Auction Mentor services, tailored to your needs!

To achieve the best auction results, our experts will tackle the following tasks for you:

• Before the auction is published, we review the auction call and identify any potential problem areas.
• We make a suggestion for the most effective auction strategy and type.
• We notify the requested participants and register them in the Fluenta Auction system.
• We configure the auction system and set the parameters according to the previously agreed-upon requirements.
• We prepare the bidders for the use of the system online, and we provide support as required during the live auction as well.
  Our experts are available both online and on the phone during the entire auction.
• We prepare reports on participant activities and the development of prices during the auction; we also log all events during the course of the auction.
• We ensure that the necessary data is backed up; documents are stored on our own equipment, in accordance with the relevant legal requirements.
• If required, we can provide the auction organizer with 1 user with observer rights to monitor the auction online.
• In addition to running the Fluenta system, we provide disaster management and recovery services to ensure smooth and seamless transactions.

• English (traditional) auction:
  Participants can place an unlimited number of bids within a certain time limit and under certain rules.
• Ticking auctions:
  A dynamic bidding format where the system automatically adjusts the bid price by a predetermined amount at fixed time intervals. Unlike traditional auctions, participants cannot enter free-form bids - they can only accept or decline the current price level.
  This auction format can be very successful (even with just one or two participants) in scenarios where traditional auctions would fail to generate competitive bidding. It's particularly effective when there are a limited number of qualified suppliers in the market or when initial quotes show significant price disparities between bidders.
  
  • Japanese auction:
    Participants must actively maintain their bid by confirming the current price level in each round, or they may choose to drop out of the competition. The auction continues as long as there are active participants remaining.
  • Dutch auction:
    

    Participants face increased pressure since speed is of the essence: the winner is the first bidder to accept the current price level.

• Bundle auction
  Offers are requested for one or more items in parallel. It is possible to have bidders compete for hundreds of items at the same time by requesting detailed, item-level offers in an Excel file (e.g. for office supplies). The auction winner is selected based on the total of the bids on every item.
  
• Cherry-picking auction
  Offers are also requested for several items in parallel. Unlike a bundle auction, each item can be won by different participants.
  
• Scorecard auction
  During the bidding process, bids are adjusted by certain weights assigned to each supplier. The winning bidder will be selected based on these weight-modified bids.
  
• Multi-parametric auction
  Participants compete in parallel along several parameters (e.g. price, payment deadline, delivery deadline). The parameters competing in the auction are assigned predefined weights.
  
• Reserve price auction
  Competition is open until a pre-defined price advantage is reached. If this is not achieved, the current supplier wins.
  
• Discount auction
  An auction type for distributor competition, where participants bid on the level of discount (in percentage points) from the manufacturer's published list price.