Auction Interface

Complete Fee System
Charge users for:
Listing Items (set or percentage based)
End of Auction Fee (set or percentage based)
Picture upload fee
Media upload fee
Highlighted Auctions
Bold Auctions
Home Page Featured Auctions
Category Featured Auctions
Reserve Auction fee
Buy it now fee
Second Category fee
Item Swapping fee
Make an offer fee
Wanted Ads
Advanced Search facility
The advanced search facility enables users to search for items by:-

Keywords (item title and description)
Items with reserve price
Items listed with buy it now
Items with swap enabled
By country/zip code
By seller
By buyer
By store
Feedback System
Users can leave feedback for each other. The feedback system is "tick" based allowing users to rate other members by choosing a suitable tick rating (1-5). Coloured stars also automatically appear next to a username whenever they reach a new feedback number. You can also easily setup custom feedback fields for additional feedback ratings.
Easy Category Browsing
PHP Pro Bid features a clearly laid out category browsing system, enabling the user to go directly to their chosen auction hall.
Help & F-A-Q Pages
User help and F-A-Q text already built into the system. The help and F-A-Q pages can be easily updated or even removed via the admin area.
Proxy (auto) bidding system
Buyers can place a maximum bid on items, the software will then automatically re-bid for them should their bid be overtaken by a rival bidder.

Buy It Now
Sellers can accept Buy It Now offers.

Make an offer
Buyers can now make offers on listed items, this new feature allows potential buyers to make an offer to the seller if the item has not received any bids. The seller can select whether or not to accept such offers and also set the price range they are will to listen offers between.
Item Swap
PHP Pro Bid is the first auction software package to include Item Swapping. The seller has the option to choose whether or not they want to accept swap offers. If they do buyers have the option to propose a swap deal instead of a bid. The seller then has the option to either accept the swap deal or reject it and continue the live auction.
Newsletter
Users can select if they want to receive your web-sites newsletter. The newsletter can be sent out via the admin area
Ask Seller a Question
Potential bidders can ask the seller a question directly.
User Stores
Users can open their own eBay type stores, upload their company logo and display all their open auctions
Anti Sniping
An anti sniping feature is built in. This can be enabled/disabled via the admin area.
News Display
Easily updateable news items are displayed on the home page

Registration features

Signup Credit
If you choose to run the account mode option you can offer new users free credit on their accounts.

Customise registration process
Via the admin area you can customise the registration process by adding your own custom fields, for example you can use this feature to collect additional user data when registering such as their Business details or the kind of items they are looking for.

Seller verification
For additional user security you can enable the seller verification feature, this forces users to pay a validation fee before they can list items for sale. Once the fee is paid the user is free to sell items on your site, a verification seal is also displayed next to the users profile to signify their status to other users.
E-Mail or Admin activation
Users must activate their account via email before selling or bidding. You can also choose to approve all new users via the admin area before they are able to use the site.
Referred By
Select who/where referred you to the site.
Full Registration Form
In-depth registration form captures all the vital information on your new user..
Automatically generated pin
The automatically and random pin number ensures the registration page is being filled in by a live person and not a third party script.

Auction listing features

Easy category selection
Sellers can easily select the right category for their item.
Where to list
Users with a store can select whether to list their new item in their store, auction only or both (available if seller has an active store)
Item title
Sellers can enter their own item title
Custom Fields
Sellers can enter their selection for any custom fields. Custom fields can be setup via the admin area and allow you to customise the item listing process. If your auction site is being targeted towards a specific marketplace you can add fields relevant to that market. For example a car auction site would be able to easily add fields to request the seller to confirm the engine size, car age, colour and mileage etc
Auto-Relist
Sellers can select whether or not to have their item automatically re-listed, they can select whether the item is listed if sold, un-sold and also how many times the items should be re-listed.
Vouchers
Users with a voucher can redeem it during the listing process. Vouchers can be setup and managed via the admin area.
Item descriptions
Sellers can use HTML or plain text in their item description or enjoy the benefit of our new WYSIWYG editor.
Custom Start & End Time
Sellers can choose to list right away or choose a custom start time for their item. A custom end time can also be set.
HTML Editor
Create HTML listings directly through PHP Pro Bid with our built in WYSIWYG editor
Picture upload or remote hosting
Sellers can upload pictures of their items to be displayed next to their listing. The admin user can edit the amount of allowed pictures. Users can also choose to use remotely hosted images with their auction
Media upload
In addition to images users can upload one media file (.wmv/.avi)

