Auctions

Finding An Auction

Each auction is one piece with its own end time. Use the filters: Live for auctions open for bidding now, Upcoming for ones that haven’t opened yet, Sold for ones that ended with a winner, and Passed for ones that ended without meeting their reserve. Tap the heart on a card to add it to your watchlist.

Placing A Bid

• Open a live listing to see the Current Bid, the number of bids and the time left.
• Enter the most you’re willing to pay. It must be at least the minimum bid shown.
• Tick the box confirming the bid is a binding offer to buy if you win, then choose Place Bid.

Yeja bids for you automatically, only as much as needed to keep you in the lead, up to your maximum. Bids can’t be withdrawn. If someone bids in the last two minutes, the end time moves to two minutes after that bid, so everyone has a chance to respond.

Notices, Ending And Paying

While Auctions is open, you’ll see a notice when someone outbids you, and when a listing you’re watching or winning enters its last 15 minutes. An upcoming auction opens for bidding at its start time. Bidding stops at the end time, and Yeja closes the listing within a few minutes. If the reserve was met, the highest bidder wins and is told that payment is due: open that notification, or the banner at the top of Auctions, and choose Pay Now. If not, the listing shows as Passed.

Starting An Auction

• Choose Create at the top of the page, then Start An Auction. You can also choose Start An Auction on a piece’s Sale tab in My Studio.
• Choose Choose From My Studio to fill in the title, description and image from a piece you’ve uploaded, or type them in yourself.
• Pick a currency and set a Starting Bid. You can also set a reserve price: if bidding doesn’t reach it, the piece doesn’t sell.
• Set Starts At, at least 12 hours from now, and pick an end date one to four weeks after the start.
• Tick Make Live Immediately to open bidding right away, then choose Create Auction. Or choose Save Draft to finish later.

A piece can be in only one active auction at a time. While your auction is live, you can choose End Listing Now to close bidding early and charge the current high bidder. For what Yeja charges on auction sales, see Pricing.