Bid Entry – Non-Lotted Auction — Entering the Sale as It Happens

Bid Entry is an important job in any live auction, but in a non-lotted auction, the Bid Entry clerk has an even greater challenge.

Unlike a pre-lotted auction, where information about the merchandise has already been entered into AuctionRPM before the sale begins, a non-lotted auction may have little or no information about an item in the system when the auctioneer begins selling it.

That means the clerk isn't simply recording who bought the item and how much they paid. The information describing the item itself must also be entered as the auction progresses.

And all of this has to happen while keeping pace with the auctioneer.

AuctionRPM addresses this challenge with a specialized Bid Entry screen created specifically for non-lotted auctions. In this tutorial, you'll see how that screen is used and how the necessary data-entry functions are brought together to help the clerk remain focused on what's happening on the auction floor.

The goal is to make entering information as fast and straightforward as possible. The clerk can concentrate on capturing the item being sold, the winning bidder, and the selling price without having to navigate through unnecessary screens while the next item is already heading across the auction block.

This specialized approach gives auctioneers the freedom to conduct auctions without having to catalog every item in advance, while still capturing the information AuctionRPM needs to manage the sale.

When the auctioneer is moving fast, your software needs to keep up. AuctionRPM's Non-Lotted Bid Entry screen is designed to do exactly that.