Bidder Details
The Bidder Details page shows the contact information, registered credit card, activity, audit record, and other information about a bidder separated across the Summary, Images, Tickets, Raffle Tickets, Activity, and History tabs.
Summary
The Summary tab allows you to edit the information associated with the bidder as well as it shows the bidder's Current balance.
An example bidder (and sponsor) from a demonstration event.
INFORMATION
To edit the Bidder Details sections, use the pencil icon to open the panel and the checkmark icon to save your changes. See ∞ Edit Information for more details.
Bidder
The Bidder panel allows you to modify the bidder's name and provides a reference to the related guest details.
An example bidder (and sponsor) from a demonstration event.
- Bidder # This is the current bidder# and can be edited as needed.
- First name The bidder's first name (it can be left blank and often will be if the bidder is a "company").
- Last name When a bidder is acting on behalf of a company, the Company's name should be used here; otherwise, the bidder's last name goes here. This field is considered as required.
- Additional bidders Enter the names of any other people bidding with this number.
- Guest of The bidder/purchaser of the event tickets can be selected from the drop-down selector as needed.
Contact Information
The Contact Information panel allows you to modify the bidder's contact details.
- Email This will be used as the primary contact detail where most notifications and other bidder relevant information will be sent. This field should be considered as required.
- Phone Number This can be used as a secondary contact telephone number as needed.
- Cell Phone Number This will be the telephone number used with the Text Messages feature set. This field will be filled as the "phone number" for bidder online registration.
Address
The Address panel allows you to modify the bidder physical address details. These would be used as the default if the organization is "shipping" items to bidders. This information is optional.
- Address line 1
- Address line 2
- City
- State/Province
- Zip/Postal code
- Country
Other
The Other panel provides more information details that can be modified.
- Company If this bidder represents a company, or organization, and you want to save that information you can record it here.
- Reference This field is commonly used when you have bidder information in another system and want to cross-reference it.
- Website Address This can be a personal website or company website. The address should be entered with its full HTTP protocol, for example,
https://example.com/. - Seating preference This is an informational only piece of information and is often used for more details about a bidder's seating assignment.
- Meal choice The bidder's meal choice can be entered or selected from the auto-filled drop-down selector.
Options
The Options panel has checkboxes for bidder specific details.
- Checked in? This checkbox indicates if a bidder has checked in, or to check in the bidder if not enabled.
- Exempt from sales tax This check box will exempt the bidder from taxes for all purchases made after it has been enabled.
WARNING
WARNING The Tax Exempt property should only be changed before any bidding takes place. Sales Tax is applied at the time of the bid and carried foward.
Notes
The Notes panel is an informational text field what is not displayed by default and can be used as needed for various additional details about the bidder.
An example from a demonstration event bidder.
Recommended Reading
See Edit Bidder Details and Open Bidder Details for more information about working with the Bidder Details.
Images
The Images tab is only used when a Bidder purchases an item with the Is Sponsorship option checked. These images are manually curated.
An example bidder (and sponsor) from a demonstration event.
To add the bidder's "Sponsorship" image (often their logo) you would click on the Upload New Image button and follow the prompts in the Choose Files window.
This is very similar to the process to Batch Image Upload for items.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT The image dimensions are not modifiable once uploaded into Auctria. Please look at ∞ Image Sizes in our User Guide for more information.
Recommended Reading
See Images under Using Auctria for more information on working with these bidder details.
Tickets
The Tickets tab shows all Tickets Assigned as well as Tickets Purchased by the bidder.
An example from a demonstration event bidder.
Tickets Assigned
In the Tickets Assigned section you can manage these tickets further.
- Send e-ticket Clicking this option will trigger a pop-up confirmation window.
- Create new bidder & assign ticket Clicking this option will trigger a pop-up confirmation window.
- Deactivate ticket Clicking this option will trigger a pop-up confirmation window.
Tickets Purchased
In the Tickets Purchased section you can manage these tickets further.
An example from a demonstration event bidder.
- Send e-ticket Clicking this option will trigger a pop-up confirmation window.
- Deactivate ticket Clicking this option will trigger a pop-up confirmation window.
Recommended Reading
For more on these functions, please see the following pages in the User Guide.
∞ E-Tickets ∞ How To Re-Assign Tickets ∞ Deactivate TicketsRaffle Tickets
The Raffle Tickets tab lists all of the bidder's current raffle tickets they have purchased.
An example from a demonstration event bidder.
Activity
The Activity tab shows a categorized list of details for the bidder's Items Won, Purchases, Donations, Payments, and In-Progress Winning Bids. There are also quick-reference banners at the top of the page indicating the bidder's "amount owing" and their total "in-progress bids".
INFORMATION
Total owed = Items Won + Purchases + Donations. Total paid = the sum of all payments recorded for the bidder.
- Items Won These items have already been recorded as won by the bidder.
- Purchases These items have been purchased by the bidder.
- Donations These items were designated as Donation items and listed separately for reference.
- Payments These entries represent the payment types as well as the amounts and when they were recorded.
- In-progress Winning Bids These entries show what the bidder is currently "winning".
History
This History tab shows an audit trail listing of all the changes to the bidder record.
An example from a demonstration event bidder.
Bidder Details Sidebar
There are several actions and additional functionality available on the Bidder Details page via the sidebar on the left-hand side of the page.
Access Code
If an Access Code needs to be created, clicking "Assign Access Code" will generate one. See Bidder Access Tokens for more information about using the Access Code.
Seating
If the bidder has been assigned to a table, the Tables And Seating reference will be displayed. A quick-link to change the bidder's seating is also available.
Tags
Bidders can be assigned Tags for better organizing and/or reporting. See Tags for more information.
Credit Card
Hovering your mouse pointer over "Credit Card Details" will pop up a window with details referencing the credit card on file. This reference will be either "no card on file" or the last four digits of the card.
Activity
- Bid Links to the Record Bid page with the bidder pre-populated on the page.
- Checkout Links to the Checkout page with the bidder pre-populated on the page.
- Export Activity Generates an Excel spreadsheet for the specific bidder and triggers the browser to download it.
Communication
- Send Access Token This will send an access code email to the address on file for the bidder.
- Send e-ticket This will send an e-ticket email to the address on file for the bidder.
- Send tickets statement This will send a tickets statement email to the address on file for the bidder.
- Statement
- Show Printable Statement - generates a preview of the printed bidder statement.
- Preview Email Statement - generates a preview of the email bidder statement.
- Send Email Statement - this will send the "Email Statement" to the address on file for the bidder.
- Show Small Printable Receipt - generates a preview of a "narrow" formatted bidder statement.
INFORMATION
All Communication emails will pop up a confirmation window requiring you to click on "Continue" before sending.
Editing
- Add New Bidder
Links to the "Register Bidder" page. - Duplicate Bidder
Links to the "Register Bidder" page with some fields pre-populated by the current bidder details. - Link Bidders Opens a pop up window to "link" two bidders. The bidder# on the bidder you select will be changed to the current bidder number.
- Merge Bidders Opens a pop up window to "merge" two bidders. The bidder you select will be deleted and all their activity moved to the current bidder.
- Refresh Bidder Force refreshes the current bidder details page.
- Delete Bidder Opens a pop up window requiring you to click "continue" before removing the current bidder.
Recommended Reading
See Sharing Bidder Numbers and Linking Bidders Versus Merging Bidders for more information on the Link Bidders and Merge Bidders options.
Last Revised: November 2022