# "Fix" bidding mode

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All notifications regarding bids on your offers are sent to the email address indicated in your profile (on the Login and Security page).
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### 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 competition among your carriers with a set contract cost.

*Fix mode 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 "Fix" mode, you need to:

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**Important!** "Fix" mode is only available for freight offers.
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Click "Create an offer" in the upper left corner and select "Freight".

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

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

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

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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.

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You can activate "Book now" function, and then the first participant to respond will automatically become the winner.&#x20;
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If you want to schedule bidding in advance for a specific time and to set the exact start and end times, select "Scheduled bidding start" checkbox. This allows carriers to review cargo and calculate bids in advance, while the bidding itself will start and end strictly at the specified times, ensuring flexible scheduling and maximum transparency.

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**Important!** This feature is available to companies on Pro, Expert, and Enterprise plans and works on both public and private exchange. It is not available to Starter and Free plans or to individuals.
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Publish offer 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 bidding. To do this, you must click on your offer.

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Specify the duration of publication, i.e. how long your offer will be relevant on the exchange. The default time is 72h, but you can choose shorter duration, such as 24h or 48h.

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

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You can optionally adjust bid's privacy settings for the bidding participants. You can read more in the ["Bid's Privacy"](/en/bids-privacy.md) section.

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Offers also have an option to extend the bidding period automatically. When "Auto renewal on late bid" checkbox is selected, the bidding period will be extended by 10 minutes if a bid was placed 10 minutes before the scheduled end of a publication. Automatic extension can be enabled for up to five times.

This feature automatically extends the bidding period if someone places bid in the last minutes, giving other bidders an opportunity to respond with a new bid.

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

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

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

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Click "Make a bid" button on the right.

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In the window that opens, specify the taxation type and cargo delivery terms.&#x20;

If the offer owner specified the price with VAT and selected "‎Accept bids without VAT"‎, you can also choose this types of taxation.&#x20;

If the owner only specified one type, you will only be able to place bid with this type of taxation.&#x20;

If you wish, you can also write 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.

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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").

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You can also view bids statuses on ["My bids"](/en/my-bids-section.md) 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.

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