Bidders Manual

Welcome to www.ahbilimoria.com, your one step in risk free internet market place Steps to Bid on ahbilimoria.com:

Logon to https://www.ahbilimoria.com

Click on Register button on top right.

Fill up the registration form. Please note that filling up of fields having * marks are mandatory and then click Register Me. You will have to provide your own login ID and password. The login ID should not be less than 6 characters (Alfa numeric is preferable, as per example ram@123). Password should also be of minimum 6 characters. Please note that one of the characters should be in numeric and another special character are to be chosen.

The Service provider will activate your account as a registered bidder after receiving the requisite Security Deposits as determined by the principal company (If any). If you have provided your e-mail ID a confirmation of successful registration will be received by you in registered e-mail ID.

Once the account has been activated by the Service provider please click on ENT Auction / YANKEE Auction TAB on home page.

Login with Username and Password.

Now you are at directed to multiple lot bidding page. This page gives the option to bid in single or multiple lots according to your attachments and choices.

On the Bidding screen:
  • a) Click on Lot No. A separate pop up window will open. This will provide material details, Scheduled Start Time, Scheduled End Time, Bid increment, Tax applicable, Lot photograph/ video etc.
  • b) Click on Bid History link to see the bid history of the lot. You will be able to see Bid History provided you have submitted any bid in a particular lot.
  • c) Time remaining: Shows the amount of time remaining before the scheduled lot closure.
  • d) UOM: This denotes the basis of bidding i.e. on MT Basis, KG Basis or Lot Basis etc.
  • e) Last Bid: Shows the Current highest bid of the corresponding lot.
  • f) Bidder ID: If any bidder is currently highest bidder in the lot, a green coloured Thumbs Up sign will appear in the field. As soon as any other bidder surpasses the bid this sign will automatically disappear.
  • g) Total Bids: Shows the number of bids that the lot has received.
  • h) Your Bids: Shows the minimum bid that a bidder should choose i.e. “Last Bid + Minimum Bid Increment”, however, any bidder is free to exceed this amount in multiples of “Minimum bid increment” kept for the lot subject to dynamic safety limits
  • i) Minimum Bid Increment: Shows the minimum bid increment of the corresponding lot (In multiples).
  • j) Bid type: In this module any user can bid for any lot either through General bidding or by Proxy bidding / auto bidding.

i) Proxy Bid: Click on Proxy Select and Proxy check box to set your highest bid limit. Server will then automatically bid on your behalf till the set limit.

  1. Enter proxy bid price in the bid box.
  2. Tick the “SELECT” box with left click on the mouse.
  3. Tick the “Proxy Box” with the click on the mouse
  4. Click the Submit Bid button. If the User ID link display’s a Green Thumbs Up then your proxy has been recorded by the system. In case you have entered a lower proxy than what is already present in the system then the Green Thumbs up Sign will not be reflected in the system and you will have to enter a higher proxy.

Notes:

  1. If you give a higher proxy amount and auction closes at lower amount, you have to pay the lower amount, not the higher amount you have put as a proxy bid.
  2. Your Proxy bid is known to you only. It is neither disclosed nor visible to other bidders ever.
  3. The proxy bid can only be in the multiples of the bid increment.
  4. The last proxy set by the user can be viewed by the USER ONLY and not by any one else against a particular lot or lots by clicking on the YOUR PROXY button on the bidding page.

By clicking on Select Action Drop Down menu Two Functions can be done

  1. A Bidder can see their Winning bids
  2. A Bidder can also see the proxy that they have set against one or multiple lots

A Bidder has to select one function and click on submit button to perform the action of their choice.

ii) General Bid: Click on Select check box to set your bid (Opening bid/Current bid + minimum bid increment) or you can bid more than the defined bid increment, type your bid value in Select box then click Submit Bid Button ( subject to safety level).

  1. Tick the Select check Box.
  2. Enter your price in the Your Bid box.
  3. Click the Submit Bid Button. Green Thumbs Up should display Under Bidder ID if your bid is the currently recorded highest in the server. If the Thumbs up sign is not displayed in the bidder’s page then the bidder will have to enter a higher bid.
  • k) Refresh Screen: Keep refreshing the bidding screen by pressing F5.
  • l) An user can keep track of selectively keeping track of one or all the lots offered in a separate popup window on the top of the bidding page by selectively ticking on the left Refresh check box followed by clicking on the Add to Refresh button to open this popup window.
  • m) Message Box: Messages are transmitted by the service provider from time to time which scrolls from right to left of your screen on the top of the bidding page.
  • n) Through the NEWS FLASH Box important messages are displayed periodically in connection with the ongoing process.
  • o) Filter by category: This facility entitles a user to selectively choose any one or all the auction for which the has been attached.

Change of Password: You could do this from Live Auction page Clicking Forget Password link. A link is send by the server to registered email id for changing the password

This module has been provided with a separate Auction Observer Page which is protected by user ID and password. A user can click on this link and enter their active user ID and Password to arrive at the Auction Observer page. This page has got Closed Auction

Closed Auctions: Will show the list of closed/complete auctions.

Lot Confirmation: Lots for which decisions have been received from the principal company are displayed in this link.

(11) In this bidding module a lot can be kept open for bidding for a fixed time period or according to decisions of Principal Companies Limited/Unlimited Auto extensions. In case of limited auto extension the no of extension left is shown Extension left column. Whereas a (*) appears in this column where an unlimited extension of time has been provided. If no indications are available in this box then the lot is going to be closed according to time schedule mentioned in the bid page.

In case you have registered your e-mail ID with us you will receive compliances with respect to status of your offer through your e-mail.

Thank You

A H Bilimoria & Co.