Auction Listing Page
The bidding experience from the point of view of the buyers
The bidders can access the auction listsings from the home page. You may also decide to provide a link to auction listings directly in your email marketing and ther promotional work.
This show the buyers the full details of the auction, including the start and end date and times, as well as the lots themselves which are listed down the page.
Auction Listing Details
Auction name
The title for the auction is clearly shown at the top of the page
Start and end dates & times
These are shown in the coloured panel the right at the top of the page
Auction description
An overview of the auction and any promotional details you wish to display to the buyers.
Collection details
This will tell the prospective buyers, where and how they will be able to collect the items should they win the auction
Viewing details
This will tell the buyers how, where and when they view the items for sale in the auction.
Special instructions
Any specific information about the auction that needs to be known by the bidders before taking part. This might include information about lift out fees or any special contactual arrangements they need to agree to before taking part.
Buyers premium
The fees that will be charged to the winning bidder in addition to the hammer price.
VAT
The value added tax charged to the buyers on buyers premium and hammer price.
Number of lots
The number of lots in the auction.
Lot Listing
We will look at the bidding form in the next page and examine the details of the bidding process.
There are a small number of tools and filters the buyers may use to change their view of the listings on the page.
The screenshot above shows the following:
Order by lot number
This will show the lot in lot number order as intended by the auctioneer
Order by time left
This will show the lots ordered by time left. When the lots have been staggered or have fallen into overtime, the positioning on the page of the lots finishing the soonest ids helpful to the buyers.
Pagination
The user can decide how many lots they wish to see on the page, and therefore the number of lots on the page itself
Watchlist
The buyers can added items to their watch list by tapping the heart symbol. It show in green when the lot has been added to the watchlist. To remove it, tap the heart again and it will be removed. All lots in this current auction on their own watch list will be shown in the Watchlist tab.
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