Registration is fast, easy, secure, and free. If you have a valid email account and are over the age of 16, simply click the 'Register' link at the top of any screen, complete the user information form, and hit the submit button.

Once your submission has been processed, you will instantly be emailed an account verification notice. This email will contain an account activation link. Click on the link in the email (or cut and paste it into your browser) and your account will then be activated.  Until you have activated your account uyou will not be able to buy or sell on the site Please note that if you are using a Hotmail, Yahoo or similar email address, the activation email may be treated by them as 'junk'.  It is important that you check this folder for our activation email.

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 “Sell” link, and you will be redirected to a new 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 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, 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

Here 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.

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 your 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 buying: 'snap it up' (buy now) auctions.  'snap it up' prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the “snap it up” 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 'snap it up'.

The 'have a haggle' feature allows you to offer a lower price on a 'snap it up' item, the seller then has the option of accepting the offer, declining it or of asking the buyer to try a higher amount.

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.

Once a sale has been processed, both the seller and the buyer will be able to leave feedback 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 in 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.

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.

The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain “keywords” you have chosen.

For example if you are looking for a “Rolex Submariner” you could enter those keywords from within your member’s area. Each time a new auction is listed containing the term “Rolex Submariner” you will be notified via this web-site.

You can enter in as many keywords as you like.

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), the MEMBERS AREA menu will be visible on the left of your screen. This menu is divided into a number of areas:

Moderator
This sub menu is only visible to Moderators once logged on and gives access to:- a) Recently listed items b) Sales in the Moderators category c) Newsletters d) Moderator messaging system

Messaging
The SpecialistAuctions secure messaging sytem for members to contact other members

Buyng
Details of your buying activities including:-
Bidding
Items I've won
Item Watch
Haggles made
Abuse Report

Selling
Details of your sales activity can be easily accessed here by using the links for:-
My Store
Open Items
Open Public Questions
Sold Items
Haggles Received
Closed Items
About Me
Prefilled Auction Fields

My Favourites
Keep an eye on the items you may wish to bid on or are interested in by setting your keywords here

Tools
Download our professional bulk lister, ProBulk from here

My Account
The tools here include:-
My Details
Invoice
History
Feedback
Default members page

Wanted ads are a new feature that will be introduced during late 2007.  In brief they will offer:-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.

Advertiser (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!

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.