Updating Item End Dates and Times (Timed Auctions)
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Summary:
This guide is essential for applying Auction End Date changes to your Items.
Updating your Lot and Listing End Dates and Times
If you change your Auction’s End Date or Time in the Webtron Dashboard after converting your Items, you must also update your Lots and Listings via the Bulk Edit menu.
Step 1 – Navigate to the View Auctions page and click # Items
From anywhere in the Webtron Dashboard, click the Auctions & Items dropdown at the top of your screen, then click View Auctions:
You’ll now land on the View Auctions page, look to the middle-right of the Auctions table, under the Items column click the blue # items link to open the Item List for that Auction:
Step 2 – Draft your Lots and pull them into Bulk Edit
Stagger End Times Shortcut – If you have Stagger End Times enabled, you will only have to Draft and Bulk Edit Lot 1, as Stagger End Times ensures all Lots follow a strict End Time pattern. Follow the steps detailed below but only select 1 Item for Draft and Bulk Edit.
The Dashboard will now open your full Item List for this auction, with each Item listed inside the Item List table. Look to the top-left of the Item List table for the Select All checkbox.
Click this checkbox to select your entire Item List, click the grey Draft button above the table and then click the green Confirm button:
The Dashboard will load for a moment and move your Items from whatever status they were in to Draft status. Look to the right-hand side of the table for the Status column to confirm your Item statuses. Once in Draft, the checkboxes for your Items will remain selected (ticked), click the grey Bulk Edit button above the Item List table to proceed:
Step 3 – Select all Lots in Bulk Edit and use the Group Edit panel to update their End Date and End Time
You’ll now land inside the Bulk Edit menu, with the Select All checkbox once again found at the top-left of the Bulk Edit table. Click this checkbox and then look to the top-right of the Bulk Edit menu, just above the table you will find a small row of 4 grey buttons, click the grey Group Edit button:
The Group Edit panel will now appear, listing off a series of options that can be changed and applied to all of your selected Lots. All you need to from here is tick the checkboxes at the end of the End Date and End Time fields, leave them blank and click the blue Save button at the bottom of the Group Edit panel:
It may take a moment but look under the End Date and End Time columns to confirm your new Auction End Date and End Time has applied to your Lots.
Visual Shorthand – When your Lots are pulled into Bulk Edit, if their End Date and End Time values are different from the Auction’s, the text under the End Date and End Time columns will appear black. If they match the Auction’s End Date and End Time, the text will appear faint grey.
Once your End Date and End Time columns show the new Auction Ends Date and Time, click the green Save and Finish button at the top-left of the Bulk Edit menu to apply your changes:
The Dashboard will load for a moment and pull you back to the Item List. Look under the End Time column to confirm your changes.
Heads UpYour Lots may land back in Preview status, don’t forget to use the Select All checkbox and click the grey Approve button above the Item List table to return them to Live status:
Updating Item End Dates and Times (Timed Auctions)
Summary: This guide is essential for applying Auction End Date changes to your Items.
Updating your Lot and Listing End Dates and Times
If you change your Auction’s End Date or Time in the Webtron Dashboard after converting your Items, you must also update your Lots and Listings via the Bulk Edit menu.
Step 1 – Navigate to the View Auctions page and click # Items
From anywhere in the Webtron Dashboard, click the Auctions & Items dropdown at the top of your screen, then click View Auctions:
You’ll now land on the View Auctions page, look to the middle-right of the Auctions table, under the Items column click the blue # items link to open the Item List for that Auction:
Step 2 – Draft your Lots and pull them into Bulk Edit
Stagger End Times Shortcut – If you have Stagger End Times enabled, you will only have to Draft and Bulk Edit Lot 1, as Stagger End Times ensures all Lots follow a strict End Time pattern. Follow the steps detailed below but only select 1 Item for Draft and Bulk Edit.
The Dashboard will now open your full Item List for this auction, with each Item listed inside the Item List table. Look to the top-left of the Item List table for the Select All checkbox.
Click this checkbox to select your entire Item List, click the grey Draft button above the table and then click the green Confirm button:
The Dashboard will load for a moment and move your Items from whatever status they were in to Draft status. Look to the right-hand side of the table for the Status column to confirm your Item statuses. Once in Draft, the checkboxes for your Items will remain selected (ticked), click the grey Bulk Edit button above the Item List table to proceed:
Step 3 – Select all Lots in Bulk Edit and use the Group Edit panel to update their End Date and End Time
You’ll now land inside the Bulk Edit menu, with the Select All checkbox once again found at the top-left of the Bulk Edit table. Click this checkbox and then look to the top-right of the Bulk Edit menu, just above the table you will find a small row of 4 grey buttons, click the grey Group Edit button:
The Group Edit panel will now appear, listing off a series of options that can be changed and applied to all of your selected Lots. All you need to from here is tick the checkboxes at the end of the End Date and End Time fields, leave them blank and click the blue Save button at the bottom of the Group Edit panel:
It may take a moment but look under the End Date and End Time columns to confirm your new Auction End Date and End Time has applied to your Lots.
Visual Shorthand – When your Lots are pulled into Bulk Edit, if their End Date and End Time values are different from the Auction’s, the text under the End Date and End Time columns will appear black. If they match the Auction’s End Date and End Time, the text will appear faint grey.
Once your End Date and End Time columns show the new Auction Ends Date and Time, click the green Save and Finish button at the top-left of the Bulk Edit menu to apply your changes:
The Dashboard will load for a moment and pull you back to the Item List. Look under the End Time column to confirm your changes.
Heads UpYour Lots may land back in Preview status, don’t forget to use the Select All checkbox and click the grey Approve button above the Item List table to return them to Live status: