Sell coins through an auction platform

A platform sale is a catalog of your coins for an outside auction site. You add coins as lots in the weeks before the sale. Then you export a file that the platform can upload.

The platforms are LiveAuctioneers, HiBid, GreatCollections, Proxibid, Invaluable, Bidspirit, Bidsquare and "Other platform".

Make a sale

1. Go to Platform sales.
2. Click "New sale".
3. Choose the "Platform", the "Sale date" and a "Name".
4. Choose how you sell:
   • "I run the auction": buyers pay your buyer's premium. Results become an invoice for each buyer.
   • "I consign coins to the platform": the platform keeps the buyer's premium. Results become one invoice to the platform, less its fees.
5. Type the "Buyer's premium" and the "Platform fee". The app uses them when the results report has no premium or fee column.
6. Turn on "The platform collects payment" when buyers pay the platform. Imported invoices are then recorded as paid.
7. Click "Create sale".

Add coins as lots

From the sale page, click "Add coins". From Coins, you can also select coins and click "Add to platform sale". Choose an open sale, or click "New sale". Then click "Add lots".

Lots keep their numbers after export. A coin that you add later gets the next number, or a letter after a lot. To put a coin after a lot, open the lot menu and click "Add a coin after this lot".

Export the lots

1. On the sale page, click "Export".
2. Choose the lots: "New lots", "New and changed lots" or "All lots".
3. Choose the "Platform" and the "File layout" (CSV or Excel).
4. Choose "Download now", or choose "Schedule" and a time.
5. Click the export button. It shows the number of lots, such as Export 12 lots. For a schedule, click "Schedule export".

A scheduled export shows on Scheduled runs. You get a notification when the file is ready. Some platforms take photo files named by lot number. For these, click "Build photo package" and upload the package with the file.

Change a lot after export

Open the lot menu on the sale page:

• "Edit lot" changes the lot. Export "New and changed lots" to send the change.
• "Withdraw lot" takes out a lot that you exported. Withdraw it on the platform too. A lot that you did not export shows "Delete lot".
• "Reserve met" records that bidding met the reserve. The coin comes off every other channel.

Close the sale

Open the more actions menu and click "Close sale". The coins can then go into another sale, and you can still import results. See Import platform sale results.