# Bidders
Bidders are central to your auction. There are no limits on the number of Bidders you can have registered for your auction/event. You can register Bidders individually, through the auction website, and import them from an Excel (XLS file format) spreadsheet. Bidders can also register themselves online if you enable the online registration feature set.
To access the Bidder functions, click Bidders.
The Bidder Dashboard will appear.
The "Bidder Dashboard" has several areas where you can access and manage bidders.
- Bidder Details panel provides a drop-down selector to choose a specific bidder.
- # of bidders block shows the current number of bidders and has a
+icon to Add New Bidder. - Recently added bidders shows those bidders that were just added to the event.
- Bidder# Options provides for additional control over the bidder numbers.
- Automatically assign bidder#'s
Control when bidder#'s will be automatically assigned if not specified
- Next assigned bidder#
The system will attempt to use this number as the next assigned bidder#
- Automatically assign bidder#'s
# Actions
The Bidder Dashboard Actions menu allows you to perform many bidder related functions.
- All Bidders links to the Bidders list report.
- Add New Bidder
- Bidder Maintenance
- Check-In Bidders
- Copy Bidders
- Numbering
- Tables
- Plan seating assignments, see Assign Seating for more details.
- Tickets
# Communications
The Communications menu helps with keeping bidders informed.
- Online Access - see Bidder Access Tokens 2019.
- Invitations - invite bidders with Bidder Invitations.
- Statements - send Bidder Statements.
# Import/Export
The Import/Export menu allows you to import and/or export your bidder data. See Import/Export for more information.