{"id":1445,"date":"2023-03-28T06:45:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T01:13:41","slug":"how-to-set-up-your-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/how-to-set-up-your-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Up Your Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 about-text\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:#191919;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Oktion gives you the option to\u00a0<strong>sell\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0<strong>buy<\/strong>. To run an auction and sell items, you will need to select\u00a0<strong>sell<\/strong>\u00a0and create a new auction. Once your auction has been created, you can then invite guests, create item lots and start the bidding.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-font-size:25.2px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:35.23px;\">Create a New Auction<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 about-text\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:#191919;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>If you have a company associated with your account, you can create a new auction to sell items. To do so, go to\u00a0<strong>Sell<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0<strong>new<\/strong>. You can now fill in your auction details to create an auction.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-font-size:25.2px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:35.23px;\">Auction details to include:<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 about-text\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:#191919;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><ul style=\"padding-left: 17px;\">\n<li>Auction profile picture<\/li>\n<li>Auction name<\/li>\n<li>Auction description<\/li>\n<li>Event date<\/li>\n<li>Bidding open date<\/li>\n<li>Bidding open time<\/li>\n<li>Finish date<\/li>\n<li>Finish time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-font-size:25.2px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:35.23px;\">Helpful Hints:<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 about-text\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:#191919;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><ul style=\"padding-left: 17px;\">\n<li>Include an image that is related to your auction. This can be a company logo, the name of your auction event or an image of the auction\u2019s physical location. Choose a relevant image so that your guests can instantly identify your auction and know who is running the event.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you include a description of your auction event. We suggest you explain your cause or mission, why you are raising money and what you hope to achieve.<\/li>\n<li>We recommend you open the bidding before the date of your actual auction event. This gives your guests more time to bid on items and can help you raise more money.<\/li>\n<li>If you have 10 or more items, we suggest you end one or two items before the auction end time. This creates urgency which can drive more bids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-font-size:25.2px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:35.23px;\">Create Auction Items<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 about-text\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:#191919;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Once your auction has been created, you can start adding new auction items for your guests to bid on. At the bottom of the auction profile page, select\u00a0<strong>new<\/strong>\u00a0auction item and fill out the item\u2019s details.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-font-size:25.2px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:35.23px;\">Item details to include:<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 about-text\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-text-color:#191919;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><ul style=\"padding-left: 17px;\">\n<li>Item image<\/li>\n<li>Item description<\/li>\n<li>Name of the item donor<\/li>\n<li>Starting bid<\/li>\n<li>Bid increments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Need extra help with your Oktion event? We offer on site technicians and support staff, or phone based support. It\u2019s up to you.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/oktion\/services\/in-person-event-staff\/\">Find out more<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oktion gives you the option to sell or buy. To run an auction and sell items, you will need to select sell and create a new auction. Once your auction has been created,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auction-items","category-auction-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oktion.com.au\/organisers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}