Manage your auctions on the Flow marketplace

The Auctions page shows your auctions on the Flow marketplace. An auction is "Live" or "Timed".

Create an auction

You need the "Manage listings" permission.

1. Go to Auctions.
2. Click "New auction".
3. Type a name for the auction.
4. Set "Starts" and "Ends". The default start is tomorrow at 10:00. The default end is 3 days after the start.
5. Click "Create auction".

CoinManagerPro makes a timed auction. The auction is a draft, and its page opens.

Add coins as lots

You can add coins to a draft auction. You need the "Manage listings" permission.

From the auction page:

1. Click "Add coins".
2. Search for the coins and select them. Click "Next".
3. Check each lot. Set the "Starting bid" and the "Reserve". Leave the reserve empty for no reserve.
4. Click the add button.

From Coins:

1. Select the coins.
2. Click "Add to auction".
3. Choose a draft auction, or click "New auction". Click "Next".
4. Check each lot, set the prices, and click the add button.

The default starting bid is less than half of the coin's value. A coin with no value has no starting bid, and you must type one. The starting bid must be $1 or more. The reserve must be the same as the starting bid or more.

Lot numbers come from your lot number rules. Without a rule, each lot gets the next number in the auction. The list also shows what each lot is missing, such as a photo or a grade. You can add a lot that is missing something.

A coin that cannot go to auction shows the reason and is not added:

• The coin is sold, on hold, on memo, checked out, in transit, at grading or missing.
• The coin is in another Flow auction or in an open platform sale.
• The coin has no units on hand.

When you add a coin, its units are reserved for the auction. Its listings on Flow Dealers, eBay and Walmart come down. When you remove the lot, or the lot does not sell, the coin goes back in stock and its listings go back up.

Change or remove a lot

Before you publish the auction, click the menu on a lot:

• "Edit": change the title, the "Lot number", the starting bid and the reserve. Click "Save lot".
• "Remove": click "Remove lot". The coin goes back in stock.

Add the cover image and the description

Before you publish the auction:

1. In "Cover image", click "Upload". Use a tall JPEG, PNG or WebP image of 10 MB or smaller. Click "Replace" to change it or "Remove" to remove it.
2. Click "Edit" at the top of the auction page to change the name, "Starts", "Ends" and the "Description". Click "Save auction".

After you publish the auction, you cannot change the auction or its lots in CoinManagerPro.

Find an auction

1. Go to Auctions.
2. Type in "Search auctions", or click "Filters" to filter by status and type.
3. Use the sort list to sort by "Newest", "Oldest", "Ending soon", "Starting soon" or "Most lots".
4. Click an auction to open it.

The auction page shows:

• The lots, bids, hammer total and registrations.
• The schedule: when the auction starts, ends, was published and was closed.
• The sell-through.
• Each lot, with its lot number, title, grade, current bid and status.

Move an auction to the next step

The auction page shows one button for the next step:

• "Publish": buyers can see the auction after you publish it.
• "Start": bidding opens when the auction starts.
• "Close": bidding stops when the auction closes. You cannot open the auction again.

The app asks you to confirm each step. You need the "Manage listings" permission for each step.

A draft auction shows "Before you publish". "Publish" stays off until each item is complete:

• The auction has one or more lots.
• The auction has a cover image.
• The auction has a description.
• The start is in the future and the end is after the start.

After an auction closes, its status shows "Invoicing" and then "Invoiced". When the status shows "Invoicing failed", send the auction name to support@coinmanagerpro.com.

Delete a draft auction

You can delete only a draft auction. When you delete it, its lots are deleted and their coins go back to stock. You cannot undo this.

1. On Auctions, select one or more draft auctions.
2. Click "Delete".
3. Click "Delete auction" or "Delete auctions".

See lots and coins at auction

• Active lots shows the open and closing lots in your Flow auctions. Use "Filters" to see scheduled lots.
• Coins at auction shows each coin that is a lot in a Flow auction or in an open platform sale. You need the "Manage listings" permission to see this page.