, when you host your next event with us!

Bottom line - Increase your donations, your revenue while keeping more of your proceeds with our low rate pricing!

Unmatched in Features, Unrivaled in Flexibility