Creating and Managing Online Bidding Groups
Online Bidding Groups allow you to easily manage groups of items with different opening and closing dates and times.
You can create as many online bidding groups with unique opening/closing times as you need.
If you need to make a change to an entire group, editing the online bidding group in Site Settings will update all of the assigned items automatically.
Individual items can be reassigned to a different group via either individual or bulk edits on the Catalog page.
If you want all of your online/mobile items to open and close at the same time, simply edit the default Online Bidding Group to your desired date/times, and all items will automatically be assigned to open and close at the same time.
To Create a New Online Bidding Group:
To create a new Online Bidding Group:
1. Go to Site Settings.
2. Under Events select Online Auction/Mobile Bidding > Bidding Settings.
3. Click the Add New Online Bidding Group button.
Editing a Bidding Group Will Automatically Update All Items Assigned to the Group:
To Edit a Bidding Group:
1. Go to Site Settings > Events
2. Click Online Auction/Mobile Bidding > Bidding Settings
3. Click the Edit icon next to the desired Bidding Group.
4. Once on the Bidding Group Edit Form, update the Name and/or the Open/Closing dates and times as needed.
5. Click Save
Bidding Group Edit Form:
Deleting a Bidding Group Requires You to Reassign Any Items to Another Group:
Before deleting a Bidding Group, any items assigned to it must first be reassigned to another group.
To Delete a Bidding Group:
1. Click the Delete icon next to the desired Bidding Group.
2. Use the dropdown menu to select an Online Bidding Group to reassign the items to.
3. Save.
If you'd like to assign items to different groups, you can reassign them individually or in bulk from the Catalog page.
Bidding Group Deletion Form: Re-Assign Items and Save:
To Reassign Individual Item(s) to Different Bidding Groups:
To reassign an individual item to a different Bidding Group:
1. Go to the Catalog page.
2. Click the Edit icon next to the desired item.
3. Select a new group from the Online Bidding Group dropdown menu.
4. Click Save.
To Reassign Multiple Items to the Same Bidding Group:
To reassign multiple items to the same Bidding Group:
1. Go to the Catalog page.
2. Select the desired items by checking the box next to each item.
3. Click the Bulk Actions button.
4. Click Edit Items.
5. Choose the new Bidding Group from the dropdown menu next to Online Bidding Group.
6. Click Save.
