Front-End

• Support 3 mode views: list, grid, pinboard
• Browse Auctions
  • Show list of Auctions in 3 mode views
  • Can search auction by basic search or advanced search
  • Mouse hover to view categories with 2 levels of subcategories. Support Categories page which allows user to see all categories and their subcategories
  • Support many attractive blocks for users to quick view auctions:
    • Featured Auctions
    • Weekly Hot Auctions
    • Today’s Live Auctions
    • Auctions Ending Today
    • Upcoming Auctions
    • Auction My Friends Bid On
    • Most Liked Auctions
• Auction Detail: in this page, users can view all information of auction as well as its pages and actions
  • Can view general information of auction:
    • Main photo and slider of photos
    • Time left, reserve price, current bid
    • Auction statistics such as total bids, total views
    • Seller information includes seller name, location and total auctions of this seller
  • Can view child pages of this auction:
    • Overview which contains auction description, additional information, and some custom fields
    • Shipping and payment information
    • Bid history
    • Offer history (seller view)
    • Chart for bidding
    • Activities
    • Photos: all users who have permission can post photos for this auction
    • Videos: all users who have permission can post videos for this auction
  • Can perform some action on the auction based on its status
    • Bid
    • Buy Now
    • Make Offer
    • Add to Watch List
    • Add to compare
    • Share auction
    • Like auction
    • Message seller
    • Print auction
  • Some blocks:
    • Other Auctions From This Seller
    • Buyers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed
    • Auctions You May Like
• Seller Section
  • Users can track selling performance on Statistics page
    • Sales ($) by month, year (Total amount of money sold each month, year)
    • # of auctions sold (Total number of auctions sold each month, year)
    • Total amount charged by site each month, year (featured fee, publish fee, commission fee)
  • Can overview auctions on Manage Auctions page
    • Show list of auctions that current logged-in user has created
    • Perform actions basing on their statuses: Publish, Delete, Close, Clone
    • Add New Auctions with some important attributes:
      • Reserve price
      • Buy Now price
      • Start Date / End Date / Start Time / End Time
      • and much more
    • Have Dashboard to manage individual auction
      • Ability to edit auction’s info
      • View Bid History with the list of bids and visual chart
      • View Offer List with the ability to Approve / Deny offers and Send Message to the bidders
      • Ability to upload multiple photos for auction
      • Ability to change between 2 different attractive themes for auction detail page
    • Sellers have to configure prices, bid increment, and transfer owner in Settings page
      • Buy Now option
        • Fixed price (Buy It Now price) > Reserve price (x%)
        • Buy It Now option disappears and bidding continues until the listing ends (Yes/No)
        • Buy It Now option is available until bids reach y% of the Buy It Now price
      • Offers (Offer price > Reserve price (z%))
      • Bid increment: Can adjust bid increment by categories (default value by site admin)
    • Manage Orders: sellers in this module can manage their orders in Ecommerce module 
    • My Request: sellers can manage their request or send request to withdraw money in Ecommerce module
• Buyer Section
  • Can overview of all auctions that current logged-in user has bidden in My Bids page
    • My Bidden History on individual auction
  • My Offers page – where users can track on the offers they have made on the auctions
    • Show list of auctions that users have offered
    • If sellers Approve/Deny, show statuses to inform about his offer is approved or denied
    • Ability to Send Message to seller
  • Users can also review the auction that I loose on Didn’t Win page
  • My Won Bids
    • Show list of auctions current logged-in user won
    • Ability to add won bids to cart to start the buying process
  • My Cart, Checkout, My Orders – these pages will link to Ecommerce module where buyers can keep track on their bought items and transactions. 
  • Ability to add favorite auctions to My Watch List page
    • Users also will receive notifications when the auction ended
  • Ability to compare auctions basing on various criteria: Name, Reserve Price, Number of Bids, Number of Orders, Number of Views, Custom Fields, and more
• Integrate with User Profile
• Integrate with Page
• Pending Auctions: allow admin to approve auctions at front end

Back-End

• Global Settings
  • Ability for admin to manage maximum number of cover photos and their uploaded sizes
• Manage Auctions
  • Can overview all auctions
  • Ability to Approve / Deny / Edit / Delete auctions
  • Feature / Unfeature selected auctions
• Define Bid Increment
  • Ability to define bidding rule by categories
• Manage Orders
  • Admin can overview all order throughout the site via Ecommerce module
• Manage UOM / Add UOM
  • Manage and add new Unit Of Measurement in Ecommerce module
• Manage Category / Add Category
  • Manage and add new Category / Sub-Category in Ecommerce module
• Manage Custom Field Groups / Add New Custom Field Groups
  • Manage and add new Custom Field Groups in Ecommerce module
• Manage Transaction
  • Manage all transaction on the site in Ecommerce module
• Manage Request
  • Admin can overview and take actions (approve/deny) on all requests to withdraw money in Ecommerce module

(Note: Ecommerce is a different, common module – where buyer and seller can track all of their trading activities throughout the site)

1. What are “purchasing” options that buyers can make?

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2. How does “Place Bid” work?

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3. How does “Make Offer” work?

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4. How does “Buy It Now” work?

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5. Why is there a broken layout on the top menu bar while on responsive?

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