Registration is simple and only takes a matter minutes. You will need to register on McVidz and McForum as well to have full access to those features.

To start the signup process, click on the “register now” button at the left of this page. In accordance with standard law users under age 18 cannot participate in auctions as they are legal binding contracts.

The next step is to fill in all your information, failure to supply all the required information will result in an error.

The e-mail you used to register will receive an “activation e-mail” which will redirect you to a confirmation page. Your account will be activated instantly. Please be advised your account will not be active until you use the activation e-mail sent from McBidz.

* Be sure to set your e-mail filters to accept mail from McBidz so we can update you on your listings.

! People want what they want, when they see it. Be sure to include a picture of your product or service logo when listing on McBidz.


Does the McBidz Monster have a name?

Before the official launching of the McBidz platform we started receiving a great number of customer e-mails asking about the name of our Mascot. After reviewing your feedback our Monster was officially named “Chuckster McBidz”.

Chuckster is located throughout the McBidz website and is currently being recruited to perform in our upcoming radio and TV advertisements. When you see Chuckster McBidz, you know you are in the right place. McBidz, we make selling FUN!

If you have spotted on item you would like to place a bid on you can do so quickly and easily by following these steps:- (1) Login to your account – If you have not registered you can do so within 5 minutes (2) Visit the auction page (3) Towards the bottom of the auction description page you will see a “bidding box”, you can use the shortcut link to the bidding box if you wish. (4) Enter in your bid, note you must bid above the minimum bid required (5) Click on the “place bid” button (6) You will then be asked to confirm you bid, once you have done so your bid will be entered, if successful you will receive a confirmation message. If you bid fails to outbid the current high bidder you will be offered the option to place a higher bid. Proxy bidding can aid your chances of winning an auction and help avoid you being outbid at the last moment. To place a proxy bid enter in the maximum price you are willing to pay for the item. If another user places a bid on the same auction automatic bids will be placed on your behalf in accordance with your maximum bid amount. With proxy bidding you will pay the lowest possible price until someone else places a higher bid. There is another way of bidding: Buy it now auctions. Buy it now prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the “Buy Now” button which is displayed on the auction details page. After clicking on the button you will be re-directed to a confirmation page. On a standard auction that auction will end instantly as the item has been sold via Buy it now. On a Dutch auction, you can enter the amount of items you wish to buy (depending the quantity available).

If you purchase less than there are available in total, the auction will remain open with the number of items left available after you have purchased the amount you want.

* Please note: To maintain the integrity of McBidz.com we do not allow outside links off of the McBidz business platform when listing auctions. Only links within the McBidz site such as your McBidz stores are allowed.

* Closed auctions will be automatically be deleted after 14 days if not relisted. To be sure your unsold auctions don’t get deleted by our systems have them set to relist or be sure to relist them manually before 14 days (2 weeks) have expired.

* McBidz stores must be stocked with at least eight (8) items to be active on the McBidz website. All stores with less than eight items listed will be "inactive" and will not show up on the McBidz website. Please note your store will not be deleted, but will not show up on the McBidz website to buyers until it is stocked with product to sell.

** For new members please be sure to keep your store in admin "My McBidz" in an "inactive" state until you have time to properly stock your store with merchandise.

Once you have signed up for an account, you will be able to sell items through the site.

In order to do that, you will have to click on the “submit a new auction” link located at the bottom of the "AUCTION PAGE", and you will be redirected to a page, you can then select the main category of the product or service you want to sell. This feature has been made in order to ease the subcategory choosing process. No items can be sold by choosing only the main category; you will have to choose a subcategory for it.

The second step is entering the auction details, settings, payment methods available, and choosing a category. An image that will come with the auction is free of charge, but the admin may charge for adding additional pictures.

On the Auction Settings tab, you can choose the type of the auction, the start price, whether to activate buy now or set a reserve price.

Also, you will be able to choose what type of bid increment to use, the progressive one implemented into the site (that can be edited from the admin area), or a custom one. If you choose the custom one, you will have to enter an increment value.

You will also be able to choose whether to feature the item, and the duration of the auction.

After setting the location, shipping and payment and subcategory, and by clicking on the “Next Step” button, you will be redirected to Step Three, where you can review the auction before submitting. If everything is in order, you can click on the “Submit” button, and will be redirected to the payment page, or a confirmation page, if no fees have to be paid. The auction is activated once the payment is confirmed by the payment gateway, or instantly, if no fees need to be paid.


WHEN YOUR AUCTION SELLS (Attention):

McBidz operates in account mode for the convenience of our customers with a limit on each account of $12.50. You will be billed monthly for any amount over $2.00 so your final value fee (FVF) which you owe when your auction sells will be applied to your account. You can access your account details and/or pay your balance at any time by logging in to your account and going to the "details" button in your account admin section.


