# Bidding modes for freight offers

Unlike transport offers that are always ads, freight offers have 4 bidding modes:

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### Ad:&#x20;

* The "old-fashioned"‎ offer mode;
* Cannot accept bids;
* Potential counterparties can contact you via messenger, phone number, email and other contacts methods specified in your profile.

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### Bargain:&#x20;

* Bargain is the most fair and flexible bidding mode when both cost and transportation conditions matter;
* The bidder has 4 statuses for their active bid: "Best", "Among the best", "Mid" and "Losing";
* Each user can make an unlimited number of bids, but only the last bid will always be active;
* Even if the user is a member of several companies, they can also submit an unlimited number of bids;
* The price specified in the offer is a guideline for the participants in the bidding;
* You decide the winner yourself.

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### Auction:&#x20;

* A mode, where each participant can offer their own bid;
* Suitable when you only care about the cost of transportation;
* The lowest bid wins automatically when the auction duration time ends;
* You can select the winner manually and the offer will be marked as "Winner selected manually";
* If the offer does not specify the price, then the first bid is set according to the initial bid;
* If the price is specified in the offer, the first bid must either match this price or be lower;
* There are 2 statuses of active bids in the auction: "Best" and "Outbid";
* All subsequent bids must differ from the current best by the minimum step specified by the shipper when creating an offer.

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### Fix:&#x20;

* Offer mode, where each participant competes for transportation by offering transportation conditions;
* The cost of transportation is fixed and is set by the owner of the offer;
* When you have a fixed price for transportation, no one can negotiate on the price;
* If "Book now" setting is not disabled, then fix allows you to conduct competition between participants, but only on the terms of transportation;
* This mode is ideal for holding a competition among your carriers with a single contract price.

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#### *Fix with the indicator "Book now".*

This function is used in two cases:

1. The first one to agree wins the transportation deal;
2. If you only sent an offer to one partner, then it is a direct assignment of the offer to the partner,

   as in the case of a contract plan.

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