Track bids on every item as they come in, see the bids on a single item, and share your auction link, QR code or an item’s bidding link.

Once your auction is published, the Monitor page shows how it’s doing at a glance. From there, or from the Auction List, you can share your auction so supporters can start bidding.

Open the Monitor page

1. Go to Auction > Auctions in the left sidebar.
2. Click the ⋮ menu next to your auction.
3. Click Monitor.

What the Monitor page shows

The top of the page shows your auction’s name, status, and opening and closing dates. Below it, five summary boxes show:

• Items — How many items are in the auction.
• Bids — The total number of bids placed.
• Standing Total — The total of the current highest bids across all items.
• Paid — How many winning payments have been collected.
• Payment Failed — How many winning payments couldn’t be charged.

The table lists every item with:

• Status — For example, Open for Bidding while the auction is running.
• Winner — The winning bidder, once there is one.
• Starting — The item’s starting price.
• Current Bid — The highest bid so far.
• Next Min — The lowest amount the next bid can be.
• Bids — How many bids the item has received.

Click Refresh to load the latest bids. The buttons at the top also take you to Bidders, Share and Edit.

View the bids on an item

1. On the Monitor page, click the ⋮ menu next to the item.
2. Click View Bids.

A window lists every bid on the item, with the bidder’s name, email, bid status and amount.

Share your auction

Click Share on the Monitor page, or choose Share from the auction’s ⋮ menu on the Auction List. From the share window you can:

• Copy your link — Click Copy and paste the link into emails, text messages, social posts or your website.
• Get a QR code — Click QR code to get a code for flyers, posters, letters and other printed materials.
• Share directly — Click the Facebook, email or Messenger button.

Share a single item

To promote one item, such as your star lot, share its bidding link. Bidders who open it go straight to that item. See what bidders see.

1. On the Monitor page, click the ⋮ menu next to the item.
2. Click Share Bidding Link.

Good to know

• Auction List at a glance — The Auction List also shows each auction’s status, closing date, items, bids and standing total, so you can check several auctions without opening each one.
• Export — Use the export buttons on the Auction List to download your auctions as a file.
• No charges until close — The standing total is the sum of current highest bids. Bidders are only charged when the auction closes.

Next steps

1. Managing bidders
2. Editing, cancelling, archiving and deleting an auction