One of the key things you'll need to know how to do as a webcast clerk is to change the asking price so that you can keep up with any changes the auctioneer makes on the fly.
Below are the methods available in the Webcast Clerking Console.
Option 1: Asking Price Box
Click on the Asking Price input box (or press the
Akey on your keyboard)Delete the amount on the box if needed
Enter the new asking price
Press Return / Enter to set the new price
Press Return / Enter again to place a bid at the new asking price
Option 2: Bids Column
Click once on any value in the Bids column to change the asking price, which will reflect on the public site in real time
Click the same value twice to immediately place a bid at that amount
Lowering the Asking Price
If the item has already received bids higher than the new asking price, those higher bids will be automatically cancelled when the price is lowered.
Example:
If a user placed a bid at £310,000, and you lower the asking price to £250,000, that bid will be cancelled.
However, cancelled bids can be reinstated easily by clicking the Reinstate button next to each bid:
