Donation Items Detailed

The Donation Items type is generally used for those items that will be auctioned via paper Bid Sheets at an "in-person" event.

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 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.

  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.

  This inserted Thermometer element is not configurable. For a configurable element see the column content element Progress Tracker Progress Tracker for more information.

• 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.

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Reviewed: 2021-11-12

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