Proxibid continually works to enhance, improve and eliminate issues. Below are AuctionBuilder's newest features and enhancements we've released.
For a list of 2022 release notes, click here.
This publication contains the following sections:
May 2023
Release Date: May 31, 2023
Enhancements:
- atgPay: Added the ability for auction houses to initiate bidder payments on invoices.
- Full documentation can be found at atgPay: Auctioneer Initiated Payments.
- atgPay: Began retaining bidder tax exemption certificates so that they no longer need to be submitted for each invoice.
- Full documentation can be found at atgPay: Tax Exemption Certificates.
Bug Fixes:
- Corrected an issue where the Winning Bidder Report was not accurately showing the payment information, shipping amount, or sales tax.
- Shipping was showing $0, even if charged.
- Exporting to a .CSV was showing $10 shipping being charged on each lot.
- Invoices paid via Bank Transfer (ACH) were showing as credit card payments.
Release Date: May 24, 2023
Enhancements:
- atgPay: Ability to Limit Credit Card Transaction Amounts
- Full Documentation can be found at: atgPay: Credit Card Limits
- Bug Fixes:
- atgPay: Corrected an issue where shipping charges were being added twice or coming through as service fees vs. shipping fees.
- atgPay: Corrected issue where winning bidder report was not accurately displaying payment info, shipping amount or sales tax.
- Corrected an issue where when creating a new timed auction utilizing a template with start/end dates in the past the error handling is not properly capturing and returning an empty string.
- Corrected issue where the reserve email was not being sent.
Release Date: May 3, 2023
Enhancements:
- CAPTCHA has been implemented as part of the password reset process.
- If a bidder has not yet registered (or is pending/declined) for an event, the 'Bid Now' button will now display the bidder's registration status and prompt the bidder to register or provide additional information needed in order to register.
Bug Fixes:
- atgPay: Corrected issue where extra characters were incorrectly appearing in the Misc. Charges textbox when saving an invoice.
- atgPay: Corrected an issue where invoices cannot be sent if the Additional Fees textbox is blank.
- atgPay: Corrected a balance mismatch issue where invoices where rounding off by 1 cent.
- Corrected an issue where CAPTCHA was producing a “Username already exists” error when creating new bidder accounts.
April 2023
Release Date: April 19, 2023
Enhancements:
- atgPay email template updates:
- Previously two invoice emails were sent to the winning buyer; moving forward, only one invoice email is sent (unless invoice is resent).
- When paying via Bank Transfer (ACH), the email template has been updated outlining payment has been initiated and includes verbiage that bank transfer can take 5-7 business days to fully process.
- Implemented a CAPTCHA interface during bidder account creation to improve bidder account security.
- Implemented display improvements to accommodate users with screens larger than 1440.
Bug Fixes:
- atgPay: Corrected an issue where, during checkout, warning banners would remain even after the issue was resolved. This has been corrected and the banner will now disappear once the error is corrected.
- APN: Corrected an issue where deposits where showing but the invoices were not importing.
- Corrected an issue with the current bid not displaying correctly. Current bid on lot card now updates correctly upon page refresh.
- Corrected issue with categories displaying incorrectly in the left panel on Proxibid.com.
- Corrected issue where, when searching for lots by category, some categories with lots were not displaying any lots.
- Corrected an issue where lots ending before the auction ended led to 404 errors.
- Corrected an issue where disabled lots where leading to 404 errors.
- Corrected an issue where the All Categories page on Proxibid.com wasn't displaying categories.
Release Date: April 5, 2023
Enhancements:
- atgPay: Autopay is enabled for use on all events for Auction Houses who have completed the atgPay application and onboarding process.
- Note: MVP features for AutoPay and eligibility remain the same.
- Click here to learn more about atgPay
- Updates to our Event Operator Option Information Modal. We have updated the messaging when selecting Operator Option while creating/editing your event to match our policy.
- Mobile number field has been moved to the top position on both the sign up and My Proxibid > Account pages.
- Past events and lots can no longer be deleted once the auction/event is marked closed.