{ HOW TO: McBidz "BULK LISTER" }

The McBidz bulk lister is set up so your uploaded auctions immediately post to the auction site once submitted. You may access the bulk lister by signing into your account and going to your admin section. There you will see the button for the bulk lister. Once you download the software you will be able to bulk list your items to the McBidz website. ! Please note McBidz does not allow repeated auctions of the same item. Please post only unique auctions to the McBidz website.

Mcbidz Members Area

Once you have successfully logged in using the login forms from the main page or from the login page (click on the “login” button from the page header), you will be redirected to the members area page. This page is divided into four tabs:

a. Bidding

On this page, you will be able to see the items your currently bidding on, as well as the status of the bids, items you have won, and watched items. By clicking on the “Auction Watch” link, you will be able to add keywords for auctions your interested in. An email will be sent to your email address every time an auction that will contain the keyword in its name or description will be submitted.

By clicking on the “View Details” link from the Won Items area, you will be able to see the details of the seller, and make contact with him in order to perfect the sale.

b. Selling

There are three areas available on this page.

The “My Opened Auctions” area, where you will see details of auctions you currently has open; if no bids were submitted yet on an open auction, you are able to edit the auction.

The “My Closed Auctions” area, where you will see the auctions submitted by yourself, and that were closed. You can choose to edit, delete or re-list a closed auction.

On the “Sold Items” area, you will see the items you have sold, and by clicking on the “View Details” link, you will be redirected to a page where you will see the details of the buyer. If an end of auction fee is set from the admin area, then the seller will have to pay for the end of auction fee in order for you to see the buyer details.

If, after the seller has contacted the bidder, and no sale has been made, you can claim back the end of auction fee. By clicking on the “Claim back end of auction fee”, a claim back request will be sent to the site’s administrator, and will be evaluated for fee refunding.

c. Feedback

From this page, you will be able to see the feedbacks you have received, and leave feedbacks to other users.

d. Personal Info

You can edit your personal information using this page, except for your username. You can also change the password for the account. If the password and confirm password fields are left empty, and then the password will remain the same.

On a Dutch Auction, the auctioneer has more items of the same product for sale. The bidder will enter a maximum bid he is willing to pay for an item, and the number of items he wants to purchase. The highest bidder(s) will receive the number of items they have bid on, and the remaining bidders will receive the number of items still available. Buyers are able to bid more than once for the same item.

Feedback system

Once a sale has been processed, both the seller and the buyer will be able to leave feedbacks for each other. The feedback rating is from one star to five stars, and a feedback comment can also be left. The feedback can be left from the “Feedback” tab from the Members Area. The feedback can only be left once, and it cannot be edited afterwards.
The site admin will reserve its right to delete malicious or untrue feedbacks.

Item watching

The item watch features lets you keep a close eye on any auction without having to place a bid on it. This feature means you can be kept up to date on how an auction is doing and prepares you to place a winning last minute bid. You can watch any auction by clicking on the “Watch this item” link on any auction page.

Auction watch

The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain “keywords” you have chosen. For example if you are looking for a “Playstation 2” you could enter in those keywords from within your member’s area. Each time a new auction is listed containing the term “Playstation 2” you will be notified via this web-site. You can enter in as many keywords as you like.

Wanted ads are FREE and increasingly popular feature. As an advertiser you can list adverts for items you want and sellers can submit offers for items they are selling. It’s a quick, simple and hassle free way of sellers being able to meet buyers demands.

(Buyer)
List a new wanted ad and wait for sellers to contact you with offers.  If you receive an offer your happy with you can bid on the item!

Sellers
Browse the wanted ads and if you see one that matches an item your selling make an offer and tell the buyer you have just what they are looking for!

Once you have signed up for an account, you will be able to sell items through the site.

* Be advised when selling in classifieds your e-mail and phone number will be displayed for the customers to contact you so they can purchase your item.

In order to do that, you will have to click on the “classifieds, job postings, or business directory” link, and you will be redirected to a page, you can then select the main category of the product or service you want to sell. This feature has been made in order to ease the subcategory choosing process. No items can be sold by choosing only the main category; you will have to choose a subcategory for it.
The second step is entering the details, settings, payment methods available, and choosing a category. An image that will come with the auction is free of charge, but the admin may charge for adding additional pictures.

You will also be able to choose whether to feature the item.

After setting the location, shipping and payment and subcategory, and by clicking on the “Next Step” button, you will be redirected to Step Three, where you can review the information before submitting. If everything is in order, you can click on the “Submit” button, and will be redirected to the payment page. The classified, job posting, or business directory listing is activated once the payment is confirmed by the payment gateway.

McVidz is a FREE new feature for McBidz members to pursue their interest in video sharing.

* McVidz will send you an e-mail to validate the e-mail address you signed up with. Be sure to check your "junk mail" folder and/or set your e-mail accounts to accept McBidz e-mails. Copy/paste the link from McVidz to your browser and you will be validated and ready to post your videos!