Event Dates

The formal dates within each event consist of the calendar date and the time of day, for example, 02/14/2005 9:49AM PST.

Four dates exist for each event:

• Create: The date when you create the event, before it goes through the internal approval process and is made available for bidding.

• Preview: The date that you can make available to potential bidders, allowing them to review the event as well as enter and save their bids, which they can post as soon as the event starts.

  You can preview only auction and RFx (request for quote), not RFI (request for information) events.

• Start: The date when bidders can begin to post bids for the event.

• End: The date when the bidding closes.

  This time can be extended; if a last-minute bid is entered, you can extend the end date to give earlier bidders the opportunity to counterbid.