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# Auto Bid vs Manual Bid

## 🏷️ Understanding Auto Bids and Manual Bids

### 🔍 Auto Bid

An Auto Bid allows a bidder to set the maximum amount they are willing to pay. [Learn more](https://docs.tipo.io/tipo-auction/auction-rules-and-bidding-features/automatic-bidding#what-is-automatic-bidding)

The system automatically places bids on their behalf whenever another bidder places a higher bid, up to their maximum amount.

Example

Auction settings

* Current bid: $100
* Bid increment: $10

Step 1: First auto-bidder

* Customer A sets a maximum bid of $200
* System places a bid at $110

Step 2: Another bidder joins

* Customer B places a manual bid of $130
* System automatically bids $140 for Customer A

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### 🔍 Manual Bid

A Manual Bid is a bid placed directly by a bidder.

Each time the bidder wants to increase their offer, they must submit a new bid themselves.

Example

* Current bid: $50
* Bidder B manually places a bid of $60
* If another bidder exceeds $60, Bidder B must manually place another bid to continue competing.

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## ⚙️ Prevent Auto Bid from Overriding Manual Bid at the Same Amount

When multiple bidders reach the same bid amount, Tipo Product Auction needs a rule to determine who becomes the highest bidder.

The **Prevent auto bid from overriding manual bid at the same amount** setting allows you to give priority to manual bids when they match an auto bid.

### ⚙️ How to set up

1. Open the app > click **Settings** > **General**
2. Locate the **Bidder** section&#x20;
3. Enable or disable **Prevent auto bid from overriding manual bid at the same amount**
4. Click **Save**

### ✅ How it works&#x20;

By default, auto bidding follows a "first configured, first priority" rule.

#### Auto Bid vs Auto Bid

> If two bidders set up auto bidding with the same maximum amount, the bidder who configured auto bidding first will become the highest bidder.

Example

Bidder A

* Auto bid maximum: $100
* Configured at 10:00 AM

Bidder B

* Places a manual bid of $100

Result:

* Bidder A remains the highest bidder because the auto bid was configured first.

#### ✅ When This Setting Is Enabled

When **Prevent auto bid from overriding manual bid at the same amount** is enabled:

* A manual bid takes priority when it matches an auto bid amount.
* Auto bidding will not automatically reclaim the highest bid at the same value.

Example

Bidder A

* Auto bid maximum: $100
* Configured at 10:00 AM

Bidder B

* Places a manual bid of $100

Result:

* Bidder B becomes the highest bidder.
* Bidder A's auto bid does not override the manual bid at the same amount.

#### ❌ When This Setting Is Disabled (Default Behavior)

When the setting is disabled:

* Auto bidding follows the normal priority rules.
* An earlier auto bid can remain the winning bid even when another bidder manually bids the same amount.

#### Example

**Bidder A**

* Auto bid maximum: $100
* Configured at 10:00 AM

**Bidder B**

* Places a manual bid of $100

Result:

* Bidder A remains the highest bidder.
* The manual bid does not take priority over the existing auto bid.

#### 📌 Notes

This setting only affects situations where the auto bid amount and manual bid amount are exactly the same.

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