- Note: Although not advised, should you have a need for previous event/lots to be deleted, please reach out to our support team to discuss further.
Bug Fixes:
- Corrected issue where some lots were displaying [NO_TITLE] in Title field.
- Corrected issue where lot end times for timed auctions were not being updated correctly.
March 2023
Release Date: March 30, 2023
Enhancements:
- Lots and catalogs from an event in a Live, Closed, Ready to Invoice, Invoiced, or Archived event status can no longer be deleted. Please contact Proxibid to have lots and/or catalogs deleted from these events.
- Events in a Live, Closed, Ready to Invoice, Invoiced, or Archived event status can no longer be deleted. These events can still be archived. Please contact Proxibid to have events deleted.
Release Date: March 22, 2023
Enhancements:
- atgPay: Synchronization of payment status. Statuses will update daily (not in real time) within the new "Transactions Summary" section of the invoice and lower right of the Winning Bidder list showcasing one of the following statuses:
- Paid
- Payment Initiated - Processing
- Payment Failed
- Important items to note:
- Feature is not retroactive. Previously closed events will retain the "Paid" verbiage.
- In this iteration, buyers will not receive notifications if payment needs to be reattempted at this time.
- Bank Transfer (ACH) transactions can take longer to process (bank dependent) and can remain in the Payment Intiated - Processing status longer than payments sent via credit card.
- For more information, see atgPay: Invoicing and Bidder Payments.
- Important items to note:
- Visual changes to Lot Detail Page, Watching and Want to Participate buttons for easier access.
Bug Fixes/Maintenance:
- Corrected missing shipping line item on invoices where atgPay is not utilized.
- Corrected issue where processing fee was incorrectly calculated if multiple payments were on an invoice when atgPay is enabled on the event.
Release Date: March 17, 2023
Bug Fixes:
- Corrected an issue where taxes were calculating incorrectly for events using atgPay where the invoice contained multiple payments. This will correct the issue for future invoices. For current invoices where taxes are not calculating correctly, click the Save button at the top of the invoice to recalculate taxes and then re-send the invoice to the bidder.
Release Date: March 8, 2023
Enhancements:
- Added the ability to accept multiple payments on an invoice via atgPay. For more information, see the 'Multiple Invoice Payments' section of the atgPay: Invoicing and Bidder Payments help article.
- Updated the Autopay bidder emails to include a timeframe for when they will be automatically charged. For more information, see atgPay: Autopay.
February 2023
Release Date: February 22, 2023
Enhancements:
- Enable Autopay: Events utilizing atgPay now provide buyer autopayment options of 24 or 72 hours. Buyer credit card on file will be automatically charged 24 or 72 hours (depending on selection) after initial invoice has been sent.
- Video of Autopay enabling in action. Includes suggested verbiage found in the atgPay: Enabling on an Event help article.
- Note: This feature continues to be built out and refined. In this first iteration the following conditions need to be met to utilize autopay:
- The buyer should have a valid credit card (not available yet for ACH) on file.
- Buyer has previously paid for an item utilizing atgPay since the ACH feature rollout (Feb. 2, 2023).
- Autopay is only compatible with "Local Shipping" and "Arranged by Bidder" options for shipping methods.
- If all criteria is met, the buyers invoice will indicate which credit card will be automatically charged.
Release Date: February 8, 2023
Enhancements:
- To improve performance of live bidding over 1500 lots, pagination was added to the live bidding catalog window. If a catalog is greater than 1500 lots, then pagination will display 100 lots per page.
Release Date: February 2, 2023
Enhancements:
- Allow winning bidders to pay for winning items via Bank Transfer (ACH) in events using atgPay.
January 2023
Release Date: January 25, 2023
Maintenance/Bug Fixes:
- Updated processes related to staggered end times to be more efficient and stagger correctly.
Release Date: January 11, 2023
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where bidders with multiple paid invoices were unable to view their correct paid receipt.
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Fixed an issue where bidder address validation would fail if a shipping address contained a space in the zip code field (ex. Canada).