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Print Bidder Number

Every contact entered into the system is assigned a number to uniquely identify that contact. If the contact attends your event, then this number will be used as their bidder number.

Bidder Numbers are used by attendees to your event to bid on auction items. There are several advantages to using bidder numbers over having attendees write their name and/or phone number. It is typically much easier to read a number than someone's hand writing. Also numbers provide some level of anonymity avoiding the issue where attendees will not bid against friends. In order to use the back-end check-out processes of Silent Auction Pro your attendees must bid by the bidder number assigned by the system.

Members with authorization levels of Auction Assistant or higher may print bidder numbers.

Important: Before you can print a Bidder Number the contact must be marked at Attending the event! Auction Assistants or higher can mark contacts as attending from the Edit Contact page. Hint: Before printing any auction material we suggest that you change your printer settings to not print any extra information such as the URL, Date, Number of Pages, Title, etc., in the margins of the printed page. These options are typically available from the Page Setup Menu on your Computer. To Print A Bidder Number
  1. Click on the Auction Day1 menu item.
  2. Click on the "Select an Attendee" in the Check-In Functions table.
  3. If you see the attendee in the list, select that attendee.2
  4. Click on the "Print Bidder Number" button. This will open a new window.
  5. If you are not prompted to print the page, hit the <CTRL> P keys together on your computer. This will bring up the print dialog.
  6. Click OK to print the bidder number.
  7. Close the window to return to Silent Auction Pro.

You may print all the bidder numbers for Contacts marked as attending your event from the Auction Administrator page.

To Print All Bidder Numbers
  1. Click on the Auction Administrator page.
  2. Scroll down to the "Auction Day Printed Material and Reports" table.
  3. Click on the "Print All Bidder Numbers" link. This will open a new window.
  4. If you are not prompted to print the page, hit the <CTRL> P keys together on your computer. This will bring up the print dialog.
  5. Click OK to print all the bidder numbers.
  6. Close the window to return to Silent Auction Pro.
Notes:
1 You must be an Auction Assistant or greater to see the Auction Day menu item.
2 If you do not see the Attendee in the list then they are not marked as attending the event. You must edit that contact and mark them as attending before you can print a bidder number.