Quick or Full Listing
Sellers in a hurry can select the "Quick Listing" option which removes all of the non-mandatory fields from the listing process.
Two types of Listing
Sellers can sell in standard auction format or Dutch format which is ideal when listing several of the same items in a single listing.
Reserve price
Sellers can add a reserve price to their auction.
Buy It Now
Sellers can enter a Buy It Now price.
Listing enhancements
Sellers can enhance their listing by:-
Featuring on the home page
Featuring on the category page
Adding bold text
Adding a highlighted colour band
The admin user can charge for these extras via the admin area.
Auction duration
The seller can select how long the auction should run for.
Private Auction
Sellers can choose to hide the ID of the bidders on their auction
Auction currency
Sellers can select which currency the item should be sold in
Swap Offers
The seller can choose whether or not to accept swap offers on their item
Postage/Shipping
PHP Pro Bid features an advanced postage system. The seller can select who should pay for the postage costs and whether or not they will post worldwide. They can also enter specific postage costs and services.
Listing Drafts
On completion of the listing process the seller can save the listing as a draft. Drafts are saved in the members area and the seller can retrieve these at any time and list or edit them.
Sell similar item
List a similar item to your other auctions easily via the members area
Payment methods
Sellers can select which payment methods they accept. The corresponding methods are then displayed on the item details page.

Item page features

Current bid
The current highest bid is displayed prominently
Bidders Username
The current lead bidder(s) is displayed along with their feedback rating and link to their profile.
Sellers Details
Displays sellers username, feedback rating as well as location and registration date as well as a link to their profile.
Time left
Amount of time left to run on the auction is displayed.
Item Location
The location of the item is displayed.
Make an offer
If selected by the seller the buyer can use the available option to make an offer on the item.
Ask seller a question
Potential bidders can ask the seller a question directly from the item details page. All messages are managed via the members area.
Other items for sale
Browsers can easily lookup other items for sale from the same seller
Send Auction to a friend
Users can send details of any auction to their friends via the item details page.
Watch this item
Bidders can add any item to their "Watch List" which they can track from inside the members area.
Item Description
The item description is fully displayed along with any available pictures and media.
Payment
The sellers accepted payment methods are clearly displayed below the item description
Shipping instructions
Before bidding users can check the sellers postage instructions to see how much postage they will have to pay.
Auction counter
The number of hits each auction has received is displayed.
Proxy Bidding
Buyers can place a maximum bid on items, the software will then automatically re-bid for them should their bid be overtaken by a rival bidder.
Place a bid
At the top and bottom of each item details page a bidding box is displayed allowing buyers to place a bid quickly and easily.

User control panel

Members login
Registered members each receive access to their own "Members Area". The members area looks and functions in the same way as "My eBay".

Message Centre
Users can review all messages sent and received, this includes questions submitted on items for sale, end of auction messages and general site queries.

Bidding overview
A full bidding overview section is available to site users, this is split into the following sub-sections:-

Current bids placed
Won Items
Invoices Received
Items being watched
Favourite stores
Selling overview
As with the bidding overview the selling section is also split up into the following sub-sections:-

Open auctions
Items with bids
Closed auctions
Sold auctions
Scheduled auctions
Drafts
Invoices sent
Fees calculator
Prefilled fields
Block users
Reputation
The reputation (aka feedback) of the members area allows users to send and review their reputation comments.
About Me
Users can enable and customise their own "About Me" page
My Store
A fully featured store option is available for users to use, store benefits include:-

Custom store categories
Sale terms and policies
Store templates
Store logo
Store meta tags
Wanted Ads
The wanted ads section allows you to review all current wanted ads listed and also the option to list a new wanted ad.
My Account
The "My Account" section of the members area is the central base for users, from within this section users can:-

Pay off their account balance (if using account mode)
Add funds to their account (if using account mode)
Update their account details
Set their mail receiving preferences
Review account history and print invoices
Report abuse
Setup direct payment details

Admin control panel

Admin login
The admin user can login to web-sites control panel. From inside you can control every aspect of the auction web-site.
Site Setup Menu
The site setup menu allows you to change the sites basic settings, including:-

