Auction Interface
Complete Fee System
Charge users for:
- Listing Items
- End of Auction Fee
- Picture & Gallery Fee
- Highlighted Auctions
- Bold Auctions
- Home Page Featured Auctions
- Category Featured Auctions
- Reserve Auction Fee
Advanced Search facility
Feedback System
Users can leave feedback for each other. The feedback system is "Star" based allowing users to rate other members by choosing a suitable star rating. Coloured stars also automatically appear next to a username whenever they reach a new feedback number.
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.
Basic & Advanced search
Users can either do a simple keyword search or an advanced search.
Buy It Now
Sellers can accept Buy It Now offers.
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
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.
E-Mail activation
Users must activate their account via email before selling or bidding. This helps stop fraudulent users.
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.
Item title
Sellers can enter their own item title
Item descriptions
Sellers can use HTML or plain text in their item description
HTML Editor -NEW
Create HTML listings directly through PHP Pro Bid with our built in WYSIWYG editor
Picture upload
Sellers can upload pictures of their items to be displayed next to their listing. The admin user can edit the amount of allowed pictures.
Two types of Listing
Sellers can sell in standard auction format or Dutch format which is ideal when listing several of the same items.
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 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.
Fees Displayed
All site fees as setup by the admin user are dynamically displayed during the selling process.
Sell similar item
List a simialr 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
Displays current bid
The current bid amount is displayed t the top of each item details page.
Bidders Username
Displays bidders username and feedback rating
Sellers Details
Displays sellers username, feedback rating aswell as location and registration date. The "About Me" icon is displayed if the seller has setup their About Me page.
Time left
Amount of time left to run on the auction is displayed
Item Location
The location of the item is displayed
Ask seller a question
Potential bidders can ask the seller a question directly from the item details page.
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.
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
PHP Pro Bid fully supports proxy bids
Place a bid
At the bottom of each item details page a bidding box is displayed
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".
Bidding overview
Users can review all their bidding activity quickly and easily. They can link back directly to any auction they are involved in. They can also check on items they are watching. Winning bidders can lookup all items won.
Selling overview
Sellers can check on all their live auctions as well as concluded ended auctions. They can also re-list unsold items quickly.
Feedback
Bidders & Sellers can leave relevant feedback ratings and comments for other users who they have either brought from or sold to.
Bulk Auctions
Larger sellers/Businesses can use the bulk upload tool to list dozens of auctions in one go.
About Me
Users can create there own about me page.
User Invoices
Users can view an overview of fees they have paid
Details/Preferences
Users can update their details and preferences.
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.
Edit general settings
The general settings page enables you to update the basic elements of the site including:
- Site name
- E-Mail address
- Logo
- Number of auctions to be displayed on home page
- Activate/deactivate "Buy It Now"
Add Meta Tags
Easily insert your meta tags into the header of the site via the admin area
Tweak refresh settings
PHP Pro Bid automatically ends auctions and then sends out all the relevant E-Mails to the seller and winning bidder. You can change the refresh settings via the admin area.
Date Format
Change the date format to European or US style
Time settings
Change the time zone of the site
Currency Control
Change the default currency of the site, edit display time to either European or US style
Edit Style & Look
Update the links colours and much more
Image settings
Set the maximum number of user picture uploads allowed. You can also set a maximum file size
Item Swapping
Activate/Deactivate item swapping
SSL settings
Setup SSL support your site
Edit Categories
Add, edit or delete auction categories quickly and easily. You can also add sub categories.
Edit countries
Add, edit or delete countries
Payment Options
Add new payment options for sellers to add to their listings. You can also add a payment logo.
Auction durations
Edit the auction durations
Bid Increments
Edit the bid increscent settings
Admin Users
Add a new admin user or delete an existing one
User management
Lookup all registered users, you can review their registration details. If you have "Account Mode" enabled you can edit a users balance and send out invoices.
Manage Feedbacks
You can remove feedback from any user
Abuse report
If a user has reported a non paying bidder or any other kind of abuse you can deal with the issue via the admin area
Banned Users/IP
You can ban a specific E-Mail address from registering, likewise you can also ban an IP address.
View active auctions
Lookup all active auctions, you can also stop any live auction
Edit auctions
Edit any auction via the admin area
Edit Help Pages
Add, edit or delete help pages
Edit News page
Add, edit or delete news items
Edit F-A-Q pages
Add, edit or delete F-A-Q pages
Add banners
PHP Pro Bid features a full banner control system. You can add banners from Commission Junction, Tradedoubler and any other banner company. You can also add custom banner.
Edit pages
You can also edit the following pages directly from the admin area:
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Terms & Conditions
- Privacy Policy
Edit E-Mails
You can edit the content of all the emails sent out to users
Custom error pages
Create your own error pages
Setup fee system
Switch between Account Mode and Pay As You Go:
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 Fee Amounts
You can specify which fees you want to charge and the amount. PHP Pro Bid allows you to charge the following fees:
- Signup Fee
- Listing Fee (Can be a % or a set amount)
- End Of Auction Fee (Can be a % or a set amount)
- Picture Fee
- Highlighted Auction Fee
- Bold Text Fee
- Home Page Featured Fee
- Category Featured Fee
- Item Swapping Fee
- Reserve Price Fee
Select Payment Gateway
PHP Pro Bid can accept payments via:
- PayPal
- 2 Checkout
- World Pay
- Test Mode
Statistical Analysis
PHP Pro Bid featured a powerful an in depth statistic counter. You can review all the important stats about your web-site.
World Filter
Ban certain words from being used by users
Currency Convertor
Covert all major currencies
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