clarionbiz
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posted on March 24, 2003 03:05:58 PM new
How do I create a multiple quantity auction?
I would like to have an auction that would allow many buyers use the "BUY IT NOW" option without the auction ending after the first buy.
I have a 30 feedback rating (i do believe I'm eligible).
-thanx in advanced
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neonmania
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posted on March 24, 2003 03:22:54 PM new
Set the auction up exactly like any other BIN auction but change the quantity from 1 to whatever your available inventory of the item is.
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marcn
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posted on March 24, 2003 03:25:24 PM new
Just do a "Fixed Price" listing for whatever quantity you want to sell.
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clarionbiz
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posted on March 24, 2003 03:33:14 PM new
I got the following error:
1. Error 191: Buy It Now Dutch auction.
* Buy It Now Dutch auctions are not supported at this time.
2. Error 469: Failed in minimum bid for Dutch auction.
* Your minimum bid is too low. In order to list more than one item (i.e. Dutch Auction), your minimum bid must be rais
1.Did I do something wrong?
(should I get rid of the buy it now option? and just set a price)
2.My minimum bid was set at 50 cents..what do I need to set it too(error said it was too low)?
3. Does it cost money for EACH quantity that I have or just fees if sold?
-thanx
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neonmania
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posted on March 24, 2003 05:09:31 PM new
BIN price must be to be at least $1.00 I think. There is a one time listing fee, and then individual closing fees.
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meadowlark
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posted on March 24, 2003 05:44:34 PM new
Clarion,
Regular auctions with a BIN option (for one in quantity) and Dutch auctions (for more than one in quantity) have a "starting bid" that can go up. Fixed price listings don't go up so would not have a "starting bid". The buyer just agrees to buy it at the price shown.
So there are 3 types of listings you may be confusing.
So to put multiple items in a listing, either:
1.) Put all the items a week-long dutch auction with a starting bid at least as high as the minimum Ebay requires, and each bidder will pay (hopefully!) for their quantity and bid after the acution ends. You would need to run it again for any quantities left.
-OR-
2.) Put all the items in a fixed price listing for the price you want. The price is the price, no bidding. Customers come along and can repeatedly BIN one after another and there is no "waiting for the auction to end".
One has to be fairly confident the items will sell well for the fixed price, as in: "it has had a proven track record of regularly selling at that price, so people will be looking for it and pay that".
I don't remember if fixed price listings have the same number of days to run as regular & dutch auctions. Anyone?
Patty
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ihula
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posted on March 25, 2003 11:44:22 AM new
I do fixed price all the time - you can set it to run the same length of time as a regular auction, but if they all sell (whatever quantity you put in there) the auction will end. If you use auctionwatch on the top of the page under the title there's a spot to "check" for fixed price, and then you just put your total amount of items in. I have done 99 cent ones, so I don't think there's a price limit.
Hope that helps
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katiyana
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posted on March 25, 2003 12:43:51 PM new
For Fixed Price or Auctions - 99 cents is the minimum
for Store Inventory Listings - there isn't a minimum
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passedtothepresent
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posted on March 25, 2003 04:34:10 PM new
Thanks everybody!!!
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clarionbiz
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posted on March 25, 2003 05:17:57 PM new
I did it!
You guys were such a good help.
One more (I know you guys can tackle it :
When you place an auction, "auctionwatch" places there COOL checkout link on your auction page.
BUT, if you were to "revise the item" using eBay, and save, then it deletes the "auctionwatch" checkout link.
How can I revise using "auctionwatch"?
-thanx people
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ihula
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posted on March 25, 2003 05:31:48 PM new
Click on "Post Sale", then click on "unsold items". From there you can click next to the title of the unsold item and click either archive (delete) or relist. 
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clarionbiz
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posted on March 25, 2003 06:13:46 PM new
Yes, thanx,
but what about active listings?
Can you "REVISE" them?
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ihula
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posted on March 25, 2003 06:18:05 PM new
sorry - I misunderstood. You can't do active ones through auctionwatch - only through ebay. I didn't know it got rid of the checkout link when you do that though, it shouldn't change that.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on March 25, 2003 06:18:55 PM new
I have an auction running right now, that I totally revised.
Then when it was over I relisted through Ebay itself.
The AW checkout button is still there!
You can't revise through AW.
You can revise in inventory and launch from there!
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clarionbiz
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posted on March 25, 2003 06:23:35 PM new
Cool,
I will try to stay clear of the need to "revise"
thanx!
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