Request for bid

  1. Reverse Auction users will be able to read about the Reverse Auction site and company, and also click on ‘contact us’ button to contact webmaster via email or telephone number.  Click on ‘join now’ will allow new user to register as a new member.  Click on 'super store' to get to Supercorridor online catalogs.

  2. user will be able to go to system sections through the auction menu bar.

    Post New Item: Allow registered user to post new item or service on auction

    Feature Auctions: Display a list of paid feature auctions which is also on home page
    Going, Going, Gone: All auctions that are ending today
    Today’s New Auctions: All new auctions posted by users at today’s date
    About This B2B Auction: Telling users about the user agreement
    Bidder Service: Bidder can log in to check all bidding history
    Seller Service: Seller can log in to check and re-list all auctions

     

  3. User will be provided with the Reverse Auction and requester search engines, which will search out the results based on the keywords of requester and item name.
     
    User can search for current, completed or all Reverse Auctions, based on the keywords typed on the provided search field.

    At least four featured Reverse Auction items will be displayed on the Reverse Auction home page, with pictures and links to the respective Reverse Auction pages. 
     
     
  4. Users will be able to click on the main category name as listed below and then click on their respective subcategories in the following page in order to view all relevant Reverse Auctions. All categories are general available categories and are pre-selected.


    Below is an example of Reverse Auction: request for bid on 50 lot (piece) of DVD Mini System. 1-pack means that only one DVD Mini System in a box. 
     

    Current price is decremented by the Reverse Auction system from its first maximum bid price, based on the number of bids that this Reverse Auction item received. 
     

    The Reverse Auction starting date and ending date are counted by the system when a requester posted this item as Reverse Auction. The requester indicated the duration period inside the Reverse Auction posting form. 

     
    Location is the physical location of the Reverse Auction item that will be shipped to. This will allow the potential bidders to estimate the cost of delivery and shipping days from its physical location to the requester or buyer’s location. 

     
    Requester’s name will be displayed at the Reverse Auction page, and the potential bidders will be able to check his past online trading experiences with other members through the Buyer’s Rating system. Higher number of rating (could be negative, depending on the user’s creditability and reliability) on the past trading history will improve bidder’s confidence on dealing with the requester. 

     
    Payment type, shipping methods and shipping regions are displayed accordingly in order to allow bidders to understand more about this request-for-bid item before placing their bids on it. 

    Current highest bidder’s name will be displayed at the same Reverse Auction page, with his number of rating displayed beneath the user name.

    Of course, the past requesters who have trading activities with this bidder will be able to post relevant feedbacks for the past trading experiences with this bidder, by clicking on the ‘rate bidder’ link. His past trading experiences with other members will be recorded inside ‘bidder’s rating’ link.

    The Reverse Auction description posted by the requester is displayed on the Reverse Auction as below. 


Requesters are encouraged to post Reverse Auction description with HTML in order to make the Reverse Auction lively and attractive. Of course plain text is allowed in the description. 

The following informs users regarding the general bidding information for this Request-For-Bid (Reverse Auction) item. 


Registration is required as only member is allowed to place the Reverse Auction bid. New user can click on the ‘Registration’ link to register as member in a few steps. 
 

To place a Reverse Auction bid, the bidder will need to type in his User ID and Password. Please type in a maximum bid price. This price should be larger than the current incremented bid price by other bidders. 

If the bidder has any comment or special instruction for this Reverse Auction item, please type inside the Comment box. This comment will be posted in the Reverse Auction bidding history site, together with bidder’s Reverse Auction bid price and user ID, after submitted the Reverse Auction bid.