Before You Schedule
Your vehicle listing must be complete before you can schedule it for auction. All required fields need to be filled and at least 4 photos uploaded. See How to List a Vehicle on Autura Marketplace for help completing a listing.
Set your pricing before you schedule. The Bulk Editor changes Draft vehicles only. Once a vehicle is scheduled it can no longer be bulk edited, even if the auction has not started and has no bids. See How to List a Vehicle on Autura Marketplace.
How Scheduling Works
Two things happen when you schedule, and it helps to keep them straight:
Scheduling publishes your vehicle immediately. The moment you confirm, buyers can see the listing and place pre-bids.
The "live" time you pick is when the final 1-hour countdown starts, not when bidding opens. Bidding is already open from the moment you schedule.
The pre-bid window runs from publish until your live time: minimum 24 hours, maximum 30 days. A 3 to 5 business day pre-bid window gives buyers time to find your vehicle and tends to produce the strongest results.
Step 1 — Schedule Your Auction
From your Selling tab, find the Draft vehicle you want to schedule.
Select Schedule Auction.
Choose your launch time: Tomorrow for a quick launch, or a specific date and time.
Your time zone is set from the vehicle's location. Check it before you confirm and change it if it is not right.
Review the schedule summary. It shows your starting bid, fees, reserve, and floor price. Then confirm.
Scheduling Rule | Details |
Earliest launch | The earliest live time you can schedule is 24 hours from the current time. |
Latest launch | Up to 30 days in advance. |
Pre-bids | Buyers can bid from the moment you schedule, before the auction goes live. |
Once live | Each vehicle starts a 1-hour countdown at its scheduled live time. If you bulk schedule with an interval, vehicles close in sequence: the first closes 1 hour after the live time, and each one after closes one interval later. Example: with a 30-second interval, the first car closes at 1 hour, the second at 1 hour + 30 seconds, the third at 1 hour + 1 minute, and so on. |
WATCH OUT Once a buyer places a pre-bid, you can no longer reschedule the vehicle. Finalize your listing details and your launch time before you schedule. |
SUCCESS Auction scheduled. Buyers can place pre-bids. |
Step 2 — Schedule Multiple Vehicles at Once
In the Selling tab, turn on select mode and select your Draft vehicles. You can click anywhere on a vehicle card to select it.
The order you select vehicles is the order they will close. Select them in the sequence you want.
Select Schedule Auction and choose the live time.
Set a staggered end interval, up to 60 seconds between vehicles, so cars close in sequence instead of all at once. Leave it off to have all vehicles close at the same time.
Confirm. Each vehicle gets its own independent auction.
NOTE If you run more than one lot, use the location filter in the Selling toolbar to narrow the list to the lot you are scheduling before you turn on select mode. The dropdown lists the addresses saved as pickup locations on your account. |
TIP Select mode also gives you the Bulk Editor. If the vehicles in this batch need the same starting bid, floor, reserve, or fees, apply those first, while they are still Drafts, then schedule them. |
NOTE If different vehicles need different launch days, schedule them in separate batches. |
Step 3 — Monitor Your Live Auction
At the scheduled time, your auction goes live automatically.
Minimum live duration: 1 hour. With a staggered interval, each vehicle after the first closes one interval later than the one before it.
If a bid comes in within the last 2 minutes, the timer extends automatically by an additional 2 minutes. This repeats as long as last-minute bids keep coming.
Watch your current bid and bidder count from the Active filter in your Selling tab.
NOTE You cannot edit listing details once an auction is live. Contact support if you need to make a change. |
Promoting Your Auctions
Buyers can favorite your seller page and save a search for your inventory. When you list new vehicles, matching buyers get automatic email notifications. No manual outreach needed.
To advertise your inventory, go to the Auctions tab, filter by your seller name, and copy the URL of your inventory page. Share it on social media, your website, or with a local ad outlet.
If you need vehicles to close together like a traditional auction event, for example to advertise a specific end date, schedule them to go live around the same time with a staggered interval.
Rescheduling or Cancelling Before Go-Live
Important to note: once a vehicle has pre-bids, it can no longer be rescheduled. You can still unschedule it, which clears the pre-bids and returns it to Draft.
Action | How | What to Know |
Reschedule | Select Reschedule from the vehicle card | Designate a new launch time. Not available once the vehicle has pre-bids. |
Cancel (Unschedule) | Select Unschedule from the vehicle card | Returns vehicle to Draft and clears any pre-bids. |
If Your Vehicle Does Not Sell
Find the unsold vehicle under the Inactive filter in your Selling tab.
Click into the vehicle.
Select Re-List in the top right. This duplicates the listing into your Draft tab, where you can update pricing, photos, and details before scheduling.
Schedule the new auction as normal.
TIP Improve something before you relist. The first run tells you what the market thinks the vehicle is worth. Better photos, more detail, or a lower starting bid to kick-start early bidding all help. A lower starting bid usually does not lower the final price, because more early bidders create competition. |
NOTE Each relist counts as a new auction run, and the listing shows how many runs a vehicle has had. You can relist up to 3 times on your own. After 3 runs, contact Autura support to discuss next steps. |
NOTE A vehicle that has already sold on another run cannot be relisted. If you think a vehicle was blocked in error, contact support. |
82% Sell-through rate on Autura Marketplace, compared to a 54-66% industry average. If a vehicle is not selling, our support team can help review the listing. |
Need Help?
Contact Autura support for help with scheduling, a live auction issue, or relisting.
Email: [email protected]
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Phone: (888) 998-6085
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