Minimum bid increase pct
rsm08 - April 8, 2009 - 16:05
| Project: | Ubercart Auction |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | won't fix |
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Description
Hi guys.. Thanks for a great script!
I was wondering why there's only a fixed minimum bid increase amount for all auctions instead of a percentage. There is a maximum bid increase percentage, but not a minimum one.
The problem with a fixed minimum increase is, that it makes no sense to have the same minimum amount if one of your products cost 10 $ and another product cost 10,000 $. You'd probably want to have different minimum amounts for each case.
Will it be possible to add this field in the near future? I assume that the minimum percentage field could be enforced along with the minimum fixed amount, just as the 2 maximum fields does.
#1
[Oops, double posted.]
#2
The reason for this is, when the increase is a percentage, the amount the value can increase will not align with the bid increment value most of the time.
However, note that with newer releases of UC Auction, you can optionally set minimum bid increase and bid increment values on a per-auction basis. So you can set these values high for high-value auctions and keep them low for low-value ones.
#3
Ok, that's even better then. I'm designing an eBay like site, so the more customisation put out to the individual user and individual product, the better.
Right now I'm using 6.x-1.x-dev, and this doesn't have this option. I assume it'll be in the newest version then?
#4
Notice that the dev release is periodically updated. Update to the latest release - re-download it from the site - and you should gain the functionality.
#5
Hi Garett
I downloaded the latest dev version and replaced the existing one with it. But I haven't gained any new fields, and particularly, there's no fields for setting minimum bid increase in the Auction fieldgroup of the product form.
??
#6
Hmm. Does the user account you're using have the "administer store" permission? Do you only have one copy of the module installed?
#7
Doh! There's the problem. Only my administrator have that permission, so no wonder my user's couldn't edit that field.
I'll just have to hack a little bit to make the field available to all sellers.
Thanks for helping me out!