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All this features can be tested in our Auction Factory Demo Site

Installation and Configuration.

Easy component installation; all Modules and plugins do install automatically, no complicated module and mambots installations required. Smooth Community Builder integration, automatic at installation, or later just by click of a button. A sample (functional) menu will be automatically installed 
A variaty of fees optionsNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
High configurable Templating system based on SmartyNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Standard Joomla User managementNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Improved Auction related user management (Quick Block users, Set/Unset verified User)New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Users can be divided into Auctioneer Group and Bidders Group. This can be achieved with standard Joomla Groups or with Community Builder FieldsNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Custom Currencies. You can set up usable Currencies in administration backend 
Using Community Builder: Ability to customize registration Form 
Multilingual Feature. Translate the Text files to accommodate to any language you need. Upon request we can provide language files for German, Italian, Swedish and Norvegian. 
Payment gateway support: PayPalNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Easy to edit site CSS  
Custom Bid increment (Setable in Administrator backend) 
Statistics information panel (Administrator) 
HTML Mails and notifications; all notifications easily configured in administrator Backend 
Thumbnails settings 
Administrator Messaging system with auctioneers 
Ability to Add Credits to Users' AccountNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
For additional user security you can use the seller verification feature. Once you verified an user a verification seal is also displayed next to the users profile to signify their status to other usersNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Define how many days after an item closes it is removed from the database 
Set how many recently listed items are displayed 
Set how many popular auctions are displayed 
Set how many valueable auctions are displayed 
Control your image settings, including how many images can be uploaded per listing and the maximum file size per image 
Set your time settings, from here you can set your needed Time format 

Frontend Auction Display Features.

Quick and Advanced Search. Search by Auction title, description, Auctioneer, Location (City, Country), auction number) 
Browsable Categories (Category and Subcategory) 
Search Engine friendly URLs automatically generated (SEF); all including Auction title 
Easy integrateable Google Adsense  
Improved item page  
Featured Auctions - Gold , Silver and Bronze. Customizable fee for featured AuctionsNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Display last posted Auctions (Special Module) 
Display most valueable Auctions (Special Module) 
Display popular Auctions (Highest Hitcount)  
eBay like Rating system (divided into Buyer ratings and Seller Ratings). Also a feedback text can be submitted in relation to a transaction  
View User Feedbacks, view own feedbacks 
Auction Ending countdown New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
The location of the item is displayed. 
Displays sellers username, feedback rating as well as location and registration date as well as a link to their profile 
The current lead bidder(s) is displayed along with their feedback rating and link to their profile 
The current highest bid is displayed prominently 
Potential bidders can ask the seller a question directly from the item details page; all messages are managed via the members area 
Browsers can easily lookup other items for sale from the same seller 
The item description is fully displayed along with any available pictures and media 
The sellers accepted payment methods are clearly displayed below the item description 
The number of hits each auction has received is displayed 
Posibility of generating RSS Feeds with latest auctions, Auctions from a specific user or a specific Category. You can add your RSS feeds into feedburner and popular syndication sites 
Unique Auction Number (Autogenerated) - searchable and available in SEF
New in Auction Factory 1.4.0

Auctioneer Features.

Buy it now and minimal initial Bid support 
Private auctions (Only the Auctioneer can see all Bids) 
Public auctions (All bidders can see the concurrent bid amounts and bidders) 
Number of bidders can be displayed for private auctions (Auctioneer can set this up individually) 
Edit personal Profile 
Complete Auctions Management  
Edit auction  
Cancel Auction 
Republish auction (relisting) 
Sellers defined auctions start date (Auction can start on a particular day in the future) 
Sold items list (My Auctions - Archive) 
Online HTML editor support for Auction description (Joomla active WYSIWYG) 
Pictures upload and Image Gallery for auction 
Advanced thumbnails generation (GD libraries) 
Sellers can enhance their listing by: 
featuring on the top of the listNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
adding bold textNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
adding a highlighted colour bandNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
The seller can select how long the auction should run for 
Sellers can select which currency the item should be sold in 
The seller can specify who should pay for the postage costs and whether or not they will post worldwide. They can also enter specific postage costs and services. 
The Seller can Specify if the Auction is PUBLIC or Private. Private auctions withheld the other bids from a bidder. He only can see his bids. The Auctioneer can see all bids.   
The Seller can choose Automatic or manual Auction. The manual auction  allowes an auctioneer to choose any winne, even if he specifies a lower bid then the best. It can be useful if auctioneers preffer some trusted buyers rather to some new or with bad ratings.  
The Seller can choose Automatic BIN accept even for manual auctions. That means the first user that reaches BIN has won instantly.  

Bidder Features.

Post Questions to Seller (can be disabled in Administrator Backend) 
Item Watch - monitorisation of existing auctions without bidding in them  
Won auctions list with special markings for auctions that require feedbackNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
View active Bids (My Bids) 
View Active/Closed/ Sold / Archived Auctions 
Proxy Bidding (Automatic Bidding) 
Emai notification for no longer Highest bidder 
Terms violation reporting system (users can report auctions for being offensive or illegal) 
Bidders can add any item to their "Watch List" which they can track from inside the members area. 
Before bidding users can check the sellers postage instructions to see how much postage they will have to pay. 
A full bidding overview section is available to site users, this is split into the following sub-sections: 
Current bids placed 
Won Items 
Items being watched 
The reputation (aka feedback) of the members area allows users to send and review their reputation comments. 

Payment and Fees.

Integrated Paypal paymentsNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Users can specify their Paypal email in order to ease Payment processNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Webmasters can implement fees for Item listing (pay per listing)New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Featured Auction - GoldNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Featured Auction - SilverNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Featured Auction - BronzeNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
We currently take requests for customized payment items. If your Site has specific needs we can implement those as a custom workNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0

Community Builder integration.

Native support for Community Builder Profiles 
Administrator can choose Community Builder Fields that hold:New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Payment infoNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Localization Info (Country , City)New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Verification Info (Verified User)New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Powerseller Info New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Bidder Group New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Seller GroupNew in Auction Factory 1.4.0
Automatic installation of Community Builder Plugins. All Plugins can be displayed in the users Profile page.  
CB Tab: My Watchlist - features all my watched auctions. Easy to manage and list. 
CB Tab: My Won Bids - features all my won Auctions. Quick link to Rate the user.New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
CB Tab: My Auction Taskpad - a command center for all necessary actions within the Auction Factory system. Also displays the users credits in the system and the verification status of the user.New in Auction Factory 1.4.0
CB Tab: My Ratings - Here you can see all your ratings and comments (feedback). If you visit another user profile then you see his ratings in this tab. 
CB Tab: My Bids - See all active bids in active auctions, having informations about being outbidded. 
CB Tab: My Auctions - All my active auctions. If you visit another users profile you will see his auctions in this tab.