FAQs

» What is MyBidList?

MyBidList.com is an Auction-To-Go tool to help you sell your stuff! And, it is 100% FREE!

You can use MyBidList to create an auction site for:

• Personal moving sale, yard sale.
• Community based neighborhood yard sale where all your neighbors can participate.
• Fundraising event where everybody can participate and make donations or join the bidding.
• Your own online auction store.
• eBay style auction portal for your company or community.

* You can use PayPal and Google Checkout for payment on an item level:

» Why MyBidList?

see here

» How do I start?

BUILD your own auction web site!

PROMOTE your auction!

(tips – create an ad for your item on craigslist.org, kijiji.com, Google Base, Yahoo Classifieds, Edgeio, LiveDeal, and Oodle for free. then, turn these classifieds ads into auctions.)

Let the BIDDING begin

Tell your Friends!!!

» What is a MyBidList url (web site address)?

If you created an auction site by using MyBidList.com, you will have a MyBidList url that you can take with you to market and promote in any way you can think of (i.e. in an email signature, in your MySpace page, post onto classifieds sites like craigslist.com, kijiji.com, Google Base, Yahoo Classifieds, Edgeio, LiveDeal, Oodle, customers mailing list, your own web site etc.)

*Example of your MyBidList url will be: http://www.mybidlist.com/your_id_number

» How do I put MyBidList buttons on any web page?

– button for browsing auction.
– button for posting item.

There are two types of MyBidList buttons, one for user to browse your auctions and one for user to post items onto your auction (If you allow people to particiate in your auction). You can put MyBidList buttons onto any web page you want, whether it is on MySpace.com, facebook.com or craigslist.org etc.

• Sign in to your MyBidList account and click on the “set up” link in the top menu, and copy & paste the code snippet to anywhere in your website or webpage html code.

OR

• On your MyBidList url page (http://www.mybidlist.com/your_id_number), click “MyBidList button” link and copy & paste the code snippet to anywhere in your webpage html code.

» Why “allow people to post items on my auction”?

By checking “allow people to post items on my auction” box, you can let people participate in your auction by adding items onto your MyBidList auction. They will manage their own selling process. You can also click the link “allow people to post items on my auction” when you sign in, or disable it when you need to.

This is a very interesting concept. It is inspired by neighborhood yardsales. Neighborhood yardsales almost always generate more traffic than a single family yardsale, so you really want to “allow people to post items on my auction”.

Another reason you want to “allow people to post items on my auction” is when you use MyBidList to do a fundraising event. MyBidList can become a very powerful tool for people who want to find new ways to fundraise. It works very simple and easy. You would ask people to donate their stuff by clicking “participate” link and upload their stuff when they visit your MyBidList page (http://www.mybidlist.com/your_id_number). By allowing people to donate their stuff and manage their own selling process, you will make your fundraising event enjoyable and a true community effort.

» How many auction items can I have?

As many as you can manage.

» How do I add new auction items?

1. Sign in to your auction website at http://www.mybidlist.com
2. Click [ post item ] at the top of the page.
3. Fill in all the information about the item.
4. Click “Upload photos” button to upload your item’s photos. Follow the instructions on the photo page to upload photos, and when it’s done click “back” button.
5. Review all information on the page and click “post item” button beside “upload photos” to complete adding your new auction item to your list.
6. Repeat steps 2 – 5 to add additional auction items.

» How do I remove an auction item?

1. Sing in at http://www.mybidlist.com/
2. Click the item that you would like to remove.
3. Then, click the link “remove from auction” in the top corner.

Note: Be careful in removing an auction item. Once you remove the item, it will no longer show up in the auction when buyers visit your web site. Note that “Sold” items can’t be removed.

» How do I make an item available again after removal?

1. Sign in at http://www.mybidlist.com/
   
2. Click the item that you would like to make available again.
3. Then, click the link “make available“.

» How do I void a bid?

From time to time, you may need to void a bid beacuse the buyer placed a bid by accident or for other reasons. It is very easy to void a bid as a seller, the system will send out an email to notify the buyer that the bid has been voided, and the runner up will also get an email stating that he/she has the current highest bid now. Here are the step:

1. Sign in and select the item you want to make changes to.
2. Then, click bid count “number” link on the top of the page.
3. In the bid history view, you will be able to void a bid or sell it right away to any bid.

» How do I stop my auction entirely?

1. Sign in at http://www.mybidlist.com/
2. Click the “stop auction” link right next to your auction site title.

After you stop your auction, users who visit your auction site will see “Auction Closed” in red and none of your items will be shown.

» How do I resume my auction again?

To resume your auction after you have stopped it:

1. Sign in at http://www.mybidlist.com/
2. Click the “resume auction” link right next to your auction site title.

» How do I add Audio to my auction item?

To add audio in your auction like this one

1. Sign up and log in to http://www.odeo.com
2. Click “Record New Audio” (skip this one if you already have a mp3 sound file).
   OR “Upload Audio from Your Computer”.
3. OR “Add Audio from the Web”
4. Click “Saved Audio” and find the file you saved.
5. At bottom of this page, find the words “Put this Audio on your Web site”. Copy the HTML code snippet and paste it into your MyBidList item description text box and click “update”.

» How do I add video to my auction?

like this one.

Using Google video:

1. Go to http://video.google.com/videouploadform
2. Upload your video clip. (Create an account if you don’t have one.)
3. Copy & paste the html code shown to your auction after you finish uploading to your item’s description text field. And, click the “update” button.

Using YouTube:

1. Go to http://youtube.com/my_videos_upload
2. Upload your video clip. (Create an account if you don’t have one.)
3. Copy & paste the html code shown to you after you finish uploading to your auction item’s description text field. And, click “update” button.

» How do I promote my auction?

see here

» Can I reset all the onsale items to expire at the same time?

Yes. Sign in to your account and click “setup” on the top. You can set all onsale items to expire at X number of days from now.

» How do I change my password?

To change your password, sign in to your account and click “setup” at the top. You can change your password on this page.

» How many photos can I upload? What’s the size limitation?

You can have up to 4 photos for each item. All photos before upload have to be no larger than 640×480 and less than 0.5 MByte.

» How can I provide PayPal and Google Checkout as payment options?

When an auction item ends with a winner, you can provide your PayPal and Google Checkout Merchant account for the payment. (You must sign up for an account.)

Here are the steps:

1. When auction ends, check your email for the winning bid notification and click the encrypted link to bring up the item auction page. There, you can see the price of the winning bid.
2. Create a PayPal “buy now” button, as well as a Google Checkout ‘buy now’ button with the winning price value (plus tax and shipping charge if required).
3. Copy & paste both button scripts into “Instruction for winner” fields and click “update”. (You should also instruct the winner about all the different payment options and to click on one of the buttons, preceeding the button scripts)
4. The winner will receive an email notification for confirmation and instruction, and will be able to click on one of the payment buttons. (You can click “resend confirmation” button again to notify the winner)

» How do I resize my photos before upload?

see here
also, see here

» Can I search on all current MyBidList auctions?

http://find.mybidlist.com/

Although people can find your auction here, you should also actively promote your own auction to get more buyers.

» Where do I promote my sale if I live in United States?

Users have found that posting on http://www.craigslist.org/ is very effective. However, do not spam the site. Don’t frequently post more than one or so ads every 48 hrs. Be sure to make your ads stay current.

Poeple outside of the U.S. found http://www.kijiji.com/ to be getting popular. Please email us at support@mybidlist.org or leave comments here to share your experience.