"Fix" bidding mode

"Fix" bidding mode

All notifications regarding bids on your offers are sent to email address indicated in the profile.

Fix:

• A mode where each participant competes for transportation, offering transportation conditions;

• The cost of transportation is fixed and is set by the owner of the offer;

• When you have a fixed cost of transportation, no one can bargain on the cost;

• If "Book now" setting is not disabled, then fix mode allows you to conduct competition between the participants, but only on the terms of transportation;

• This mode is great for holding a competition among your carriers with a set contract cost.

Fix with "Book now" function.

Used in two cases:

• The first participant to agree wins the transportation;

• If you sent the offer to only one partner, then this is a direct assignment of the offer to the partner, as in case of a contract plan.

To create an offer in the "Fix" mode, you need to:

Important! "Fix" mode is only available for freight offers.

1

Click "Create an offer" in the upper left corner and select "Freight".

2

Fill in the obligatory data about your shipment, delivery time and other conditions.

3

In “Rate and payment” block, select “Fix” mode.

4

Specify fixed cost for transportation, select the type of taxation.

5

Set a deadline for the winner to confirm the bid. Once you selected the winner, they must confirm their bid. If the winner does not confirm the bid within the specified time, the bid is automatically rejected.

You can activate "Book now" function, and then the first participant to respond will automatically become the winner.

6

Select offer publishing on the private or public exchange (or both). Once the offer is published, it can accept bids from participants. As the owner of the offer, you will be able to see all bids participating in the fix mode bidding. To do this, you must click on your offer.

7

Specify the duration of publication, i.e. how long your auction will take place on the exchange. The default time is 72h, but you can choose less, such as 24h or 48h.

You can also choose different duration by selecting "Specify your own time" or "Since first bid" checkboxes (the countdown of the duration of publication will start when the first bid is received).

8

Click "Publish now" button at the top and bottom of the screen. Done! The offer has been published in the "Fix" mode.

How to place bids on offers in "Fix" mode?

Note! A user can only have one active bid on a particular offer.

For example, you are a member of both company A and company B. You bid on an offer from company A and then bid on the same offer from company B. In this case, the bid from company A is automatically canceled because both bids were placed by the same user.

You can only place bid on an offer that is in the "Published" status.

1

In the "Search freights and transport" tab, go to the offer with the "Fix" indicator.

2

Click "Make a bid" button on the right.

3

In the window that opens, specify the taxation type and cargo delivery terms.

If the offer owner specified the price with VAT and selected "‎Accept bids without VAT"‎, you can also select this types of taxation.

If the owner only specified one type, you will only be able to place bid with this type of taxation.

If you wish, you can enter a note. For example, you have an interesting offer in terms of transportation conditions. When all information is filled in, click "Make a bid" button.

4

The bid status is the same for all participants: "Your bid has been submitted". Depending on whether the bid is active or not, it will be displayed in the corresponding block (e.g. if you have canceled the bid, it will no longer be "Active").

5

You can also view bids status on "My bids" page. All bids are displayed according to their status.

For example, if you placed a bid and the bidding is in progress, your bid appears in the "Bidding" column. Once the bid wins, you need to confirm it and it will then appear in the "Confirmation" column.

On "My bids" page, you can also cancel a bid or make a new one. Important! Do not forget to update the page manually to keep track of competitors bids and win!

Important! Don't forget to refresh the page manually to avoid missing competitors' bids and win!