• Category Selection
• Item Details
• Auction Settings
• Shipping and Payment
• Listing Preview
• Listing Confirmation

The listing process is developed in such a way that you are guided through every step seamlessly.

Step one of the process is to choose the category you wish to list your item in, this can be revised at any time by using the “Previous Step” navigation button.

Step two enables you to enter your item title and description, a full WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor is in place to enable you to use HTML descriptions.

• Auction type: Standard Auction - This is a single quantity auction
• Dutch Auction: Dutch Auction This type of auction enables you to list a multiple quantity auction, for example if you have 100 pens to sell you can list all of these together in a single lot. Bidders will be able to select how many they wish to bid for.
• Currency: You can select your preferred auction currency using the drop down menu available
• Quantity: This field is only active if listing a Dutch auction, please see above for an explanation of this listing type
• Auction Starts At: This requires you to enter the minimum bid you are willing to accept, you can also set a reserve price to ensure you do not sell the item for this amount. Please see below for more information on this. Be sure to fill this field out or you may encounter a posting error.
• Reserve Price: Enabling a reserve price affectively means you will not sell the item for less than the amount set, for example you can set the start price at 5.00 but only accept winning bids over 50.00, should a bid be placed for 49.99 the item will close without a winner.
• Buy Now (if available): "Buy Now" allows you to set an amount you are willing to sell the item for – straight out. For example you can set the start price to 10.00 but offer interested parties the option to buy the item immediately for 100.00. You can also list buy now only auctions, these auctions remove all bidding options meaning the listing can only be purchased for a set amount. To set a buy now only auction you need to set the buy out value to be exactly equal with the start bid.
• Offer-Range (if available): You can set a price bracket in which you are willing to listing to offer, for example if you set the price brackets from 15.00 to 100.00 interested parties will be able to offer you an amount within these brackets, you can opt whether to accept or decline these offers at any time via the members area.
• Bid increment: This option can be used to set your own custom bid increment if preferred.
• Item Featuring (if available): To help generate more traffic to your listing, Magic Castle Auctions offers many options in addition to the standard listing (some fees may apply). These options will highlight your item on site to ensure they reach more visitors. Our listing options include:
• Home page featured: Lists you auction and item image on the front page of the site.
• Bold Listing: Your listing shows up in bold text.
• Attention Getting Graphics: Be sure to provide an image of your item.
• Bold text: Your auction appears in bold text.
• Highlighted Background: Your auction is highlighted with a colored background.
• Set start/end time: You can either opt to list your item right away and set a defined number of days for it to be live for or you also have the option to define your own custom start/end time.
• Private Auction: Private auction will hide the bidders identity on the item details page.
• Image Upload: To accompany your item you can either upload images from your local computer or enter the URL of an image(s) hosted elsewhere.
• Media Upload:In addition to images you can also upload media files, please note only .avi/.mpeg/.mov are supported.
• YouTube Video: You can add a link to your YouTube Video page to help demonstrate your item.
• Auto Re-List: For convenience you can opt to have your items automatically re-listed for you, options are available to allow you to select whether the item should be re-listed if sold and how many re-list attempts should be made.

Step four is where you can set your shipping and payment preferences including your shipping rates and available methods of delivery. We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express for payment of enhanced listing fees, store fees, and end-of-auction fees. We also accept Pay-Pay for a direct payment to the seller. You will need to set up these payment methods from within your account management page. By using direct payment, buyers are able to pay yor for the item directly through the site.

Step five is where you can preview and review the listing and make changes if required, please note you can still edit your listing once live via the members area.