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TOPIC | Example Auction: A How-To Guide!
Title: Keep it descriptive but eye catching! Example: Gen1: Rare color Pastel Thread Post 1: A little blurb about why you are selling the dragon usually goes at the start here! Sometimes people use colors to distinguish things like this [code][color=purple]words here[/color][/code] HERE IS YOUR DRAGON. Use the code.. THE ENTIRE HIGHLIGHTED CODE to link the dragon. Here is what to copy from your dragon to the forum: [img]http://i.imgur.com/5hFhitw.png[/img] Some people then put example scrys after that (helpful but not necessary).. to do this go to the scrying workshop and copy your dragon's ID! Then mess around with the genes.. press "Copy image location" then add .png to the end of it and put it in this code. [code][img]COPIED IMAGE LOCATION.png[/img][/code] Next your code below the picture should read: "SB: MI: [b]CB:[/b] AB: I accept gems @ 1:rate here END DATE is month/day at 18:00 FR time" Starting bid is the absolutely LOWEST you will go. MI is the minimum increment. I usually like to do 10kT as my MI:) CB (which I like to keep bolded) is the current bid for the dragon. AB is autobuy. This is the price at which you will end the auction early. Even if you don't want to put an autobuy, put "AB: N/A" otherwise people will continuously ask you if you have an AB. Alright then two last things on the first post.. SNIPE GUARD. You don't have one, but many people will not bid on your auction if you decline one. Snipe guards stop people from playing ebay where they bid last second. How they work is you set an activation length. I like to do one hour. So say your auction end time is 18:00 on 11/28. Someone bids at 16:50 and then no one bids? Then it still ends at 18:00. However, say someone comes along and bids at 17:50.. the new end time is 18:50. If someone then comes along at 18:25 and bids, the time is once again extended, this time to 19:25 and so on and so forth. Last section on the first post is only necessary if you accept items and not just treasure/gems. Just say "These are the items I'm willing to take as partial bid" then list them.. or if you don't want to accept any items, put near your treasure/gem conversion "Gems/Treasures only, no items accepted" Thread Post 2: LASTLY!!!! Ping what ever group is applicable in the SECOND post. If you are auctioning, you probably have either a gen1 or an oldie. Please heed the special listings in the groups! Gen1 v4.1 Pinglist: https://fr-g1hoarders.github.io/GEESPinglist/g1-pinglist/ G1 Double Old Sales/Price Check Thread: https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2794447/1 Oldie pinglist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MVep00Xp5BuaXRdcTIGooJflgI41Y-xqd7DAhiMcISA/edit#gid=815004173&vpid=A1 Special IDs: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2558806/1 GASP v4 pinglist (accents): https://duosora.github.io/dgaspv4/ KS items: https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2160374/1 Note: My suggested auction length is no less than 3 days, no more than a week.. you want to give bidders enough time to liquidate for funds if they need but little enough time that they don't forget about your auction or become less enthused by it! Extra Note: these pinglists are kept up to date to the best of my ability! If you notice one is old, PLEASE PM ME and I will update it!
Title: Keep it descriptive but eye catching! Example: Gen1: Rare color Pastel

Thread Post 1:
A little blurb about why you are selling the dragon usually goes at the start here! Sometimes people use colors to distinguish things like this
Code:
[color=purple]words here[/color]

HERE IS YOUR DRAGON. Use the code.. THE ENTIRE HIGHLIGHTED CODE to link the dragon. Here is what to copy from your dragon to the forum:
5hFhitw.png

Some people then put example scrys after that (helpful but not necessary).. to do this go to the scrying workshop and copy your dragon's ID! Then mess around with the genes.. press "Copy image location" then add .png to the end of it and put it in this code.
Code:
[img]COPIED IMAGE LOCATION.png[/img]

Next your code below the picture should read:
"SB:
MI:
CB:
AB:
I accept gems @ 1:rate here
END DATE is month/day at 18:00 FR time"
Starting bid is the absolutely LOWEST you will go. MI is the minimum increment. I usually like to do 10kT as my MI:) CB (which I like to keep bolded) is the current bid for the dragon. AB is autobuy. This is the price at which you will end the auction early. Even if you don't want to put an autobuy, put "AB: N/A" otherwise people will continuously ask you if you have an AB.

Alright then two last things on the first post.. SNIPE GUARD. You don't have one, but many people will not bid on your auction if you decline one. Snipe guards stop people from playing ebay where they bid last second. How they work is you set an activation length. I like to do one hour. So say your auction end time is 18:00 on 11/28. Someone bids at 16:50 and then no one bids? Then it still ends at 18:00. However, say someone comes along and bids at 17:50.. the new end time is 18:50. If someone then comes along at 18:25 and bids, the time is once again extended, this time to 19:25 and so on and so forth.

Last section on the first post is only necessary if you accept items and not just treasure/gems. Just say "These are the items I'm willing to take as partial bid" then list them.. or if you don't want to accept any items, put near your treasure/gem conversion "Gems/Treasures only, no items accepted"

Thread Post 2:
LASTLY!!!! Ping what ever group is applicable in the SECOND post. If you are auctioning, you probably have either a gen1 or an oldie. Please heed the special listings in the groups!
Gen1 v4.1 Pinglist: https://fr-g1hoarders.github.io/GEESPinglist/g1-pinglist/
G1 Double Old Sales/Price Check Thread:
https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2794447/1

Oldie pinglist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MVep00Xp5BuaXRdcTIGooJflgI41Y-xqd7DAhiMcISA/edit#gid=815004173&vpid=A1

Special IDs:
http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2558806/1

GASP v4 pinglist (accents):
https://duosora.github.io/dgaspv4/

KS items:
https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2160374/1

Note: My suggested auction length is no less than 3 days, no more than a week.. you want to give bidders enough time to liquidate for funds if they need but little enough time that they don't forget about your auction or become less enthused by it!

Extra Note: these pinglists are kept up to date to the best of my ability! If you notice one is old, PLEASE PM ME and I will update it!
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@Olliver
thanks for the tips @Candor!
@Olliver
thanks for the tips @Candor!
@Candor, thanks for this! Could you explain how the ping lists work? I'm trying to set up my first auction, but I'm not sure on that bit.
@Candor, thanks for this! Could you explain how the ping lists work? I'm trying to set up my first auction, but I'm not sure on that bit.
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Edit: Nevermind lol... maybe if I reread your post. Long day over here.
Edit: Nevermind lol... maybe if I reread your post. Long day over here.
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@Candor

Are those the only groups there are? :X

I'm think about putting up my gimmer butterfly male with a bio for auction.
@Candor

Are those the only groups there are? :X

I'm think about putting up my gimmer butterfly male with a bio for auction.
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@SapphireElegy

Just gonna ping myself for near-future reference.
@SapphireElegy

Just gonna ping myself for near-future reference.
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Agreed. Bump for you :)
Agreed. Bump for you :)
your post helped me a lot! thank you so much!
@Ixia
your post helped me a lot! thank you so much!
@Ixia
Just replying so I can find this later ^v^/
Just replying so I can find this later ^v^/
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