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When you first run AuctionPrime, you'll notice an "Auctions"
menu at the top of your screen. For the eBay only version,
and the Trial Version, eBay will be the only auction available
on this list. With the full version, you'll see a complete
list of the auctions we support in AuctionPrime.
Note: AuctionPrime is best used in 800x600 screen
resolution or higher. To change your screen resolution, right
click your windows desktop, then select Properties from the
popup menu. The "Display Properties" dialog will appear. Click
on the "Settings" tab. There you'll see options to change
your screen resolution.
Step One: under the File Menu, click Auction Setup.
This will show you a grid with the available auctions.
Just enter your User ID and Password for each applicable auction,
and then close the screen
This is needed for two reasons. One, when AuctionPrime checks
items for you, it needs to know your User ID to determine
if you currently hold the high bid. Two, if you use AuctionPrime's
AutoBid feature, the program will need this information in
order to place a bid for you.
Step Two: under the File Menu, click Edit Categories.
You'll now see a grid where you can enter Categories of
Items you like to shop for with online auctions. Some samples
are provided. You can move to a new line and add your own
category. Then add a few keywords that are likely to be unique
to that category. When you save an Auction Item into AuctionPrime's
database, it will search through the item's description, looking
for these keywords, and will then select a category based
on them. Make sure to enter your most important keywords early
in the list. AuctionPrime uses a weighted system when selecting
a Category for each Auction Item it saves (or as we call it,
Remembers), and keywords that appear first in your list are
given higher 'scores' than keywords at the end of the list.
Step Three: under the Auctions Menu, click on eBay.
eBay's home page will be displayed in an Auction Browser
Screen. Find an item that interestes you. Once an actual item
page is being displayed on the Auction Browser Screen, you'll
see that a button labeled "Remember" appears on the toolbar.
Click the "Remember" button, and this item will be added to
AuctionPrime's database. It's that easy!
Step Four: under the Windows Menu, click on Items
of Interest.
(or if you have closed the "Items of Interest" screen,
look in the File Menu, then click on Items of Interest)
You'll see the item you "Remembered" in Step Three listed
in the grid. Click the "Item Detail" tab (or click the icon
beside the item name in the list), and you'll see all of the
detailed information AuctionPrime saved about this item. To
view the list again, click the "Item List" tab.
For basic usage, that's all there is to it. You'll use AuctionPrime
as your browser whenever you look at auctions, so that you
can save the items in AuctionPrime's database. If you use
an external browser to view auction sites, AuctionPrime will
not be able to save or act on information for you.
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