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

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
3. Enable or disable Prevent auto bid from overriding manual bid at the same amount
4. Click Save

✅ How it works

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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