# Donation Items Detailed

The Donation Items type is generally used to accept donations from guests of the event where they are not making a purchase or winning an item at auction.

# Item

Item #
See Item# when adding a new item -- this is a required field.
Title
See Title noting this as a short amount of text describing the item -- this is a required field.
Type
See Donation Items for more information about this item type.
Item category
See Item Categories for more details on their usage.
Live #
See Live Auction Ordering to learn more on how this field can be used.

# Description

Description
See Description -- this is used for the long description of the item to expand on the Title detail.
Terms and Conditions
This is used to describe any specific Terms and Conditions bidders should be aware of.
See How To List Terms And Conditions as an example application.
Reference Number
This can be used for any external reference for the item.

# Donor

Donated by
This is used to show the Donors of the item.
Solicited by
Used for the name of the person that approached the donor about this donation.
This information is generally only used internally.
Receiptable value
Used for the item receipt-able value, see Receiptable Value for more details.
Receipt required
An informational checkbox only. See Receipt Required for more information.

# Pricing

Value
A monetary value of the item. See Pricing for more information.
Taxable value
See Taxable Value for more details on how to use this field.
Shipping Cost
Amount to charge for shipping to winners of this item.
Sales tax category
This is generally only used when you are charging Sales Tax on the item.
See Sales Tax Categories for more details.

# Donation Items

Quantity
Enter the number available, leave blank for an unspecified quantity.
INFORMATION

By default, the option Allow Multiple Winners is enabled for Donation Items within the platform. See Allow Multiple Quantities for additional references.
Show in default web purchase element
Show this item in the default purchase element in the standard website templates. See Items Marked Show In Default Web Purchase Element on the Configure Items Displayed page for more information on this.
Print bid sheet
Enabling this option will include the item when printing bid sheets.
Donation Levels
See Setting Donation Levels for more details on using this option.
Fundraising Target
Setting this value will automatically insert a Thermometer element into the Item Details page for the Donation Item.
INFORMATION

This inserted Thermometer element is not configurable. For a configurable element, please see the Progress Tracker element under Column Content.
Online Purchase Behavior

The default behavior is the Account For Bidders, Otherwise Immediate method. See Online Purchase Behavior for additional details about this option.
- Immediate Payment Only
  The Immediate Payment Only method takes the purchaser directly through the checkout process to finish buying the item.
- Add To Account Only
  The Add To Account Only method will add the item to the purchasers account for them to pay at a later time.
- Account For Bidders, Otherwise Immediate (default)
  The Account For Bidders, Otherwise Immediate dynamically processes the purchase based on if the bidder is logged in or not with logged in bidders see the Add To Account method and others seeing the Immediate Payment method.
Override online bidding starts at
This value is set if the item will have a different scheduled start time than the default auction online bidding start time. This will affect the online visibility of the item.
Override online bidding ends at
This value is set if the item will have a different scheduled end time than the default auction online bidding end time. This will affect the online visibility of the item.

# Bidding Rules

Starting Bid
This is the value where you want the bidding for the item to start.
Leaving this blank will default to $1.00.
Bid Increment
This value is the (minimum) amount you want your bids to increase with each successful bid after the initial bid for the item has been made. Leaving this blank will default to $1.00.
Buy It Now Price
This value is the amount you would consider as the maximum bid amount. Once this value is reached, bidding for the item will be closed immediately.
Reserve Price
This is the minimum bid required for the item to be won at auction.

See Pricing Examples for some ideas on what values to consider for the above.

# Options

Is basket lot/package?
Enabling this checkbox will, once saved, add the Contents tab to the item. This checkbox indicates the item is a basket or package containing Partial Items and/or For Sale Items.
Is gift certificate
Enabling this checkbox will allow for Gift Certificates to be printed from Auctria.
Highlight item
Enabling this checkbox will allow you to display the item in an Item Catalog configured to display Items Marked Highlight.
Exclude from catalog
Enabling this checkbox will always exclude this item from all printed and online catalogs.

# Other

Location
This is an informational value only.
This field is often used as a means to note the specific physical location of the item.
Bidsheet Closing Time
This is an informational value only.

# Form Wording

Display page text
If set, this text is used on the Display Pages instead of the description.
Bid sheet text
If set, this text is used on the Bid Sheets instead of the description.
Certificate text
If set, this text is used on the Gift Certificates instead of the description.
Catalog text
If set, this text is used in the Auction Catalog instead of the description.
Statement text
If set, this text will be shown on the Bidder Statements.

# Notes

This is an internal only information area that can be used to make notes for the items. This information is not displayed anywhere.

Reviewed: May 2022

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