# Bidding/Sales
The Bidding/Sales functions in Auctria allow you to:
- Record Bids for an item;
- Record Purchases of an item;
- Record Donations; and,
- Include Payment with a bid, purchase, or donation.
Items have different functionality depending on their Item Types.
To access the Bidding/Sales functions, click Bidding/Sales in the main Auction Dashboard menu.
The Record bid, purchase or donation page appears.
There are three tabs across the top of the page letting you focus on recording a BID, PURCHASE or DONATION. Use the PURCHASE tab when recording the purchase of For Sale Items and the DONATION tab for Donations. Everything else falls under the BID tab.
Purchasing and/or selling Tickets should not be done on these tabs as the functionality will not create the bidders, or tickets, associated with a Ticket item. See Sell Tickets for more information.
