Bid Expire Date

[DGTALGOODIES]

How can a user see when is bid expires. I cant find the information anywhere on the user side. I tried adding <%$expire|date_format%> or <%$expire%> dint do anything.

[Bruceper]

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something, but bids don't expire. They just get out bid

[DGTALGOODIES]

So when some one as a bid on a listing it never expires ? I tough they add like 30 days I guess its OK like this but would it be hard to have them expire? It comes to the same as having sponsored and premium listings but in a bidding way.Maybe i am not seeing the bad part of this lol.

[Bruceper]

A bid is exactly that, a bid. It remains until that user is outbid. You don't want a bid to expire, that'll just piss off users.

Lets say they bid $5 for a listing in a specific category, and there were 4 other bids ($1, 2, 3 and $4). Thirty days later their bids expire and someone new comes along and gets that category for $1 (remember all the other bids expired, they are no longer valid).

I think users would start wanting their money back at that point. Plus you're also on the losing end here. When bids expire the amount would be reset back to default and you're not making as much any more.

If you want users to pay every 30 days then you don't want to use bids, you want premium and sponsored listings.

[DGTALGOODIES]

I think users would start wanting their money back at that point. Plus you're also on the losing end here. When bids expire the amount would be reset back to default and you're not making as much any more.

Thirty days later their bids expire and someone new comes along and gets that category for $1

Your absolutely right that's why i asked so i can understand

But what happens down the line lest say 5 or 10 years from now you close your website does that mean you need to refund all the bidders?

Thanks.

[Bruceper]

Not at all. That why your policies state NO REFUNDS

[DGTALGOODIES]

Not at all. That why your policies state NO REFUNDS

The one you made me lol