Site name
Site URL
Mail type
Admin E-Mail address
Site skin
Site logo
Default language
Enable/disable maintenance mode
General Settings
Set user registration settings
Define how many days after an item closes it is removed from the database
Set your home page featured item preferences
Set your category featured item preferences
Set how many recently listed items are displayed
Set how many popular auctions are displayed
Set how many ending soon auctions are displayed
Set how many wanted ads are displayed
Control your image settings, including how many images can be uploaded per listing and the maximum file size per image
Set your currency settings, including the sites default currency, display format and decimal digits
Set your time settings, from here you can offset your sites time against the server time
Enable SSL support on the user end
Enter your general meta tags
Select how to run your cron jobs. The cron jobs are used to keep the site updated and close items on time etc. There are two ways in which to run the cron jobs, 1) from your server 2) from the software. This section allows you to set which method you wish to use
Define the minimum registration age
Select your buy out methods, this allows you to enable "buy it now", "make an offer" or both
Invoice settings, add a header/footer notice to your fee invoices
Enable/Disable Menu
Enable/Disable shipping costs
Enable/Disable the user end login box
Enable/Disable the user end news box
Enable/Disable the registration and listing terms and conditions fields
Enable/Disable the "item swap" feature
Enable/Disable user end stat counter
Enable/Disable second category listing
Enable/Disable the user end language engine
Enable/Disable anti-sniping
Enable/Disable private site. Private site enables you to run the site as select seller venue only. If enabled you can select which registered users are able to list items for sale on your site.
Enable/Disable preferred sellers discount. This feature allows you to offer a percentage reduction to selected users on all site fees.
Enable/Disable BCC E-Mail to admin
Enable/Disable "Ask the seller a question" feature
Enable/Disable Wanted Ads
Enable/Disable bid retraction
Enable/Disable others items from same seller (displayed on item details page)
Enable/Disable Bulk Lister
Enable/Disable category counters
Enable/Disable the display of sellers/buyers telephone numbers
Enable/Disable the mod_rewrite engine
Enable/Disable auctions approval. This feature enables you to verify all items that are listed before they go live on your site.
Enable/Disable seller verification
Edit Tables Menu:-
Add/Edit/Delete countries
Add/Edit/Delete auction durations
Add/Edit/Delete bid increments
Add/Edit/Delete off-line payment options
Add/Edit/Delete shipping options
Site Content Menu
Setup and control vouchers
Add/Edit/Delete help topics
Add/Edit/Delete news items
Add/Edit/Delete F-A-Q topics
Edit the about us page
Edit the contact us page
Edit the general terms and conditions page
Edit the privacy policy page
Add/Edit/Delete custom pages
Edit system emails
Edit user end language file
Add/Edit/Delete user announcements
Add/Edit/Delete ad banners
User Management Menu
Add/Edit/Delete new admin users
View full details of all registered users, including:-
Active/Suspend users
Verify users as sellers
Delete users
Enable/Disable auction approval
Enable/Disable selling privileges
Change accounting mode
View items listed by user
View bids placed by user
E-Mail user
View/edit user details
Alter users balance (add credits/debits)
Setup registration custom fields
Login as a site user
Manage user reputation comments
Add custom reputation fields (for sales and purchases)
Re-send activation E-Mail
Send newsletter to registered users
Ban/block users
View abuse reports
Auction Management
View and manage open auctions
View all closed items
View suspended auctions
View auctions pending admin approval
View sold items
Setup custom listing fields
Manage wanted ads
Setup custom wanted ad listing fields
Manage user-user messages
Stores Management
Enable/Disable user stores
Create and manage store subscription packages
Manage live stores
Categories
Add/Edit/Delete site categories
Fees
Set main settings, including account type:-
ACCOUNT MODE FEATURES:-

Users can build up a account which is paid off once a month. The admin user can set the credit limit any user can go to. Once the credit limit is reached the users account is blocked until they make payment. The admin user can also send any invoice requesting payment. You can also give any user free credit or debit their account. This allows sellers to lists items without having to pay each time. Overall it works like eBay.
PAY AS YOU GO FEATURES:-

Users pay fees on demand. For example when listing an auction the seller must pay their fees before the item is listed. If you enable Pay As You Go the system will forward the seller to the relevant payment page and prompt them to pay the listing fees. If the seller fails to pay the listing fee the auction isn't listed. The end of auction fee works slightly differently. When a sellers successfully sells an item the buyers contact details are withheld until they login into the members area and pay the end of auction fee. Once it's paid the buyers details are forwarded to the seller.

Set signup credit incentive
Set the maximum credit level
Set your suspension preferences
Setup your payment settings, within PHP Pro Bid you can choose to accept payments through any of the below merchants:-
PayPal
Nochex
WorldPay
Ikobo
Protx
2Checkout
Authorize.net
MoneyBookers
Setup and edit your site fees, including-
User signup fee
Auction setup fee (set or percentage based)
End of auction fee (set or percentage based)
Home page featured item fee
Category featured fee
Highlighted banner fee
Bold text fee
Wanted Ad fee
Item Swap fee
Custom listing time fee
Buy it now fee
Reserve price fee
"Make an offer" fee
Re-listing fee reduction
Second category fee
Image/media upload fee
Accounting & Taxation Menu
Review your sites accountancy, by month/week/day or all
Create your taxation codes and rules
Set your exemption rules
Tools Menu
Word filter
Block free E-Mail addresses
Currency converter